Monday, July 30, 2018

Rock Clothes: Stripes, Sequins, Madison Cunningham, and Miss C

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Every two years I pretend I am a rock star when my colleagues and I put on our biennial faculty/staff concert. I think this was my fifth t...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

Of Hydrangeas and Valentino Couture

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I'm currently ensconced in a beautiful summer home (as a guest) one block from the beach. Homemade ice cream calls my name from all ...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Great Hats Think Alike? Selvedge Magazine's June Cover and My J Peterman Hat

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I  bought this hat from J Peterman way back in grad school (the early 90s). It lives mostly in its hatbox, but I took it out last spring ...
Monday, July 9, 2018

Adele Stafford's Voices of Industry in Selvedge Magazine

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For Selvedge' s Cotton issue (how I love this cover) I wrote a story on Oakland, California-based weaver Adele Stafford and her farm...

Men in Lace and Vera Wang for Selvedge Magazine

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I had two stories in Selvedge in the spring Lace issue--one on the gender politics of lace for men and another on bridal designer extraor...
Sunday, July 8, 2018

On Eating Out Alone, or Comments on Lena Dunham's "Table for One" Article in Vogue Magazine

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I was catching up on a bit of magazine reading this evening, paging through the June Vogue and skimming Lena Dunham's essay "Tab...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Pink Lemonade: James Bay, SNL, and Coach Boots

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If these Coach boots could sing, they'd sound just like James Bay on SNL last night.