aesthetic to ascetic

april 2

2009-04-06T14:43:00.001-04:00

THE FINAL OUTFIT
my issey miyake pleats please long grey jacket with fave black pants and a black rayon tank
IT HAS TAKEN 338 DAYS TO GET HERE. now I have a much better ability to toss things, though it may have gotten too good and I don't know what still is good in some ways. looking forward to summer and making lots of simple dresses.

april 1

2009-04-06T14:42:00.001-04:00

randomly stitched green rayon dress

march 31

2009-04-06T14:41:00.000-04:00

issey miyake flourescent green collection top, fun to wear and even more fun to play with

march 30

2009-04-06T14:40:00.000-04:00

my brown yojhi top with a long ruffle "tail"

march 29

2009-03-29T13:54:00.001-04:00

it's my favorite dress, grey-brown linen with a grey silk lining. cut out pattern and odd screens. bought in paris in 2001 for my wedding dress.

march 28

2009-03-29T13:53:00.000-04:00

the annual waldorf school auction. a red silk crepe de chine top i made in 2001

march 27

2009-03-27T16:41:00.001-04:00

a vintage suede jacket by bonnie cashin, navy, suave eh?
getting down to the bottom of the barrel

march 26

2009-03-27T16:40:00.002-04:00

here is my lovely comme des garcons jacket, bought in london in 2007 at dover street market.
my new favorite store...still

march 25

2009-03-25T17:55:00.000-04:00

hmmm
cotton jersey top i made in 2008

march 24

2009-03-24T15:28:00.001-04:00

here is a wool frock coat bought in san francisco 2006, danielle bizzard? and a wool skirt i made from a dkny pattern in 2000.

march 23

2009-03-23T15:27:00.001-04:00

wool boucle sweater with inset metallic details, london, 2006

march 22

2009-03-22T16:19:00.001-04:00

the second or third? day of spring. dug up big woody fountain grass, divided it (two plus hours) dug seven new holes for divided grass (three hours) looks like pizza night!!!
grey sweatshirt....

march 21

2009-03-21T14:13:00.002-04:00

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this is a john paul gaultier jacket i bought at a thrift shop, brand new and it fits well

march 20

2009-03-20T19:31:00.001-04:00

is it really the 20th!!! happy spring
brown silk blouse, nearing the end oh yeah!!

march 19

2009-03-19T07:53:00.001-04:00

this is a sparkly top from h and m bought in 2003. wee hoo

march 18

2009-03-19T07:42:00.001-04:00

this is a dress i made of a lovely length of vintage printed cotton called "idyll".
birds and bees and flowers. made in 2002

march 17

2009-03-17T15:23:00.001-04:00

my vintage pucci jacket, bought in 1989 at screaming mimis on the lower east side. probably 1970.

march 16

2009-03-16T17:54:00.001-04:00

this is a wool jersey shirt i made in 2005. ignore the water from my dishwashing episode!

march 14

2009-03-15T16:09:00.001-04:00

missing post oh well. maroon sweater from my dad.

march 15

2009-03-15T16:03:00.000-04:00

i seem to have lost a day? vintage leopard furry pullover.

march 13

2009-03-15T09:22:00.002-04:00

i couldn't post yesterday
hmmmm
blue eileen fisher sweater bought at saks in 2007

march 12

2009-03-13T06:15:00.000-04:00

red gianfranco ferre sweater, wool and silk. looking for a new home. black linen pants

march 11

2009-03-13T06:14:00.000-04:00

an orange michael kors cashmere sweater worn with a favorite scarf and the black trousers

march 10

2009-03-13T06:13:00.001-04:00

post posting, we went to dc for two days.
a black jersey wrap top worn over a pink tee with black trousers

march 9th

2009-03-09T14:08:00.000-04:00

here is a richmond waldorf school tee, worn with a ruched skirt.
two weeks to go ???

march 8th

2009-03-08T17:20:00.001-04:00

a shirt from POOL, fluffy co vs pool wolf fight, gardening trousers..hence the dirty knees

march 7

2009-03-07T17:10:00.000-05:00

a brown velvet shirt from vietnam, bought in hanoi in 2004

march 6th

2009-03-06T12:41:00.001-05:00

still not quite done, about two weeks to go....arrgh
today a fine shiny long acetate vintage yojhi yamamoto top, circa 1986 or so
fave pants

march 5

2009-03-05T16:43:00.001-05:00

here is a brown wrap wool shirt i made in 2005?

march 4

2009-03-04T14:42:00.000-05:00

another old navy sweater dress, bought in 2007 i believe.

march 3

2009-03-03T07:17:00.001-05:00

me and frosty, we have so enjoyed watching bird tv this week. a bag of seed and a late winter snow and no school, and a bird id book circa 1951. this dress/sweater is from old navy, 2006?

march 2

2009-03-02T15:48:00.000-05:00

snow snow snow everywhere, no buses over here, no plow, no school!
black cashmere sweater

march 1, 307 days!

