Friday, July 31, 2009
I was intrigued to read yesterday’s New York Times article about designer Eric Gaskins, whose business has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Another victim of the economy and, perhaps, by Gaskins’s own account, a lack of a publicity strategy. The article was just as much about Gaskins’s bitchtastic blog, The Emperor’s Old Clothes, as [...]
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
You people! What do you want from me? A new blog post? Well, I’m working on a big post for next week; trying to finish up a guest post for Shrimpton Couture; worrying about the guest posts I promised Sandra and La Belette Rouge ages ago; testing out new functionality for the blog; and making [...]
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Seeing gorgeous blogger Delmy looking sharp in a white blazer reminded me of last month’s post on white suits by Red Carpet Fashion Awards. And that post, in turn, reminded me of the white suit I posted here in 2007. I got that suit in 2003 and it’s still going strong. For my first Leader [...]
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Monday, July 27, 2009
As I was going through some of my design friend Christian Francis Roth’s old clips, I came across a 1991 New York Times column that included an item on Christian and other designers making costumes for Cirque du Soleil. But it was the story about graphic designer Massimo Vignelli‘s launch of a menswear line that [...]
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
The movie The Warriors was a major inspiration for my designing friend Christian Francis Roth’s “Gangs of New York†Spring ’09 collection. In the movie, all the New York City gangs declare a truce and meet to discuss forming a super-gang to take over the city. When the gang leader who called the summit is [...]
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Friday, July 24, 2009
While having Bellinis at a hotel bar in Paris, I pointed out that there were little notepads and pencils on all the tables. I wondered if they were for the kind of peeps who would be hashing out some kind of multi-billion-euro business deal over drinks. Those peeps always need a pad for writing lots [...]
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Gorgeous ex-blogger ENC did a little Photoshop work on Tuesday’s sequined pants photo so you can see it without the ugly carpeting. Last night, I decided to go with a tough biker chick look for our eighth wedding anniversary dinner at Balthazar. Here I am in my leather vest, hanging around with some graffiti and [...]
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I can’t believe I was just in London and didn’t go to Browns! WTF! Well, I had more important things to do most days. But I love looking at the Browns website and I definitely regret not squeezing in a visit in person. Right now I’m going crazy over a couple of pieces by Ashish, [...]
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
I’ve developed a graffiti obsession. So I was totally craving this stupendous vintage graffiti bathing suit from Rice and Beans Vintage. If it weren’t so difficult to get the fit right on a bathing suit — challenging enough in person but more so online — I would have bought it immediately. Someone else was braver [...]
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Monday, July 20, 2009
After going to the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac store in London and finding cute shoes and a top, I was unable to resist a look at the Paris store…just in case I missed something! I tried on the dress below in both blue and green. It was adorable but a couple of sizes too large and [...]
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