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...

inspired by my own recent post about the great patterns on offer over at burdastyle, i decided to sew up my own version of their kasia skirt pattern. i’ve been lusting over high-waisted skirts in general for a while now…really, since way, WAY before my daughter was born (and she’s ...

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...

-the big question this week: do you think the current economic crisis will encourage creativity, or stifle creativity? who’s creativity will be stifled, if at all? if so, how? who will be inspired to be more creative? this question was sparked by a.), this quote from mary quaint, in an article...

(images via labour of love) i agree with the suburban queen, these patent leather jazz shoes by labour of love are pretty damn ace. go check out all the pretty colors they come in….yummo, right? anything that reminds me of candy is a good thing(tm). the other stuff on labour of love’s si...

this week, some tales (and troubles) concerning thrifts, thrifting and thriftiness: -according to the NYT, in poland, style comes used and by the pound. apparently, buying and wearing second-hand clothing was once looked down upon by the hip folk in that formerly communist eastern european nation...

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.”...

an amusing clip on street style in kiev, ukraine. it’s by street style site, FAK!’s founder, phil bananov, and was recently featured on current. i love the attitude of anton, the guy who looks like an “ordinary american punk/skateboarder”. seems like america is still loved, i...

-there’s a whole lot of theving going on these days. such shenanigans are like, no new news in the fashion world, no? i’ve written about such things multiple times, right here. what gives? it’s a touchy subject…but one that comes up constantly. it seems especially sad when on...

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...