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It’s in the Jeans

Jeans will never disappear from our fashion vocabulary.  Dressed up or down, they are the staple of American fashion dating all the way back to the early 1800′s.  Worn by workers and soldiers first, this pant phenomenon grew fast and strong into a fashion fad that will never die. Fast forward to today, when a [...]

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The Ghost of Oscars Past

Well much to my surprise this evening ABC had been pulled from all Cablevision customers in NYC.   So, in short, that happened to be me. All over money. Is that even legal? That didn’t stop me from my dress review. So on the website I picked some dresses from  this year and some from the [...]

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The Dress Recycler On Location: Soho

With my bargain antennae up and alert I not only look for great deals on the street- I look for fab women wearing the great deals. If you know me, you know I can smell a great sale a mile away. This week I met two Sarahs……literally. Check out Sarah #1 from Toronto. I stopped [...]

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The Fashion Gene

// // Coming from two generations of clothing retailers it was my destiny to inherit the “fashion gene”. Everyone had a clothing store. Dad, Grandpa, Uncles…you get the picture. To this day my mother is still on the selling floor going 25+ years strong in the retail world of women’s wear and accessories. Dealing with [...]

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