One small step for one man, a giant leap for functional fashion.
From head to toe, Neil Armstrong's suit was an engineering marvel with a heavy dose of expert tailoring for good measure.
Every stitch had to be be tough, flexible and airtight.
After 4 years and over $70...

A few fashion Fridays ago, I posted photos of whimsical dresses made out paper plates and pages of a book. As creative and imaginative as they are, nothing quite holds a candle to the work of Isabelle de Borchgrave (but please don't hold a candle to her art!). A painte...

Some of you may not know this, but in my former life, I was a visual merchandiser.
(If you're my age, think Rhoda from the Mary Tyler Moore show.)
Contrary to what you may think, it wasn't a very creative job since we had to follow strict corporate guidelines.
That is...

Since I'm allergic to metal, I don't wear a lot of jewelry and I'm very particular about the jewelry I do wear. I can only wear pendants on a leather or fabric cord. Most of my pieces have a very special meaning to me. I may recall the place where I chanced upon it, th...

First I'd like to thank all of you who surprised me and were there to support me when I presented at Women of Willow Grove this Tuesday. It's been a while since I've done public speaking, but I could not have asked for a friendlier, more supportive audience.
So thank y...

I finished a Silk Matka wedding suit this past weekend and went straight to work on a ensemble that my client will be wearing to her son's Bar Mitzvah.
Before I dive back into my work, I want to invite you to Women of Willow Grove Tuesday June 11.
I'm going to be their...

The first Monday in May is the biggest event in fashion. What I like about the Met Gala is that function is totally thrown out the window. It's all about fashion for art's sake. Many of the fashions on the pink carpet are totally outrageous and completely impractical.
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As a young woman, Judit Pető, was sent to Kings College London to study chemistry, but World War 2 intervened. She was quoted to have said  “If the Nazis hadn’t occupied Budapest, I would have become a chemist.”

Back home in Budapest, she became an apprentice in a handb...

This meeting between a dumpy tree frog and an African queen butterfly was captured by freelance photographer, Kurit Afsheenutside outside his home in

Tangerang Baten, West Java, Indonesia

My inspiration for last Friday's focus on Easter Bonnets came  from the whimsical...

Wishing you a Peaceful Passover
&
Happy Easter

I remember my grandmother's closet and being fascinated by all the hats lovingly stored in their individual hat boxes.
Let's enjoy a little stroll through the past when a woman (or a man for that matter) wasn't fully dresse...