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Love This Bra!

Of the three I tried at my Dirty Dolls Lingerie party on Sunday, the Peek-A-Boo Camisole bra was my favorite. It’s the answer to too much summer cleavage–no more sweating under that extra layer of a camisole or fiddling with adhesive. Add the Cha-Cha Cheeky Short, and you’ll look and feel adorable (I did)! Most […]

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Love These Cookies!

The Dolly Bella cookies that I ordered for tomorrow’s party arrived yesterday. I tried a Cranberry Nut Square, which Yvonne describes on her website as “a combination of cranberry and pistachio in a melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie.” It really did melt in my mouth. Yvonne is a perfectionist. When we had lunch on Monday, she told […]

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Searching for the Perfect T-Shirt

Now that I don’t get dressed for an office every day, the freedom to wear whatever I want is killing me. All I want to wear are jeans and sneakers, but that’s not appropriate for my networking lunch at the Cornell Club today. Fortunately, I went through my wardrobe yesterday and discovered I have plenty […]

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Friday Ramblings

I picked up my first set of samples of The Shirt on Monday. Andrea will try them on this coming Monday to check for any final fitting issues. If they fit her perfectly, we’re on to grading for the rest of us. I can’t wait to have this shirt in my size! I took the […]

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Having a Dirty Dolls Lingerie Party!!

Come spend the last Sunday afternoon of April trying on sexy lingerie, decorating pasties and learning how to cook something organic and amazing. The founders of Dirty Dolls Lingerie will be here to make sure you’re wearing the right size bra, and Meredith Sobel of Sobel Wellness will shake you loose from any cooking ruts […]

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A Shirt that Can Work from NYDJ

If my friend Ann, a 36DDD, hadn’t told me about a shirt she loves from Not Your Daughter’s Jeans, I never would have ventured into that section of Bloomingdale’s last Wednesday, and it was only because she said she loved it that I didn’t pan it immediately after trying it on. Readers, we have again […]

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Your Shirt in My Closet!

Yep! Here it is–the pattern (aka “My Precious”) for the shirt you’re going to love, hanging in my closet. I picked it up from Tina on Friday, shielding it from the rain all the way home. After I have samples made, the most important step comes next. I’ll have this pattern graded to make sure […]

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That Shirt in the Window

Can a full-breasted woman wear the shirt I posted on March 28? 47% of you said “No way”.35% of you said “It depends”.17% of you said “Of course”. I doubt that the pictures after the jump will change anyone’s mind, but I like “It depends”. As Marketa commented: “It’s not always the clothes, rather the […]

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