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Category Archives: 2010s
Book Review: The Art of Dressing by Tziporah Salamon
Of all the eccentric older women currently having a fashion moment, I like Tziporah Salamon the best. Perhaps it is because I once saw her once on a New York street, as brilliant as a bird of paradise amidst her … Continue reading
Mother of the Bride
Many women live in dread of dressing up as the mother of the bride or groom. Don’t believe me? Take a look at New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s overview of the standard options. While I also had my fears, I … Continue reading
Cis and Sally–Style across Generations
Meet my friend Sally, on the right, a historian of photography and a photographer herself. She has been a consistent help on this blog, providing background information, ideas for posts, and wonderful photos from her side career as a yard … Continue reading
About Pantsuits, Not Politics
The American media is abuzz with interpretations of what Melania Trump might have meant by donning a white pantsuit to her husband’s first State of the Union speech. Speculation is fun, but what interests me is the fact that she … Continue reading
Home Sewing and Fast Fashion–Thinking about Waste
On the face of it, home sewing is the opposite of fast fashion. It can take mere minutes to make a jacket in a factory; a homemade jacket takes hours if not days. In the eighties, McCalls advertised an “eight … Continue reading
My Homemade Travel Wardrobe
The internet phenomenon of Me-Made-May has once again got me thinking that I should show more of my own clothes on this blog. After all, I am an older (now 66) American woman who thinks a lot about clothes. Recently … Continue reading
Women in White
The simple white skirt and blouse of this older woman is probably sending a political message. In the 1910s, the American suffrage movement adopted purple, gold, and white as the colors of their cause. Wearing white, meant to symbolize the … Continue reading
Visiting the Texollini Factory
One of the members of my American Sewing Guild group organized a field trip to a local textile mill specializing in knits called Texollini. According to our guide, Merchandizing Director Sherry Wood, the plant is one of the few vertically … Continue reading
“That Woman” Clothing from Marlo Thomas
Yesterday’s New York Times had a story about a new clothing line started by actress and feminist activist Marlo Thomas. It was a fun read but I didn’t learn much about the clothes, so I decided to look into it … Continue reading
The Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing
My most vivid memory of India is a visit to the Anokhi Museum outside of Jaipur. Anokhi is a company and foundation dedicated to preserving hand block printing techniques. The museum, a rebuilt former mansion, is filled with beautiful examples … Continue reading