Last night, MrB and I went out with his friends Pat and Pattie. Pat and Pattie met when they were juniors in high school in 1958 and have been married for 45 years. They were delightful! We had dinner at Square Meal, which was also delightful. I wore one of the suits I saved from…
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Leader of the Pack, Part II
Seeing gorgeous blogger Delmy looking sharp in a white blazer reminded me of last month’s post on white suits by Red Carpet Fashion Awards. And that post, in turn, reminded me of the white suit I posted here in 2007. I got that suit in 2003 and it’s still going strong. For my first Leader…
eBay Picks of the Day: Kansai Yamamoto
Kansai Yamamoto is a Japanese designer who did costumes for David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust days. The Ziggy Stardust Companion has a great page on the costumes here. Embed from Getty Images I’m pretty sure Bowie is wearing his Yamamoto short kimono without the cape — but presumably with the matching hot pants —…
eBay Buy-It-Now Picks
The eBay seller Science Fiction Vintage has some great pieces at good prices. I’m very tempted by the Japanese caped suit. This backwards tuxedo dress by Pierre Cardin would allow me to have my Celine Dion moment. And those of you young gals who are all about the short and tight (you know who you…
Christian Francis Roth Archives, Part II*
Oh, Eliot Spitzer. We are all shaking our heads over you. I have the feeling that at this very moment, Ice-T is kicking back in his La-Z-Boy, reading the Spitzer stories and saying, “Damn! If the dude wanted a ho, I would have hooked him up all discreet-like.” My idol, Coco, is handing her man…
From the Archives of Christian Francis Roth
The best thing about having this blog has been meeting or corresponding with new people*, who have included other bloggers, the inventor of Bumpe the Swedish Bull and a fabulous hair/clothing designer. This weekend, I was thrilled to bits to get an email from adorable ’90s designer Christian Francis Roth. I’ve written about him twice:…
I Can See Clearly Now
In 1999, I agreed with the rest of the world that the Dior suit Celine Dion wore to the Oscars was a fashion blight. Embed from Getty Images Today, I spit upon the 1999 WendyB and her boring taste! I love this suit now. It is razor-sharp and futuristic. I would definitely wear it and…
Biba Dress and Matching Leggings
I kind of like this. Maybe it’s just because I have suits on my mind. It’s a suit in a way, isn’t it? It’s available for 81 pounds, down from 162 pounds, on my-wardrobe.com. After all my suit talk, I decided to wear one of my old ones to a semi-serious event I had last…
A Basic Wardrobe, Part I
Gorgeous blogger K-Line tagged me to answer the question: “What is a basic wardrobe to you?” I put off writing my reply for a couple of days because I’m (a) a big procrastinator and (b) unhappy with my basic wardrobe. I am in mourning for my old wardrobe. Since I left the corporate world in…