Happy birthday Maman!

Today is my mothers birthday...what better day to pay tribute to one of my fashion influences.  I was lucky enough to have a mother that grew up in Paris, and even luckier still that she managed to hold onto and preserve some great pieces that she bought there and in London. Of course, I wore them all till they were thread-bare in highschool and college. But I still have a fabulous nude tone lace go-go dress....very leggy and very fabulous.

I love this picture of my mom (taken in 1980), because she looks like she would fit right in the uber-hipster-ville of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I just wish I had that plaid shirt! The camisole she knitted herself (for great knitting tips, read Lekkercraft), and the shorts you could get at American Apparel.