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Short and Sweet (The Old Gray Hair She Ain't What She Used to Be)
In this short and sweet post, we'd like to present some people we've run into in our recent travels who have short and sweet hair. Â Below is Kath, a volunteer at the Angel Street Thrift Shop. Â The...
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Jean's SHOE OBSESSION Confession!
I confess!!! I was so obsessed that I did actually purchase those black patent peep-toe sling-back wedge platforms that I tried on late in December in Calvin Klein's flagship Madison Avenue store....
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Eddie Izzard: Work in Progress
Last week we went to see British comedian Eddie Izzard perform in the East Village as part of his Work in Progress tour. As the music wafting through the theater built to a crescendo, his name was...
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Model / Citizens - GUDREN Opens in New York
You can't begin to imagine - actually, probably you CAN - how delighted we were to be invited by StyleLikeU's Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum to be two of their five muses to participate in the...
View ArticleComing Attractions - artful home & IF Collaboration
Tune in late tonight or early tomorrow for our full report  on The Idiosyncratic Fashionistas' recent fashion week escapades and fabulously fun collaboration with artful home! Click on artful home  or...
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IFs/Artful Home Collaboration
Imagine our delight when Lisa Bayne of Artful Home invited us to join her during fashion week to tour the showrooms of three clothing designers and one jeweler, to try on clothes and jewelry and vogue...
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Chunghie Lee at The Korea Society
To ring in Asia Week, the Korea Society hosted an exhibition by one of our favorite fiber artists, Chunghie Lee. Â We attended the opening reception on Thursday, March 14th. Textile enthusiasts, listen...
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My Pal, Fran Lebowitz
One February evening, Jean and I found out by accident (the way we find out most things) that author Fran Lebowitz was going to be talking at the Rubin Museum of Art in March on "the illusion of...
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Stephen Burrows - When Fashion Danced!
Stephen Burrows, the first African-American designer to achieve international recognition, is the subject of a major exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, sponsored by Target. Aptly...
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Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution at FIT
As a follow-up to our coverage of the opening of Stephen Burrows' show at the Museum of the City of New York, we wanted to tell you about the fashion documentary in which he appears. FIT recently...
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Mingling with Our Piers
On St. Patrick's Day, as part of our own idiosyncratic version of "March Madness", we went to Stella Management's Pier Antiques and Vintage Clothing Show on the Hudson River, the western edge of...
View ArticleDouble Header! Famous for Thirty Minutes Today!
How appropriate that on baseball's Opening Day the Idiosyncratic Fashionstas played a Doubleheader and hit two out of the park! We appeared on New York City's WABC-TV's Eyewitness News this evening and...
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The Women's Eye - Pat Caso Interviews The Idiosyncratic Fashionistas
To quote the Emperor Commodus in Gladiator, we have been "busy little bees" these days. When reporter Pat Caso asked if she could do an in-depth interview with us for The Women's Eye, we readily...
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Easter Parade 2013
Polka dots were our theme for Easter 2013. For the first time in recorded history, we actually coordinated our outfits ahead of time. Jean changed coats at the last minute due to warmer than expected...
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Night & Day - Milliner's Guild at the National Arts Club
When we received Milliners Guild President Linda Ashton's invitation to the opening of the Milliners Guild's Night and Day Show at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park, we were thrilled. Â A hat...
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Antonio Lopez at FIT
How time does fly!  It has already been a  month since we attended a panel discussion at FIT featuring Roger and Mauricio Padilha, the brothers who authored the book about fashion illustrator Antonio...
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Customize Your Shoes - or Not!
For this Wednesday post, we both put our two cents in on the customization question! (Scroll waaaay down for a completely different point of view.) Jean's photo appears today in Otomayim B Dipper's...
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What Shall Eye Wear Today?
The l.a. Eyeworks Party and Trunk ShowRecently, we had the terrific treat of being invited to an l.a. Eyeworks trunk show and party. Representatives from the eyewear firm were in town for the...
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Matchy Matchy
Several weeks ago, you will recall, Valerie found one of those tiny little tight fitting hats from the '50s - the kind that goes beautifully with very sleek hair, and not at all with curly hair. Â For...
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We Go Back for More: The Manhattan Vintage Show
Last Saturday, we went to the Manhattan Vintage Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion which featured 91 vendors of women's and men's clothing, hats, shoes, jewelry and accessories.For the third show of the...
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