Alyssa Giacobbe

Found: The Perfect Corduroys
Posted on 11/24/2008 at 12:14PM | 1 Comment

I’ve been looking for a pair of corduroys for years. Corduroys are inherently unflattering: a little bulky, saggy-seeming in all the wrong places. Sort of like sweatpants made to look like regular pants. Most stretch out within minutes of pulling them on. Is it too much to ask for a ... READ MORE
Holiday Gift Ideas, Part 1: The Cat
Posted on 11/17/2008 at 1:04PM | 1 Comment

As the hassles of the holidays begin to bear down, it’s important to plan your season wisely. And so this weekend, before the travel and relatives and debilitating amounts of food began, I set out intending to get a start on my holiday shopping. Most of the friends and family on ... READ MORE
More From the Annals of Recession Chic…
Posted on 11/10/2008 at 12:30PM | 2 Comments

Turns out you don’t have to be up to your pocket-scarf in old money to dress like a classy WASP. The enduringly dapper Joe Ferrarro, once named by the Globe as one of Boston’s best dressed, dishes out candid advice on how to be the snazziest budget-minded sartorialist in town on ... READ MORE
Space Shifter
A Newbury Street boutique finds beauty in its second act.
Bright Ideas
These bags make a statement. And that statement is: I will look incredibly good on your arm.
On Location: Fashionably Late at The Liberty Hotel
Alyssa Giacobbe takes a sip of the Liberty Hotel's intoxicating Thursday-night spectacle.
Import/Export: The Wardrobe Whisperer
Fashion Masochist: Circus Workouts
Import/Export: Peng Dynasty