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Pynk Spandex Night to light up Oak Street Saturday

For those who find White Linen Night a tad too pretentious -- or who simply want to experience another side of New Orleans’ unique art culture -- Oak Street will be hosting its own response to the annual [...]

What toppings tell you about Jazz Fest crowd

Kid Rock pumped up the energy at the 2011 fest with a straw hat.

Today I muse about … hats There are many ways to analyze the various groups that will be flocking to the Fair Grounds come Thursday for the final weekend of The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. You [...]

Silver Threads: Anything goes (except white) as wedding attire

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A funny thing happened to a friend of mine on her way down the aisle at her wedding. Wearing a short, frothy white dress, she glanced into the gathering of guests and spied a star of local television [...]

Silver Threads: Easter still brings out the finery

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Remember when people dressed up to go almost everywhere except the grocery store and Pontchartrain Beach? Their best bibs and tuckers came out for the old Blue Room in the Roosevelt Hotel -- Leon Kelner was playing there; [...]

200 years of NOLA fashion

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With both NOLA Fashion Week and Fashion Week New Orleans falling in the month of March, it is an apropos time to turn the focus of this year’s celebration of the bicentennial of statehood to the topic of 200 [...]

Fashion Week 2012 in pictures

Photographer Jason Kruppa photographed the looks below at the Martine Chaisson Gallery during during NOLA Fashion Week, produced by the NOLA Fashion Council. The event is taking place March 3-10, and features runway shows, workshops and a marketplace. Once [...]