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Karen's Quirky Style - KQS Nov - West Villager Model Karen Rempel in Chains

Macker Wacker

This column is for all of you who have a favorite old sweater that you want to hang onto, even though your main squeeze pressures you to get rid of it and has tried three times to donate it to Goodwill. This quirky look is a real mash-up of styles and periods, but my vintage […]

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West Village model Karen Rempel - Karen's Quirky Style - April 2020 Feature

Pink Plaid and Banana Pudding

This Easter promises to be bleak, and nothing is bleaker than an un-peopled Bleecker Street. When Dusty and I headed over to Bleecker for this month’s shoot, we were doing our best to put a bright face on Easter. I chose a soothing fifties-reminiscent outfit in chick-and-bunny colors with ironic white gloves in brave pandemic […]

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Karen's Quirky Style - Proud as a Peacock in Quirky Colors

Quirky Color – Peacock Pride

Karen’s Quirky Style is all about expressing our inner joie de vivre through color and fun combinations of clothing and accessories from different sources and time periods. I love walking down the street and seeing people’s faces light up with delight at the unexpected sight before their eyes. (Namely, moi. Haha.) The outfit I’m wearing […]

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