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Many years ago, when I was 16 years old and visiting Rome on a summer vacation, I walked into a Gucci boutique and saw a little sign, in English, that said "Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten." Heh. I've never forgotten that.

Ahem.

Here's an interesting article about Gucci and its "roller-coaster history" as a luxury brand: http://www.slate.com/articles/.....brand.html.

14 years ago

Laurinda

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Feel free to skip this link if it is too far off topic, but I was shocked to read about the going-out-of business bridal shop Priscilla of Boston that spray painted/destroyed thousands of dollars worth of wedding gowns and accessories; "Witnesses say it wasn't just bridal gowns, other dresses, shoes, slippers, hair ties and other items were also being tossed."

http://www.kare11.com/news/art.....d-in-Edina

14 years ago

Inge

(website)

Moderator

I am completely smitten with the first outfit in this series from the Carolina Herrera spring collection 2012. I think it's colourful elegance (and colour-blocking too) done extremely well. That particular shade of green is exquisite and I love this type of simple yet strong abstract pattern. I love how the scarf adds one extra colour (yellow) to the mix and how the two patterns go together. The light trousers accentuate the vibrancy of the colours, and I could really see myself wearing this type of simple V-neck sweater with wide-legged trousers (slightly longer would be better:-)

http://notdeadyetstyle.blogspo.....tiful.html

14 years ago

annagybe

(website)

Veteran

Jason Wu is doing a line for Target.

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.....or-target/

14 years ago

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Fantastic, ladies!

Any other links?

14 years ago

Debora

Veteran

Laurinda, I didn't know that Priscilla of Boston had closed! I got my wedding dress there 31 years ago, and Priscilla herself helped select it. How awful to hear about the gowns being spray-painted!

14 years ago

Vildy

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http://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-death-of-pretty

This is the direction I had been going with my style, towards feeling pretty and away
from feeling tough.
Not to be confused with facial prettiness. Contrasting "pretty" with "hot" and using
the example of Grease.

14 years ago

Lisa

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The two recent posts really speak to me about mindless shopping. Something I have been working hard to do less and less. Especially ,Shopping: The Danger of the Alluring Assortment , which opened my eyes to why I just purged 4 grey blazers! And how I probably ended up with four of them to begin with.

http://theviviennefiles.blogspot.com/

14 years ago

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Thanks, Vildy and Lisa!

Any other links?

14 years ago

Polly (thunalata)

Veteran

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/.....275287.ece

An encouragement for those planning to SYC this year. I was struck (and I admit, slightly horrified) to hear about all of the things the writer had been buying and then not wearing, probably particularly because I buy relatively little and at much lower price points. For me the draw was reading of the pay off at the end of the year - the encouragement that it is possible to change your habits, even ones that seem impossibly ingrained. A message of hope!

14 years ago

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Vildy, that was a GREAT article. Thank you.

Polly, unfortunately you have to be a paid up member to access articles from that paper, so I shan't be able to use it. Thanks foe trying though. Sounds like a good read.

This thread is closed. I have to write the post

14 years ago

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