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April 26, 2010 by
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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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The New York Post reported in a 1978 interview with Rosita Missoni that her philosophy since she went into business had been “that a piece of clothing should be like a work of art.” She encouraged women not to buy clothes for special occasions or just because they were in fashion, but because they truly enjoyed a piece of clothing and felt like they could wear…
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I am not a girl who gets under the hood of her car. Matter of fact, I probably couldn’t even find the little thingy I’d have to press to get the hood open. No, the only hoods I”m interested in come attached to fabulous coats, dresses and tops. Like today’s VPOD.
This 1980s midnight blue hooded dress has a thoroughly modern feel with a wool and…
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Have you heard the expression: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade? Well, that’s exactly what newlyweds Otavio and Rosita Missoni did in 1953. They bought two knitting machines, set up a small knitwear shop in the basement of their home in Italy, and then discovered…uh-oh…the machines only made stripes. And so they sewed stripes and more stripes and then zig zags and then more stripes…
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