Archive for the ‘Life in Yesterday’s Clothes’ Category
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Mothers: the great vacationless class
29 Jul 2013“The restlessness, the unending pressures and demands, the denials of leisure and silence, the threat to inner peace and…
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Mother-daughter dressing comes full circle: from 1966 to 2013
19 Jul 2013In 1966, my mother bought the two of us matching shift dresses in crisp orange gingham. Digging around through 1960s…
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Refashion life by going against the grain
17 Jul 2013Have you ever been in such a large or vocal group that it was impossible to get a word in…
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No one likes a tattletale: why no one wants to talk about copyright law
09 Jul 2013See if you think these seem like great ideas for winning friends and influencing people. Scold your junior high peers…
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Eight good reasons to switch to handkerchiefs
06 Jul 2013Of all the things that have gone out of fashion, I have to scratch my head in wonder over the…
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Boomerang: why books, libraries and manners still matter
03 Jul 2013If you were unlucky enough to be born a slave in the 19th century, there were a great many rules…
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Your $75 summer: no guts, no glory when it comes to vintage fashion
27 Jun 2013No guts, no glory. It’s a phrase that applies to a lot of things in life—especially collecting vintage clothing and…
