Spring Please!
I’m not going to sit here and complain about how cold it is for this time of the year, or why March 20th was an awfully deceiving date, or why I haven’t been able to ride my bike in open… READ MORE
Digital Destiny
“Are you sure this is not too much?” she asks with a worried, yet amused look on her face. I’ve just coaxed Christene to put on a bright green shirt with blue and white striped pants and gold pumps. “I… READ MORE
How to Throw a Baby Shower
I am not an expert but I think I am getting the hang of this baby shower thing. Just about a year ago Julia Roitfeld threw hers at the The Maritime Hotel – there was a male stripper dressed like… READ MORE
Teen Vogue Last Look: Georgia Eugenides
I’ve been working with Teen Vogue on the Last Look pages. For the April issue we shot Georgia Eugenides, the adorable, stylish, 14-year old daughter of Jeffrey Eugenides (who wrote the Virgin Suicides) and artist Karen Yama. They live in… READ MORE
For Work and for Love
When I arrive at the house, Valentine is standing on her front door step in the drizzling rain, smoking a cigarette. “It’s the last one,” she mutters with visible regret. “I’m trying to enjoy it while it lasts.” Not that… READ MORE
Craving Comfort
There comes a moment when you just want to be still. When you say fuck you to heels and dresses, and crave comfort, unapologetically. You slip your feet inside a pair of those fuzzy, unattractive Celine slippers or worse, Birkenstocks,… READ MORE
She’s a Lady
“I don’t know how much vintage I’ve got here, babe,” she says, staring blankly at the insides of her wardrobe. (Sophia calls me ‘babe’. Even in her e-mails and texts. In fact, I can almost with certainty say that everyone’s… READ MORE
You’re invited: Longchamp
Longchamp is opening its first boutique at Macy’s Herald Square on Thursday, March 21st and we are celebrating! Join Vogue, Longchamp and yours truly at Macy’s from 6.30 to 8.30 PM by sending your rsvp to Longchamp@vogue.com. They said, first… READ MORE
A Cast of Denim
About a week before every New York fashion week I hold a big, open pre-casting. I invite all the model agents to send their new, and not-so-new girls to see me, I make them walk, take a few snaps, put… READ MORE
Romy and the Bunnies
“Can you see my underwear through this dress?” Julia whispers in my ear when she arrives at her mom’s party in Paris. She’s wearing a skin tight, black, lace Dolce & Gabbana dress that’s fitting in all the right places…. READ MORE
La Petite Casta
Meet Marie Ange Casta: Art Student, Model, Comedienne, Parisienne, Little Sister. She’s a minimalist comfort dresser, nothing too flashy, just casual. She loves to wear black and jeans and boots. She’s into vintage but more in the summer – “it… READ MORE