
Over 100 million American tuned in to the watch the Super Bowl yesterday but I wasn’t one of them.
That means I not only missed all the athletic action on the field and all the high-priced commercials but also the much-talked-about National Anthem performance by Christina Aguilera.
And while I didn’t have any bets riding on either of the teams and wasn’t rooting for either team to…
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Think a sundress is just for summer?
Think again!
When a sundress is as sophisticated as this beauty, you’re perfectly sane to want to wear it year round. And all it takes is a bit of styling flair.
Sure this 1950s cotton dress has an organic country print of wheat and daffodils but the color scheme of navy and gold makes it easy to dress it up and…
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I spied a Tweet the other day asking why vintage clothes were so expensive and the way I see it, any price tag on a piece of vintage clothing reflects two different things:
- The value of the original garment (based on its creator, fabric, construction, scarcity, provenance, etc.)
- A dealer premium that reflects the dealer’s efforts to make the piece available for sale.
Now for those readers who…
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May 3, 2010 by
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April 26, 2010 by
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