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Inspired Beauty: The Wilds of Nature

What inspires style? The simple answer: Beauty inspires style. To me, this weekend was spent surrounded by the most pure form of it — in the wilds of nature. And wild it was, indeed! Continue reading →

Tags: Black Bear Sighting, Black Snake, Catskills hiking, Gertrude's Nose, Hiking Adventure, Inspiring Beauty, Marty Stouffer, Millbrook Mountain, Millbrook Ridge Trail, Mohonk Preserve, New England in Autumn, Wallkill Valley, Wild America, Wild Nature, Wild Turkeys

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Categories Aesthetic Inspiration

How to Wear Vintage Styles for Business Success

To some, vintage conjures “stodgy” and yet this vintage 1960s dress is quite the opposite of dull or uninspired. Continue reading →

Tags: bullet bra, Business Success, couture fashion, how to wear vintage, Ladies Home Journal, Robin Wallace, style tips, thrift style, thrifty vintage, vintage chic, vintage fashion, vintage style, Vintage Styles for Business

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Categories Everyday Style

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Jazz Age Lawn Party, Governors Island 2011

Boarding a ferry to chug across the waterways to an isle adjacent to the island of Manhattan kind of sets the mood perfectly for a weekend of a Roaring 20s Jazz Age Lawn Party. Come sail with me to Governors Island, where all the magic unfolds.
Wool: Summer’s Vintage Fashion Statement

Michael Phelps has space-age materials to go splish-splashing in, but vintage enthusiasts Heidi & Joe model the predecessors to the Speedo LZR fast suit. The materials? Organic & all-natural, you know, kind of like the sheep which grew the wool. Yes, wool in summer — how’s that for being a slave to fashion?
Today’s Dapper Lad Dons Vintage Styles

{Today’s Dapper Lad Dons Vintage Styles} May I introduce you to the next Mr. GQ …
Puttin’ on the Ritz: Jazz Age Lawn Party

The Roaring 20s came on like a flood of booze at a Prohibition Speakeasy this past weekend on Governors Island.