tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66878627604666592912024-03-07T04:21:04.805-05:00The Fashion ExaminerFashion by Us, for UsEdited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-41276195419791006352011-04-05T11:42:00.000-04:002011-04-05T11:42:31.829-04:00I've Moved - to WordPress - finally!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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Hair and Makeup Commentary - Cassi Hurd<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #274e13;">Hair and makeup play an important part</span> in the overall look of a collection, as do the right accessories. With that in mind, I invited my friend, hair and makeup artist, Cassi Hurd to join me backstage to see Woolrich John Rich & Bros. ‘ launch of Black Label by Paula Gerbase.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In a somewhat comical <b>blooper, </b>[sorry – I deleted it from the video!] I asked Paula <i>“where was the lingerie aspect”</i> to her collection?” I’d hurriedly researched Paula that morning and came up with “British lingerie designer.” I couldn’t imagine how lingerie would play into a Woolrich Collection.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>It does not.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">It was no surprise that Paula seemed initially a bit taken aback before laughing and telling us, that her background is in Savile Row. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Aha. </b>That explained the beautiful tailoring of the pieces the models posed in on the podiums outside in the shadowy Eyebeam Studio.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Until I got to Eyebeam Studio and met Paula, I’d thought of Woolrich as “in the country” plaid, red and black buffalo check, specifically. </div><div class="MsoNormal">P<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b><i>aula switched things up</i></b></span> and delivered forest green and navy plaid – much more sophisticated. Green, one of the colors of the season, looked good. One of my favorite pieces was a semi-sheer wool overdress.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Paula describes the Woorich Black Woman as a female urban warrior-ess. She’s not slopping around in Lakeville or Kent Connecticut in her Muck Boots and red buffalo coat. Classic Woolrich will do just fine for those “in the country” weekends, but that is not what Black Label is about.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Woolrich Black Label collection has a more sophisticated sensibility. Woolrich Black is for women who are concerned with braving the cold and wet streets of Gotham and the Windy City, London, Paris, or Milano in cozy layers on their way to work at their cool job at the Museum, Ad Agency, or Art Gallery.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Black Label woman’s hair and makeup has that “done but not done” look that women from the above cities do so well. Paula told us that she chose to have the models’ hair up or down, depending on the neckline and proportion of the outfit she was wearing. This is a refreshing departure from the formulaic [and dated] concept of having all the models hit the catwalk in precisely the same hairstyle, which reminds me too much of Gianni Versace and Calvin Klein shows in the early Nineties.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><i>For the fun of it,</i></span></b> I mentally gifted myself the navy and green tartan jacket and picked some accessories to wear with it. My vision – attending Paris Fashion Week this coming fall, in the jacket, Tom Ford “Peter” or “Raquel” sunglasses and tuning out the noise around me with a matching pair of WeSc checked Bongo headphones in moss green.<br />
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These are just my suggestions on what to wear with these pieces. What would YOU accessorize them with? I'd like to know!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">For more tips on how to work your hair and makeup, visit Cassi’s site, <a href="http://www.youniquechic.net/">www.youniquechic.net</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Where To Buy:</div><div class="MsoNormal">Woolrich Black Label will be available at Barney’s NY this fall.</div><div class="MsoNormal">All accessories mentioned, available at <a href="http://www.tobi.com/">www.tobi.com</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Is this a 'men's collection" or a "women's collection?"</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">UGH.</span></b></i><br />
<i><b>Like Steven Cox, 1/2 of the Duckie Brown label, I find the question rather, well... dated. Perhaps a better word would be, "anachronistic"".</b></i><br />
Back in the early Eighties, we had Grace Jones and Brigitte Nielsen. They looked FAN-TAS-TIC. They made the point that you could be masculine AND feminine - all at once. Both sported looks such as white "wife beaters" and "men's" black tuxes in now-iconic photographs. They helped spout the notion of "androgyny" which photographic legend, Helmut Newton, helped to make fashionable.<br />
Another famous example is Bianca Jagger, back in her Studio 54 Days. Her most famous outfit was a white PANTsuit. In the Seventies though, it was considered "daring" to wear pants to work.<br />
