Archive for the ‘Classic Clothing’ Category
A New, Elegant Style at Bookster
In Classic Clothes, Classic Clothing, Classic Dressing, Classic Elegance, Classic Elegant Dressing, Classic Men's Coat, Classic Style, elegant dressing, elegant living on a shoestring, elegant survival on 30/04/2012 at 5:25 am
Classic Pumps: Elegant Ladies’ Shoes
In 1960s Elegance, 1960s Style, Affordable Elegance, Best Women's Shoes, Best-Dressed, Casual Elegance, Classic Clothing, Classic Elegance, Classic Elegant Dressing, classic shoes, Classic Style, clothing shoes for middle aged women, Dressing for Success, Dressing in Elegant Fashion, dressing with respect, Elegant Blog, Elegant Shoes on 27/07/2011 at 6:48 amClarks offers elegant shoes for ladies with good taste, in comfortable, classic styles. After years of women’s shoes with closed toes being all but extinct elsewhere on the shoe-shopping landscape, Clarks Indigo and Diamond lines persist in showing more style than skin.
~~M-J
Classic Pumps by Clarks, for the Elegant Woman
Ladies’ Bespoke Vintage Harris Tweed Suit
In Classic Clothing, Classic Elegance, Classic Elegant Dressing, elegant dressing, Elegant Skirt Suit, Elegant Tweed Suit, Elegant Tweed Women, Ladies Harris Tweed Suit on 19/06/2011 at 10:58 am
NEW from M-J: The Elegant Survivalist
In About Elegant Survival, Affordable Elegance, Artful Gardens, Attractive Clothesline, Autumn Recipes, Baking, Beautiful Culinary Photography, Beautiful Food, Beauty, Beauty Products, Best-Dressed, Bookster, brioche, Cancer-Fighting Foods, Casual Elegance, Cheese Types, Cheeses of France, Classic Bridal Gown, Classic Clothes, Classic Clothing, Classic Dessert, Classic Dressing, Classic Elegant Dressing, Classic Wedding Dress, Clothesline, clothing shoes for middle aged women, Correct Proportions Dressing, decorating on a shoestring, Dignified Bridal Gown, Disease-Prevention, Diuretic Smoothie, Do-It-Yourself, Doing Laundry, Dress Chic, Dress Elegantly, Dress in Elegant Fashion, Drinks Party, Dry-Climate garden, Drying Clothes on Line, easy elegant dessert, Economical Cooking, Economical Dessert, economical entertaining, economical housekeeping, Economical Pet, Elegant 1960s Style, Elegant Accessories, Elegant Baking, Elegant Blog, Elegant Bridal Gown, Elegant Buffet, Elegant Cheese, Elegant Cocktail Party, Elegant Culinary Photography, Elegant Culture, Elegant Decorating, elegant decorating on a shoestring, Elegant Design, Elegant Dress, Elegant Fashion, Elegant Film, Elegant Garden Furniture, Elegant Gardening, Elegant Lingerie, Elegant Men's Clothing, Elegant Men's Style, Elegant Paintings, Elegant Salad, Elegant Smoothie, elegant survival, Elegant Survival Blog, Elegant Survival Living on a Shoestring, Elegant Wedding Gown, Elegant Western Look, Elegantiarum, Elegantly Dressed on 21/05/2011 at 7:53 am
Elegant Survivalist
My new site may be found here: ELEGANT SURVIVALIST–please visit it for regular updates on elegant dressing, elegant living, elegant cuisine, elegant gardening, elegant culture, basic survival tips and all things elegant.
Thank you!
M-J de Mesterton,
Author of
Elegant Survival
Elegant Dressing
In elegant cocktail dress, elegant custom-made walking sticks, elegant living on a shoestring, elegant survival clothing, elegant dressing, dressing with respect, classic shoes, dressing for winter, dressing for fall, classic English coat for ladies, Elegant Dressing for Men, affordable safari clothes for women and men, classic woman's clothes, Clothing Care, Elegant Shoes, Elegant Grooming, Elegant Culture, Affordable Golf Clothes for Men and Women, Classic Clothing, Elegant English Clothing, Classic Clothes, Classic Style, Elegant Man, Elegant Jacket, Clothes Line, Clothesline, Casual Elegance, Caring for Your Clothing, Classic Dressing, Classic Jacket, Classic Safari Clothes, Classic Western, Elegant Summer Living, Classic Skirt, Cabela's Safari Vest, Dressing Elegant, Dressing in Elegant Fashion, Dressing Elegantly, Elegant Dress, Elegant Ladies' Coat, classic nylons, Elegant Dressing Site, Elegant Man's Shoes, Elegant Ladies Tweed Suit on 28/11/2010 at 11:04 amSee examples of how to dress elegantly, by the writer who brought Classic, Elegant Dressing to you in 2006. In her latest Elegant Dressing blog, M-J de Mesterton gives explanations of style, instructive photographs, and recommendations for accessories, directing tasteful readers to currently-available, elegant clothes.