2009-03-01T12:48:00.000-05:00

here is a grey cotton velveteen dress i made in 2000 for an art piece which i never completed. i intended to obsessively scratch a pattern into the surface with a pin, a sort of nervous habit like biting my nails. so, worn for the first time today! here it is un-scratched

february 27

2009-02-27T13:26:00.001-05:00

black linen jacket from ann taylor circa 1994, black silk top with a soft neck scarf circa 2001 banana republic.

february 26

2009-02-26T17:21:00.001-05:00

my animal husbandry jumpsuit!!!

february 25

2009-02-25T14:36:00.001-05:00

yikes, nearly march and it goes on. oh dear. still about three weeks to go and some fancy clothes to wear! this dress came from a thrift shop in 2005 and it's been languishing since, never worn by me! what do you think?

february 24

2009-02-24T15:34:00.000-05:00

a jacket from perry ellis collection, circa 1989. double faced wool, reversible

february 23

2009-02-23T15:52:00.000-05:00

here is a grey top i made i 2000 worn with a black asymetric knit wrap top

february 22

2009-02-22T15:34:00.001-05:00

a shirt i made in 2000. leatherette and jersey, now it looks like a lost bit of a gorilla costume.

february 21

2009-02-21T11:20:00.000-05:00

me so tired
brown soft sweater
waiting for bedtime!

february 19 and 20

2009-02-21T10:51:00.002-05:00

ok, two days as it was a red eye home and i just refuse to pack much anymore!!!
an issey miyake port dress from the 80s most likely

february 18

2009-02-21T10:42:00.001-05:00

black cotton knit dress i made last weekend. worn wednesday in vegas

february 17

2009-02-17T04:21:00.001-05:00

4:20 am
off i go to lovely las vegas
a black wool dress bought for $5 at the phoenix many years ago

february 16

2009-02-16T15:01:00.001-05:00

just an orange top which is left over from summer, over a turtleneck!!!
i may post-post the next four days since i am not sure i will be taking my laptop to las vegas so come saturday you'll need to catch up on your voting!

february 15

2009-02-15T14:19:00.000-05:00

old plaid shirt, jeans

february 14th

2009-02-14T18:11:00.001-05:00

here is a wool jersey shirt i made in 2001. favorite jeans.
valentines bunny day, eeeek

february 13

2009-02-13T16:55:00.002-05:00

a black super long tee worn with a vintage rayon crepe short jacket with jet beads. red trousers.

february 12

2009-02-12T15:51:00.000-05:00

a dress made of navy linen with a tucked skirt. made by me in 2006

february 11

2009-02-11T14:04:00.002-05:00

we are having a 72 degree day but most of you already know that.
here's an orange tee shirt with my red nylon pants.
oh pants and middle age, to look like an egg form or hide under tunics.

february 10

2009-02-10T15:32:00.000-05:00

here is a black acrylic sweater, twin to yesterdays brown version. the skirt is a hybrid i made from grey velveteen and a vintage raffia patio outfit.

february 9

2009-02-09T15:09:00.000-05:00

here is a brown acrylic sweater, also a vintage cotton skirt

february 8th

2009-02-08T15:40:00.000-05:00

wearing a wrir ledge drive shirt from this fall and old levis engineered jeans

february 7th

2009-02-07T15:24:00.001-05:00

moving mulch, hence the mulchy colors

february 6

2009-02-06T15:45:00.000-05:00

brr but better
an embroidered fitted dress bought in 1990? vintage

february 5th

2009-02-05T15:41:00.000-05:00

brrr
black vee neck sweater, from banana republic in 2006?
red corduroy pants

february 4th

2009-02-04T14:16:00.000-05:00

here is a lovely wool knit dress in a classic triangle shape. It is beaded all about the hem and neck.
bought at exile as vintage in 2007 and never worn until today, it's a good one! what was i waiting for?

february 3

2009-02-03T18:31:00.001-05:00

a wool acrylic sweater from the good old days at urban outfitters, 1989 or 90 most likely.

february 2

2009-02-02T14:12:00.001-05:00

well, a bit over a month left to go, getting scrappy here.
this jacket is the darkest blue cashmere, from perry ellis collection in
1989, yummy. worn with a black tee and the ugliest black pants in the world which i
will either burn or wear for yard when it's all said and done

