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Mother of the Bride Shoes, Which would you choose?

Mother of the Bride Shoes, Which would you choose?

 Ooooh, this is such fun. . . Here are reader guesses so far for my Mother of the Bride shoe, to wear with this dress, and chosen from the Fluevog website. Above is L’age Moyen’s…

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Paris Shopping — a Dress for the Bride’s Mother

Paris Shopping — a Dress for the Bride’s Mother

 I bought my Mother-of-the-Bride shoes this weekend. I was going to show you, but then realized that I hadn’t yet delivered on a promise to show you the MOTB dress I bought at MaxMara in…

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Jeans and Hermes? Indeed!

Jeans and Hermes? Indeed!

I’ll have to tell you soon about my very enjoyable jeans-shopping expedition in Shoreditch, London last month, but in keeping with my new resolution to have more long-on-photos, short-on-words posts, today you just get a…

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London, China, Art, and Visibility

London, China, Art, and Visibility

 I was going to post a What I Wore photo taken by Pater in the garden yesterday, but then I clicked on That’s Not My Age’s post for today. TNMA has declared her own Ai…

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Paris Couture . . . and some Pondering . . . .

Paris Couture . . . and some Pondering . . . .

Clear evidence, from Grès’s 1986-7 collection, that  her techniques are amenable to a very contemporary look  I’m doing some blog-thinking right now, trying to decide how to reconcile the copious material I still have to…

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