Photo ©Copyright de Mesterton 2010
M-J de Mesterton in Elegant Country Clothing: Harris Tweed Riding Jacket, Breeks in Gun Club Check by Johnston’s of Elgin; Both Made in England by Bookster; Lady Northampton Boots and Ivory Leather Gloves
DKNY Black Swing Skirt with Flattering Traditional Waist
In Classic Clothes, Classic Clothing, Classic Skirt, DKNY, Donna Karan, elegant dressing, Elegant Skirt, elegant survival, Figure-Flattering, Swing Skirt on 15/09/2010 at 3:13 pm
DKNY Black Swing Skirt with Flattering Traditional Waist
In Classic Clothes, Classic Clothing, Classic Skirt, DKNY, Donna Karan, elegant dressing, Elegant Skirt, elegant survival, Figure-Flattering, Swing Skirt on 15/09/2010 at 3:13 pmCaring for Your Precious Shirts
In Alexander Kabbaz shirtmaker, Caring for Clothes, caring for men's shirts, Classic Clothes, Classic Clothing, Classic Style, classic woman's clothes, Clothes Line, Clothesline, Clothing Care, Clothing Protection on 16/06/2010 at 5:31 amWashing and Drying Your Shirts
A well-made shirt can cost $500.00 or more. That is an investment to protect. Your shirts will last much longer if they are washed by hand and hung to dry. Don’t use so much detergent that it takes a rinsing marathon to remove it. “A little dab’ll do ya”, as the old Brylcreem jingle said. Ideally, one would hang shirts on a clothesline, upside down, with clothespins. This keeps pinch-marks off the important areas of your shirts. The sun will dry them in no time. Alternatively, one could hang them indoors, perhaps out-of-sight behind the the shower curtain, on hangers. A sturdy spring-rod, placed inside the shower area for the purpose of hanging clothes to dry will not interfere with your existing shower-rod. If you don’t want to get hanger-marks on the shoulders, just put wash-cloths under them, over the ends of your hanger. The worst thing to do, even if you wash your shirts in cold water in the gentle cycle, is to dry them in a machine–doing so will quickly degrade your shirt, which will die an angry death before its time. My husband and I have shirts from France and England that are twenty years old, and in perfect condition.
An electric, energy-consuming dryer is an enemy to high-quality clothing. In fact, dryers shrink clothes and wear them out quickly; lint is composed of fibers that a machine robs from your clothes. You’d be surprised at how swiftly shirts dry naturally, and when they are just a wee bit damp, they’re easy to iron. In cases of stubborn collar and cuff soil, when hand-scrubbing fails, you can still wash your white shirts in hot water, soap, and a little bleach if necessary, as long as they are rinsed well, and then hung to dry. (Bleach alternative may be a better choice, if you can get it to work on stubborn stains.) Bleach is to be used only after stain-removal steps like soaking in Zote soap or Octagon (shirtmaker Alexander Kabbaz recommends Octagon for hand-washing his works of art) have been attempted without success. Always use as little bleach as possible, diluted before adding to wash-water, and only on white shirts. Bleach has a corrosive effect on your shirt’s fibers. The sun will do some natural bleaching of white cotton. Save costly energy and prolong the life of your shirts by hand-washing and sun-drying them.
Giving your precious shirts to a dry-cleaner or other laundry service is wasteful. They crush buttons and machine-dry the poor things. Do clothes hanging on a line outdoors conjure up bad images for you? Too bad, because it is one of life’s simple luxuries to be able to dry a beautiful, well-made shirt in the sun–some of the best people do it. Believe me, it’s not remotely infradig to care for your own shirts. After all, who cares for them more than you do?
~~Copyright M-J de Mesterton, May 2008
