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TheFashionMagpie: DC Readers Leery of the New “Sunday Style” Section in The Post
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ You may have noticed a change to your Washington Post this past weekend, and if you are like any of the Washingtonians that have commented on this modification, you are probably not happy about it. The paper has split its arts and style sections, and D.C. residents [...]
More »TheFashionMagpie: Fashion, Illustrated
Image Copyright © Inslee Haynes Last Thursday, I was in the midst of my blissful daily blog prowl when I stumbled upon a series of whimsical fashion illustrations that stopped me in my tracks. After snooping around for more information on their provenance, I was surprised to discover that the illustrator behind the series was [...]
More »TheFashionMagpie: Bringing D.C. Fashion and Art to the Foreground, Butler & Claypool Style
‘Adams Morgan Day – 2010′ courtesy of ‘TDLphoto’ Have you heard about Butler & Claypool? The District’s blogosphere is atwitter about this fresh-off-the-press retail and design collective. Founded this past fall but currently gearing up for a full launch later this month, the D.C.-based “collective” (more on what that means in a moment) was established [...]
More »TheFashionMagpie: Miss DC Send-Off Tonight
‘Miss Teen America’ courtesy of ‘MudflapDC’ Does anyone watch the Miss America pageant anymore? Some consider the annual competition an offensive vestige of not-so-progressive [read: chauvinistic] yesteryear, but I must confess to a strange interest in the spectacle. Perhaps this curiosity has been fueled by the addictive, deliciously edited, and highly disturbing “Toddlers and Tiaras” [...]
More »The Fashion Magpie: Tari DC, A Different Kind of Consignment
” courtesy of ‘erin m’ When Julep–a well-stocked consignment shop in Georgetown–closed its doors in the spring of 2010, I was thoroughly disappointed. I had been peddling my clothes there (with great success) for months, an arrangement that had come to be handy in my bi-monthly “closet-cleaning” practice, not to mention useful in funding the [...]
More »TheFashionMagpie: Ringing in the New Year in Style
Personally, the question “What are you doing New Year’s?” spurs the infinitely more pressing question of “What am I wearing New Year’s?” For the ladies, metallics are de rigueur for this festive holiday, and with this season’s embrace of “the daytime sequin,” sparkly options abound in all but the stodgiest of major retailers. In short: [...]
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