Category: Culture of Origin

Antwerp Fashion, Real And Imagined

Antwerpen Centraal. A train station. A beautiful train station. From the era of decorative iron.  Thursday, my friend and I traveled from her small town

What To Wear For Your Second Wedding

My mother married my stepfather in the early 80’s. They held their small wedding, family only, at the chapel at Columbia University, where I was

How Do High WASPs Differ From WASPs?

A shot glass from my mother’s family. It says, “A Thimble Full.” We have to drink a lot of scotch, but with decorum. How do

Patterns, Prints, And General Pickiness

What kind of prints do High WASPs wear? Prints, mind you. We aren’t talking seersucker, madras, gingham, or plaids, which should be woven into the

When High WASPs Go Hipster. Or Try.

We can recognize High WASP style fairly easily. Pearls. Navy blue. Black Ferragamos and white button-fronts. Hunter green cable sweaters with hunter green wide wale

Classic (New) Clothing For Pre-Fall 2010

It’s time for seasonal fashion. Pre-Fall 2010. Goodness. Does the industry never stop? New is fine, new drives the economy, new is new. Some of