A few weeks ago, the subject of Fashion Friday was white jeans. We were bold. We overruled old-fashioned etiquette mavens, even grandma, when we gave the green light to sporting white denims before Memorial Weekend. Now with Memorial Day weekend just around the corner, we have another suggestion – New Yorkers, plug your ears –…
It feels like the 1960s all over again. Flower power is one of the trends of the hour. (Along with color blocking, which we discussed in this column – what was it? – a month or so ago and a 1920s elegance shades of Daisy Buchanan of Gatsby fame.) In this field of fashionable flowers,…
Green Business Roundtable is changing its name along with The New Community Coalition. While TNCC is becoming EcoAction Partners, the GBR is becoming the EcoAction Roundtable (EAR). We continue to hear this education series brings interesting and informative speakers to the Telluride region throughout the year, but we also want to give the community more…
Emily Post and our mothers (and grandmothers) taught us that wearing white is inappropriate before the last weekend in May or Memorial Day, and definitely a no-no after Labor Day. They also told us about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. You get my drift: Don’t believe everything authority figures tell you. Although in some…
Spring breaks may have come and gone, but spring travel continues, with many of us getting a jump-start on summer by hanging out on a beach. If you are like me, after a long winter, you want to get to the surf and sand asap. Carry-on luggage is the only way to go. Carry-ons allow…
Don’t believe everything you read. Fashion editors may tell you bright clothes came back into vogue on the Spring runways in Paris and Milan, but I credit POC sports with jump-starting the trend. POC is a Swedish company whose mission is “to do everything [they] can to develop protective gear that can save lives and…
Spring accessories are floral and futuristic and feature radiant hues. That’s what’s – literally – hot. I am talking about neon pinks, fiery oranges, and bright corals heating up handbags, jeans, stilettos and wedges. Then there is make-up, where lipstick’s most iconic color, a range of reds a la “Mad Men” (and the Rolling Stones),…
I remember my mother’s jumpsuits. The rolled-sleeve, belted mustard in cotton sateen; the soft jersey one with black bottoms, multi striped top and red patent belt; and the classic navy crepe. I remember how she loved these jumpsuits— for the same reasons I love dresses—the comfort, the ease, the waistline and the “no decision-making dressing.” She continued…
The “Nifty 50′s” were an optimistic time. Fads included Hula Hoops and coonskin caps for kids, drive-in movies and rock-n-roll for teens, conical bras and gelatin molds for moms. On the fashion side of things, there were poodle skirts, knee length shirt dresses with pinched-in waists, high heels, and polka dots. Sixty years later, the…
“The flowers that bloom in the spring, Tra la, Breathe promise of merry sunshine — As we merrily dance and we sing, Tra la, We welcome the hope that they bring, Tra la, Of a summer of roses and wine, Of a summer of roses and wine. And that’s what we mean when we say…
