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The Chromat Autumn/Winter 2016 Collection: Lumina
Becca McCharen, founder of CHROMAT, remains one of the most innovative clothing designers out there, so we were over the moon to be invited to see her latest collection for Fashion Week. Entitled...
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Fashion Week A/W16! Tres, Tres, Fatiguees!
New York Fashion Week was a whirlwind of fun. We have so much to report and so little time. Here we are at The Blonds show at Milk Studio. We will give you the full scoop on the show later in the week,...
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THE BLONDS - NYFW AW/16
Imagine two grown women - and two grown women of a certain age, at that - jumping up and down with delight like children one tenth our age about to get candy, and that's us when, only hours before the...
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Artful Home Artists at the Baltimore American Craft Council Show
We have been talking about attending the American Craft Council Show in Baltimore for several years, and this year we finally made it, thanks to an invitation we received from Lisa Bayne to cover the...
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GEORGINE NYFW AW16
Once again, we were thrilled to be invited to the GEORGINE New York Fashion Week runway show. And once again we neglected to take pictures of ourselves. But it could have been far worse. We posed...
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EASTER IS COMING. SUZANNE HAS A HAT FOR YOU.
Do you have your Easter hat yet?With Easter and the annual Easter Parade fast approaching, we thought it would be fun to get you into the spirit of things, so we made a visit to Suzanne Couture...
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FIT's Fairy Tale Fashion
Once upon a time (that is, the other day), we went to see the Fashion Institute of Technology's latest exhibition, Fairy Tale Fashion. Fly, little darlings, to see this wonderful show. You have until...
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IN OUR EASTER BONNETS!
We were out and about photographing people on Fifth Avenue today in their Easter bonnets with all the frills upon its (er, them), and now we're ready to faint on our fainting couches. If you come back...
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IN OUR EASTER BONNETS, CONTINUED
Now that we've had our beauty sleep, we'd like to present some of the wonderfully and creatively turned out people we met at this year's Easter parade. It was a chilly day, and hard to dress for. We...
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We're in Bill Cunningham's Easter Parade Column in Today's Sunday New York Times
We were thrilled on April 1st to hear that our mugs appeared in Bill Cunningham's On the Street in the April 3rd New York Times Sunday Style Section and that it was was already online on Friday...
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MAKE MINE A MANHATTAN. VINTAGE SHOW, that is...
Last Friday afternoon, we went to the Manhattan Vintage Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion, one of our favorite venues.Even if you didn't know the address of the Manhattan Vintage Show, all you'd have...
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ISAAC MIZRAHI: AN UNRULY HISTORY
elevator pad dressphoto by Denton TaylorJean has been hither and thither for quite a few days, so Valerie is posting on her own tonight.The Jewish Museum has a real treat of an exhibition up at the...
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AN EXPLOSION OF COLOR
A Visit to the Orchid Show at the New York Botanical GardenLast Saturday, we took advantage of the great Spring weather to attend the next to last day of the spectacular Orchid Show at the New York...
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OLDER AND WISER
photograph by Denton TaylorIt's been a very busy week for both of us, and it's not over yet, so we're a little bit behind and playing catch-up.This past Tuesday Valerie went to the rare book room of...
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OLDER AND WISER
photograph by Denton TaylorThis past Tuesday Valerie went to the rare book room of Strand's Book Store for the launch of Advanced Style: Older and Wiser. (Jean, unfortunately, was away doing Important...
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MANUS X MACHINA (the trailer)
Last Monday, we had the great privilege - and great fun - of attending the press preview of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's latest Costume Institute blockbuster - Manus x Machina - and took Judith,...
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MANUS X MACHINA: Fashion in the Age of Technology
Last week, we attended the press preview for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute's newest exhibition MANUS x MACHINA - FASHION IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY on the morning of the day of the...
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THE HAT CHALLENGE
We are always puzzled when we hear our lady friends lament that they can't wear hats. Many say they don't have the right face or the right hair, when the obvious answer is that they just don't have...
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Jean's Excellent Spanish Adventure
Last week at this time, Jean was hanging out with friends in Barcelona, Spain, after the Formula 1 Grand Prix race. (More about the race itself in next Wednesday's posting.) Here is her story:Here I...
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A Current Affair: Vintage Show in Industry City, Brooklyn
"A Current Affair" is an amalgamation of 80 West Coast and East Coast vintage vendors which returned to Industry City in Brooklyn, NY on May 21 and 22, 2016. Since Valerie was otherwise engaged for the...
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