Archive for June, 2009
Trend Watch: Sequin Mania
The last ten years have been a trend-watching blur: we’ve seen almost every decade resurface for at least a brief moment before slowly fading away. The current, high-controversy era in our midst is the late 1980s. Only being in our mid-twenties, the eighties are an era we Demoiselles spent little time in, and truth be [...]
Calling All Extremists! (Why “Normal” Is Bad)
We talk a lot about body acceptance on The Demoiselles: whether you’re thin, fat, curvy or flat, your body is yours, and worthy of love. At the same time, when I read about designers like Christian Lacroix stating that they will not book models they feel are “too thin,” I have to speak up… …and [...]
Trend Watch: White Denim
J. Brand skinnies at RevolveClothing.com How brave are you? Now that white denim is back in fashion, that question has arisen in the mind of many a fashion-loving woman: What can I wear it with? Will it make me look fat? What if I spill something? What style is best for my body? This trend [...]
Greener on the Other Side
It’s funny how one sentence can remind you of your purpose. Between Elle’s fashion events and business meetings in Chicago, and my happy hour coffee dates and handmade rummagings in Seattle, it can be hard for us to keep up on anything not “business related.” That’s why, more often than not, Miss Elle and I [...]
Links à la Mode
Fashion Potluck Edited by Dramtis Personae This week’s Links á la Mode it a fashion potluck, a hodge podge of politics in fashion, interviews with fabulous designers, bloggers, and photographers, flashbacks in to our fashion past, and great shops and designers to check out. I couldn’t make rhyme or theme of the collection, so just [...]
Article Outrage: Chic Report on ScarJo’s French Elle Cover
Articles, blog posts, and essays fly across our desk by the hundreds, daily… but every so often, we come across one that’s so remarkably infuriating that the only way to truly express our feelings is to rant about it. The easiest way to rant? Video. So welcome to our first installment of Article Outrage, hosted [...]
Birds of a Feather: …love, Maegan
Birds of a Feather will highlight strong, confident, and beautiful women in the fashion community. We got in touch with this week’s featured blogger, Maegan, because her independent style, massive talent for DIY projects, and radiant confidence completely drew us to her blog, …love, Maegan, like moths to a flame. Her daily “Gratuitous Outfit Posts” [...]
From the Birds: A Body Mantra
Think back to a day when you felt amazing. Your waistline was playing nice, your body had perfect proportions, and your skin seemed to glow. What was it that brought on that effortless beauty? What experiences and words created the type of grace that let you put on your shortest dress and reddest lips, without feeling [...]
Short Girl Blues
To clarify, I’m short. I’m the kind of girl that needs every pair of jeans altered, whether it’s so she doesn’t trip over herself or because she wants to finally be able to wear flats without ruining the hem of her pants. I’m the kind of girl that wears “ankle length” jeans with heels; the [...]
Links à La Mode
Fashion History Edited by Debutante Clothing I was particularly proud of this week’s choices of IFB member links. As a vintage lover, I think fashion history is an often over-looked part of the fashion equation. I was thrilled to see so many fellow IFBers agree. Bonne Vie, Miss Glitzy, and Couture Allure are some of [...]
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