Skip navigation

Fashion Sense for the Been-Set-Free Set

Martha Stewart's stay in a federal lockup apparently has not diminished her status as an arbiter of taste. The crocheted poncho Stewart wore on her way out of the Big House has inspired the Web site sew-beautiful.us to begin selling knockoffs of the homemaking diva's coverup. (For those who somehow missed it: Stewart served five months for obstruction of justice in an insider trading case.) The site,

Martha Stewart's stay in a federal lockup apparently has not diminished her status as an arbiter of taste.

The crocheted poncho Stewart wore on her way out of the Big House has inspired the Web site sew-beautiful.us to begin selling knockoffs of the homemaking diva's coverup. (For those who somehow missed it: Stewart served five months for obstruction of justice in an insider trading case.)

The site, which is based in Madison, Wis., promises to funnel 10 percent of poncho-related profits to Xiomaro Hernandez, the Alderson Prison inmate who made the original poncho for Martha.

TAGS: Archive
Hide comments

Comments

  • Allowed HTML tags: <em> <strong> <blockquote> <br> <p>

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Publish