The Mutton Roundup
If this is mutton, sign me up. Photo: http://www.exposay.com/ Seems this is a hot topic these past few days. Linda Grant at The Thoughtful Dresser…
Author: Susan Blakey
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Hitting the Style Sweet Spot
Do you ever have one of those days when you just sort of dress from instinct, don’t put a lot of thought into it, but…
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Mutton, Lamb and Keeping Our Cool
Wee cutie pie dressed as lamb. One expression that pops up frequently when it comes to age inappropriate style is “mutton dressed as lamb,” often…
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Une femme Weighs In…
…on the Sex and the City Wedding Dress Brouhaha Yesterday several blogs including the Esteemed Manolo featured pictures of Sarah Jessica Parker in a wedding…
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Nostalgia and the Bad Old Days
Maya’s Granny posted last week about the TV show Mad Men, and some of her experiences as a woman in a man’s world during that…
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Miss Lorraine’s School of Charm and Modeling
(This originally started out as a short story, and was posted on my first blog, Dilettante’s Progress a year or so ago.) When I was…
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Musings On Body Image, Diets and the Fashion Juggernaut
There’s been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere in recent days about dieting and size acceptance, and about the impact of fashion magazines on…
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"Chic," qu’est-ce c’est?
French women supposedly Have It. The rest of us supposedly Want It. But what is it? “Chic” is something most of us feel we recognize…
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French Lessons
When we first started making plans to visit Paris this last spring, my primary and overarching concern was What To Wear. I had no worries…
