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Front Row Seats
WE ATTEND THE KATYA LEONOVICH FASHION SHOWThis past weekend we went to Lincoln Center to see Katya Leonovich's runway show. We got there a little early so we could enjoy the balmy weather and check out...
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Racing Around Town ... In Style!
We've been racing around town at breakneck speed to catch all the New York Fashion Week runway shows and parties and events. Running for taxis or subways or buses with Valerie's leg in a boot is not...
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MAO PR 15th Anniversary Party 9/9/13 & Skingraft Runway Show 9/10/13
In the middle of New York Fashion Week, we attended MAO PR's Fifteenth Anniversary Party at Cherry, co-hosted by photographer Patrick McMullan and model and muse Pat Cleveland. MAO co-founders Mauricio...
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Hey, Honey!
We still haven't finished showing you all the goings on from Fashion Week, but now seems like a good time for a bit of an entr'acte. Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed exotic forms of transportation...
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Runway The Real Way at Yotel Fashion Week Brunch
During Fashion Week, we were invited by Catherine Schuller to participate in her Runway the Real Way at YOTEL HOTEL near Times Square. Catherine wore a necklace and a dress from the designers featured...
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Vroom, Vroom, Vroom!
For sheer joy, not many things can beat a motor scooter, fewer things can beat a motor scooter with a side car, and very, very, very few things beat a motor scooter with a side car that's lipstick red...
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Winter with a Swedish Accent: We Model Gudrun's 2014 Winter Wear
We recently had the good fortune to be asked to model in Gudrun Sjoden's recent event at her Soho store, heralding her 2014 Winter collection.We wore two versions of the same wool dress with a...
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MAD About LOOT
It has become an annual tradition for us to visit LOOT, the jewelers' exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). When you visit a museum, don't you often wish just ONE piece were for sale? (We...
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Queer History of Fashion
at the Fashion Institute of TechnologyOn the last day of fashion week, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) held the opening of its exhibition, "The Queer History of Fashion: From...
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The Eternal Sex Appeal of the Leather Jacket
Schott's 100th Anniversary Last weekend we attended a retrospective exhibit of Schott jackets in celebration if the company's centennial in a pop-up space in on Mulberry Street in Soho. Schott was the...
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Black and White and Read All Over
We're in Suitcase Magazine'sMetamorphosis IssueSome of our blog postings can be done start to finish over the course of several hours, but this one is special to us because it's taken six months to...
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Sample Sale Ninjas
We recently conferred over cocktails about blog topics and thought we'd share with you our favorite strategies for shopping sample sales. Yes, strategies. Sample sales are different from regular sales...
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The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk
We flirted with flying to Montreal in 2011 when we heard the Jean Paul Gaultier retrospective exhibition was there; we toyed with visiting Dallas in 2012 when it moved there, we schemed to get to San...
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Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show
What's wrong with this picture? I'm flying solo! After galavanting around at the Gaultier exhibition on Wednesday and then running around Atlantic Avenue after and partying like it's 1986 on Friday...
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Issey Miyake Hues of Red Party
Issey Miyake brought out his new fall/winter line Hues of Red, and had a small party on October 25th to celebrate. Â Our invitation exhorted us to wear red, and -- surprise -- we were more than happy to...
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Not Your Grandmother's Bloggers
Idiosyncratic Fashionistas interviewed for ADONE Magazine's first anniversary The Artist/The Muse issue!When ADONE editor Gilda Furgiuele contacted us to request an interview for "The Artist. The...
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The Annual Pilgrimage
A Visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft ShowWe made our annual pilgrimage to the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, but for the first time, we waited until the weekend. Â (We usually go on the...
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Hat Love -- Jean Rocks out at Amy Downs' Winter Sale!
When I was photographed at the Issey Miyake party by Bill Cunningham (ahem) in the picture that ran in the Sunday New York Times' Style Section two weeks ago, I was wearing this red taffeta and net Amy...
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Top Ten Reasons Not to Break Your Ankle
Valerie's seminar on the advisability of not breaking your ankle(photo by Andrea P.)1. Half of your wardrobe will stay in the closet because it doesn’t work with your brand new moon boot. The act of...
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Wear Your Wedding Dress to Work Day
One day, Jean and Robin and I exchanged wedding dress stories, and thought it would make a great post. Imagine how hard it is to get three people together, much less three wedding dresses, one of which...
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