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Then-Vogue Editor, Grace Mirabella, was considered to be "daring" to propose this as "a work option". As I later learned, as one of her Assistants, in the early Nineties, Miss Mirabella meant what she said. I cannot recall a SINGLe day she did not walk into the office in slacks. Her favorites were: Geoffrey Beene, Calvin, and Bill Blass, not necessarily in that order.<br />
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Even in the mid-Eighties, when I was going on my first job interviews, I wore SKIRTS - no question. Pants, were not really an option.<br />
The whole topic seems ridiculous in retrospect. Just a year earlier, I'd gone on a road-trip to UVA [The University of Virginia] for a weekend of party hopping. The scene I lived out that weekend was straight out of Tommy Hilfigger's tailgate glossy ads. What's interesting is that when you inspect it closely, "preppy style" can ALSO, like "East Village Punk", look quite uni-sexual. We college co-eds were from a dozen or so different colleges and universities but we all looked like the frat boys whose parties we attended.<br />
<b>The uniform: </b>Lacoste shirt [untucked], Levi jeans [unwashed and stiff] and Sperry Top or Docksiders. Sounds limiting? Not really, when you consider how many different colors the Gator shirt was available in.<br />
Okay, I made-up that word, "unisexual". <b>At the end of the day though, most of us are looking for clothes that we, as people, can just wear.</b><br />
SOME "PEOPLE'S FAVORITES"<br />
-The "wife beater tank<br />
-Converse "Chuck Taylors"<br />
-A really WELL CUT pair of trousers - Duckie Brown! Oftentimes, they will be black.<br />
- Levi's original 501's. You need to break them in, it just takes time. Be patient.<br />
-A Woolrich red and black buffalo plaid jacket<br />
-Docksiders, the originals.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, why can’t </span></b>a man wear women’s clothes and vice-versa? <b>Duckie designers Steven Cox and Daniel Silver ponder the question in our pre-show interview, here.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Mark Indelicato aka “Justin Suarez” of <i>Ugly Betty </i>was backstage at Duckie Brown, gamely posing for the photogs and video crews who pounced on him once they realized who the slight extravagantly dressed boy was.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mr. Indelicato is a perfect example of someone [man or woman – does it even matter?] who “does his own thing”. He looked great, but what he was wearing would have looked just as good on a woman, the right woman, one who is secure in her own style.</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is pretty much the point. Why can’t a man wear women’s clothes and vice-versa? <b>Duckie designers Steven Cox and Daniel Silver ponder the question in our pre-show interview, which will run next week.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, here’s a short clip of Mark Indelicato talking about his personal style and his thoughts on Duckie Brown.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-20161108448673259032011-02-20T03:51:00.008-05:002011-02-20T16:11:47.020-05:00The Nautica fall 2011 Presentation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><i>When it comes to mens’ fashion,</i></span></span></b> Fashion has always suffered with being labeled “elitist”, “not for the regular guy” or “too edgy”, and even “scary”.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Normally, during NYFW, I’m drawn to just such “directional” collections such as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Duckie Brown’s [a big favorite], Andrew Buckler, and Siki Im.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtiDkhn7QTBkWF7l-pNmEDO7w8xPYJ996IuljvsIEMxa82mNAOT98ZyJPiUl79KKnQKSySvrfohS4csH24vQ78tKL9mvhuP0DJ07aiEGqQeAS-MjetK-5_jk6yDVzqWYZvdw_u0IbwbcZ/s1600/IMG_0522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtiDkhn7QTBkWF7l-pNmEDO7w8xPYJ996IuljvsIEMxa82mNAOT98ZyJPiUl79KKnQKSySvrfohS4csH24vQ78tKL9mvhuP0DJ07aiEGqQeAS-MjetK-5_jk6yDVzqWYZvdw_u0IbwbcZ/s320/IMG_0522.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC46z1qwpsJZsF3aI1ceHbXGJJn00-th5jjs4izL0ZlDwhd5Zjk-wVU7oPpTPSzfk0yXa2XocrZUJXLfHTLX_TFHPA251a-GnhUXRhJg5eA9B6HsM0-p7x0GCn0mE41-M6_6pOkkLPJqLN/s1600/IMG_0525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC46z1qwpsJZsF3aI1ceHbXGJJn00-th5jjs4izL0ZlDwhd5Zjk-wVU7oPpTPSzfk0yXa2XocrZUJXLfHTLX_TFHPA251a-GnhUXRhJg5eA9B6HsM0-p7x0GCn0mE41-M6_6pOkkLPJqLN/s320/IMG_0525.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This season, though, I decided it was time to be more “democratic” and see just what bigger consumer brands such as <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Nautica </span></b>were proposing men wear in 2011.</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I walked the crowded show space with Mark at the Lincoln Center Library, I was reminded of a long-ago Christmas in the early nineties.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’d just returned from <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Neiman Marcus</span></i> and with a pair of Gucci horse bit loafers for my conservatively minded first husband. While in the thrill of the luxe buy, I’d reasoned to myself that they were “traditional” and that he’d approve.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">My EX is one of legions of affluent guys who “want to look nice” but are not interested in clothes that would make them “stick-out” on the golf range, on a sail, sporting events, or Friday night poker night with the boys.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Nautica is a great choice for men of this ilk. </b><br />
