Mary’s Getting Married
I had googlemapped her house very carefully and ahead of time. I had sussed out the trains I was meant to take and the direction I was supposed to walk in, A to Z map clutched to my chest. I… READ MORE
Raffle!
The Manhattan Vintage Show is not for sensitive shoppers. It’s like the Coachella of vintage fairs. You have to wear comfortable footwear, hydrate at 15-minute intervals, dress to be taken seriously and bring a wad of cash. I can’t be… READ MORE
Look of the Week: Xiouxie
I have this crazy, borderline-hoarder tendency to keep all my clothes, especially the vintage pieces. So when I stumbled upon this mini-denim skirt my mom made for me oh, say, 15 years ago, I tried it on and got inspired…. READ MORE
Calla for Honest By
Bruno Pieters had some kind of revelation two years ago. He went to India on holiday, visited his friend who was doing charity work there, and came back a changed man. He sold all his archive, stopped designing his women’s… READ MORE
A Lola in Love
When you enter the Chelsea Hotel on 23rd Street a sign warns tourists that the “hotel is not accessible to the general public at this time. The hotel is closed until further notice.” I hesitate for a second, but trod… READ MORE
Happy Easter!
Yellow is not all it’s cracked up to be. I mean, who looks good in yellow? Peeps and little chicks maybe. And daffodils. But dresses and pants? When was the last time you heard about yellow being “the new black”?… READ MORE
Miss Chanel
A few months ago Nina magazine in Belgium published a feature with the “Most Beautiful Women in Belgium”. Famous Belgian artists, actors, writers and athletes nominated not-so-famous men and women whom they believed were Belgium’s undiscovered stunners. Stylist Tom Van… READ MORE
Look of the Week: Plastique Fantastique
I will say it again: PLEASE have some fun with fashion. I swear this kind of shoot makes me ecstatic! I don’t know if I’ve ever met a photographer with this much imagination, and entertaining at that. Thierry Van Biesen,… READ MORE
French Glamour, March 2012
Quite a list to be in… French Glamour’s Top 25 “Fashion Gourous” of 2012.
Toy Story
For my second styling story for the March issue of Russian Harper’s Bazaar we went for “cartoons” and prints with “real objects”. Not flowers, not stripes or dots, but real things, like cars, ducks and faces. I got a bit… READ MORE
I heart Ronson
Charlotte Ronson has a lot of drawers and boxes. I don’t know how she keeps track of the contents but she seems to know exactly where every hand bag, skirt and shoe is stored. She didn’t go as far as… READ MORE
Look of the Week: Lahssan
My friend Dryce designs this really cool line of trench coats out of Paris called Lahssan. You’ve seen them on Elisa Nalin a bunch during Fashion Week – they’re buddies and she’s been like walking – and forever smiling! –… READ MORE