Outer Body Experiences

Traditionally, when fashion month is over, and spring is making its first attempts at breaking, I get a full body and face treatment: a deep tissue massage to relax, a facial to clean my pores, a sea salt body scrub to… READ MORE

April 1, 2014 / 4 Comments

Normandy

The drive from Paris to Normandy takes about two and a half hours. It gets interesting as soon as you leave the highway and the spine-tingling sights of the French countryside (La Campagne, they call it) swallow you whole and… READ MORE

March 25, 2014 / 14 Comments

La Tour Eiffel

How is it that I don’t remember if I ever went on the Eiffel Tower? I have just spent the past hour pondering and searching my deepest, earliest memories. It seems like the obvious thing to do when a) you… READ MORE

March 5, 2014 / 5 Comments

Pizza Shelter

The incongruous days when yellow cab drivers unapologetically shooed you out of the backseat when you innocently revealed your destination to be Williamsburg, and when your friends from Manhattan feigned an incurable, medical adversity to the air in that specific… READ MORE

February 28, 2014 / 2 Comments

Charlotte Ronson, Behind the Scenes

Charlotte Ronson’s fans were in for a bit of a surprise when they entered The Hub at the Hudson Hotel on February 7th. Instead of the usual quirky-cute, happy-go-lucky silhouettes they’ve grown so accustomed to, the stage was filled with… READ MORE

February 17, 2014 / 4 Comments

Nifty with Thrift

One could categorize vintage in three telling groups. One group would be what we call vintage, and entails everything that’s collected and worth collecting, the special pieces sort of speak, sometimes more than 25 years old. The second group would… READ MORE

February 12, 2014 / 5 Comments

Alphabet City

There are many ways to spend a glacial Sunday afternoon in New York. One could go ice skating. Or make a fire. Personally I just like to stay at home. And make soup for example. Or iron. I call it… READ MORE

January 30, 2014 / 3 Comments

Holy Trinidad

I’ve been raving about Cuba for the past three weeks now – its beautiful landscape, its warm people, its inspiring colors – but let’s talk practicalities for a second. The questions on everyone’s mind are probably: 1. HOW do you… READ MORE

January 24, 2014 / 6 Comments

Happy Birthday Linda Farrow!

When it comes to good sunglasses, there’s only one lady to turn to: Linda Farrow. Or more exactly Tracy Sedino, who’s happily married to Linda’s son Simon Jablon. For the past ten years the couple have been working hard at… READ MORE

December 26, 2013 / 3 Comments

The Answer to Your Fitness

I don’t like the word ‘workout’. For one, because it has the word ‘work’ in it. Exercise should be fun, not work! You get paid to work; but you’re rewarded for the other. I was never much of an athlete…. READ MORE

December 16, 2013 / 14 Comments

The Art of Living Comfortably

I didn’t even leave my house for this shoot. It wasn’t raining or anything, wasn’t cold either. Didn’t break my leg, nor get hit with house arrest or a crazy stomach bug. There’s just something very nesting about natural fibers…. READ MORE

December 6, 2013 / 4 Comments

Is Color Blocking Retro Now?

Carven designer Guillaume Henry was in New York last week for the store opening of the new flag ship on Mercer Street. Though the space was still under construction, he celebrated with a soft opening and a dinner a few… READ MORE

November 25, 2013 / 2 Comments