#1: It's no hassle- just go to Macy’s and you’re out in less than 20 minutes and back pursuing your leisure time activities.<br />
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snarky
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLqXLjIUA4PE9r2YBNq9-G25qCYcrW7ntN7_hB9ZT_DWdn_T4GKdqQySxDkqAz6jEjeKbr8QOO4wGXc3JlCGB-jIPaQQjCzuBLmArJPaLYcexck6wUq3ssRl3gS5P5VgTfauwRRhp9Z8x/s1600/bonfire-of-the-vanities.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLqXLjIUA4PE9r2YBNq9-G25qCYcrW7ntN7_hB9ZT_DWdn_T4GKdqQySxDkqAz6jEjeKbr8QOO4wGXc3JlCGB-jIPaQQjCzuBLmArJPaLYcexck6wUq3ssRl3gS5P5VgTfauwRRhp9Z8x/s320/bonfire-of-the-vanities.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ever since</span></span></i></b> reading Tom Wolfe's <i>The Bonfire of the Vanities</i>, I have secretly harbored a desire to meet "a social X-ray" and to attend the kind of posh parties that were part and parcel of New York's A-List Crowd in the 1980's.<br />
My wish became a reality and was granted as the net sum of two specific occasions.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5x727y1Stf97tgregK7ikE1BAevrXJ35oJZWqudQroFLm8KPwp-Uz4VmdToDZH-RIsvqXvfUoP2vHByKnApmypRfgJ-ObUsX0qxJKFIUiweiS-C_9BhfwotSpNHQ98AAeEJ6z5Ua_Y4n/s1600/carolynebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5x727y1Stf97tgregK7ikE1BAevrXJ35oJZWqudQroFLm8KPwp-Uz4VmdToDZH-RIsvqXvfUoP2vHByKnApmypRfgJ-ObUsX0qxJKFIUiweiS-C_9BhfwotSpNHQ98AAeEJ6z5Ua_Y4n/s320/carolynebook.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">The first [Social X-Ray part]</span></span></i></b> came true when friend, author and PR dynamo,<b> John Tiffany</b>, invited me to attend a round table at <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The New Traditionalists"</span></b> a to-die for design space in Soho during the Holiday Season. Fashion Icon, Iris Apfel was there, talking about her many collections but most importantly [to me] was that <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Carolyne Roehm [formerly Kravitz] </span></b>was there, AND I got to meet her and have a conversation while she signed a copy of her latest book, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">A Passion for Interiors</span></b>.<br />
I learned a few things that evening: she's reinvented herself into a well-regarded interiors author, she's an avid Francophile, she's collected some of the ill-fated <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Queen</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><i>Marie Antoinette's letters</i></span>, the item that launched her passion for collecting was a Verdura bracelet [actually two, she bought the pair] back when she was a design assistant for Oscar de la Renta. Add to that: she also lives in CT., <b>and</b> she loves her Terrier dogs to the point of distraction, just as I love our Cairn.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>The second part of my wish</b></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>was granted during this NYFW when I stepped into the Payne Whitney Mansion at 972 Fifth Avenue with one of my BFF's, <a href="http://www.cafleurebon.com/">www.cafleurebon.com</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><b>Mark Behnke</b>, their Managing Editor. He'd already sampled and written the review, which you can read about on his post which went live on February 9, 2011. I have always deferred to him in all matters fragrance and thus, went into the event with the intent of getting "the vibe" of the launch. Cafleurebon's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Editor in Chief, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><strong>Michelyn Camen</strong>, </span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">also wrote an article announcing the fragrance's debut on January 8th.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><i>A</i></span></span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> fragrance launch is A HUGE deal</span> </span></span></i></b>for any designer. It is a seminal moment that either breaks or makes you. In New York Society, everyone is far too polished and polite to tell a designer the bare knuckled truth if something doesn't come up to snuff. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><b>In this case, no way. </b>This was "a fashion moment" and the triumphant vibe was more intoxicating than the champagne that flowed on the second floor. If you succeed, everyone's more than happy to thump you on the back and party with you. By the tone at the Payne Whitney Mansion and the level of excitement, this launch was an "over the moon moment" for one of my favorite NY designers.</span><br />
