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Thursday, June 4, 2015

To the Nines II

Diane Vallere has a GREAT post at BookEnds' blog, on dressing for a conference - and The Pitch ...

I had some thoughts on this once, too, in my misspent youth.
Posted by DLM at 8:37 PM
Labels: costuming, fashion, health and beauty (har), style

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