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1. A Woodland Advent - Day 21, Wearing the Tartan

Drum Major, Woodland Nutcracker
For day 21 of Advent, here is the proud tartan-wearing Drum Major from Woodland Nutcracker, leading the parade of pipes and drums, dancers, skaters, performers and friends.

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2. A history of Fashion Week

By Anna Wright and Emily Ardizzone

Vivienne Westwood Autumn/Winter 1993/94, photograph by Niall McInerney, Bloomsbury Fashion Photography Archive

Fashion weeks showcase the latest trends, which often blend dazzling technical innovation with traditional craftsmanship, and from a design point of view present a heady mix of the classic and surprising, of newness and renewal. The first Fashion Week of 2013 has been no exception, with surprises including John Galliano’s controversial return to the fashion world working in collaboration with Oscar de la Renta — which may suggest the beginnings of the designer’s own reinvention — watch this space!

The fascinating new collections currently on show reveal the often cyclical nature of fashion, drawing on classic designs and reinventing them for a new age. Burberry’s new metallic/fluorescent take on the traditional trench coat, for example, is the perfect fusion of traditional design with a modern twist.

Moschino’s use of tartan for their 2013 A/W collection is a particularly interesting example of this, drawing on traditional Scottish heritage fabric and design. Tartan has featured throughout many designer collections over the years, and is favoured by designers such as Vivienne Westwood, whose A/W collection shown at the fashion week of Feb 1993 included tartan garments modelled by Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss (pictured).

Whether taking inspiration from the past or present, fashion weeks always bring with them a buzz of excitement. If you are keen to read more about the history of fashion weeks, read an exclusive free article from Berg Fashion Library.

Informed by prestigious academic and library advisors, and anchored by the 10-volume Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, the Berg Fashion Library is the first online resource to provide access to interdisciplinary and integrated text, image, and journal content on world dress and fashion. The Berg Fashion Library offers users cross-searchable access to an expanding range of essential resources in this discipline of growing importance and relevance and will be of use to anyone working in, researching, or studying fashion, anthropology, art history, history, museum studies, and cultural studies.

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3. Happy New Year

Wishing you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year

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4. Hat Club

The hat club engaged in a spirited debate when it was suggested there could be a traitor in their midst.

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5. Seven Impossible Corazonadas Before breakfast


I am inspired this morning. Not only the Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast blog is featuring some never-before- seen images of my upcoming book Just in Case: A trickster Tale and Alphabet book, a sequel of Just a Minute, but they also got me thinking about my Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the last week (whether book related or not) that happened to me.
So, in honor of 7-imp, here are my 7 Kicks:

1. At my writer’s group, the Revisionaries, we toasted with champagne for Maria’s new illustration assignment with Philomel.

2. I laughed, I cried, I jumped on my chair and cheered while I fell in love with the writing of Mr. Sherman Alexis as I read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian. Wow!

3. I made a second video.

4. My son started working, really working, waking up early to go and rake leaves, dig holes, carry piles of mulch while growing calluses in his hands—the same hands with what he counts the money he needs to buy himself his first camera. Not such a little guy anymore.

5. I received an email from a five-year old reader who tells me he would take an airplane if necessary to come to one of my readings. In his email this week he let me know his family will be driving him to my December reading at Clayton Books.

6. My husband Tim and I had our birthday party organized by my friend Rose. The enchiladas in green sauce were supreme! Our friends were too.

7. My snowflake was auctioned at Robert’s Snow. I got many emails from people who loved the work.


7-imp, thank you for the inspiration.

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