Summer yields the end of spring cleaning and the start of vintage selling events like Brimfield on the East Coast. Sunnier climates like California boast year round vintage/flea markets like the famed Pasadena flea market, but the east coast with its lengthier history tends to yield a deeper trove of antiques.
Depending on whether you are a store owner visiting the show to find that unique key … Read More
My mother was a warm, selfless and strong woman whose standard for correct
behavior was off the scales. She had an excellent eye for quality, a fine tuned ear for integrity and a keen understanding of value. A few days ago, my 
brother reminded me that we–including my sister-had a bit of Toledo, Ohio in each of us. How could we not deny that influence on our DNA? She was, … Read More
As the Summer time approaches everyone is looking for that little beauty boost to take their legs from winter white to that summer glow. The legs which are covered from late october sometimes until MAY will finaly have their day in the sun but now without the sun -thanks to SunKiss Fake Tan Tights available exclusivly from TightsPlease.co.uk
The SunKiss Fake Tan Tights are a revolutionary idea, … Read More
COCKTAIL CHILDREN
I don’t have cocktail children.
They do not work rooms
Rely on pop culture icons or speak on the
swell of land bearing waves
Each one stands knee deep in the surf
Holding the ocean at bay by digging in
Toes firmly sinking in wet sand
Not dancing in the spray
Each one waiting, standing strong.
I think I taught them not to belong
To seek passion and … Read More
Last week was a busy one here in New York City. Buyers were in town for Market appointments; and business dinners and other events ensued late into the evening. And it’s not over yet! It seems that the wholesale Market Week is going to last for two weeks this year….. Still lots of appointments on the calendar!
On Wednesday, May 2nd, the Intimate Apparel Council … Read More
My first recollection of feeling bad about my body was immediately after being crowned Miss Texas. I walked by the judges’ section and a woman named June, who was head of a beauty company, and had just voted for me, told me to work on the beginnings of my cellulite for the upcoming Miss USA contest. Now think about that. I had just won for being … Read More
“I have always liked painters. It seems to me that we are in the same trade.”
~ French fashion designer Paul Poiret
Art and fashion have been inseparable ever since the first caveman decided to decorate his animal-hide wrap with a few charcoal stick figures.
But even the French couturier Poiret — whose affinity for artists and illustrators of … Read More
