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Heads up, parents of art majors: If you’re skeptical about whether your offspring’s chosen field of study will lead to a paying job — and their own pad — check out the August issue of domino. The hip magazine dedicated to “living with style” touts a three-page spread on Rachel Comey, a 1994 graduate of the University of Vermont, and her ultra-cool converted-laundromat home near a beach on Long Island’s North Fork.... Read more

Once upon a time, a village named White River Junction fell asleep a weary railroad laborer and woke up an artist.... Read more

When it comes to producing beauty queens, Vermont isn’t exactly a winner. In the 86-year history of the Miss America competition, no Green Mountain girl has cracked the Top 15. Home viewers got a mere glimpse of Miss Vermont before she was whisked off stage in favor of the semifinalists, most of whom hail from traditional “pageant states” where young women really know how to wield a can of hairspray.... Read more

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9/7/07: This year's 15th Annual Art Hop brought hundreds of people to the South End to view the works of over 500 artists spread between 60 sites.

Strut II kicked off the Art Hop 2007 festivities with a procession of goodies such as a flouncy red wedding gown, silk-screened tees and clothes made out of playing cards.

Strut took place in a cavernous garage and even without the aid of the stifling heat, the models sizzled.... Read more

At 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Twentieth Century Fox and USA Today announced that Springfield, Vermont, had won the contest to be named the Springfield and to host the premiere of The Simpsons Movie. No word on whether Gov. Jim Douglas, who voiced his public support for the video entry created by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, was the deciding vote. The win clearly trumped partisan differences: “Today we’re all from Springfield,” crowed Senator Patrick Leahy in a press release.... Read more

A fashion trunk show at the Green Closet has the buzz of an art opening. I was barely in the door when owner Xmas Maxon-Alley descended and offered me a glass of wine. Not to mention cheese, crackers and dried cherries. Eighties music played from somewhere. The goldenrod-colored walls were artfully lined with a mix of vintage and indie-designed dresses and shirts, secondhand cowboy boots, pillbox hats and very cool jeans.... Read more

I have never been to a fashion show, and the ones I’ve seen in movies required the audience to wear quasi-formal dress. But hey, this was the Montpelier Fashion Show. I was sure I wouldn’t need to break out the old bridesmaid dress — almost.... Read more

Ask anyone to construct a sentence using "Vermont" and "fashion" and it's bound to end up including the words "flannel" or "fleece." Or maybe just elicit a snort of derision. And how about naming some Vermont designer labels? Um, let's see - Burton? Turtle Fur? Johnson Woolen Mill?

Salaam and Zutano, both headquartered in Montpelier, have for years offered eclectic, colorful ensembles for women and small children, respectively. Still, it's a given that the Green Mountain State is better known for no-nonsense, outdoorsy wear, and that couture is as scarce as the catamount.... Read more

On a bitterly cold evening a couple of Tuesdays ago, I found myself in a large, plain building on an otherwise empty lot in Williston, surrounded by a crew of rugged young men in three-piece suits. Frank Sinatra played over a sound system as the clean-cut posse peppered me with questions.

The fact that you're reading this is evidence I didn't get clipped, "Sopranos"-style. Nor was I drawn into any shadowy agency or cult. I was merely shopping for a sweater at the newly opened Men's Wearhouse in the big-box world that is Maple Tree Place.... Read more

Clothes are cheap. That's the premise of "What Not to Wear," a popular cable TV show where bad dressers trash their entire wardrobe in exchange for $5000 to buy a new, stylist-approved one. The disposability of our clothes is reflected in overflowing bins at the Salvation Army. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American family spends 33 percent less on apparel than it did in the early 1970s -- but that doesn't mean we're buying less.... Read more