on the subject of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous thrift: -flaunting expense or thrift, some ponderings on same by the very smart barry over at 3stylelife -the case against thrift (from salon) and conspicuous thrift (from the la times) (both via nubby twiglet) myself? well, i’ve always...

many, many moons ago, i wrote about burdastyle. for those who weren’t around the first time to hear me babble about it, i’ll reinterate: …burdastyle is a genius online sewing/fashion/DIY community that’s centered around publishing open-source, easily downloadable sewing patte...

so much to talk about, so little time. my apologies. *** -there’s a new book out by a guy named kelsey timmerman (see his blog here) called where am i wearing?, in which the author “picked [his] favorite items out of [his] wardrobe and traced them back to where they were assembled.”...

this video from threadbanger is a week or so old at this point, but oh well, i figured i’d share it late (better than never!). why am i sharing? because this particular episode gives some insight into sergers/overlockers (what are they? how the hell do you use one? how do they differ from regu...

-from a recent washington post article about (u.s.) vogue magazine editrix anna wintour, and the ethos of her iconic magazine: i don’t bother to buy or read vogue, for just such reasons. it’s unattainable, elitist, fantasy aspects just don’t appeal to me on a myriad of levels. it&#...

-i talk about stuff a lot here. i think about stuff a lot, too. about how we have lots of stuff, what we do with that stuff…and i often wonder if we (we includes me) really need all that stuff… apparently, comedian george carlin, who died sunday at age 71 of heart failure, pondered some ...

(more faves can be found over at my flickr faves page) *** sorry for the relative radio silence ’round these parts of late. bebe royal, while growing like a weed, has also decided to sit in my belly the wrong way around (aka, breech). fun times. so lately, i’ve been running around town, ...

-hey, all, thanks for chiming in last week with your suggestions for smart fashion blogs! you rock. one of my favorite suggestions of the bunch (and wow, they were ALL so good!) is the oh-so relevant retail recovery. i love how it’s author asks thought-provoking questions at the end of each of...

-the fashion industry and upscale designers whine and bitch and threaten suit when they are copied…and yet, they are so very often also guilty of copying other people’s work themselves. sometimes rather blatantly. on that note, how the HELL is belgian designer martin margiela getting awa...

-what we choose to wear is symbolic, no? arguably, we have intentions behind what we choose to wear, and we seek to express and say different things with our clothing and other complimentary accoutrements (i touched upon this a great deal in my why do we wear what we wear? post). sometimes, though, ...