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amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-18941425676333460002011-02-15T14:03:00.000-05:002011-02-15T14:03:10.047-05:00The Toni Francesc Show and Backstage w/ Toni Francesc, Pre-Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Toni Francesc<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">GARUDÀ AW 11</span><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge45QKo3tMjpbG1ay4O_9trJVS1hCllBfD93JeRfA5LCOV5NCYPjURrVnTXyqKKUE-gkpWVtWFbaYpCbPRwjtiqIOy0rm_RtLLdS6q2Dpw6rLTTjA498MQCxOuXxIneZJXhsLK2Wzxpu8b/s1600/tonifrancesc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge45QKo3tMjpbG1ay4O_9trJVS1hCllBfD93JeRfA5LCOV5NCYPjURrVnTXyqKKUE-gkpWVtWFbaYpCbPRwjtiqIOy0rm_RtLLdS6q2Dpw6rLTTjA498MQCxOuXxIneZJXhsLK2Wzxpu8b/s1600/tonifrancesc.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b>The Fashion Examiner: </b>The inspiration for your collection was the mythical Phoenix (a bird which, every 500 years, rises from its ashes anew), where did this source of inspiration come from? A trip to India? A story? A photo<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>TheFE:</b> At the time of creating your collection, do you think about trends and Pantone colors, or do you do whatever you want?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Toni Francesc:</span> I believe that inspiration comes from other places. I don’t search out trends. If anything, I need to create them. Generally, I look at things outside of the world of fashion; that is where I am inspired more. Everything around me is reflected in my clothes. For Artificial Life, two collections ago (AW 2010), I met with a group of friends through Facebook, while we were having dinner, everyone wasn’t interacting with each other, but with others via technology, we didn’t experience the moment. It’s this; playing with simple moments and arriving at their complexity that I like to do. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>TheFE:</b> This is your fourth time showing at NYFW, how does it feel compared to the first time?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Toni Francesc:</span> Ah, yes (giggles). I feel the same as the first time; really THIS is the first time. The nerves are always there, usually I appear to be very calm, but the nerves and my stomach are turning on the inside. But everything is under control and I hope it goes well.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>TheFE:</b> You and Custo are two Catalan designers showing at NYFW. Do you find any similarities in your designs? And are you two friends?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Toni Francesc:</span> Friends-friends, no, but we do know each other and I really admire the work Custo does, he has been working hard for a long time. But our styles are very different.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>TheFE: Finish these sentences:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What I like most about NY is…<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(the city and the people).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What I miss most about Barcelona is…<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(my family, but I brought them to NY, that little boy who just ran up to us is my son).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">*Toni also brought along his wife and mother.* </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The Collection/Show- Highlights</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Started with a striking redhead wearing a trench, skirt and animal print top.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Animal print cocktail dress with a wrap leather belt (my favorite!!)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Elaborate backless silk jumpsuits in gray and orange.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mixing silk with wool and leather. (ie: silk orange top with gray pants)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Silk pieces that looked like watercolors with splashes of deep reds, maroon, oranges and gray.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Trends: </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Wide leg pants (black with backless high neck silk top)</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Bright red lipstick </span>on the models (also gave the crowd L.I/P Cream from Mehron in Big Apple red).</li>
<li>Wool jacket, trenches and dresses with bottons to bring in a bit of a military feel.</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Gold leaf belts </span>with gray wool dress and also skirts.</li>
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</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-84235074352579532072011-02-14T14:15:00.000-05:002011-02-14T14:15:35.498-05:00Happy Valentine's Day With Sarah Barton King and Darkly Audacious<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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Text, Vivian Kelly<br />
It's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Valentine's Day</b></span> and it's not too late to pick up something fabulous for yourself or someones special. I'm talking fragrance, not the tired overpriced red roses.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The topic here is</span> <b>DARKLY AUDACIOUS</b>.<br />
I'm here at the Lincoln Center Tents with my long-time friend, specialty perfumer, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b>Sarah Barton-King </b></span>talking about her latest fragrance, DARKLY AUDACIOUS, which got raves at the Elements and Sniffapalooza Fragrance Shows. D.A. had a soft launch at <b>MIN NY</b> in December in which Sarah regaled the audience with her brief which describes the fragrance as "dark, naughty and sensual". <br />
To really get a good idea of what DARKLY AUDACIOUS is about you must read our friend, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Mark Behnke's</span> essay, on <a href="http://www.cafleurebon.com/">www.cafleurebon.com</a> in late January.<br />
