Here are a list of some books I've enjoyed over the past year (there were plenty I didn't care for) and thought they'd make good gifts for anyone interested in culture, art, vapid socialites, decor, history, and so forth. The Louboutin monograph. Jesus! It's huge, and covers all of his collections. It has a photo… Continue reading Shoes*Socialites*Patrons*Gluttony: My Book List
Category: Style
A Gold Digger with Style
Peggy Hopkins Joyce Ziegfeld girl, minor actress, the original gold digger, once owner of the Portuguese Diamond, and famous for quotes such as, ''true love was a heavy diamond bracelet, preferably one that arrived with its price tag intact.'' She was one of the original 'famous for being famous' women who married often and had… Continue reading A Gold Digger with Style
My New Phone
While everyone else is having first world problems waiting to get their grubby hands on the newest iPhone they ordered, I too, ordered a new phone that came in the mail recently. BEHOLD! Yep, I got myself a retro 80s type deal here. Guess what this bastard does? Dials numbers. Has a normal telephoney-ring. No… Continue reading My New Phone
Fall Fashion Illustration Class
Open registration has begun for my Fashion Illustration class at Bay Arts on Tuesdays this fall. This is a 5 week course for ages 10 and up, so all you Cleveland area people with fashion forward kids who love to draw, well, this is for you. My last two classes got to capacity and then… Continue reading Fall Fashion Illustration Class
On Collecting Art….
Helena Rubenstein collected the most unimportant paintings by every important painter of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- according to critics. Which was pretty much right. To this she said, "I may not have quality but I have quantity. Quality's nice, but quantity makes a show!" Get it, girl!
Portrait of a Roitfeld
I came across the blog I Want To Be A Roitfeld while I was going stir crazy, unable to move for almost 2 months in bed with nothing but a laptop, percocet, and a tube draining blood out of my thigh. I was so happy this blog existed! It was while Carine Roitfeld was still… Continue reading Portrait of a Roitfeld
Living Beyond Your Means Never Goes Out of Style
An excerpt from Universal Courtier's Grammar by Denis Fonvizin, published in 1783. Question: What Verb is conjugated most frequently of all at Court, and in what Tense? Answer: Even as at Court, so in the Captial, no one lives out of debt; therefore, the Verb conjugated most frequently of all is: to be in debt.… Continue reading Living Beyond Your Means Never Goes Out of Style
Meissen Porcelain
For whatever reason, I've been interested in Meissen pieces. While on the one hand I find them fussy and in bad taste, I can see how it would work if you over did things -- in the spirit of Tony Duquette. I suppose they are rather sweet; something my grandmother would have loved no doubt,… Continue reading Meissen Porcelain
Marion On My Mind
My favorite model who has always stuck with me is Marion Morehouse. I happened upon photos of her in various fashion and art deco books; there's something about the eyes and poses in every photo I like very much. She was a supermodel of sorts in the late 20s and early 30s, sitting for Vanity… Continue reading Marion On My Mind
Dusting Off the High Heels
One of the big things I was worried about after my whole knee/thigh surgery was that I would never be able to wear high heels again. Really worried! No, like, I seriously cried about it and was going to throw a serious fit if told I may as well sell or give away my shoe… Continue reading Dusting Off the High Heels
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