The Academy Awards are the Superbowl of our house. I think it all started with Rudolph Valentino and a little girl from Kansas...<< MORE >>

Is it really poverty that plagues Haiti, Africa, and other regions of the world suffering economically? I have come to believe that it has less to do with poverty and more to do with greed. Our greed and the greed we've so generously taught to others. Thousands of Haitian children are smuggled into the Dominican Republic each year, according to a UN report. Human traffickers on either side of the shared border smuggle about 2500 minors into the Dominican Republic illegally. << MORE >>

I'm obsessed with vintage hair ornanments. This year, my daughters were once again the unsuspecting victims of my crazy obsession when they unwrapped vintage hair clips, vintage barrettes, antique combs and vintage hairpins on Christmas morning. Realizing that the Beatles Rock band couldn't fit into the tiny boxes, they were resigned to the fact that their Christmas had another crazy vintage theme and that their untraditional mother hadn't changed much since last year. << MORE >>

Putting on heels and leaving your flip flops at home makes you walk a little bit taller and a skirt makes you sit a little differently, no matter what your financial situation is at the time. You don't have to be Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn to dress beautifully and you certainly can do it on a budget! << MORE >>

The 1950's working woman needed to come home and make the perfect meat loaf, defrost her pink, yellow, or mint green Frigidaire and attend little Bobby and Cindy's PTA meetings, all while maintaining a pristine manicure and 22 inch wasp waist. Christian Dior's "New Look" allowed women to have larger hips than the fashions of the 1940's, but it still required that famous 50's cinched waist to be as small as possible. << MORE >>

Though most people can't even remember what channel it's on, Mad Men attracts everyone from college co-eds to the now middle aged baby boomers. This made me think, why are people of all ages drawn to a show that seems to be, at first glance, about aloof, chain smoking ad executives and their beauty pageant wives? << MORE >>

When my mother died, I took on the responsibility of cleaning out her closet. It was bittersweet; joyful, as I smiled remembering the events to which she wore certain things, and terribly sad, as I cried realizing she’d never wear them again.<< MORE >>

“Do you have anything sexy?” I always cringe at this question and answer with,“Well, what do you consider sexy?” << MORE >>

No, no, this is the revolutionary costume! I never wear this in East Hampton! I went to two cocktail parties in East Hampton to stop the gossip about my being a recluse. Most of them looked at me like I was from Mars. I shouldn't have gone; I don't drink. If you don't do what everybody else does out there, if you don't go to the Maidstone Club or join the Garden Club, you're written off as crazy. << MORE >>

Not just for flappers anymore, FRINGE is back!  Jil Sander, Alberta Ferretti, Ashish, Emma Cook, Balenciaga, Kris Van Assche, Jasper Conran, Julien Macdonald, Elie Saab, Alexander McQueen, Jil Sander, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, and Alberta Ferretti all showed it in their 2009 Collections for this Spring.  Whether wide panels, roughly cut swatches, or fine silk strands, it appeared without any reservations and brought motion to the runways with the quiet swoosh of fabric and beading. 

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The glamorous couple were known as the fashion king and queen of Houston. They took New York by storm with their business savvy, style and Texas sized personalities. << MORE >>