Recently More editor Lesley Jane Seymour spilled a little insider fashion secret to the world when she told Today show viewers that fashion editors often cut the size labels out of clothes before celebrity photoshoots. It seems if you want your size 8 starlet, who insists she’s a size 4, to wear a size 8 selection, you’ve got to grab some scissors and resort to subterfuge.
But this…
Good writers know that the secret to good writing is good editing. And fashionable dressers know that the secret to good dressing is also good editing.
Fortunately, words and dresses can’t get their feelings hurt, which means you can be just as brutal as you like when editing your closet.
Just as a book editor can delete an entire paragraph or chapter with one push of a…
According to Merriam-Webster, the sewing term ruching originates from the French ruche, meaning beehive, and the Medieval Latin rusca, meaning bark. And it’s first known use? Way back in 1827!
It’s pronounced roo-shing, not rush-ing, and that’s easy to remember because it’s a very time-consuming process. There’s no rushing in ruching!
The term can be applied to any pleated, gathered or fluted strip of fabric that form ruffles, scallops…
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Vintage Ceil Chapman Cocktail Dress (chicagoyogachick) | Vintage Ciner Bracelet (urbanantiques) | Vintage 1960s Lace Cocktail Dress (redhousevintage) | Vintage Ossie Clark for Radley Dress (joskin5) | Vintage Louis Vuitton Logo Bag (bgilliam) | Vintage 1950s Sequin and Gold Cocktail Dress (fashionologie-boutique) | Vintage Camel Cape with Fur Collar (thriftwares) | Vintage 1930s Floral Day Dress (timesupshop)…
I’m at the University of Berkeley this entire week for a speaking gig and it’s freezing! I guess I’m one of those weather wimps from southern California now because even though the digital temperature reads 68 degrees, the bitter, damp chill feels more like 40 degrees to me.
And as my teeth chattered and I watched all the college co-eds scurry to their classes this morning,…
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