Coco avant Chanel is a textbook example that a compelling story, the perfect actress and gorgeous visuals doesn’t necessary equates a fantastic movie. If I hadn’t been the consummate fashion geek that I am I would probably have been bored with this movie. Heck, even though I am a fashion fiend I found the movie […]
So I am finally jumping on the Colette patterns bandwagon. So many have done great versions so I just had to give in. I chose the Parfait dress, but could just as easily picked another pattern. They all look great! While pink can be lovely I want something to wear for fall so I bought […]
Today I am wearing a garment that’s not mine to keep. It’s the eyelet tunic for my friend that I have blogged about intermittently for the last four months or so. The design is very much her idea and the collaboration has gone really smoothly. I think it helped a lot that she was very […]
I have to admit that I have never taken much of an interest in the legendary Italian designer Valentino. Sure he makes very beautiful and intricate evening dresses, but that’s about it. In fact I have been much more intrigued by his long time partner Giancarlo Giammetti who always says very interesting things in interviews. […]
Let’s start this tailoring Q&A! Gail asked: What is the tape used around the outer edge o I got some reader questions about my tailoring workshop experience that I’ll try to answer.f the jacket? That’s white cotton tape that is mitered at the top corner and attached by hand, both along the edges and in […]
Since I worked last weekend I got a day off today. In my usual overambitious style I had a long mental list of what I should do (laundry/sort out the kid’s clothes/exercise/yadayada). But after I had dropped off my youngest at school I went to bed and slept until noon. Man, did that do wonder […]
I just got home from the cinema and I can’t wait to review The September Issue. First a little disclaimer though:omygodthisthebestmovieihaveeverseenimustquitmyjobasaboringreporterforalocalnewsaperandmovetonewyorkandgetajobatafashionmagazineandwhentheseptemberissuecomesoutondvdiwillbuyitandwatchiteverynightbeforeigotosleep Okay, with that off my chest I can hopefully make a more thoughtful review of the movie. The story is centered around the making of Vogue America’s September issue in 2007, which was one […]
Today I want to talk about a really cool t-shirt that my 10 year old daughter did for my boyfriend’s birthday. Using an embroidery tracing pen (Amazon affiliate link) and tissue pattern paper she first traced a photograph of him. To get the outlines more prominent I used the Stamp filter in Photoshop before […]