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The Making of a Mannequin: MAD About Linda Fargo and Mike Evert
We received an email from the Museum of Arts and Design stating that in connection with their current exhibition, Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin, they were going to have a live demonstration of...
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A Walk on the Wild Side: We Visit the Zana Bayne Sample Sale
LEATHER GIRLS!!!Sometimes a girl just has to test her limits. Â You know what we mean? Â No, we're not ready to get our tongues pierced, or our bosoms tattooed, and we're not quite ready for harnesses,...
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Wrap It Up! I'll Take It!
In which Valerie adds another year to her profileEvery year around this time, Valerie has a birthday, and as every child knows, birthdays bring with them birthday presents. Â One of the lovely things...
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The Ambiguous Ambassador: Tseng Kwong Chi
We got an intriguing invitation from our friend, choreographer Muna Tseng, to attend her July 2nd narrated walk-through on of Grey Gallery's exhibition of photographs and videos by her late brother,...
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HERE WE ARE IN GINZA
(the magazine, not the district)If you've been following our Instagram account (what?! Â you don't follow our Instagram account?!), you already know that we're featured in the August issue of...
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Jean's $100 Challenge Times Two!
Not that we're competitive or anything, but after Valerie hit a home run with her recent $100 challenge, I had to step up my game. The underlying premise to the exercise is to see how well put together...
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LOST AND FOUND
Dear Readers, surely you have all had this happen to you - one of your treasures gets lost, and you make yourself crazy until you find it. Â This has happened to both of us. Â More than once. Â Or even...
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RED LIPSTICK
While Jean is away on business, Valerie paints the town - er - her lips - red.Way back in the early '90s I worked for two weeks as an interpreter for Takashimaya department store when they hosted a...
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Our Collab with Morphew Concept
We were thrilled when morphewconcept.com approached us about curating our own Idiosyncratic Fashionistas collection of items from its vast selection of high end vintage clothing.  Click here to view...
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TIME CAPSULE
Jean is on vacation, so as promised a few weeks ago, Valerie is posting on the time capsule found in her basement. Â I'm cheating here just a little bit. Â This post should really begin with the photo...
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Sometimes, Ya Just Gotta Have Those Shoes!
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that Jean recently started wearing flat Skechers slip-ons this summer. She paired them with black and white patterned socks above. She needed a change of pace from...
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BOXING AT BERGDORF'S
May the best ma'am win!PLUS: A Dab More on Lipstick (scroll waaaaaay down)Last Sunday started out with our perusing the marvels at IF Boutique in Soho and looking for new eyeglass frames at Fabulous...
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THOSE LAZY, HAZY, CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUNWe saw this fantastic mural painted on a wall, and because it's too hot to work or travel or dress up, to say nothing of doing a thought-provoking post, we decided it would be...
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GHOST IN THE MACHINE
Last Friday night, in a very lucky encounter, we ran into Chloe Pang on 1st Avenue and Houston Street. Â Although it had been more than a year since we'd seen each other, we picked up right where we'd...
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Yoko Ono at MOMA
We are at the age now where we occasionally feel old nostalgic for long-forgotten moments of our past.  They pop up at totally unexpected times and remind us how long it was since we were teenagers....
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40+ Style Comes to New York
40+ Style, is an encyclopedic and constantly updated style bible written by Sylvia (no last name, like us, Madonna, and Cher). Â If you're not already familiar with it, click on our link now, so you can...
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Savvy Shopper: The $100 Challenge
JEAN TAKES THE $100 CHALLENGE AGAINIt is our shared philosophy that you don't have to spend a fortune to look good. To prove that point,we periodically do posts called "The $100 Challenge", in which we...
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GOT STUFF?
Now read this!Got stuff? Â Do bears (you know the rest)?Last week, while noodling around on the internet, I came across something completely unexpected, as I so often do. Â (In many cases these random...
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A Trip to Brooklyn Flea
We hopped the subway to Brooklyn to brave the heat and check out the Flea Market. (Easier said than done - the weekend is when they fix the transit systems, so locals run express, eastern lines go...
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