You can ask my mother about this, but when I was younger, I would always say that I wanted to be the next Barbara Walters. I would pretend I was a television newswoman, staring at my reflection in the microwave oven door, reading the news stories I had written. Then when I was about 16 years old, I began writing. I may have strayed from my original path as a writer from time to time, mainly because school and life got in the way. A couple of years ago, my passion for writing was reignited and I began a blog… […]
The September Issue
Every year, millions of fashionistas (almost all women, and some men) wait patiently for Vogue magazine’s “September Issue”. This year was no different, with the industry’s “fashion Bible” touting “916 pages of spectacular fall fashion for all”! And of course I was one of those millions who purchased the September issue with a certain level of expectation that there would truly be a wide array of “fall fashion for all”, meaning fall fashion that anyone and everyone could afford. First let me say that the issue didn’t even begin until page 76, which showed the first “table of contents”. Yes, I’m saying […]
Wanna-be Fashionista
This year for Christmas, I got an antique dress form from my husband and my parents. I have always wanted a dress form. This is my first, but I can tell you this – it will not be my last! I’m not a fashion designer nor a fashion blogger. I’m not going to school for fashion design, nor am I a “maxanista” fashionista who shops at TJMaxx. I just love fashion – plain and simple. I love everything about fashion: the magazines, the shows (reality and documentaries), and the fashion that actresses wear in movies and on television shows. I subscribe to […]