Fur and Cotton

This week it's all about cotton and fur.  Well, fake fur that is.  I'm still in denial of winter, so I am mixing winter fabrics with summer.

Even fake fur comes in handy in NE where there are more than 100 days below freezing.  Although I have gone to fake now, I must confess I have some real furs still hanging around.  It has become politically incorrect to wear real fur in Boston--and I can feel the tension when I wear one.  (disclaimer:all of my real furs are over 25 years old--could that be a disclaimer?) 

For those of you who would like to see more of my sketches, here is the one from this week.

I have lots of fake fur stuff; fur clogs, fur scarfs, fur hats, fur vests, fur coats, fur headbands, fur gloves.  My girlfriend calls my fur outfit crazy-ass; but seriously, not as crazy as this fur skirt.

Thanksgiving, Treasures and Talkies

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday; I am hoping to extend the Thanksgiving bliss into as much as the Christmas season as possible.

This week, as it was a short week, I just have a couple of outfits on video AND I HAVE SOUND!  Yes, we have talkies, friends!  

(although I must say it is a bit soft--hopefully I can correct this in the future)

1st Outfit details:  Sweater: Atnthropologie

Skirt: Banana Republic

Booties: Nordstom The Rack

2nd Outfit Details:  Vest: Marshall's***

Skirt and Shirt:  Thrifted

The vest was such a find at Marshall's.  I swooped down and nabbed it when someone put it back on the rack.  It is one of my "TREASURED" items in my closet and probably about 8 years old.  It is reversible--fur on one side and suede on the other.    I look at my closet now and am thankful for my "treasures" that have stood the test of time.

It's just one of the millions of things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving~

xoxo 

to all of my friends over at VISIBLE MONDAY!

Coffee Talk: Betsy Johnson

Have you watched Betsy Johnson’s show yet on the Style Channel?  It’s cute; I’m hoping we see more of her creative endeavors though.

There are tons of these patterns on the web.  These are mine. 

I remember the BIG Betsy back in the 70's (BIG as in popular).  Some of the things that defined her style—fun, colorful, prints, neon, girly, have been present throughout her illustrious career.  And it seems she is trying to make a comeback—with the financial help of Steve Madden.   Hence the big push lately; I'm seeing A LOT of Betsy Johnson stuff out there.  Web site too. 

Fakey cartwheel  I would kill myself if I really tried.  

What makes me want to root for Betsy and her comeback, is I secretly want a world of woman designing womans' clothes.  Not that guys aren't talented or anything; it's just that its sort of a throw-back to it's a "man's world" and all that rot.  I mean, how many women are designing men's clothes????? Let's even up the playing field here people!

That's why I say, Go Betsy!  What say you?