Style
In Which I Give Away My [Empty] Wallet
In honor of my guest stint at Corporette, where women earn a living, save that living via intelligent wardrobe purchases, all in order to create
September 15, 2011
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Year: 2011
LPC Is At Corporette For Heavy Lifting Wednesday
Today I’m at Corporette for a pair of pants. Not quite a kingdom for some pants, perhaps, but a duchy. Oh I am amusing myself
September 14, 2011
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LPC Is At Corporette For Sort Of Splurge Tuesday
Today, again, I am at Corporette. This time featuring a Tory Burch dress I bought recently. Regular readers of Privilege may be shocked at the
September 13, 2011
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Raptures/Analysis
When You Show Up Somewhere Dressed Exactly Like Your Sister
We know that as society loosens the bands of protocol, sorting out appropriate attire for ritual events becomes more difficult. For weddings, showers, corporate casual,
September 13, 2011
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LPC Is At Corporette
Today I am at Corporette. Kat’s blog suggests piece of workwear, and addresses career questions for women in traditional professions and industries. Monday is always
September 12, 2011
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Little Furry Happy, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:31am
Yesterday Patricia van Essche, who goes by pve on her blog, suggested that this weekend we all focus on happy. I liked the idea, even
September 10, 2011
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Style
Dressing Well Without Chanel; When Quiet Gets A Little Louder
Some of us are wary of color. We have closets like this. Some of us prefer classic clothing. We own 5 pairs of the exact
September 7, 2011
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Raptures
“This Is To Be My Symphony”
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild at Saint-Jean-Cap- Ferrat, via Dash at the French Sampler A few weeks back, the lovely Marsha of Splenderosa invited me to
September 6, 2011
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Seasonal Plantings
How Suburban Prisoners Do Fashion Week
It’s Labor Day in the United States. But it’s also Fashion Week. I change the flowers on my front porch, for holidays. This year it
September 5, 2011
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Piglet Grows A Beard, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:17am
And, just like that, my son has gone back to New Jersey. His sister picked him up and brought him to her apartment, my father
September 3, 2011
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Culture of Origin
Why Do High WASPs Eat Wheat Thins For Lunch?
via 6bittersweets At the top of the list of assumed WASP traits sits our presumed diet, replete with mayonnaise, gin, and all other forms of
September 1, 2011
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Jewelry
What Is An “Arm Party?”
If you follow the fashion press, you may recently have come across the term, “arm parties.” Coined, as it turns out, by the Man Repeller.
August 31, 2011
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