Takin' it to the streets
Photographers documenting street fashion have been getting a lot of press lately: The Sartorialist, Garance Dore and others are the newer kids on the block; New York Magazine has The Look Book; Bill...
View ArticlePretty Pictures
Got a tip* today on an lovely new blog, A Collection a Day, by artist Lisa Congdon, an illustrator and collector. Images copyright Lisa Congdon. This is my attempt to document my collections, both the...
View ArticleWomen in the background
For centuries, it was easy to identify an upper-class woman by the amount of fabric she was wearing– yards and yards of it. This has implications from art history to the hijab debate in Islam....
View ArticleYo– more fashion exhibits
Photo: Leon Levinstein, via Metropolitan Museum. I’ve added a couple of US and international fashion-related exhibits to my post from last week. Take a look:
View ArticleHow to Look Better in Pictures: The Profile Pic
Part 2 of this series, where I point out some common photo foibles, and give you advice on how to look better in snapshots. This week we have, The Picture Worth $1000 That is what your online profile...
View ArticleWhat is analogue chic?
Not a Jeopardy answer. An occasional, very sporadic feature in which I gush about stylish relics of the analogue era, or modern analogue design. I’m an analogue girl in a digital world… – Erykah Badu...
View ArticleRemnants: Random Fashion Goings-On
Local fashion-related events, in no particular order. 19th Century women's shoes from the collection of the Mattatuck Museum The documentary biography of renowned street-style photographer Bill...
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