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The Irresistible Lure of Vintage
What luck! Right before the holidays, the Annex Market in Chelsea held a holiday antiques show at one of our favorite venues, The Metropolitan Pavilion. Held less than a week before Christmas and...
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AULD LANG SYNE / NEW LANG SYNE
As 2014 folds up its petals for the last time, and 2015 sends out its first tiny shoots at midnight, the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas would like to give our readers some of our best advice, which we...
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KILLER HEELS: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe!
KILLER HEELS! We have to open by saying this is a misnomer. There were, to be sure, some killer heels at this marvelous exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, but there were also platforms, shoes...
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To the Moon with Gazoo
"Neither snow, nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night shall stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" ... nor apparently the artist Gazoo from making his art!Walking home...
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Hats of Winter!
Below freezing temperatures in New York City continue to pose a huge challenge to appear fashionable while avoiding frostbite! We took a trip down memory lane to bring you photos from previous years...
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ALIVE INSIDE
Why is Johnny wide-eyed with astonishment?Why is Mary Lou exultant?Both of them are suffering from forms of dementia, and both of them are reacting to hearing their favorite music on iPods that they...
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Balaclavas - No, Not Baklava!
Warning: For those of you who are looking for a posting on Greek desserts, you'll be sorely disappointed. We're showing off our wonderful, colorful, fanciful balaclavas from Diesel!To tell you this...
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DUTY CALLS...
But fun has a louder and more seductive voice.For several years now we've done a Wednesday post, regular as clockwork, dutiful, responsible, trustworthy bloggers that we are. But tonight fun beckoned...
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The World is Our Oyster, Well, Sort Of ...
We're in Oyster Magazine! Follow the link to the article: "Understanding The Saturn Return: Wise Words from the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas ... Astrology IRL's Morgan Rehbock Speaks to the Daring...
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Oyster Magazine Behind-theScenes
On Thursday, we posted our photos by photographer Christine Hahn that appear in Oyster Magazine. Needless to say, being referred to in print as "the Daring Duo" is a real kick! The photos accompanied...
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METRO CURATES
We had the great honor of attending the opening night of Metro Curates, thanks to our friend Gaol Martin, who participates in several of New York's annual art fairs, showing a marvelous selection of...
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Eva Weiss Photo Shoot - Learning from a Master
A few weeks ago, we met photographer Eva Weiss at B-Bar and Grill (which we later found out is also one of her favorite brunch spots). When she contacted us a couple weeks later about collaborating on...
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IS IT GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT?
A Chance for Readers to Advise UsNot too long ago, Valerie bought this vintage black taffeta dress at one of her favorite resale shops.She had this idea (now DON'T LAUGH!) that it looked a lot like the...
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Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
On Thursday evening, we attended the opening reception for the Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s at The Museum at FIT. The breadth and depth of the show, with 80 ensembles and 20...
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Manhattan Vintage Show - February 2015 Edition
You need something to cheer you up when venturing out into the kind of weather we've been having lately, so we teamed up with Carol Markel and went to the Manhattan Vintage Show. You might remember...
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NY Fashion Week: Chromat AW15
On Friday the 13th (of all days), we went to Milk Studios to attend Chromat's Autumn-Winter 2015 Runway Show. The added treat (to put it mildly) was being admitted to a pre-party in the Lexus Lounge by...
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Jay Godfrey at Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week
On Saturday morning, we headed to Lincoln Center to see Jay Godfrey's show. After we got our tickets, we were wondering why they did not include any seat numbers (accustomed as we are to front row...
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Georgine at Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week A/W 2015
Last Tuesday morning, we both took time off work to go to Lincoln Center for the Georgine runway show. Since we are big fans of her gorgeous gowns and refined aesthetic, we were very excited to see her...
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Positively Dotty for Dots!
Well, as we have been mentioning recently, it is COLD. We went out and did our duty for Fashion Week, but with the wind whipping around, temperatures down in the single digits, and patches of black...
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