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Passing Fancies: June 2015

©Photo. R.M.N. / R.-G. Ojéda

Video: Still recovering from the “Game of Thrones” season finale

Reading:
John Singer Sargent: Painting Friends by Barbara Gallati

Art:
 “One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Works” at the Museum of Modern Art

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By Jessicain UncategorizedJune 22, 2015June 29, 2015146 Words4 Comments

Perfume Review: Atkinsons 1799 Love In Idleness

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My latest review on Now Smell This is a perfume review of Atkinsons 1799 Love in Idleness. You can read it here.

Image: John Anster Fitzgerald, Titania and Bottom, via Wikimedia Commons.

By Jessicain UncategorizedApril 27, 2015April 26, 201531 WordsLeave a comment

Happy Birthday, Vivienne Westwood!

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Vivienne Westwood is one of the true, enduring originals of modern style. Today is her 74th birthday! Join me in raising a glass to Dame Westwood, the “mother of punk.”

(You can read more about her life and designs at the V&A website.)

Image: Vivienne Westwood at her shop World’s End in 1985, via Corbis.

By Jessicain UncategorizedApril 8, 201556 Words1 Comment

Passing Fancies: February 2015

©Photo. R.M.N. / R.-G. Ojéda

Baby, it’s cold outside! I hope you’re keeping snug, wherever you are.

Reading: “Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s.” My era, my music.

Video: Mr. TC and I just started watching “Better Call Saul.”

Audio: The new Bjork album, “Vulnicura” …

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By Jessicain UncategorizedFebruary 17, 2015158 Words2 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Image: Charles of the Ritz ad from The New Yorker, February 8, 1946, via Vintage Ad Browser.

By Jessicain UncategorizedFebruary 14, 2015February 8, 201515 WordsLeave a comment

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