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

NARSassist!

Nars Cosmetics has launched a new series of short film portraits for their popular NARSissist edition. It will feature the women they feel represent the many fans and devoted followers who have inspired their NARSissist campaign. Philanthropist and Vogue girl… READ MORE

February 4, 2014 / 4 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

Louder than My Voice

I must have gotten here at exactly the right time, because the light in Nicole’s Hollywood apartment is wrenchingly beautiful. You don’t get light like this in New York. Somehow it’s softer here, and in a relentless state of out-of-focus… READ MORE

January 28, 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

Easy Riders

Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, and the 17th largest in the world. It stretches 780 miles long and has a population of 11 million. The views and landscapes are fantastic and sometimes breathtaking. No one had prepared… READ MORE

January 22, 2014 / 6 Comments

Havana Nights

There’s two ways to do Cuba. You could take the vacation route and consider this country your ultimate summer holiday destination: reserve one nice hotel in Havana, like the principle pride Nacional in Vedado or Hotel Saratoga in the old town,… READ MORE

January 20, 2014 / 7 Comments

Journey of a Dress

We’ve seen a lot of anniversaries lately. Chloé celebrated sixty years. So did Missoni, and Max Mara. Moschino looked back at thirty years with the best show of the season in Milan. Miu Miu turned twenty. And Armani had their traveling retrospective Couture shows…. READ MORE

January 17, 2014 / 3 Comments

Countdown to the Grammy’s

I grew up on Motown records. Every weekend my parents listened (and while I watched with transfixed glee, often danced) to the soulful voices of artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes and The Temptations. Even before I took… READ MORE

January 15, 2014 / 3 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

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