Closet Smarts

02/15/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/style/daniella-kallmeyer-womens-suits.html?smid=url-share

Daniella Kallmeyer is happy to tell you why clothes have a different feeling when a woman designs them, no matter who wears them.

12/01/2023

Thirty years after starting What Goes Around Comes Around, Gerard Maione and Seth Weisser are still on the hunt for lost classics from Hermès, Chanel and Levi’s.

08/03/2023

Don’t miss out locals! Belmont Center and Arlington!

02/16/2023

Nothing like a spring accessory to encourage the season along…

New arrives! Hats, socks, scarves, barrettes, headbands, sleep masks, sunglasses, sunglasses cases and more!!

01/26/2023

3rd generation gold ring, brought from Mexico from my grandfather for my grandmother, Helen Rider Ashworth

01/26/2023

Driving gloves at the bus stop

11/17/2022

A rainbow too far..

11/06/2022

Girls in the Windows, 1960.

This iconic photograph shows 43 women in colorful clothing posing in 41 windows of a condemned brownstone building in Manhattan.

It was the summer of 1960, and photographer Ormond Gigli was working in his studio on 58th Street, across the street from a group of brownstones that were about to be demolished. The windows had been removed and Gigli had an idea of photographing a group of women, one in each of the window openings, wearing formalwear.

The demolition supervisor agreed to let Gigli go ahead – as long as his wife could be in the photograph. Gigli could shoot the next day during the worker’s lunch hour. When the workers returned after lunch, the building would be pulled down.

Gigli and his staff only had 24 hours to plan the photo, find volunteer models to pose for the shot, and get permission from the city. There was a gaping hole in front of the building so they also located a Rolls-Royce to sit on the sidewalk in front.

Word went out to local modeling agencies, and plenty of people volunteered to take part. The sun shone, the weather was lovely, and the photo shoot took an hour. After the photo was taken, the models left, and the building came down.

Facebook: Historical Photos of Women's Stories

09/18/2020

You know those people who are delighted to be back in their work clothes? Well, this story is not for them. It’s for the rest of us — the feral majority, for whom Casual Friday is now the dressiest day of the week.