What a week it’s been from Internet and phone connection problems to engineering new ways to bezel stones and jewels to get the look I want to classes I’m teaching ending and starting. I’ve got so many tabs open in my Opera browser I can’t even tell which one is which. And I did not [...]

I looked out the window this morning and saw a few leaves on a neighbor’s maple tree are already Autumn red. My first thought was, “what, already?” But my next thought was that everything passes and cycles keep revolving. This brought me to consider (not for the first time) how heirlooms are passed down through [...]

Please note that this is most definitely and opinion piece! In most of the west, jeans, plain tops, and sandals (or athletic shoes) are the most common form of dress. Sometimes skirts and blouses and occasionally a real dress makes an appearance, but for the most part the clothing is conservative even when it tries [...]

Have you started seeing ads for “Back to School” specials yet? Well, it’s August so you know, if you live in the USA, those ads are coming soon! Where you live, do you get bombarded with these? I wonder if “Back to School” is as much a marketing tool in other countries as it is [...]

Western fashion for women in the 1900s emphasized tight waists and exaggerated hips. Dresses and skirts were long and often ruffled. Skirts were often paneled to have great flares at the bottom, often with trailing trains. Except for evening wear most articles of clothing had long sleeves with puffed, exaggerated shoulders. Fifteen yeas later, the [...]

It rained today. The sky was blue and sunny and then completely overcast in the afternoon. It rained tiny droplets. A quiet rain that moistened the ground then disappeared and now the sun is out, dropping towards the horizon. Google asks, “Are you feeling lucky?” I typed in “raindrops” and hit enter. The first site [...]

My closet would tell a variety of tales about me. First, that I hide organization behind what at first glance would seem disorganized. Second, that I have an exotic taste in clothing. Third, that I either expect to lose weight and get back into shape (I was a Ballerina years ago) or that I can’t [...]

Here in New England (or at least my part of it) Summer heat is raging furiously. Ok, so furiously is too active a word for sweltering heat that makes one want to melt away. But this heat does seem to be aggravating a lot of people! This Wednesday blog post reminds us northern dwellers that [...]

Does the car you drive reflect your style? How about the car you’d like to drive? How much of a role does one’s sense of style play when car shopping? At the moment, my favorite car is the Saturn Sky. I really want that car. Preferably in bright red (or one of those shifting color [...]

Time to take a breath and take a look of what we’ve covered so far. Hopefully you’ve had a lot to think about and this pause will let you put it all together in your mind, both conscious and subconscious. We began with the obligatory course introduction where I presented some terms, definitions and concepts [...]