Little Boring Dress?
Listen, it’s hard for me to get all het up about a little black dress anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE black and wear a ton of it. Half the dresses in my regular circulation are black and I wouldn’t...
View ArticleFashion Week: Oscar de la Renta
I’ll be honest, I’ve been disappointed by New York’s fashion week this go ’round. I haven’t made my way through all the shows but I’m just not moved. Partially because I like dressing like a grown up,...
View ArticleFashion Week Round Up: Vera Wang, Tibi, Temperley of London and Rodarte.
Vera Wang: My favorite thing about Wang is I get to say “Wang”. Other than that? Meh. Black, messy, uninspiring. Incredible jewelry though. Tibi: If that sullen girl from My So Called Life spent the...
View ArticleFashion Week Round Up: Narciso Rodriguez, Mulberry, Max Azria, Matthew Ames,...
Narciso Rodriguez: I’ve never just loved what he does, although I guess I get it. I bet I’d like it a lot more if I could see it in person, but on the runway although I want to like it –I love playing...
View ArticleFashion Week: Dolce and Gabbana
We’re in Milan now. Well I’m not, but the shows are. I’m still here in Austin, nursing what might actually be the hamthrax and wondering how long it will be before I can go home and unearth my...
View ArticleWhat Miss Plumcake is…
It’s Tuesday, it’s rainy and I still cannot find the bottle of ten year-old Talisker I last set on the organ console at church. That being said, let’s find out What Miss Plumcake is… Reading: Fishing...
View ArticleFashion Musing (Plus gratuitous Rankin Bass reference)
So I completely ignored Couture back in January and I know some of youse (listen to me talk like a Yankee!) have complained about it, so here’s a little bit of fashion musing over the past fashion week...
View ArticleSix really IS the new fourteen
Remember in The Devil Wears Prada (which I liked despite being the only woman on earth apparently not in love with Meryl Streep) when our straight-sized heroine Andy is told by creative director Nigel...
View ArticleParis Fashion Week: Plus Size and “Plus Size” at Gaultier
Happy Monday and a Half, Campers! As most of you know, we have just wrapped up Fashion Month –the four major fashion weeks that show in September for the next spring’s ready-to-wear collections. It’s...
View ArticleReview Revue + How To Wear: Wide Leg Pants
Do you ever just get an image stuck in your head and declare “THIS. THIS is what I want to be wearing right now, and I shall never know another moment of joy until my dream is realized!”? Well that’s...
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