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It's not just an expression or a song lyric– the Easter Parade is real!

I've been talking about the NYC Easter Parade for years– witness this post from 2009 which did not survive the trip to my new web honst intact, and this post from 2011 in which I attempt to foment Easter bonnet rebellion.

Well, thanks to that mini obsession and the grace of the internet gods, a German TV producer contacted me to appear on their New York Easter segment and do a hat decorating how-to, and accompany them to the Easter Parade. Heck yes, I said!

I don't think I can mention the show until it airs in Germany, but it's directed to tweens and teens, and has a very energetic and cute host that I want to go shopping with. M&J Trimmings in Manhattan was kind enough to lend us space to film the glue gun fest last week. And I met up with crew again on 5th Avenue Sunday to run around looking at everyone's hats, and presiding over an impromptu hat contest.

And this is what I saw:

And if Flash isn't working for you, you can see the photos right here.

One of the highlights for me was seeing Tziporah Salamon, who is often featured on Advanced Style.

I love that the "parade" is a totally organic, unorganized, people's festival that just happens every year, same time, same place – it's pure New York tradition. And it's incredibly fun. I highly recommend it.

I recently watched Les Demoiselles de Rochefort – The Girls of Rochefort, an adorable 1967 French musical starring Catherine Deneuve and her sister Francoise Dorleac as twin sisters with song and dance aspirations.

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For my friend Geoff's birthday party.

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Or, how to be a museum ninja.

NOTE: This article was also picked up by The Mercurial. Thanks Amanda!

1. Plan your visit for a weekday, preferably early in the week.

Weekends are definitely a bad idea – in addition to regular tourists from far-off regions of the US and the world, you will be competing for line space with local and regional visitors who are in town just for the weekend.

2. Buy your ticket online ahead of time.

You’ll still have to wait in line, but you can print it out and take it to any information desk or ticket counter to check in. And it will save you about a minute of cash- or credit card-processing at the counter.

While you’re at it, print out a map, and note the bathrooms, and the location of the exhibit, so you don’t waste time looking for the floorplan and asking where the exhibit is.

Of course, if you are a museum member, you can skip the line entirely.

And if you’d like to contribute 2x the usual suggested admission, you can see the exhibit on a Monday, when the museum is usually closed.

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You thought the hubbub over ballet-fashion-body image-shoes was over, now that Black Swan has been out of theaters for a while.

Well, apparently I'm going to rub your nose in it again…

You may recall the silly looking tippy-toe heels that Beyonce and others were caught in in recent years.

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Oh my! This almost turned out to be the first week in a good long while where I didn't post at all! (Help a sister out, y'all.)

Wednesday night, I stayed out way past my bedtime to participate in Project Walkway, the upcycled fashion, family-friendly challenge at Ideat Village, the homegrown alternative to New Haven's International Festival of Arts and Ideas.

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I'm sure you saw my little note earlier about the costume picnic I planned in celebration of Mary Antoinette's Half-Birthday.

In spite of the glorious weather and my mad marketing skills, we had less turnout than I hoped for…  Your loss.

But a good time was had by all, while it lasted. I'm not sure if my friends would want their photos shared on the 'tubes, so I'll just share what I wore, and they will remain anonymous…

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Mega millinery is now up for viewing at the Danbury Museum. Read my preview here, with an interview with the guest curator.

And here's what folks were wearing at the exhibit opening this past Saturday, June 4:

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By special request…

You may have heard that the world as we know it is going to end this Saturday.

Stylewise, you have 2 main choices:

I. The Saved

I think you can go 2 ways here:

A. Monastic

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If you're going to be in my 'hood on June 4, please come to my Picnic in Celebration of Marie Antoinette's Half-Birthday.

Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun.

Costumes are required! We're going for tons of lace, ribons, bows, and pastel colors! Inspired by the fashionable queen herself, and Sofia Coppola's 2006 movie. (Take a look at these party photos for more inspiration, esp. for the gents.)

Here are a couple of DIY tutorials to help you get your costume properly ruffled and ribboned.

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