Accidental Icon: Three Iconic Girls Part 2
Marsell boots, A.F. Vandervorst black wool pants, illia leather jacket, CDG ruffled bag Patti Smith’s signature style of collared white shirts, loose black ribbon around her neck, and long jackets worn with peg leg jeans and boots (memorialized by Robert Mapplethorpe...
Accidental Icon: Giving Thanks
This year I have received many blessings, starting with the arrival of my delicious granddaughter (I'm sure I don't have to tell you how much I love to shop for her) and as always ending with the health and well-being of my family and friends. I am thankful for the...
Where is She Going?: Coda Three Iconic Girls Part 1
“My clothes are like a present for an anonymous person, a present looking for a place and person to bring it to life” — Ann Demeulemeester I love Ann Demeulemeester and in these posts, I am her anonymous person and the place is this city and the time is one...
What She Wore
“I don’t think that women can deal with superficiality much longer, they want a soul again.” — Ann Demeulemeester Flying Away in my Parachute Skirt Skirt can be sculpted to various lengths and shapes using the multiple belts with brass buckles Ann Demeulemeester...
Accidental Icon: Three Iconic Girls Part 1
Last month in somewhat of a surprise at Dover Street Market in London, Patti Smith and PJ Harvey joined Ann Demeulemeester in celebrating the release of the beautifully bound visual history book of the designer’s work. Three brilliant women who happen to be friends,...
Coda: Grey Matter(s) and Wearable Memoirs
The theory of “enclothed cognition” provides support for the idea that wearing clothes can re-activate memories that influence how we think, feel and act. Because of this clothing has life-changing potential. In her wonderful book, “Worn Stories”, Emily Spivak uses a...
What She Wore
Jacket Emmelle Designs, Pants Pleats Please, Grey Suede Mules French Sole, Belt m.a.e., Bracelet La Crascia, Vintage lucite earrings
Where is She? Clothing Matters As In Grey Matter
So we get it, grey is the color this fall. We are exhorted to wear shades of grey, grey on grey, and even more grey. We are told take ownership of that grey. Wear grey on your nails. Young people are taking this so seriously they are dying their hair grey (BTW I have...
Accidental Icon: Grey Matter (s)
Today grey is on my mind (figuratively and literally as the brain is sometimes referred to as grey matter). The weather is rainy and grey. Many of the recent blog posts I have been reading are showcasing grey looks for Fall and saying grey matters. In fact, last week...
Coda: The ‘Enfant Terrible’ and Masks
Jean Paul Gaultier has frequently designed masks to compliment his designs. Appearing in the form of Mexican wrestler masks, they popped up on the runway again in the Miss JP Gaultier 2015 beauty pageant. Like clothing, masks can serve the function of either hiding or...
What She Wore
Jacket Issey Miyake Pleats Please, T-Shirt From The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, Earrings Pippin Jewelry.
Where is She? Becoming The ‘Old Terrible’
JP Gaultier, when asked in an interview for Out.com what he thought about turning 60 said, “Ah no longer the ‘enfant terrible’, now I am the ‘old terrible’”. It’s no secret that those who know me think of me as an ‘enfant terrible’. A French expression, ‘enfant...
Accidental Icon: The ‘Enfant Terrible’ and Miss Vintage
During the recent Paris Fashion Week the designer referred to as the “enfant terrible” of French fashion, Jean Paul Gaultier, presented his last RTW runway show. The show, a spectacle as always, was conceived of as a beauty pageant. The pageant, Miss JP Gaultier 2015,...
What She Wore
Hache Shirt, Hue Leggings, Vans, Vintage Earrings from Icon Style by Lara Kornbluh
Where is She? Urban Archeology
Now that I am blogging, fall weekends are often quests to find urban landscapes that can be a backdrop for photos of clothes and that can help me tell my urban sentiment stories. It means I go to places I have been before and see them from a different perspective....
Accidental Icon and the Iconic White Shirt
Transition this summer to fall has has meant days that can range from 65-80 degrees. This means layers and versatility. One piece that transcends trends and appears one way or another in every season’s collections is the iconic white shirt. Ageless, androgynous, sexy...
Accidental Icon: What to Wear #NYFW2014 and First Day of Class
Here's my choice for NYFW and the first day of class Read More for outfit details Since one of the goals of this blog is to invite my readers to be more self-reflective about fashion, I waited until now to write about NYFW. The first week of September meant I was...
Where is She? La Rentrée
I learned a new French term, la rentrée. It means a return to work and school after a time of sunny days and vacations. For professors this is really true as we are fortunate to have our summers off. It also signifies a time for new beginnings: the first day of class,...