Mother’s Party Dress and the Batman Cape

Mother’s Party Dress and the Batman Cape

My mother was never much of a clotheshorse. She had a serviceable wardrobe and, aside from the lovely purple dress she sewed for herself sometime in the 1950s, she eschewed anything too fancy. If anyone was fashion-forward it was my father. He always had suits in the...
Mother’s Purple Dress

Mother’s Purple Dress

A closet offers a wonderful repository for all the things you think you need but not right now. You can pack up old photographs, unused games or toys, the gifts you never wanted, the clothes you can’t or won’t wear anymore, close the door and forget they even exist....