Stumbling Toward Trad

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Suw Mood.

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Suw Mood.

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“Growing up in the climate of upstate NY, it was a given that turtlenecks were a ubiquitous wardrobe staple.”

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G. Bruce Boyer pulls back the curtain, and invites us into the world of the club tie.

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“The winter clothes begin to call from the back of the wardrobe: the cashmeres, Shetlands, corduroys and flannels - but perhaps most of all, the tweeds…”

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“Winter, on the other hand - with no blossoming flowers, long evenings or al fresco dining to divert the mind - brings into focus what really matters: and that is the wearing of chunky, tactile fabrics.”

[abitofcolor]

Circa 1920’s vintage Navajo silver and turquoise cuff. @chipetatrading #santafe #turquoise #jewelry #navajo #nativeamerican (at Santa Fe, New Mexico)

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FRIDA

by David Isle

Fate gave Frida Kahlo a transfixing beauty and a lifetime of suffering, both physical and emotional. Over her life, she developed a distinctive personal style that accommodated all of her providential fortune, both assets and liabilities. 

Frida contracted polio at the age of six, which left her left leg shorter than her right. At the age of 18, she suffered near-fatal injuries in a bus accident. These injuries would trouble her for the rest of her life. Most of her paintings are self-portraits, perhaps partly driven by the medical necessity of constant self-examination - testing this limb or that for mobility, pain. Or it could be that she looked around and found that the most beautiful and evocative object she saw was in her own mirror. Both of these aspects of her self-appraisal can be found in her self-portraits - sometimes she sees herself as a patient, sometimes a talisman.

Her clothing, like her art, reflected this dichotomy of power and frailty. 

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(Stolen from Brycelands Insta)