February 1

2009-02-01T11:51:00.002-05:00

wow, spring like and 60 degrees.
a long sleeved brown tee from the brunswick stew festival,
my ugly brown pants

january 31

2009-01-31T16:13:00.002-05:00

goodbye january
ballet, book fun with the waldorf school, sourdough bread making
and an analog to digital tv converter. all today
the clothes, spiral long sleeve tee from banana republic 2004, black cotton knit tunic from target 2007

january 30th

2009-01-30T07:25:00.000-05:00

oh boy, almost the end of january, now survival of the affliction of february.
this brown knit wool dress was copied from the pattern of one of my favorite dresses from paris by ventillo. maybe too long? but i can shorten it.

january 29

2009-01-29T15:55:00.000-05:00

today's outfit. a top bought on ebay in 2007, marked issey miyake but is it? who knows if it's just a label pirate in HK. brown pants.

january 28

2009-01-28T14:37:00.001-05:00

yes, another sweater. this time it's a navy cashmere vee-neck of my dad's,
worn with red corduroy pants and a scarf.

january 27

2009-01-27T18:07:00.002-05:00

good grief another big wool sweater, has anyone noticed i have all the colors of the hand-knit cable sweaters made in india by urban outfitters?
this one in ivory with a vee neck and a pair of knit horsey pants, meaning...i sewed a fringe into the side seams.

january 26th

2009-01-26T16:07:00.001-05:00

i don't even know what day it is...it's the winter blah's , my least favorite time of year.
here's a red sweater and my cropped brown pants, pretty huh?

january 24

2009-01-25T12:39:00.001-05:00

navy turtleneck sweater worn with a navy wool jersey wrap top i made in 2000.

january 24

2009-01-24T16:53:00.001-05:00

a saturday around the house, ballet for lulu and food for us. made ricotta and a pasta, sausage, ricotta dish.

january 23

2009-01-23T07:23:00.001-05:00

this is a rayon/cotton shirt-jacket with an applique detail. brown, bought at
the phoenix on sale in 2006?

january 22

2009-01-22T07:16:00.001-05:00

i jacket was bought in vietnam in in 2004. blue rayon velvet.

january 21

2009-01-21T07:14:00.001-05:00

yet another cold day, thank goodness for my collection of sweaters for places north!
an electric blue hand knit wool cable sweater, my dad's, given to me in 1984.

january 20th

2009-01-20T07:25:00.001-05:00

big sweaters again. a brown hand knit sweater from india, sister to yesterday's black number.
wool jersey knit skirt from the 30's

january 19

2009-01-19T15:01:00.001-05:00

a big heavy hand knit black sweater made in india, weighs four pounds at least.
today, digging in the dirt and picking up trash as a family service project.

january 18

2009-01-18T09:33:00.001-05:00

a big green sweater jacket.
hey, i have three bags of clothes going going going. alex, do you want to dig through them?
if there is an upcoming girl swap i will donate them but the history is getting on my nerves

january 17

2009-01-17T16:01:00.001-05:00

today it's cold cold cold again
5 degrees at night
a big pink sweater and a woolly hat

january 16

2009-01-16T16:16:00.002-05:00

today, furry warm and woolly, a sweater from 1990
tulip ate ms sunshines head and amputated ken, one limb at the ankle and another at the knee,
woe is we. now we have to buy a new mattel product for the fruit of our loins who is not too traumatized. ken was in the cage and tulip took his pants off and his shirt was halfway off (both undamaged but fuzzy) his hand was up over his head to ward off the horrible poodle attack in the classic defense posture

january 15

2009-01-15T16:04:00.001-05:00

brrr cold, but not as cold as fargo
a mohair sweater from my days at urban o, my fave black pants
the wind is blowing through me

january 14

2009-01-14T13:37:00.000-05:00

today another big sweater from my father.

january 13

2009-01-13T15:34:00.001-05:00

happy back to school day
a poodle print i designed on a silk frock and a wool turtleneck sweater

january 12

2009-01-12T12:23:00.001-05:00

the first day back to school at vcu.
me at home trying to eat a few saltines and keep myself from going back to bed!
red wool shirt was my dad's

january 11

2009-01-12T09:57:00.001-05:00

no post yesterday (sunday) because i was in pajamas and bedridden with 24 hours of un-mentionable
gastric flu. i made it down the stairs twice in 30 hours!

january 10th

2009-01-10T12:44:00.003-05:00

a grey cashmere sweater worn with grey wool wide leg trousers. i made the trousers in 2004 or 05 and the sweater was a gift from 1999 or so?

