My Precious Baedeker Shirt

May 27, 2008
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I think the last time I had worn taffeta was as a little girl: a poofy skirted dress that always impelled me to twirl around and around pretending I was a ballerina. But then my eyes beheld a beautiful sight one day and I realized that I just HAD to have something in that...

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My Introduction to the Baedeker Dress

May 21, 2008
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...after doing some quick calculations, I realized that all of my "great deals" that I had purchased over the past two years totaled up to an amount that could have purchased several Baedeker dresses...ouch!

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Practical and Beautiful

May 17, 2008
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Ivey Abitz has come to my wardrobe rescue. I can choose designs in the fabrics and colors that work well for me so I can mix-and-match to my heart's content.

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The First 3 Seconds

May 13, 2008
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I will admit that chasing kids around in stiletto-heeled shoes and a pencil skirt is not only impracticable, but downright dangerous. But who says that motherhood must be unglamorous?

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Hollywood Treatment

April 9, 2008
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how many people can say that they have personal advice from the actual designer of their clothing!? i love the entire concept of what Ivey Abitz, the company, does, and they do it so very well. doesn't it just make you feel so very special knowing that you can get this kind of assistance...

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Self Expression with Mother Superior and Ivey Abitz

April 3, 2008
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i have always had an unusual (sometimes downright weird) unique style and taste. eclectic. that's a good word. since i was a kid, i remember my clothes were important to me in defining who i was. i even went to catholic school and quit because of the uniforms they made us wear every day...

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Staying Cool in the Florida Heat – in Ivey Abitz

March 31, 2008
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it is getting to be that time of year in florida that i dread. because i know in a month it's going to get hot. then it will be scorching. then....right around july and august, just when you think it can't get any hotter - and this gets me every year - it does...

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Gushing About Eleanor. The Shirt, That Is.

March 26, 2008
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now have i mentioned the eleanor? how many times? i love, love, love (how many times have i said that?) my eleanor shirts! they are so perfectly simple and practical, in fact i may actually have one for every day of the week. but who's counting? there are so many fabric choices that all...

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The Versatility of the Sophia Camisole

March 25, 2008
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...but my dilemma, and what got me thinking of how to wear the sophia different ways, was the fact that i happened to want to tuck the eleanor in and tie it in back but then i had the problem of what to do with the tie to the sophia camisole. i love the...

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Comrades in Ivey Abitz

March 21, 2008
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i am in a small florida town where the people i know shop the gamut, from big box discount stores to high end department stores, and there aren't a lot of choices in between these extremes. this is why i started shopping on line in the first place. online is where i discovered ivey...

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