Sequins. Sequins. And, um, more Sequins. We’re too pretty to care. I look better on steps. And they call this comfortable? I wear fur in the summer – cause I can. Polka dot onesie = best thing ever. Hold tight. Color block tee, anyone? Here come the locals … … SDV knows how to play [...]
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Halloween night was epic for many reasons. It was epic for the first of many times, I successfully pulled off dressing like a man. It was also epic because I met a fellow vintage-lover, who taught me the ways of the “Zubaz.” We were in the kitchen of a Halloween house party off Graham in [...]
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A few days ago, I teased you with some of my first Sammy Davis Vintage-Halloween-designs. My good friend Bridget – a friend from uptown in the Bronx – wanted to be Joan from Mad Men. Her aesthetic was perfect for the role – milky skin, luscious red lips, and yes! ginger red hair. Now that [...]
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The starring ladies of Mad Men Joan is a seductive secretary in solids Betty loves floral Peggy pulls the school girl look The inspiration for Bridget – purple! Peggy as copywriter steps up her style Betty sticks to solids for formal wear Peggy & Betty in florals, Joan in solid The stylish women of Mad [...]
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When my friend Bridget emailed me about helping to wardrobe her as Joan Holloway from Mad Men for Halloween, I knew that I had stumbled upon something good. Something that my friends (shout out to you, Miss Tammy Tibbetts & Rachel Draper Mount!) had even suggested weeks prior: to advertise myself as a “Mad Men” [...]
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The drive home to Lancaster is a beautiful one. Think you need to go leaf peeping in Vermont or upstate New York? Think again. The trees here are shades of red and burnt orange and yellow and light brown. They’re in that in-between state of magnificence and slow death. Amazing that we value the slow [...]
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