Light posting continues while I move the shop from El Paso to Las Cruces; I appreciate everyone’s patience.
Kathy -one of our readers- hosts a blog, Meggiecat; one of the things she does is publish expired patent applications. One such expired patent I found on her site is that of the original Kewpie doll.…
A reader writes:
I have read your book, love it, and am ready to get my women’s fashion design business going. Although I have read the book through and through, I cannot find any info on when exactly I should start planning for a summer line, since I have already missed the boat for fall.
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I’m a huge fan of Henri Matisse as evidenced by this set of leather pillows I made for a friend:
hence this mention of an article from last thursday’s edition of WWD detailing the upcoming publication of the second part of Matisse’s biography by Hilary Spurling.…
I regret to announce that some moron hacked our discussion forum. It’s gone. All of it. The data I mean. Then, I had to delete the program entirely lest the crack compromise the entire server. It’s bad enough to lose the data -believe me, you couldn’t be angrier or more outraged than I am- but I can’t even replace the system until at least this coming weekend.…
~sigh~
Eric’s been writing about sweatshops again. Not that he accuses me or any of you of operating sweatshops, quite the contrary. His view is that the term “sweatshop” has been misused to the point of dilution. Anyone who’s worked in a factory would have to admit to themselves that at some point they’ve also callously and senselessly thrown that ugly word around in response to a workplace disagreement or a mis-timed process.…
