There’s been a shift of late in the flow of medical tourism. For the last few years, uninsured Americans have traveled abroad, mainly to Asia, for procedures such as hip replacements and bypass surgery because of the considerably lower costs offered there. The same holds true for plastic surgery. Women and an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yves Saint Laurent passed away yesterday at the age of 71 in Paris. Having achieved fantastic success in 1958 when he was only 21 years old as the head of Christian Dior and having established his own fashion house a mere 4 years later, the influence of his designs has reverberated throughout […]
On May 24th, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum will re-open its jewelry galleries after a four-year, multi million-dollar renovation funded by William and Judith Bollinger, financiers and collectors. On display, will be some 3,500 items, mostly of European origin, spanning 8 centuries.
The highlights include a gold Celtic collar made around 700BC, ornate […]
The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art had its big gala last night to celebrate the opening of its newest exhibition, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. The exhibit is about how superheroes and their costumes have inspired fashion. It opens on May 7, but to tell you […]
Recently, I went to the museum at FIT (the Fashion Institute of Technology) to see three great exhibits. (I’m trying to get all these museum visits in before I leave for Madrid next week because I won’t have much […]
I went to a great exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday called blog.mode: addressing fashion. Assembled by the MET’s Costume Institute, it featured some incredible dresses, coats, shoes and accessories from the 18th century to the present. The […]
While in LA, I spent an afternoon at the Getty Villa which is one of my favorite places on earth. Perched on a hill overlooking the Pacific, it was commissioned by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty to house his vast collection of ancient Greek, Roman and Etruscan art and artifacts. There are two […]
The Dior bag below made me think of John Galliano which got me thinking about his couture shows. I never really quite believed that fashion is Art with a capital A, despite my obsession for it, until I saw John Galliano’s couture clothes. […]
Have you ever wondered how fashion designers decorate their homes? Are their runway styles reflected in their interiors? A new, sumptuously illustrated book, Dressing the Home: The Private Spaces of Top Fashion Designers endeavors to answer these questions. Some of today’s top designers including Christian Louboutin, Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana […]
Evening Dress, 1957 by James Galanos
Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art
The clothes of 3 great designers are currently being exhibited at the Philadephia Museum of Art. A Passion for Perfection: James Galanos, Gustave Tassel, Ralph Rucci highlights prized items from the museum’s costume collection which are well worth seeing not just for their inspiring beauty, […]
