{"id":236,"date":"2003-10-23T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2003-10-23T16:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/2003\/10\/23\/swans-style-page-3\/"},"modified":"2003-10-23T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2003-10-23T16:12:54","slug":"swans-style-page-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/2003\/10\/23\/swans-style-page-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Swans Style Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a84'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P style=\"12pt 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"3\">I love vintage coats, but because of my freakishly long arms, the sleeves are always a couple inches too short, bearing my delicate wrists to the cold air. My solution? Arm warmers. I knit myself a pair last fall:<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"12pt 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/casawalsh\/armwarmer.jpg\" height=\"144\" width=\"350\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"12pt 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"3\">A few days ago I see <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/10\/19\/fashion\/19ARM.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"3\">this<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"3\"> in the New York Times style section. Oh, I am so ahead of the times.&nbsp;In the past,&nbsp;girls had to make their own, or cut holes in socks. Now there are so many materials and styles to choose from: wool, cotton, leather, cashmere, vinyl. Is it wrong to think of myself as a fashion trendsetter? <\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"12pt 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Some designers try to get around the &#x201C;arm warmer&#x201D; moniker. <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.purpleskirt.com\/collections\/buy.cfm?productid=AM00157\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Marc Jacobs version<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">. <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\">Don&#x2019;t give me this &#x201C;fingerless glove&#x201D; crap, those are arm warmers.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><br \/>\n<P style=\"12pt 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">So, if anyone wants some super-trendy, warm, and very cute arm warmers, send me $25 and you&#x2019;ll get a pair knit to order.*<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"12pt 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Psst&#x2026; Marc, call me. Send me a couple jackets from your fall line and we&#x2019;ll pretend this never happened.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"12pt 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">*additional charge for cashmere.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love vintage coats, but because of my freakishly long arms, the sleeves are always a couple inches too short, bearing my delicate wrists to the cold air. My solution? Arm warmers. I knit myself a pair last fall: A few days ago I see this in the New York Times style section. 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