Geoffrey Beene Vintage Dress Superb Tailoring !

Until the evening of January 14th, this 60s vintage
Beene dress is on auction in my ebay store !
Geoffrey Beene was born in Louisiana in 1927.
At Tulane University in New Orleans, he began
to study medicine, but dropped out in 1946.
A year later, while still a teenager, he moved
to New York City and worked at a number of fashion
houses. He worked with Harmay and Teal Traina in
Paris and New York City.

His own company, Geoffrey Beene, Inc., was
started in 1963 on Seventh Avenue
in Manhattan. Lady Bird Johnson,
Pat Nixon, Nancy Reagan, Faye Dunaway,
Gloria Vanderbilt, Glenn Close and wealthy
socialites were among his famous clients.
He was beloved by Ladies Who Lunch.

In 1964 and 1965 Beene won the Neiman Marcus
Award and over his long career he won eight
coveted Coty Awards for his high
quality ready-to-wear clothing.
He also won four Council of Fashion Designers
of America awards.

Around the world, fashion and art museums
display his garments. Not only
are they superbly constructed as if couture,
but they enhance a woman's
body as if a work of art.
Says Issey Miyake, who apprenticed with Beene
in 1969: "His design is
clean and clear and strong, just the way he is
in life. He always keeps
creativity No. 1 and business No. 2. He never
compromises."
In the 70s, Beene relaxed his structure and
began to make more modern clothes of slinky
synthetics. He always incorporated a sense of humor.
Also in the 1970's he started Beene Bag, a fashion line
aimed for the younger set.



After more than 40 years in fashion design he
died at age of 77. Some say he was actually 80.
April 27th is "Geoffrey Beene Day" in his home
state of Louisiana.
A gift from his estate to Sloan-Kettering has
launched an ambitious
research initiative known as the Geoffrey Beene
Cancer Research Center.

Here's a great obit from the NY Times.

More detail, including a bit about
his successor in the Geoffrey Beene line.

RIP Vampira

Just a girl......
and a fashion icon for the dark little ones.
Clicky here for her life story....and now sad to say, she has passed away.

Tacoma is cute but it ain't no big

Hard to believe, I know, but I have been to the Big Shitty (as Dina Martina would say)
So few quality people in the world. And art oh art. I'd sure like to take a big slug o' you right now. Christ maybe I should close up and go on down to Alfred's and check out the overpass, 'eh?
well, here is Murphy.... I miss him more than just words. He has a lot of friends. But watching him grow up....well, I knew he was special boy.......not ShortBus special but he has all the stuff one wants in a pal who understands wtf is real. And he is not afraid of living it, and saying it.
He loves Tyra Banks. (well, who doesn't?) So aren't we proud of him? Did anyone doubt that he could not stay here in T-Town. I knew he had to go. Just as Mark and I will leave in few more years.
No, we are not surprised to see him picked from a crowd on the Mere Power of His Specialness.

100th Post, Wailers and Legal Intrigue

You may know or you may not know, I intended for about the last 50 years to go to Law School.
I have likely changed my mind. Altho in possession of a BA and being a paralegal, I found in 2 years of Cube Farm Job Hunting, that because I am very very old, no one would hire me.
Pish, you may say: "They didn't hire you because you are weird." And you may have a point.

But one of the last classes I took in legalworld was Employment Law.
I learned how companies give the appearance of fairness to avoid age-discrimination lawsuits while actually recoiling from hiring anyone over the age of 40 unless we be talkin' super-talent...you know, those who are a cruel capitalist who live only to pump up CEO salaries and stock market value for investors at the expense of our general welfare.....
here's a link to a blogstory thing....about an age-discrim suit against Starbucks.....(ever wonder why everyone working there is 23 1/2?)
OK, now on to Tacoma.
The Wailers , Wailers, without the The, Lawsuit. (dig?)
via Seattle Trademark Lawyer, who defended the Jamaican band of Bob Marley fame.
And I'm just telling you this to tell you this:
GET BUSY !!

WELL, I am working on my art portfolio....really. This is part of it. I have 2 rather public projects I am working on..they require stuff, so I have to collect the stuff I need for them. But I will start on another that I can do almost immediately.
This shop is a front/workshop for nefarious activities -- you know -- poking fun and disparaging the uber-capitalism of it all.

and for my 100th post, I want to tell you my favorite color of the week is olive.
It makes an appearance often in my favorite color of the week paradigm.

Oh, that's a Gratuitous Picture of the new Amy Winehouse.
from NEWS.com.au

see you Friday and Saturday at the shop...Going to the Dome Wedding Show? Why not?

Ha Ha Murray Morgan Bridge T shirt...

Memories..from the corners of my mind....

whilst spending quality time with my cute husband, he found this for me:

I'll be adding this to my collection and I found a Dock St Bar tank top....with the silkscreen quite askew......I guess I'll have to pad one side more than the other to get the pelican to stand up straight..altho...maybe that's how one looks after spending time at the Dock !
I know that's how I stand....

It's Sweater Weather !

These auctions end tonight...the sweaterdress is in my ebay store

Vintage 30s/40s Pitt - U of Pittsburgh College Sweater !

Darlene Print vintage 60s angora blend sweater

50s Vintage Beaded Boucle Knit dress !

Tina Leser Sexy Secretary 50s Vintage Dress

Wow !
Vintage early 50s...
Is this an amazing dress or what ?? Delightful designer Tina Leser

Sexy Secretary style is a soft yummy wool knit, a Foreman, top quality...
and the collar and cuffs are silk satin.......I love how they peak !
Easy pleats on the skirt and pockets ! A gal needs pockets....

this auction ends on Wednesday evening....