The Grande Dame Style Archetype
You know her. You do. If only by her strands of pearls. If only by the look on her face. Who knows what she really
October 6, 2009
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You know her. You do. If only by her strands of pearls. If only by the look on her face. Who knows what she really
You might, one morning when the kitchen has turned cold, ask yourself, “What is tweed, anyway?” This has been known to happen. I realized the
High WASP Feckless Prep School Youth by High WASP featuring Ted Baker accessories Feckless is a Scottish word. Many meanings. One of them is irresponsible.
If one archetype of High WASP women is the “grande dame,” another might be the sturdy gal. As a High WASP, she may vibrate at
When one reads books as oneself, one might think about, well, oneself. I mean I think about myself. My apologies. High WASP language. Distance and
Life is a scavenger hunt run backward as well as forward, a race to comprehend. But with Wasps, the caretakers lock the explanatory sorrows away,
As we know, it’s Fashion Week. Day after day, designers are showing collections in New York City. We might now wonder, is there such a
We may want to dress just like our mothers. Or we may want, for many reasons, to avoid our culture of origin, seeing it as
On September 6th, 2009, I walked to a bookstore and bought 6 fashion magazines. Yes. Six. Because this is a town of old hippies, and
In my family, we love to think of ourselves as Scots. At least the men do. The women are a little bemused. All that stomping
Writing about monograms (and continuing to find beautiful pictures) I have found myself thinking about identity. One might with good reason tell me I have
Once we place our feet squarely in the camp of delayed gratification, and decide to spend some more money, it’s much easier to get a
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