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Get engaged. Engaged to yourself. What do you love? What turns you on? What is the thing that your brain cannot delete? It keeps you up at night in the best way possible, it makes you smile when you sit alone. Keep with it, kids. It is worth it. You are worth it. Love...
Pay attention to the things that make you laugh. That's as unique as your own fingerprint. Image found here.
The Barneys New York Spring collection hits right out of the ballpark. Especially with JC Obando, a designer known for his eveningwear, who is batting a thousand with his latest hardware. Saw blade cuffs and rings caught my eye, distracting me from Simon Doonan...
The Spotlight section of this blog is my personal favorite because it reveals the details and decisions of fascinating folks; the why and how they land on a yellow brick road of life. JBD is back with a bang, sitting down for a one-on-one with Suzanne McCormack,...
Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington is a lovely read, especially for the eagle eyes of style out there. Her keen spirit and yes, grace, remind me of the positive power of my wonderful mom and aunts. Everyone has a style. Everyone has a story. Embrace and enjoy. ...
Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.
I was enchanted by pinatas as a child. In hindsight, I don't think I ever had one at my own birthday, but between my friends and three brothers' birthdays, pinatas were cracked open and taken down, candy showering our elementary skulls. Is it weird that I still think...
My Grandmother and I exchanged a massive collection of correspondence, over a span of ten years. I have a habit of slipping notes into favorite books, so when I go back to read those books I find the memory, weeks or months or years later. The other day, a book fell...
I kicked off New York Fashion Week with a full-on love affair of Barneys' Spring vision. Tomoko Ogura and Simon Doonan invited a handful of their favorite online style writers to a dinner at Fred's. The fun of it all was a jump up jump up and get down so get out your...
My top three favorites from Rachel Comey's NYFW presentation. The wearing is really about the feeling. Happy fashion week, kids. “The more identities a (wo)man has, the more they express the person they conceal.” Image Credits: Giovanni Giannoni...
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