Forecasting & Trends
De-Coding Gypset Colors
The truth is – I must beg your pardon. . The ‘September Issue’ has dropped. Fall goods are in the stores. DDR has already sold through several styles… but I haven’t de-coded fall’s color palette for you yet! . So here it is… . Building off of Julia Chaplin’s inspirational book, Gypset Style, (see earlier [...]
Sistas in the Canyon & Darlings of the Dust Bowl
Patricia Fowler won last weeks tee giveaway when she sent a “thank you” note to her mom showing her love and appreciation for her induction to the West. . Patricia’s mom and aunts worked at the Bright Angel Lodge in Grand Canyon, Arizona during the late 1930s as chamber maids and would trek down into [...]
Feathering Your Nest at Crow’s Nest
I am starting to see a trend in the return of cocooning. Not sure that it ever really left, but the lifestyle term keeps popping up lately. You’ll remember cocooning was first coined by Faith Popcorn in her book, The Popcorn Report. (required reading for all Double D Ranch™ employees in the 90s) Faith identified [...]
Digging Berries
After the Oscars and all of the beautiful gowns, I’m really digging berries. What do you think? . . (left to right) Penelope Cruz, Angie Harmon, Vera Farmiga
Going Viral: Boing Boing & Jezebel
Well, does two link-backs and a hand full of re-Tweets constitute going viral? . I think not, but it sure is interesting to watch. Here is what is happening on last week’s post, “DoubleTake: Vogue January 1990′: . Boing Boing a zine turned group blog picked it up. If you remember a couple of months [...]
My New York, Cashmere Life
. Today I attended a fashion-forecasting seminar in New York. I wore my very favorite red cashmere. Long, belted, and shawl collared. I like to dress up a bit for New York since it is the pinnacle of US fashion, and the fact that I would be joining others in the fashion industry. You know, [...]