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The clock is ticking down so rush over to pick up a minaudiere or 50 ml. of pure perfume before they're gone because they are going fast.<br />
It's at MIN New York, the Plaza Hotel Beauty Hall in New York City and Fred Segal in LA this spring and on <a href="http://wwwluckyscent.com/">www.luckyscent.com</a> as well as <a href="http://www.beautyhabit.com/">www.beautyhabit.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-24077084976933424342011-02-13T13:30:00.000-05:002011-02-13T13:30:03.362-05:00NYFW - fall 2011: Impressions, So Far...the Weekend Report<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<br />
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It's Saturday night, and "I'm feeling alright" and prepping for round #2 which will kick-off Monday when I get to meet Woolrich's new designer.<br />
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So far, I've sat something like half a dozen shows, the incredible Douglas Hannant - Piguet launch party at the impossibly elegant French Embassy Uptown, dropped in at a few presentations and have eaten more tuna wraps at the Moonstruck Diner than I want to for the next six months, usually at the ill-advised hour of 11p.m. or so. Lucky for me, my metabolism wakes-up about that time.<br />
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Taking it back to NYFW, what wowed me was <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">the quilted Chanel case for the Coco Chanel books </span></b>at the <b>Assouline </b>Plaza boutique, <b>Duckie Brown</b>'s shrunken white suit, a very interesting arty architectural jacket in gray and cream, a<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">n emerald green velvet skirt at Nicholas K</span></b>, handsome models who could body double for Rob Pattinson, the much improved <b>AOL Media Lounge</b> in the Media Pitt spearheaded by the fabulous <b>Tara Shashaty</b>, in the Lincoln Center Tent.<br />
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Thanks to Tara (who was photographed and whom you'll see non-stop in any <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">yellow cab </span></b>you hop into], I got "a clue" about which eyebrow tool I should use. After the make-over, I bum-rushed the MAC Cosmetics store in Grand Central Station, and bought <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">"brun",</span></b> to fill-in my frankly icky, over-plucked brows.<br />
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This enlightenment took place in the posh <a href="http://www.stylelist.com/">www.stylelist.com</a><br />
trailer across the street from the Tents. A few hours later, I fell in love - with a black wool and duchesse satin long dress at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Academy of Art University Show</span>.<br />
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The next day. I hauled everyone from TheFE team out of their Madison Ave. temporary home to go and see the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><b> Libertine Collection</b></span>. I had "a feeling". Happily for me, the Libertine collection was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A-mazing</span></b></span> - <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">no "</span></b>ifs, and or buts".<br />
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Offering a bit of pop culture and comic relief was the UNbelievable madness <b>ANTM's "Miss J's" </b>presence at the AAU show caused. I wasn't around when the Beatles debuted, but honestly, the stampede of female tweens and teens who rushed Jay was...."beyond".<br />
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Enjoy the show!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><i>The Plaza-what a nice way to start NYFW!</i></b> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Assouline's</span></b> pocket sized shop on the Mezzanine, is like a home away from home. It's a place I can find some serenity in NYC, most notably during NYFW and thumb through books on fashion, home, and interesting, stylish people.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Although I arrived at the very tail end of the Social Media Week Blogger Party, Assouline had organized, I got to interview the company's dynamic<b> President/CEO, Robert S. Mitchell.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">In the 18 months he's been at the helm, he's opened Assouline boutiques in key locations around the USA and now, the expansion is continuing abroad. It's heartening that people are still reading - not just on the Internet.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">He made a point that is right-on: these types of books are not just books, they're a part of one's lifestyle and say something about who you are.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Watch the video of our chat to hear more about Assouline's continued roll-out and about some of the key books you'll surely want to have.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">I left the Party with a copy of <b>GYPSET STYLE</b>, a smaller coffee book, by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9a9a9e; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase;"> JULIA CHAPLIN</span><br />
