Pinafores to Wear and Cherish
Pinafores and apron dresses are the new overalls. Welcome to my imaginary aesthetic of frilly bows with little pinafore dresses, white socks and straw hats.
Consider the Skirt Suit
Lately, I can’t stop thinking about my infatuation with the wacky skirt suit. The kind with palatial gilded carved buttons, wicked prints, sick embroidery, shoulder pads up the wazoo and...
Remembering Maria Blaisse x Issey Miyake
Perhaps most interesting is the dialogue of Maria Blaisse x Issey Miyake. Maria Blaisse worked with Issey Miyake on incredibly structural hats for the runway.
The Everlasting Inspiration of The Color of Pomegranates
If you haven't seen The Color of Pomegranates (1969), it's one of the most visually interesting films ever created. Directed by Sergei Parajanov, The Color of Pomegranates is inspired by color and life.
Remembering Betsey Johnson’s Stores
Do you remember Betsey Johnson's stores? Betsey Johnson's boutiques used to be the epitome of experiential shopping. The checkerboard floors, the poppy punk rock posters, the pink walls, the neon signs...
Need It: Anna Sui Makeup
If you lived through the early 2000s, you probably remember Anna Sui makeup. Today, Anna Sui makeup is just as amazing but a little more hard to find.
Remembering Halston x Elsa Peretti
Once upon a time, the famous jewelry designer Elsa Peretti collaborated with the iconic fashion designer Halston, on a line of futuristic cosmetics like you'd never seen before.
It Must Have Been the Work of Paul Poiret
To sum up the work of Paul Poiret, it would be reasonable to call him fashion's last great performer, as well as fashion's first great modernist.
Remembering Veruschka
Vera Gräfin von Lehndorff-Steinort (born in East Prussia 1939) was a popular model, artist, and actress known as Veruschka. The height to the Veruschka obsession occurred in the 1960s.
Carl Erickson, Fashion Illustrator to Remember
Meet Carl Erickson, the pioneering illustrator known for his work at the for Vogue and Coty cosmetics right after the urn of the century. Living between New York and Paris, Erickson made a name for himself by painting and drawing the way a woman deftly applied kohl liner above her lashes, or another lining her lips with red lipstick while glancing into a delicate gold mirror.
Searching for Fashion at the Brimfield Antique Market
Finding fashion at Brimfield Antique Market.