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FABULOUS FASHIONISTAS:
a documentary by Sue BourneLike us, independent film producer and director Sue Bourne (a woman of a certain age) does not believe in growing old gracefully, and in her newly released documentary,...
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I Who Have Arrived in Heaven
A Visit to the New Yayoi Kusama ExhibitionWhile the rest of Gotham was in full-blown exodus mode for the Thanksgiving holiday, we decided to treat ourselves to a really magical exhibition by the queen...
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A Trip to the Pier Show
Just before Thanksgiving, we went to The Pier Antiques Show on the Hudson River. It was the first show after Stella Management sold its business to U.S. Antiques, so we were anxious to see if the same...
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Friday Night at the Movies
If you're in the New York metropolitan area, this is your chance to meet Sue Bourne and Sue Kreitzman, director and fashionista respectively of Fabulous Fashionistas, and to see the documentary if you...
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Window Shopping
In keeping with what has become our holiday tradition, we wanted to show you what Christmas looks like in New York this year.The first sign in New York City that the holiday season is officially open...
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Yeah, But We Did It First
We are distraught.Distraught! There we were, walking down a very hip street minding our own business just the other day, when what should we see but George Clooney on the cover of W Magazine. We don't...
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Typhoon Haiyan Relief Event
On Saturday night, we braved a snowstorm to attend a fundraiser for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. In the very powdery snow, cars were skidding like people in rain boots on marble...
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Private Screening
On a recent rainy night, we braved the downpour to visit Senior Planet, a wonderful resource for seniors whose fabulous motto is "Aging with Attitude".The reason for our rendezvous? To attend a...
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Toys for Tots -- Like You've Never Seen Them Before
We attended Susanne Bartsch and David Barton's 11th Annual Toys for Tots Party. Admission was one unwrapped toy for a child of any age. What a great cause -- and a marvelous excuse for a party! We...
View Article'Twas the Night Before Christmas...
On this, the night before Christmas, the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas send you holiday greetings.(As usual, we've made this smaller to fit our Blogspot format. For the full effect, click here, and don't...
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O, Tannenbaum!
We wish you warmest greetings of the season! And in the words of Tiny Tim: "God bless us, every one."The Oxford English Dictionary has declared SELFIE the Word of the Year. But don't take our Word for...
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The Style Crone-icles
What better way to celebrate The Style Crone's impromptu Christmas visit to New York than to go hat shopping and to see Sandra Bernhard's "Sandyland" at Joe's Pub? Even the weather cooperated, with...
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The First Day of 2014
HAPPY NEW YEAR!Wearing our tres chic Happy New Year blinking plastic tiaras in the shadow of Lady Liberty, we are sashaying into the New Year, filled with optimism and hope for a joyful and wonderful...
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Just a Couple of Culture Vultures
Every now and then, a goil needs a bit of culture. Ya know?So we figgered, to get us some, where better to go than the Metropolitan Museum of Art, right? We seen - oh, sorry - we saw - Interwoven...
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International Trend: Gray Is the New Black
L'Ideal: The New Style Blog on Japanese Women and Men of a Certain AgeAt the end of last year, we told you about Fabulous Fashionistas, Sue Bourne's documentary on six fabulous English women. And of...
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IFs Invade DSM!
Here we are, at the new Dover Street Market, ensconced in a fabulous poison green velvet chair in the Prada boutique.DSM - already a big draw in London and Tokyo - has finally - finally - come to New...
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It's National Hat Day!
What a great idea -- devoting an entire day (today, January 15) to celebrate that most wonderful piece of physical adornment -- le chapeau! Why didn't we think of that?Stay tuned for the scoop on more...
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Mad Hatters
Whew! What a week. First, National Hat Day on January 15th, followed the very next evening by a hat-centric event at the Brooklyn Museum by milliner Heidi Lee, a clever tie-in the Jean Paul Gaultier...
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Play with Your Clothes:
Take Your Hat from 0 to 60 in Three StepsJean is trapped - TRAPPED - in Florida, poor thing, unable to join us here in Manhattan for cross-country skiing. In her absence, Valerie is going to take the...
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The Alchemist's Apprentices
Even in deepest, darkest January, when the sun has set before we even leave the office, there ARE fun things to do. When we heard that milliner Heidi Lee (aka the Design Alchemist) would be holding a...
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