Category: The Softer Side

Having a strong sense of history, every time I start this column, I try to think of something that will be of interest and informational to all. Yes, including the […]

The fashion show at the Shelburne Car Show was exceptional this year! The weather was beautiful and all of the contestants were beautifully attired. Many thanks go out to all […]

Hats, hats, hats! All shapes and sizes. My daughters and I had the distinct pleasure of viewing and buying from a private vintage clothing collection one Sunday afternoon. What a […]

Have you visited your local second hand clothing shop lately? If not, you are missing a bet. Oh, I know what you are thinking…. that you wouldn’t want to wear […]

Another successful vintage fashion show at Shelburne has come and gone. I would like to thank the judges: Gael Boardman, Sandy Lambert, and Jan Sanders. It was not an easy […]

Can you believe that we are half way through March, and that in three short months we will be getting our cars out of the winter abode and dusting off […]

I’m sure that many of you have far more wonderful and harrowing experiences teaching your children to drive but I would like to tell you ours. Most families seem to […]

All this cold weather that we’ve been having makes me very thankful for the winter clothing that we now have. My grandmother told many stories of her driving adventures in […]

The picture in my mind that speaks volumes of home is my mother working in the kitchen. Her attire consisted of a simple dress, low shoes and of course an […]

Some fashion questions: In the last half of the nineteenth century, the fashion style was named for what Queen? In the late nineteenth century, what was a skirt made with […]