Archive for the 'Life' Category
Those big shirts…
Monday, April 19th, 2010I’m talking about oversized, unstructured, loosey goosey, billowy, ‘boyfriend’ t-shirts and dresses. These shirts are a natural progression of 80s fashion recycling itself and layered knits upon knits. They’ve been around for a little while now, Phlox is full of them right now but Portland has seemed a little slow to catch on. If you’re [...]
because you know you wanted Farrah Hair too.
Thursday, June 25th, 2009This is a little salute to a woman I feel changed womens’ sexual roles forever! Farrah Faucet turned on sexy with a smile in 1976 when she and the other ‘Angels’ debuted, but today we say good-bye to one heck of a great icon. Thanks Farrah, especially for the hair!
Mouth OFF: Golf Fashion
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009OK, I don’t know about you, but my husband is a golf freak. To be more clear, he has become a golf freak, as I did not marry one. Anyway, golf is always on at my house. Over time, I have begun to wonder why golf apparel is SOOO boring. At its origins, golf apparel [...]
Up Front
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006Here is a picture of the storefront. As you can see we now have a door and windows. Looks good huh? The electrical is done, the place is insulated and the sheet rock is going up today (let’s hope). I am getting very antsy to get in and get started with [...]
Here Comes the Bride
Friday, May 19th, 2006As if I don’t have plenty to do between opening a store and launching a line, I am also making a wedding dress for my friend Marci. Marci is one of my best friends and I offered to make her dress as her wedding gift. The challenge is that she is petite, but [...]
Whew! We are live online!
Thursday, May 18th, 2006Hi there. This is the first post to my blog. I can’t believe it, but after lots of effort on the part of my web designer, Greg Pearlman, pixelface.com, the Phlox website is up and running. The next step is to get the store up and running. Currently, the contractor says [...]