Friday, October 30, 2009

Ribbons

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This is a still from the last scene of Days of Heaven (1978). Much has been lost—a brother, a home, a boyfriend or two—but there’s somethin...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

A Dress; A Quest

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I am looking for a day dress. All spring and summer I live in dresses—the kind that have defined bodices and waists, then float away from th...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Hoop Skirts at the City Opera of New York

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Every great dress can use a little underwire support, no? Or perhaps hundreds of under, over, and middle wires? These images are from the pr...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

An Ancestor Talks Trash

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My lovely Canadian pal K-Line alerted me to one of my ancestors talking trash: "I don't know if I should, but I judge people by t...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

New York Magazine's Approval Matrix Pronounces Bedlington Terrier Shoes "Brilliant" and "Highbrow"--But Renames Them

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OK, New York Magazine : "disco lobster claws" isn’t bad, especially since you’ve focused on that reddish brown shoe. (But it’s not...
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Cavendishs End

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Ahh, what a Helen Schlegel morning it’s been, or should I say a Paul Wilcox dawn? Or perhaps a Victoria Kipps/Jerone Belsey sunrise, if you’...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bright Star, Big Meadow

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I have not seen Bright Star yet, but this photo from it recalls the mood of my favorite opening scene in a film: the beginning of Howards E...
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