“How would you describe the fashion scene in Indiana?” It’s my first question — I don’t start with the easy ones — and after it’s asked, the room falls silent for a second before everyone rushes to answer. The responses of the nine other people … Read moreFaces of Fashion: INDFW
It’s hard to believe that after months of conference calls, meetings, research and planning, the Japanese fashion gala at Newfields is in the past. Like a wedding, it was glamorous and fun — and over in a flash, it seems. Thankfully, that’s what photos are … Read moreMatsuri: Japanese fashion festival
Another spring, another Midwest Fashion Week show. After eight years of sitting runway-side for (almost) every MWFW finale show since my college days, you’d think it would become routine. But guess what? It never has. That’s because the show — whether it graced the Northside … Read moreMWFW: Spring 2019
All right, ladies, it’s officially the season of sandals, chiffon minidresses and the ever-appropriate florals! (All at the same time, now: “Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.”) Last week, I introduced you to some of my favorite Japanese designers, including Tadashi Shoji, whose elegant ruched blouse I … Read moreColor + whimsy with Tsumori Chisato
It’s no secret that my favorite place in the world is Japan. Just ask my friends. They’ll tell you that my first love wasn’t my husband — or any of the guys I dated before him — but instead was this island nation 6,000 miles … Read moreShowtime in Shoji
It’s the eternal conundrum this time of year: What do we Midwesterners wear when the temperatures jump and drop 30 degrees in the span of hours, when one day it snows and the next we’re playing in the snowbanks in shorts? (True story from when … Read moreThe essential shirtdress
I first met Jodie Bailey at last year’s Hats Off!, the annual springtime luncheon for Newfields’ Fashion Arts Society, and to say the milliner was in her element would be an understatement. Not only was the event’s keynote speaker the talented Abigail Aldridge, a New … Read moreFaces of Fashion: Indy’s Mad Hatter
It’s a flurry of people, a chaos you wouldn’t normally expect to see on the main floor of the Central Library : racks of clothes rolling in to conference rooms, a full headshot setup overlooking 9th Street, designers with pins in their mouths securing some … Read moreMeet the Artists 2019
If you’re visiting Leila Breton’s SoBro studio, it’s a safe bet that she’ll be jamming to her favorite soundtracks while she’s sewing, measuring and cutting fabric. Music and theatre were her first loves, after all, and her connection to the costume shop where she worked … Read moreFaces of Fashion: Leila Breton
It seems only fitting that we receive our first big snow of the season the week I delve into the first few chapters of “A Game of Thrones.” After all, winter is coming, right? Amidst my first true foray into George R.R. Martin’s literary epic … Read moreScotland (Back)yard