january 9

2009-01-10T12:44:00.001-05:00

black sweater, urban camo and the dogs

january 8

2009-01-08T15:41:00.000-05:00

a pink mohair sweater bought in 1995??? vintage, probably 1960's

january 7

2009-01-07T16:29:00.001-05:00

the look this rainy day is a persimmon puff top and black pants

january 6

2009-01-06T15:25:00.001-05:00

here we go a wassailing, lulu has her garden jumpsuit on too!
at 6pm we'll douse our biggest tree with cider/ale and spice
crabgrass jumpsuit seemed appropriate, gotta respect it's tenaciousness

january 5th

2009-01-05T14:41:00.000-05:00

today, a brown tee shirt and cropped green trousers

january 4th

2009-01-04T15:36:00.003-05:00

i have been reading lots about apples, even with my trees 3-4 years from bearing age.
i never knew 12th night was most likely an early spring ritual and wassailing was done in the orchard to the oldest and best bearing tree. so tuesday night at 6pm we will be wassailing the trees.
one of my dad's sweaters and jeans

january 3

2009-01-03T14:15:00.001-05:00

the green wool/cashmere trousers came from issac mizrahi in 1998 when my friend maurice worked there. the black top is ella moss on sale at anthropologie, 2005

january 2

2009-01-02T14:45:00.001-05:00

rain, snow, sun, you name it we got it today
a black knit velvet vintage shirt an magenta skirt
out to tea with the ladies today
we're making fresh ricotta cheese today from our abundant raw milk
yum yum

january 1

2009-01-01T15:37:00.002-05:00

happy new year!
the black cashmere sweater was my first purchase when i moved to nyc in 1984 (with borrowed funds!) it is from saks and still kicking. red pants i made, the vest is a vintage wool knit picked out of the rag line at a rag pickers in philly in 1990. one of my faves.

december 31

2008-12-31T15:14:00.003-05:00

happy new years
this lovely tunic was designed by me in 1988 for arlequin. i wore it as a mini dress in my nyc days with 3" robert clergerie heels. hard to fathom if you know me now. silk charmeuse.
i can't use my usual runway because the 40 mph winds are sending branchelets and bits of jeff's roof my way

december 30

2008-12-30T15:20:00.001-05:00

todays look, jeans and a gap fitted wrap tee, black

december 29

2008-12-29T12:46:00.001-05:00

today
first i wore overalls and pulled/dug more wire grass...ugh
now i have my jeans with a black turtleneck and a beautiful 1940's wool jacket which is two sizes too small for me. if you want it let me know as it's on it's way out

december 28

2008-12-28T12:35:00.002-05:00

my grandfathers golf pants, polyester, 1970's worn at his homes in cape cod and palm springs.
amazing sansa-belt internal 4' wide waistband, like a hernia truss (providing critical support for the massive holiday cookie shaped marsupial pouch of the season)
a black turtleneck. 70 degrees and blowing wind, digging up a bed of wire grass

december 27

2008-12-27T16:13:00.002-05:00

planting today, 10 wee little trees which will provide blossoms, berries, shade and landscape interest. hence the look, pragmatic. silk sweater from target, fleece jacket worn exclusively in the yard, overalls and rubber boots

december 26th

2008-12-26T08:43:00.000-05:00

hey, christmas sweater appears again for travel home, 9 hours and counting
goodbye snow, goodbye heart of winter

december 25th

2008-12-25T13:55:00.002-05:00

merry christmas, happy hanukah and solstice and kwanzaa.
my trusty holiday jacket, paisley, mizrahi. target 2004?
snow snow snow then yesterday 48 and rain! today snow (so much here the rain didn't affect it)
over ice and snow crust. sledding after dinner. lulu throws her body into drifts like a dog, she's never seen the stuff before.

december 24

2008-12-24T12:54:00.002-05:00

it's christmas eve and lulu is very excited and hoping santa can find where she is holed up.
tons of fluffy snow in chautauqua, we built this snowman.
today i am sporting grey flannel trousers and my red wool sweater from norway

december 23

2008-12-23T08:25:00.001-05:00

we're driving north. chautauqua county was actually closed for a few days and only now are the roads passable. we're in pittsburgh, right downtown at the renaissance hotel which is nice.
maybe no posts if i can't get out???
a black fuzzy patagonia sweater and chicken skins.

december 22

2008-12-22T07:37:00.001-05:00

headed north, today we will make it to pittsburgh. north in westrn ny another snow advisory including lake effect snow of 2 inches an hour and white out conditions. we may just stay in pittsburgh!
black sweater, jeans, diesel boots