#BookReview: The Secret Sewing Society
Author: Siobhan Curham The Secret Sewing Society is a historical women’s fiction and a family mystery book by Siobhan Curham. […]
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Books, Fashion
Books, Fashion, Haute couture
#BookReview: The Women in Black
Author: Madeleine St. John The Women in Black is a short novel by Madeleine St. John that left me wanting
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Books, Dior, Fashion, Haute couture
#BookReview: The Dressmaker’s Secret
Author: Rosalie Ham The Dressmaker’s Secret is the third book in the Dressmaker series by Rosalie Ham. In the first
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#BookReview: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby, a 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is often described as a novel
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#BookReview: A Case of Life and Limb: The Trials of Gabriel Ward
Author: Sally Smith A Case of Life and Limb is the second book in the Trials of Gabriel Ward series
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#BookReview: A Case of Mice and Murder: The Trials of Gabriel Ward
Author: Sally Smith A Case of Mice and Murder is a historical mystery set in London’s Inner Temple in 1901.
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Books, Fashion, Haute couture
#BookReview: Molly: A Prequel to the Dressmaker
Author: Rosalie Ham Molly: A Prequel to the Dressmaker, as the name of the book suggests, is a story of
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Books, Fashion, Haute couture, Vintage fashion
#BookReview: A Vintage Affair
Author: Isabel Wolff A Vintage Affair is a novel about fashion, memory, grief, and the emotional lives of clothes. The
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Books, Dior, Fashion
#BookReview: The Dressmaker
Author: Rosalie Ham Rosalie Ham’s novel The Dressmaker is a satirical novel set in the fictional rural Australian town of
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#BookReview: The Lost Bookshop
Author: Evie Woods The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods follows three interconnected characters, Opaline, Martha, and Henry, whose lives are
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#BookReview: The Solitary Summer
Author: Elizabeth von Arnim The Solitary Summer is a reflective, semi-autobiographical garden diary by Elizabeth von Arnim, who has also
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#BookReview: Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Author: Maria Semple Where’d You Go, Bernadette is a satirical novel told through emails, letters, and documents (I had to
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#BookReview: Chances Are…
Author: Richard Russo Chances Are… is a book by Richard Russo, centered on memory, regret, class, and aging. Three college
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Books, Dior, Fashion
#BookReview: Flowers for Mrs Harris
Author: Paul Gallico Paul Gallico’s book Flowers for Mrs Harris is from a list of books I noted down when
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#BookReview: Peacock on the Moon
Author: Nicola Briggs Peacock on the Moon is a memoir of Nicola Briggs, an English woman of middle-class origin. It
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#BookReview: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
Author: Helen Simonson Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand is a novel by Helen Simonson blending satire, romance, and social commentary. In
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#BookReview: The Bookshop That Floated Away
Author: Sarah Henshaw The Bookshop That Floated Away is a book by Sarah Henshaw narrating her experience of running a
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#BookReview: The Let Them Theory
Authors: Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins The Let Them Theory is a concept introduced by Mel Robbins, and the Let
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#BookReview: Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
Author: Kirsten Miller Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books is a satirical novel blending humor, social commentary, and small-town
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#BookReview: The Forgotten Book Club
Author: Kate Storey In a myriad of bad bookish books that are only trying to jump on the bandwagon and
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#BookReview: The Cat Who Saved Books
Author: Sosuke Natsukawa The Cast Who Saved Books is a short novel blending magical realism, philosophy, and the love of
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#BookReview: This Book Made Me Think of You
Author: Libby Page This Book Made Me Think of You is a new book by Libby Page, the author of
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#BookReview: Poverty, by America
Author: Matthew Desmond Poverty, by America is a book by Matthew Desmond, a professor at Princeton University, that makes an
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Chanel, Dior, Fashion, New Look, Paris Fashion Week, silhouette
#ParisFashionWeek: A Comment
A recent fashion week has been marked by new creative directors trying to leave their footprint on the most followed
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Books, Feminism
#BookReview – Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World’s Most Powerful Consumers
Author: Bridget Brennan Bridget Brennan’s Why She Buys begins with a simple observation: the modern consumer economy runs on women’s
Dior, Fashion, New Look, Paris Fashion Week, silhouette
#ParisFashionWeek: Dior’s Structure, Femininity, and the Discipline of Romance
Dior does not chase relevance. At Paris Fashion Week, the message was not disruption, but authority, and authority in fashion
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Fashion, Milan Fashion Week, silhouette
#MilanFashionWeek: Field Power, Structured Silhouettes, and the (Magnificent) Office Style meets Streetwear Theme
If I love American working woman’s style, and Marc Jacobs’ grunge collection of the 1990s, and I do, then it
Fashion, Fashion magazines, Vogue
After Succession: Chloe Malle’s First Vogue and the Re-Stabilization of the Field
The first issue of Vogue under Chloe Malle does not announce itself as revolutionary. It does something more interesting; it
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#Book Review: A Bookshop Summer
Author: Stephanie Butland There is something deceptive about A Bookshop Summer by Stephanie Butland. It arrives wrapped in the familiar
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#BookReview: At Risk
Author: Stella Rimington There is something quietly unsettling about a thriller written by someone who has actually run an intelligence
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American working woman style, Fashion, Marc Jacobs, New York Fashion Week, Ralph Lauren, silhouette
New York Fashion Week: America Returns to Itself
New York Fashion Week did not feel chaotic this season. It felt deliberate, focused, and almost reflective. If Paris is
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American working woman style, Fashion, Ralph Lauren, silhouette
Ralph Lauren Fall/Winter 2026/2027: Work, Elegance, and the Continuity of the American Dream
New York is never only a city; it is a landscape of possibility, part avenue, part countryside, part memory of
Fashion, American working woman style, Marc Jacobs, New York Fashion Week, silhouette
Marc Jacobs Spring 2026: Memory, Work, and the Quiet Return of the American Woman
New York Fashion Week is here! It opened with Marc Jacobs. An opening you could wish for. Well, it is
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Fashion, Haute couture, Schiaparelli, silhouette
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026: Myth, Spectacle, and the Refusal of Modesty
Schiaparelli’s Spring/Summer 2026 haute couture collection is not interested in subtlety. It is interested in power made visible. Where much
Fashion, Fashion magazines, Harper's Bazaar, Haute couture
Harper’s Bazaar, February Issue: When Luxury Learns to Feel
The February issue of Harper’s Bazaar does not open with spectacle, but with movement. On the cover, Kaia Gerber strides
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Fashion, Dior, Haute couture, New Look, silhouette
Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026: Memory, Structure, and the Discipline of Form
Dare to dream! That crossed my mind when watching Dior’s Spring/Summer 2026 couture collection. It was a show not about
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Fashion, Chanel, Haute couture, silhouette
Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2026 couture collection is not about clothes. It is about the cultural fantasy of becoming weightless. At the
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Mass Media & Journalism, Fashion, Fashion magazines, Vogue
The December 2025 Vogue: Anna Wintour’s Final Issue That Doesn’t Say Goodbye
I received a December issue of Vogue this weekend, and the feeling was surreal. The last edition of American Vogue
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Books
#BookReview: The Full Moon Coffee Shop
Author: Mai Mochizuki The Full Moon Coffee Shop is a cozy, reflective novel that blends emotional healing, life guidance, and
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#BookReview: Winter Garden
Author: Kristin Hannah Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah is a novel about a family that has lived in emotional winter
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