The house in West Shokan is a little bit creepy. It’s like a modern day, inedible version of Hansel and Gretel’s gingerbread house, with wood paneled walls, flaky windowpanes, folklore bedspreads and the wrong kind of fixtures. It’s tucked in… READ MORE
I could be wrong and ruthlessly biased but aren’t the latest Aldo campaigns a bit retro? There’s a joyous Lily Donaldson manhandling a giant garfish wearing high waisted red shorts, a flesh colored boob tube and red ankle socks for… READ MORE
When I ask Olivia how the accident happened, she retorts matter of factly: “Why not?” I lost her for a few weeks. At first her messages were sporadic, then disappeared all together. I hadn’t seen her at any parties. I… READ MORE
I showed up one hour early at William Vintage. The sales girl had barely arrived, the door was locked and the lights were off. Furthermore neither William, my gracious host and store owner, nor my muses for the day Alice… READ MORE
The first time I met Charlotte Kidd was at a casting for Frederic Fekkai. We were looking for “artistic girls” who could pose as art gallery dealers in a campaign video. Charlotte was one of a few girls I had… READ MORE
“I would like to be the Betsey Johnson for the next generation!” I overhear Erin confide in a captivated audience of fans at Jane Pratt’s website launch dinner. Dressed in a slinky black dress with plunging neckline, rocking her new… READ MORE
According to the Oxford Dictionary ‘Endearment’ means ‘Expression of Love or Affection’. This truthfully implies that my Tales of Endearment are stories about everything that is dear to me, stories about everything I affectionately love. So wouldn’t it make sense… READ MORE
A few days after New Year’s Eve, at the start of 2009, I was on my way back from Tulum to New York on a Continental Airlines afternoon flight. I was sitting quietly in the front of the plane when… READ MORE
“I’ll take my Fairway over the Prada store any day!” laughs Lily with a resolute wink. “I am not your typical Uptown Girl. I am the next generation!” Twenty-three-year old Lily Kwong lives on the third floor of a brownstone… READ MORE
No matter how good my intentions or camera angles, shooting at an indoor vintage fair is not a walk in the park. The lighting is usually a cold, flat halogen. The backdrops are messy and busy – not an inch… READ MORE
Twenty-three year old Hannah Bronfman has big plans for the future. “In five years time I see myself owning a restaurant/lounge, having opened a store/dispensary for Green Owl, putting out a rap EP, owning a dog, and being a role model… READ MORE
Beyond Retro is one of the better known, affordable vintage stores in London. They’ve created somewhat of an empire, with two stores in the city, one in Brighton, a website (with funny graphics!) and a bunch of locations in Sweden…. READ MORE