By Ann of Holier than Now In my thrifting and flea market hunts, I so often come upon vintage lace pieces that are beautiful but for a couple of stains. Don’t remind of how many eBay purchases-gone-bad have involved a “pristine” number that in fact had some coffee spillage in its history. But this DIY inspiration [...]
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If there’s one occasion where it seems like denim might be slightly out of place, it’s the red carpet of a major New York City event. However, if you’re Jenna Lyons, the President and Creative Director of J. Crew, you make it work. At the 2012 Costume Institute Gala on Monday night, Lyons layered an [...]
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On Friday I posted about returning to a more classic, simple denim look (jeans and a white shirt). A little bit of that paired-down mood has carried over into this week too. Maybe I’m a little exhausted from all the prints and colors. Who am I kidding? I’ll probably never tire of those completely, but [...]
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I just love a good contrast, don’t you? I think my very favorite thing about styling my denim (that comes especially easily in the spring months) is dressing up casual, washed-out, distressed denim, and dressing down slick, fitted, dark denim. Same goes for mixing up masculine and feminine pieces. If you know me personally, you [...]
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To be honest with you, I’m not really big on Saint Patrick’s Day. I am always coerced into a night of reveling and green beer and too many people in green plastic top hats, but I’m never that happy about it. One thing I can’t stand is how people think it’s appropriate to pinch you [...]
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I think it’s that whole concept of blossoming, blooming and rebirth that makes spring fashion so appealing. We’ve been covered up and cozy for many months, and the thought of shedding layers, donning florals and perhaps even stepping out in an open-toe shoe is utterly exhilarating. The winter has been a bit wimpy over on [...]
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By Ann of Holier than Now So … When I was about 11 I had a plain black t-shirt. It was simple and versatile and I liked wearing it with the one pair of jeans I owned. One day, I went to transfer it from washer to dryer and it was just … gone. My mom [...]
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By Holier than Now It’s time to deck the halls – and dump everything you own on the closet floor. It’s tough coming up with enough holiday outfits to get you through the party season without investing in five nights of new cocktail dresses, but the first step I usually take is to pour out my jewelry [...]
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When I was in high school and college, I owned so many hooded, embroidered and screen-printed sweatshirts they took up at least half my closet ( I blame the sports teams and sorority for this). I wore them to class, to sporting events, to bed, to the grocery store – you name it. Once I [...]
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As I’ve mentioned many a time before, I am not a born-and-bread East Coast-er. I’m from Seattle and have lived most of my life on the left coast. With the flattening of the world through internet, television and, hey, blogs – you’d think that by this point style would be pretty homogeneous from San Francisco [...]
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I don’t know about the rest of the country, but New York has been having a crazy fall. I know I’ve talked (pretty extensively) about how much I love the weather we’ve been having and how lovely it is, and I suppose today is no exception. The weekend before last it snowed in Manhattan, and [...]
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By Ann of Holier than Now It wasn’t the masked men or the horror movie marathons that truly scared us over Halloween weekend here in NYC – it was the sudden onset of WINTER! With snow and everything. As disheartening as it was to see Fall die a gruesome death, a denim jacket can certainly save the [...]
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