Note to Self: Steal This Idea

This morning I opened my email, and Georgene, a fellow Sewing Diva, had sent all of us a link to this blouse – fabulous, yes?  And not that hard to replicate either.  Pattern-wise, you could use any peasent blouse pattern such as Simplicity 3887, or  Hot Patterns Poetry in Motion Tops. The flounce is just some elastic on the [...]

Starfish Dancer

For the most part the red carpet parade at the Oscars was pretty much what I’ve come to expect. Starlets, old movie stars, previous winners, industry types – the tabloids will cover it better than I ever could. Nothing really made me crazy, fashion-wise, although the level of glamour was uniformly pretty high. [...]

Rock Lobster !

If I could have music on my blog, you’d now be listening to “Rock Lobster” by the B-52′s! I just love this jacket by John Galliano from the Dior Fall 2006 couture collection.

I like it because it really does look like a lobster. I live in New England and I’ve been eating them all my [...]