Twinge of Nostalgia
I bought this dusty pink dress at Buffalo Exchange in Williamburg, Brooklyn. It makes me think of Raspberry Royale tea, cranberry muffins, grandmothers, and dry-presed leaves used as bookmarks in well-worn books. Rainy Monday nights, like today. Amnesia roses, which I gave for Valentine’s Day. Vibrant paint chips and life in [...]
A news clip in Express (the Washington Post free daily newspaper focused on District news) advertised a Tweed Ride – District area dandies and quaintrelles would converge upon Dupont Circle wearing various tweed apparel and accessories. They would ride from the circle to a hip bar in the U-Street corridor called Marvin where they would ply [...]
In past years, winter was a complete nightmare but this winter, despite the 26 inches of snow in the District, I feel much more cheerful. I credit the colors.
Coat – Filene’s Basement
Cowl sweater – gift from Mom from high school
Hat – stolen from good friend, outfitted with flower-pin from Zara
Boots – Camper
Skirt – [...]
Fashion Prodigy (haha)
Sartorial Intuition
That’s me. 3 years old. I was all talk talk talk. They tell me that my favorite game was “let’s sit down, cross our leg s and have a chat.” I don’t know where I could have gotten the idea. Probably from people on television programs who crossed their legs when [...]
Rainy Day Reds
In doors. Rain all day long. Effectively dampened mood.
Remedies: Outfit below + Florence and the Machine