Children’s Fashion

Recycle Children’s Clothing

The other day, while cleaning out our barn (we’re renovating an old farmhouse) I came across a box that I thought contained papers. Since I was in the process of cleaning the space  so that I could use it as a painting studio, old boxes were being opened; the contents examined, donated or tossed. Imagine [...]

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Fashion Dos and Don’ts

It’s probably no surprise that I love fashion. Growing up, I devoured Seventeen, Elle and Vogue just to mention a few. In college, I lived for the September issue of Vogue. I kept the issue for months since that’s how long it took to go through everything. Of all the fashion magazines, one of my [...]

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Memorial Service for Best & Company

When someone passes away, there’s a funeral or perhaps a memorial service. At minimum there’s some type of gathering to express the sense of loss that people are feeling. When a company goes out of business, we don’t have any such closure. Sure I understand that a company is not a person and shouldn’t warrant [...]

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Girls Need a Little Red Dress

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Older girls know that the little black dress is a must. It’s up there with clean underwear. Remember how your mother always told you to wear clean underwear in case you got into an accident. [Of course if we were in an accident, clean underwear would be the least of our worries. But I digress.] [...]

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Bribing your Kids to Wear a Fancy Dress

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Okay, so I know that you are absolutely, positively NOT supposed to bribe your kids to get them to do something that you want them to do…like say wear a party dress. I understand that it sends the wrong message. Truly, I have seen how smart children are and how quickly they can turn a [...]

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