Fashion
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Paris Fashion Week Fall & Winter Couture 2016
From the cool comfort of an air-conditioned living room, I have spent the last week…my first week in North Carolina…avidly patrolling fashion news websites in anticipation of all the judgement I would pass…
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In Celebration of Novelty Purses: Kate Spade
There are a lot of adorable purses out there. But Kate Spade New York has kind of got a corner on the market when it comes to cutesy and compact clutches. One of…
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Sotra Dubai Fashion Show
While doing my research on Sotra, a Saudi Arabian fashion brand featured in Dubai’s Fashion Week recently, I came across the word “thobe” or “thawb”. The standard Arabic word for “garment”, it usually…
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Shame on You, Balenciaga
Fashion shows are not all that different from sporting events. There are seasons, which professionals spend months preparing for. Actual events are short in duration when compared to the hours of preparation that…
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Spring and Summer: The Seasons of Pastels and Purples
The Taste Maven officially has begun the Spring and Summer 2016 fashion season! And the first decision made by this esteemed publication is to award the prestigious Taste Maven Stamp of Disapproval to…
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New Year, New Clothes – Oscar de la Renta
Velkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome! Let me start off by apologizing for not posting anything since November. Oops. My only excuse is that not only was I very busy dealing with the holidays (buying presents,…
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Endemage Dubai Fashion Show
I will be the first person to admit that the world of high fashion is often nothing more than a group of self-congratulating, out-of-touch egomaniacs. It takes a special kind of insanity to…