Tryst, Milliner Meets Bad Boy
Bad boy: so bad, so good, so bad. Love him, hate him. Psychologically, it’s easy to love a bad boy. This particular bad boy will enthrall and entice, even as he seduces his next female of choice.
Alexander McQueen at The Metropolitan Museum
From the dark and stormy folds of the mind of Alexander McQueen, to the bright and glorious sun of his vision, the current retrospective at the Met is bar none, one of the most overwhelming exhibits that this writer has ever seen. Not just visual, but aural, the process envelops the participant in an experience. […]
New Amsterdam Market
New thing for a Sunday treat: walking breakfast/brunch at the New Amsterdam Market, under the overpass at Peck’s slip. Just a few blocks away from the first ever market in New York (founded in 1642), this year-old Sundays’-only marketplace brings a European feel to old New York. The vendors range from produce, organic, and specialty, […]
The Easter Parade in New York City
The only place for fashion and people watchers in New York City this coming Sunday is on Fifth Avenue for The Easter Parade. Don’t run to your local CVS and get a box of peeps to decorate a hat for Easter Sunday. Don’t grab that glue gun and cover a bonnet in jellybeans. And don’t […]
Shellac, the Latest Trend in Manicures
In New York City, if you want to live long enough to tell the tale, you delegate. In my case, it comes down to this: find the experts, and let them handle it. I do my job, you do yours. It works. So with a nail salon, where the manicurists know what they’re doing, it’s […]
Barneys Warehouse Sale, Feb. 17 – March 6
Get thee to Chelsea, if you’ve not experienced the greatest sale since Loehmann’s first opened in the 1940’s. Every year twice per year, the renowned store Barneys has its sale. Everyone knows about it, believe me. This is the last week, the time to go, to get even greater mark-downs, and fresh goods just brought […]
NYC Fashion Week Runway Looks: Hats of Fall 2011
Trend no longer, hats have hit their stride as a major necessity in our wardrobes. At Fashion Week, there was not the proclivity to slap anything on the model’s heads, but throughout a panoply of shows, stand-outs took the limelight. Hats have it in the accessory field, now and forever.
Ellen Christine at the Met Opera Feb. 14
THE MET OPERA SHOP PRESENTS THE ‘DIVA COLLECTION’ DESIGNED BY ELLEN CHRISTINE MILLINERY Exclusive Preview and Moët & Chandon Champagne Reception on Valentine’s Day
Pratt's Paper Dolls
Most of us learned how to make paper doilies at some point in our early childhood. Take a piece of paper: fold it in quarters, cut it this way and that, open it up, and like magic: a thing of beauty. At least to the eyes of a 6 year old. Take that same piece […]