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my week to date

 

monday morning:  went to the DMV downtown and got my new Illinois drivers license.  happy to have a nice new non scary dl photo.  ????

monday night:  started my fabric silkscreening class at lillstreet.  i took an instagram snap of these samples from one of the quilting classes while i was waiting in the hallway for the instructor to arrive.  love that faux bois fabric!

wednesday:  went to the salvo.  bought a tacky silver and gold 80s purse, a rainbow stripe 80s dolman sleeve cropped sweater, and a pile of sheets.  some sheets will be used in my fabric silkscreening class (a cheap way to acquire yardage!) and others to add to my growing collection to be used for a making a vintage sheet quilt…

wednesday night:  the sky last night was so very gorgeous.  this is the view from our apartment, looking south.

thursday:  we got a big dump of snow today.  it’s been a mild winter to date…i half wondered if it would really ever come at all!
 
 

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bill cunningham new york

 

bill cunningham new york:  probably the best (documentary) film i have watched in a good, long time.  i was smiling throughout the whole film, all 1.5 hours of it.  he’s just so amazingly dedicated, funny, self-effacing, driven, and earnest.  endearingly nerdy and obsessive in his drive to document what people are wearing RIGHT NOW.  and he’s so spry and spunky for 80!  i wish I had half his energy, and i’m 37!
 
love him so very much, he’s definitely one of my personal heroes.  
 

the link above is just a trailer on YouTube, but if you’ve got Netflix streaming you can see the whole thing in toto…
 

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have you seen it the film?  what did you think of it?

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wardrobe_remix(ers) o’ the week

here ya go, so sorry for the hiatus.
blame the germs!

love,
tricia

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this here is the ORIGINAL and OFFICIAL weekly wardrobe_remix recap of the latest and the greatest from the wardrobe_remix community, from yours truly, the creator of wardrobe_remix!

any wardrobe_remix photos that find themselves here showcase great style + great photography = the two meet and merrily marry to make a perfect expression of YOU and your singular personal style! and i’ve said it a million times before, it’s not what you wear, it’s how you wear it…the ticket is the confidence and sureness you exude when you express yourself the way that makes YOU feel most comfortable. that confidence shines through and is captured on film. so whether you’re wearing couture clothes from the finest designers, mass market threads, stuff you made yourself, thrifted finds, or even a shirt you stumbled across on the side of the road…rock it! it’s ALL GOOD and it’s ALL WELCOME at wardrobe_remix!

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greeen sheeep:
In Living Color

.elsie*cake.:
[September 23, 2009]

monicaburnett (who just started her own line, gwiin!):
wednesday

loveatfirstshop:
Green Turtle

Milupka:
wardrobe remix!

Mochachocolata-Rita:
Black, White, Brights

la petit franc:
september 22.

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