A Mindful and Meaningful Approach to Fashion
We need to make more mindful and meaningful choices to support a sustainable fashion future. Here are my methods.
Necktie Skirts with School Girl Attitude
A necktie skirt separated the hippy from conventional same ol’. We honor these visionaries by styling this vintage find with a sweet, school girl attitude.
Mexican Vintage: Four Favorites to Collect
Mexican folk culture and craft influence vintage fashion with four stand outs. The Guayabera, Copper jewelry, Tooled leather and Oaxacan textiles.
Thrift Store Hunting, Finds and Fascinations
What starts as hunting to find buried thrift store treasure oftentimes leads to discoveries far more interesting than the piece itself.
How Do You Dress For A Formal?
Formal and Bridal Season It’s formal season. You have somewhere to go. You look in your closet to choose what to wear. It is the classic conundrum. Should you dress daring or darling? The red carpet tests how far you can push the fashion envelope. What I see, is a bit less skin and more …
Just How Much is the Vintage Fashion Industry Worth?
Vintage Fashion Always In Style The rules of fashion are always evolving and rapidly at that. There used to only be four fashion seasons in a year, dictated by changing weather patterns, but now there are fifty-two. These micro-seasons correspond with every passing week and are made possible by the fast fashion industry. The only …
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Curious About Sequins?
Sequins Adorn Everything No matter what you do this holiday, you cannot avoid an encounter with this shiny object. They adorn everything. Purses. Party Dresses. Parasols. So many sequins! So what is a sequin anyway and where did this brilliant party companion come from? Well, it appears they are directly connected to cash. From its …
Separates Rule Modern Fashion
The Evolution of the Separate Suzanne pulls it off with perfect pattern mixing. Love the vintage animal print purse! Ah, The Separate. This might be a term imbued only in minds of veteran retailers. For those that rolled racks down department store floors, the Separate Department housed everything that wasn’t a dress, a coat or …
UPcycle Designer Doris P. Eagle
“I view the world with endless creative possiblities.” Doris P. Eagle Welcome to my passion. My name is Doris P. Eagle and I love the life I live. I live in La Misión, Baja California. Every day of my life I’m blessed to create in paradise. From my sewing table I look out the window …
Machine Age: Man Finds Its Heart In The Age of Metal
“The Mediator Between the Head and the Hands Must Be the Heart”. Metropolis 1927 Industrialization exploded between the two world wars. Urban centers expanded. Steel defined the landscape. And with it, grew a movement in art and in architecture tempered toward the linear and mechanical. It was called the Machine Age. In America it was …
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