The July issue of Harper’s Bazaar devotes 40 pages to one of its biggest advertisers - Estee Lauder. And, as the New York Times points out, it’s not 40 ad pages, but 40 editorial pages. The magazine is awarding these pages AND the cover to the four stars of Estee Lauder’s ad campaign […]
I just got back from a few days in Boston, the dual purpose of the trip being to get out of muggy NYC and to attend a Red Sox game. No, I’m not the sports enthusiast (by any stretch of the imagination) but my husband is a Boston native, so […]
… that it is the Romans who gave us the word perfume? Per is Latin for “through” and fumum means “smoke” – the release of scent through burning. The ancient Romans were very inventive in their diffusion techniques, sometimes also sweetening the air by releasing birds with perfumed wings from their cages. […]
So Kate Moss is coming out with not her first, but her second fragrance - Velvet Hour. I actually wasn’t aware that she already had a perfume because well, who can keep up with the myriad celebrity perfume launches? I’m pretty sure she’s hoping to repeat a past success here since the fragrance […]
Now, if you’re going to wear sneakers and hopefully, mercifully, you’ll be wearing socks with them (see previous post), the socks must be WHITE. Why? Because socks of another color are just plain ugly. If you’re going to wear socks of a color other than white, they should be covered by long […]
Summer is in full swing and as much as I love the weather, there’s something I absolutely cannot stand about warm temperatures and that’s the sight of so much flabby flesh coupled with too many unfortunate fashion choices. British pop star Lily Allen is a walking faux pas here and I’m not talking about […]
Yesterday was Ladies Day at Royal Ascot, the world’s most famous horse race. Steeped in tradition and history, Royal Ascot, held every June, dates back to 1711 and is attended by the English royal family every day. After they arrive in horse drawn carriages, members of the royal family along with their privileged […]
Two cuffs that I really like and that I wrote about from Vivre are now 20% off. The croco Cavalli cuff was $450 and is now $360, while the cutout cuff by Herve van der Straeten was $280 and is now $224. Plus, through Monday June 23, there’s […]
… that travel guides as we know them were first published in the mid-19th century? This is a relatively recent phenomena considering that people, especially young men of means, had been traveling for pleasure for about a hundred years? The continental Grand Tour had become a must for an English gentleman’s cultural and […]
If you’re planning a trip to Europe this summer, you may want to take a pass on the usual travel guides (Frommer’s, Fodor’s etc.) and opt for the Louis Vuitton City Guide 2008. The editors have just added five cities to their nine-volume boxed set: Bilbao, Luxembourg, Nicosia, Reykjavic, and Turin. Covering […]
How about this beauty from Nancy Gonzalez? The shape, skin and especially color on this alligator tote are beautiful. This orange is the perfect shade for summer and complements so many other colors: white, blue, gold, etc. Measuring 14¼” x 8½” x 20½”, it is not too big nor too small. […]
These flared jeans from Alice + Olivia are not only cool, but so flattering with their slimming high waist. I have a couple of pairs of pants from Alice + Olivia and what I like best about them is their fit. They are cut in a way that […]
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is currently displaying 145 of Yves Saint Laurent’s best ensembles, in a collaboration with Paris’ Fondation Pierre Berge Yves Saint Laurent and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. This presciently timed retrospective, which opened just two days before YSL’s death on June 1st, was inpsired by the […]
… that nail polish was invented by the Chinese about 5,000 years ago? But then again, wasn’t just about everything devised by the Chinese first? I recently discovered for instance, that the Chinese began printing 600 years before Johannes Gutenberg came up with the printing press in Germany. The Chinese also used […]
To my horror, The New York Times has recently decreed that chipped nail polish is in! And if it’s in the paper of record, it has to be true, right? To this, I say NOOOOOOOO! Say it isn’t so! Why, why, why?
The trend is supposed to symbolize a […]
Bill Cunningham, the Sunday Styles photographer from the New York Times, just did a piece on vests. I am so glad because vests are one of my favorite items to wear. They sharpen up any outfit and an inexpensive one will do the job beautifully.
Check out the tie back halter […]
Brian Atwood, one of my favorite shoe designers says: “I love women to be noticed. I love to put them on the pedestal they deserve.” There you go. He and the makers of 16th century Venetian chopines, which has turned out to be a theme of sorts […]
So Naomi Campbell was Andre Leon Talley’s date to the Council of Fashion Designers Awards held at the New York Public Library last night. I don’t quite know what to say about Andre’s outfit because I’m still picking my jaw up off the floor. Did he not realize that it was NOT a […]
… that platform shoes are not a recent invention? They have been around for a long, long time - hundreds of years actually. How many other trends can be said to have had such a long history? The platform’s ancestors are called chopines which were essentially mules on platforms - very high […]
Yves Saint Laurent was ahead of his time when he looked to street fashion for inspiration, but now, fashion houses are going a step further, or should I say lower, apparently taking their cues from um, ladies of the night, at least when it comes to shoes. Heels and […]
