Behind The Aesthetic: Personal Style

I love questions: asking them, pondering them, answering them.  Almost every post I write, both here and at The Demoiselles,  shows my passion for reexamining the obvious.  When I first heard of FormSpring, I realized I could use it to collect a few more questions and, if they fit, post the answers here.  If you’d like to ask a [...]

What About Wednesday: Erik Satie

[[Every so often, I ask a single bleary-eyed question: “What about Wednesday?” It’s my day to post whatever the hell I feel like, with no regard to fashion, eco-consciousness or, occasionally, even coherent thoughts.  It used to be a weekly thing, but since quality rocks and quantity is overrated, I've scaled things back a little.]]

This [...]

Rest In Peace, Alexander McQueen

From AlexanderMcQueen.com:

On behalf of Lee McQueen’s family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand has been found dead at his home. At this stage it is inappropriate to comment on this tragic news beyond saying that we are devastated and are sharing a [...]

Links à la Mode: The Heavyweights

The Heavyweights
Edited by Dramatis Personae
Fashion’s getting heavier– and I’m not just talking about the rise of supermodels like Crystal Renn. This week we’ve got meaty posts covering ethical topics like the sustainability of bamboo at Awakened Aesthetic while Bonne-Vie covers the the implications of buying items made in China. We’ve got not [...]

How Green is Your Bamboo?

Keeping up with the Joneses used to mean buying the newest, most expensive car and parking it next to your immaculately-manicured lawn.  Now it means getting a hybrid and building a compost bin.
But the idea of sustainable living – the basics of it – is not new.  The hippies were doing it in the sixties, [...]

Is It Over Yet?

What a season!  I’ve survived four – yes, four – Christmases this year: the first at home with friends, the second at my mother’s, the third at my boyfriend’s parents’ house, and the fourth with my dad.
Yes, I am just that crazy.

My sister and me.  She’s majoring in wildlife conservation. Amazing, right?
(Apparently, ecological consciousness runs [...]

What About Wednesday: A Question or Two

[[Once a week I ask the same bleary-eyed question: “What about Wednesday?” It’s my day to post whatever the hell I feel like, with no regard to fashion, eco-consciousness or, occasionally, even coherent thoughts.]]

Why do you shop sustainably?
Be honest! I know that there have been times in my life when I’ve only purchased something organic [...]

What About Wednesday: Get Over Yourself

[[Once a week I ask the same bleary-eyed question: “What about Wednesday?” It’s my day to post whatever the hell I feel like, with no regard to fashion, eco-consciousness or, occasionally, even coherent thoughts.]]

What the hell is everybody whining about?
It seems that this month’s theme is “complain about other people.”  Many of my friends have already gotten [...]

What About Wednesday: Forgive

[[Once a week I ask the same bleary-eyed question: “What about Wednesday?” It’s my day to post whatever the hell I feel like, with no regard to fashion, eco-consciousness or, occasionally, even coherent thoughts.]]
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Today, a man told me a story.
He told me that, as a young adult, he didn’t get along with his father.  They had [...]

What About Wednesday: Home

[[Once a week I ask the same bleary-eyed question: “What about Wednesday?” It’s my day to post whatever the hell I feel like, with no regard to fashion, eco-consciousness or, occasionally, even coherent thoughts.]]
 
Outgrowing the Dream House by Stephanie Mercado
I don’t think that there are any definitive lines that help us determine when each of us has become an [...]

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