Tag Archives: personal style

Chanel Ripped and Tucked

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Susannah Bianchi

Style is personal. What one thinks is chic, another deplores. I’m as guilty as the next snoot I’m sorry to say. When I see a woman stuffed in her designer suit, I imagine her organs all pressed together like sardines … Continue reading →

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Old Levis…Old Friends

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Susannah Bianchi

My jeans should be willed to the Smithsonian, they’re that old and tattered…sewn, stitched, patched, the original denim humbly peeking through. If they could only talk, the tales they could tell. We’ve been through a lot together, well traveled, zipped … Continue reading →

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A Custom-Made Word

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Susannah Bianchi

Whenever a word I’ve never used or even heard of keeps popping up, it gets my attention. Bespoke, an adjective, pertaining to the matter of dress…a natty, well-heeled, personal style…custom-made, made to order to a particular specification. To display…he lived … Continue reading →

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What Is She Wearing?

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m asked this a lot…what do I have on…where did it come from, and always have to laugh since I’m a collection of collectibles. Everything I own has a story. Let’s peruse my reading picture my pal Bill took.  We … Continue reading →

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Not As Fancy As I Used To Be

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Susannah Bianchi

An upside of illness is how it streamlines what’s important.  Things like designer labels and how chic one looks suddenly shakes itself loose leaving a much more authentic you. I was surveying myself just now…how casually I dress in what’s … Continue reading →

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