Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Kwanzaa, Merry Universal Health Care, everyone!

... and remember: that ugly, ill-fitting Holiday Sweater you're thinking of returning to the department store may mean the loss of some Innocent Shop Girl's sales commission, so, instead, take a moment or two to think about how you might make it work in your wardrobe!!!!!

:-) Luv, AlbGlinka

Still The Sartorialist...

Surrounded by clothes all day long as I attempt to eke out a living at a major department store, I am continuing to find huge inspiration in the archives of The Sartorialist blog.

Some of the clothes in the brand I sell are what I might describe as "preppy-clown"-- bright colored plaids, stripes, etc. They amuse me, but I am afraid to buy them! (I do try them on, lol) So I am particularly awestruck by the clown-like dandies I am discovering in The Sartorialist blog.

Pictured: a person named Patrick McDonald; not sure what he does but it's something related to fashion, I would imagine. I suppose I could Google him, by why bother to do something that John McCain didn't seem to feel was important enough to do with the lovely Ms. Palin????