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Golly, is fashion having an Iris Apfel moment, or what? (You can read my tribute to her style verve here. And more background here.)

She launched her jewelry line on the Home Shopping Network last year, and currently has a collaboration with MAC cosmetics.

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Totally inspiring decor in the waiting room at Rapid Lube on South Street in Danbury.

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Want to see what I've been up to at Parsons?

Take a peek at my school-specific blog, fAAShion Student, updated randomly, and pretty much not at all from midterms to finals… ;)

For my friend Geoff's birthday party.

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*As in, sour/tangy, not the euphemism for a promiscuous woman…

Acid yellow-green with deep plummy purple.

This color combo was being rocked hard by South Asian girls this week.

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*Rest in fashion.

Last month saw the passing of New York fashion institution and Kent, CT resident Lorraine Budny. Mrs. Budny was raised in New England and became involved in the New York fashion industry during the golden age of American sportswear design in the '40s and '50s.

Lorraine Budny modeling her own design in Life Magazine, photo by Nina Leen, May 1, 1949

"A red jersey halter and gold threaded skirt" – you can see the original page layout here.

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Bird as shoe as bird illustration by Charrow - check her out!

Are you missing the bygone days of juicy, fashiony Analogue Blogue? Yeah, me too.

Did you know you can get more Analogue chic-ness via Twitter? Seriously, it's like a mini-blog, and I usually post fun and fabulous links 2-3 times per week.

You don't even have to sign up to join Twitter. Promise. Just check out my feed.

Stay in touch, ok? Classes start in exactly 2 weeks (commence freakout sequence…), but I'm going to do my best, with the help of my trusty guest writers, to keep the dream– or at least this blog– alive.

            Ralph Lauren ad, 2009 via Psychology Today

Airbrushing. False advertising. Negative body image. The Barbie Effect. We are all too familiar with the links between these concepts, and have all heard how the modeling and advertising industries are mostly to blame for the rise in eating disorders in youth.

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), there is a connection. The AMA recently released a statement bashing the use of photo editing, citing the above Ralph Lauren ad for whittling down a model’s waist so much, her head was bigger!

Why are airbrushed photos the defining standard of beauty, particularly for Western society? Why isn’t beauty based on what each individual defines as beauty?

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Via Advanced Style.

You all may recall my experiment with skirts and dresses earlier this year. Around that time I had a chat with a reader who wanted to re-incorporate skirts into her wardrobe, but wasn't comfortable leaping into it fully. I encouraged her to try it, and start with just one skirt-day per week.

I just received this note from her:

"I have been wearing skirts.  EVERY DAY.  At work (I'm a part-time preschool teacher), at home or trampling in the woods, I now feel more comfortable wearing skirts than pants.  Many thanks for inspiring me with your posts on the subject earlier this spring.  I feel like I've been transformed.  One of my co-workers (in her early sixties), whom I never saw in anything other than pants, has now started wearing skirts too.  On the street, if you see a woman in a skirt or dress, she's usually young.  Older women can get so resigned to wearing the same old thing all the time.

…Yes, fashion can be very powerful.  What we wear sends a message to others whether we realize it or not.  Thank you for the encouragement to go against the nap by wearing skirts.  I feel both more feminine and more comfortable."

Amazing. I am humbled.

I met up with Shannon again last week, and she was rockin' the earthy vibes with this amazing embroidered tunic. I also love how she pinned a Celtic knot brooch to her jeans.

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