Sunday, January 6, 2019

My Brilliant Friend: Some Clothes

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I've just finished watching the first season of Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend , which to me is a glorious hybrid: A Tree Gr...
Thursday, January 3, 2019

Fanny Be Tender . . . A Canary Yellow Belt Bag from COS

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Do you know the Bee Gees song "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" from 1975 ( see video link below )? It came to mind today as I w...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Happy New Year: The Language of Clothes in Selvedge's Renaissance Issue

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For my final piece of 2018, I pitched a story on the language of (in, and on) clothes. I was interested in how clothing is written upon, o...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

Miss C's "Moody Hues" of Missoni, Etro in Selvedge Magazine

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This fall, in Selvedge Magazine's "East" issue, I published a story on the "moody hues" of Missoni and Etro. Her...

Beanpunk: Sbux Reserve Roastery, Dickens, and Liberty Tweedy Cuffs

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Since Levi's left the security tag on Mr. C's new selvedge jeans, we schlepped back to the Meatpacking District this morning (I ce...

Gudrun Sjoden or Oleana?

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While Mr. C was at Blue in Green looking for his favourite selvedge jeans, I popped into Gudrun Sjoden , the very colourful Swedish mix/m...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

Tiger by the Toile: Dior in Soho and the Meatpacking District

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We zoomed into the city this afternoon so my daughter could connect with some college pals while Mr. C and I skulked around Soho. My eye...