pushing past the mood

It may be easy to notice that dapperkink has been light on content recently. A move last year left me in a space in dire need of attention. So much so, that I don’t even have a decent backdrop for photo-shoots. This has been halting me from documenting anything in terms of my evolving personal […]

the making of a crazy bunny

Last night, I was crazy as a bunny in April. Er, um, I mean, mad as a hare in March. I had an invitation to a tea party, from one hatter of questionable sanity. As soon as I opened the invitation, I got as mad as a March Hare. Or something of the sort… Of […]

glen squared

A glen plaid shirt and a matching glen plaid tie…? Absolutely! The tie has been hanging on my wall for awhile now; the shirt showed up just a bit ago. When I realized the two were such a good match, I tingled. Honestly. Linen for the heat of summer, and silk for it’s surface and […]

at the valet. hey!

Allow me to introduce the newest addition to the dressing room: Purchased from a local friend in a downsize to her new place. *wrings hands* Bwahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa! Eh-hem. Sorry. It needs love and attention, but I am quite giddy to have it. Oh, happy days! I am one step closer to keeping myself properly valeted. Journey […]

embellishments

I scored some fun things the other day while out looking for final embellishments for the dressing room. I needed fabric for draperies and some small bits of upholstery; I wanted something crazy enough to stand against all the colors of my wardrobe… something crazier than I have ever lived with before. I mean, how […]

hidden details, whispered reminders

Perhaps the best thing about the spring busy season…? I have the budget for little splurges. I classify this one as my belated birthday gift to myself… etched stainless collar stays. I had found these some time ago and was waiting for the extra money. I found them at red envelope. The gift wrap was […]

looking back: fancy dress party

Oh, how I love the occasion for fancy dress! I have spent a noticeable amount of the last three years making reasons to dress-up. Some time back, I met this most delicious creature, on a handful of occasions. We were kindred, and we knew so in that first moment. Her name was Amy; she was […]

two x twos

Sometimes, textiles offer the perfect pause from a challenging week. This evening, I luxuriated in my dandelion patch to let go of the exhaustion of the week. And by ‘dandelion patch’, I mean huge pile of silk neckties… Journey on, my lovelies!

delicious isherwood

Another wonderful find, from the fabulous Thombeau: BBC’s adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s Christopher and His Kind. Enjoy, my lovelies!

the essential value of valeting

“One reason – a very great one – why the English gentleman is so much better dressed, on less money usually, than the American, is that the former is perfectly valeted (even though he perform this office himself), while the latter more often than not hasn’t the least idea what proper valeting means. First of […]