Of course, vintage mavens such as Tziporah and Lynn are there practically when the doors open. OMG! Imagine my shock and surprise to run into two of NYC's most stylish ladies on Day Two of the show - Tziporah Salamon and Lynn Yeager!! I can rarely ever get to Day One of the 2-day show, which always falls on a Friday, when all the best stuff goes on sale. Check out her website for more info about her and about RJ (Joana is a talented cartoonist and illustrator, a fellow blogger () and one of the Index magazine's hilarious Delusional Downtown Divas (Valerie and I were thrilled to receive copies of 'Rooms', a collection of her distinctive and often humorous drawings of interior spaces where each room is its own tiny quirky world and its inhabitants even quirkier. Jodi, shown here with her Yorkie, RJ Cash, is a rock star guitar strap designer who is branching out into dog accessories (straps and leashes) - a logical progression. Not wanting to miss the Metropolitan Pavilion's Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show, I attended with two friends, Jodi Head and Joana Avillez. Yesterday, however, I sucked it up and carried on.

When you're part of a team, it's hard and sometimes dangerous to fly solo. Or like Alex DeLarge without his fellow droogs. John Steed of The Avengers without his Mrs. Unfortunately, in the meantime, without the other half of the dynamic duo, I feel like Oliver Hardy without Stan Laurel. Never fear - I've got my trusty 99-cent store Deluxe Doctor kit (and ever-present camera) ready, so whenever Valerie gets discharged from the hospital, help will be on the way! With one half of the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas down for the count, the pressure is on for me to carry on in style. Consequently, yours truly has been largely left to her own devices. This means she has to re-start her recovery process, losing credit for the recent weeks of healing. Unfortunately, through some cruel twist of fate, it is not healing correctly and she has to have surgery on Monday to insert pins. As most of you know, Valerie broke her wrist a couple weeks ago.

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