This morning’s Wall Street Journal says it all: “Plaid Taste: The Return of Preppy.” As if we weren’t already aware of it, Preppy, the most exuberant expression of classic style, is back on the fashion radar in a big way. Washington, D.C., never really lost its affinity for the preppy lifestyle. It fits very well…
Tag: Cultural
Classic Style as Environmental Activism
Yesterday, an interesting article appeared in the International Herald Tribune about how some Italians are shedding their ties in an effort to help fight global warming. Blogger David Wescott, over at It’s Not a Lecture sent me the link and declared – tongue in cheek – that focusing on style is helping to destroy the…
Paris on the Potomac
Yesterday, I visited the stunning National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum, both of which are located in the renovated Old Patent Office Building in downtown Washington, D.C. It was a remarkable visit to an exceptional museum only recently opened after six years of construction and renovation. I know that many of my readers live…