Playing Dress-Up with Pastels
Pastels have resurged back into fashion and designers like Peter Som, Jason Wu, Philip Lim and others flirted with them this Spring. For me, maybe it is the over saturation of blinding neon in the stores, but the refreshing soft blues, pinks, and mint greens – a Ladurée macaron palette... Read More
Paris fashion week
The designers, the models, the press, the photographers, and the fabulosity that is Paris Fashion Week has finally calmed down and gone to sleep for a few minutes. I think it was that Kanye party that signified the pièce de résistance or maybe it was Marc Jacobs’ surreal train ride for... Read More
Spring renewal
The promise of warmer weather and longer days has put some spring in my step. With daylight savings comes the extra hour of sun, a chance to renew, regroup, and refresh our wardrobes. It is still only Mid-March on the calendar, so the weather can be fickle like it was... Read More
My haul from Marni for H&M
Yesterday was the Marni for H&M launch and it seemed like forever and a day ago since I originally posted this back in January stating how excited I was to wait on line for 4 hours and shop another designer collaboration with a mass retailer. But this one was different.... Read More
Alexander McQueen
Sarah Burton showed her latest collection for McQueen in Paris and what a powerful enchanting show it was. It looked like an explosion of pink and white cotton candy. Or petals made of organza and feather if you will. Ms. Burton’s theme, “A beautiful future” was translated into a show that... Read More
Isabel Marant
Leave it to fashion’s darling and pioneer Isabel Marant to transform her entire collection to the Wild Wild West and head to Paris…Texas. Yoked cowboy shirts, lace prairie blouses, leather goucho pants– that’s right gouchos, and suede booties slide into an effortless covetable collection. What a sweet french take on... Read More
Stella McCartney FW 2012
From the looks of it, Stella McCartney held one of her best presentations ever this morning in Paris, as the most important shows of the season got underway. Elegant, wearable, and luxe are the adjectives I would use to describe the collection. Both smart and sporty, Stella really knows how... Read More
From Milan Part 2
As I mentioned yesterday, I am finishing my roundup of the shows in Milan with Dolce and Gabbana, Jil Sander, and my favorite of the lot, Prada. Just to put the timing of all this into perspective, as I write this I am also watching jeweled toned dresses pop-up on... Read More
Milan FW 2012 shows
Milan has come and gone but after many scrupulous hours hunting down the latest, I have come up with some of my favorites. Today’s focus is all names ending in the letter “i” — tomorrow I move onto other vowels. Starting off with Gucci, the romance quotient has returned in... Read More