Taking a Break
Since we somehow didn't actually post our Sunday blog until Tuesday (don't ask), we're going to leave it up for a couple days and run our Wednesday blog on Thursday this week. Please tune in tomorrow,...
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Interview with 40+ Style
We recently wrote about meeting fellow blogger, Sylvia of Forty+ Style. Click here for our post. We were lucky enough to meet with her while she's visiting New York for a month from her home base in...
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Idiosyncratic Fashionistas At Forty+ Style's New York Blogger Meet-Up Dinner
Sylvia, editor of 40+ Style, is a champion organizer, and thanks to her, a group of New York bloggers got together at La Lanterna di Vittorio in the West Village on Friday night. Not so much to discuss...
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OUR DINNER WITH SUE*
Last Saturday night, we invited the inimitable Sue Kreitzman to dinner at one of Jean's new finds, the Cafe Select. It's a little Swiss bistro designed to look like a train station, complete with a...
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OUR ADVENTURES AT THE CHROMAT RUNWAY SHOW
photo by Aoi FujikawaOne of the things we had on our Santa's Wish List this year was to see the Chromat Spring-Summer 2016 runway show. These wishes are always a bit dicey, coming as they do waaay...
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NYFW: MEN AT WORK...
...AND WOMEN TOOWe are hard at work tonight, and so will not be posting our usual Wednesday post until Thursday. (That sounds a bit like Alice in Wonderland, but that's a subject for another time.)...
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GEORGINE SS16 At the Skylight at Moynihan Station
Last Sunday, we attended the runway show for GEORGINE at the Skylight at Moynihan Station, the magnificent old Post Office Building on 8th Avenue across from Madison Square Garden. We were a stone's...
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FASHION UNDERGROUND: The World of Susanne Bartsch
If ever there were a time we were at a loss for words, the opening night party for FIT's latest exhibition - Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch would have to be it. For The Observer's...
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REASONABLE FACSIMILES
These are reasonable facsimiles.The very unreasonable originals should be back tomorrow.
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ONE LAST PEEK AT FASHION WEEK - JAY GODFREY
During New York Fashion Week, we attended Jay Godfrey's S/S 2016 NYFW Presentation which was held Saturday, September 12th at Pier 59 Studios. His Spring 2016 is inspired by the work of the late...
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NYC Big Flea Antiques Market
Jean here. While Valerie took a little time off, I went to The NYC Big Flea Antiques Market at Pier 90 on the Hudson River. With over 600 booths, it is the largest indoor antiques market in New York...
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BLOCK PARTY
How could we possibly resist a notice like this: "BEST STREET FAIR EVER LONDON TERRACE, WEST 24TH ST., NYC; SAT., 9/26"?It went on to say: "Calling all Antique, Vintage, Collectibles Collectors,...
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ANNUAL LOOT ACCESSORIES SHOW AT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
It's not common knowledge that the Museum of Arts and Design has, on its second floor, numerous drawers of art jewelry that members of the public can pull out at will (the drawers, mind you, not the...
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ALL AROUND MY HAT
This is going to be a fun post because we get to spotlight two of our favorite subjects: hats and Judith Boyd, better known to you as the Style Crone.Earlier this year, you will remember (or click here...
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We're in Today's New York Times!
(We're in today's New York Times Style Section in Bill Cunningham's On the Street! This week's theme was "Autumn Collage".Bill takes our picture all the time but rarely publishes it. Sigh...Today he...
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While Valerie is frolicking in Berlin, Jean is stuck in Reagan National Airport, trying to get to Chicago. Needless to say, tonight's post will be delayed until fomorros night. Enjoy your night off!
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Sacramento aka Mis Papelicos Takes New York by Storm!
We were thrilled when the day finally arrived when we could meet Sacramento who was visiting New York from her native Malaga, Spain. We have been following each other's blogs and Instagrams for quite...
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Inspiration LA Comes to Brooklyn Expo Center
While Valerie was be-bopping around Berlin, Jean made a bee-line for Brooklyn and Inspiration LA's New York installation. First stop was Liz Baca and White Mike's booth. Since Liz and Boo-Boo (their...
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Manhattan Vintage Fall/Winter 2015
So much to see and so much fun to be had at The Manhattan Vintage Show this weekend that we had to go twice, and still didn't get to see it all! (We were too busy talking most of the time). Shelley...
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Tutti Takes Manhattan!
Debra Rapoport and Stan Satlin hosted a soiree in honor of Tutti Bennett's visit from Australia, so Shelley joined us and we headed to Stan's after the vintage show.Shelley, the Forest City...
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