If you’ve been experiencing the intense heat wave creating record high temperatures this summer, probably the last thing you want to look at is anything made of heavy knit, wool, or tweed.
But global warming is not only making our hot days hotter. Oh no, no, no. While winters are becoming milder and shorter on average, we can also expect the effects of global warming to produce…
I find lots of women think vintage clothing is all about flapper dresses, Mad Men-style clothing and dazzling evening gowns that celebrities model on the Red Carpet. But because modern clothing takes its inspiration from the fashions of decades gone by, vintage clothing is also about pieces that could easily play hide-and-seek and hold their own against the merchandise displayed at mainstream shopping stores like…
They say that vertical stripes make you appear slimmer. And they say that horizontal stripes make you appear wider. But I say that when you mix them all together like today’s VPOD, then stripes just look fantastic!
This bold 1980s graphic sweater by Gianfranco Ferre combines two of my favorites, grey and black, with two of my not-so-favorites, yellow and purple, for an eye-catching combination that…
It’s Tax Day and that means that some people are panicked and in a mad rush to get their tax returns stamped by the Post Office before it closes. The good news for them is that many Post Office branches will be open late to accommodate the folks who wait to file until the last possible minute. Meanwhile, millions of other Americans are basking in…
I have a confession to make. I think I’m perhaps the lone fashionista in America who does not wear leggings–unless you count my skinny, tight-fitting, beaded knit trousers by Dolce & Gabanna that I suppose at a party, in dim light, after a few cocktails might be described as leggings by a tipsy fashion critic.
Now, spare me the hate mail. I have nothing against the…
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