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180 PAGES, 150 IMAGES) </div><div id="item-abstract-short" style="color: #9a9a9e; text-transform: uppercase;">WHAT IS A "GYPSET"? "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #010101; text-transform: none;">Gypsetters are artists, designers, and bon vivants who live and work around the globe. The <i>New York Times</i> journalist Julia Chaplin explores the unconventional lives of these high-low cultural nomads."</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">The Assouline PR team generously offered to have the authoress sign for me and then, ship it to my home in the country. I can't think of a better way to end a great week of fashion. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;">Look for the review - coming soon.</span></span><br />
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amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-91837411703377710282011-02-10T08:01:00.000-05:002011-02-10T08:01:12.646-05:00Casting Call! Duckie Brown Casts for their fall 2011 Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>So what’s a real live model casting like?</i></span></b></span></span> Like one for a big NYFW show such as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"><b>Duckie Brown? </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s been a while since I attended a big show casting, the last one was one I did somewhere around 2000 for Searle, when said brand was trying to become a player at NYFW. </div><div class="MsoNormal">I wondered if model casting would be tremendously different so many years later. I got to find out when Daniel and Steven invited me to sit –in on a day of their 2-day casting. </div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s not. The casting Director, Claire, took polaroids of the models who had been invited in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>[@ 80 on day 1 of 2 daysworth]. </b></span>The model was asked to walk down and back as if they were on the runway. If that went well, they were asked to try on an oufit. It’s a process, yes, but a lot of it is intuitive. </div><div class="MsoNormal">I asked Daniel the <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">“What are you looking for?”</span></i> question.</div><div class="MsoNormal">In response, he stated, “<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>We’re looking to cast whomever makes the look look best.”</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Simon made it to the point where he walked twice, was asked his shoe size and to try a few outfits on. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">As Steven pointed-out, not only does the model have to “work” individually, he has to fit in with the group. There are levels upon levels of casting hurdles to jump before a model makes the final edit and is one of the lucky few to walk the show.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then there’s the walk, Daniel – <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: purple;">“You have to have a mission. You have to work on it. Walk like you’re going to go cash-in a 15 million dollar check.” </span>Simon left, vowing to practice his walk all night.” Shaking his dark head of hair out of his face he said, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">“Yeah, this is for me. I’m doing it for me.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-618682638081055282011-02-08T19:33:00.001-05:002011-02-09T16:16:11.641-05:00Tobi.com gets A Whole New Look That's Definitely Worth a Look<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMWi8gDnTA8aeH8JRmFvhFBftUTsYK6vmTkEZAAZ1TBW9WOwtGJb2Z2onQwZrMbsiyW4ZcA4lVSExZtyjRRhn2F9EleVFeLD5kf7gC5YkD69e2p0zDYe7aHqV2B7792G2KROZYEMhE6eu/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-08+at+6.01.15+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMWi8gDnTA8aeH8JRmFvhFBftUTsYK6vmTkEZAAZ1TBW9WOwtGJb2Z2onQwZrMbsiyW4ZcA4lVSExZtyjRRhn2F9EleVFeLD5kf7gC5YkD69e2p0zDYe7aHqV2B7792G2KROZYEMhE6eu/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-08+at+6.01.15+PM.png" /></a></div><script type="text/javascript">
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TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<br />
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UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, I WAS NOT that much of a fan of Internet shopping. By "shopping", I mean shopping for clothing or jewelry. In the past, my excursions on the Internet have yielded mixed results.<br />
There was the red tartan plaid vest I HAD TO HAVE from Lands' End which I saw at a preview event. I was in the midst of my tartan phase and ordered it as soon as it showed up as "available" on <a href="http://www.landsend.com/">www.landsend.com</a><br />
I wore it once and back it went - it was too thin. <br />
Sometime before that, there was the attempt to buy a "simple" one-piece swimsuit online through <a href="http://www.jcrew.com/">www.jcrew.com</a><br />
I thought I had that one covered as I'd ordered several styles in size 2 and 4 - just to be sure. THAT ended up with a trip to the bricks and mortar store at which point, I gave up and returned everything. Happily, I discovered <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">SWANKINI's </span>mix and match bathingsuits at that low point.<br />
[Swankini got a post a few months back on TheFE]<br />
<a href="http://www.tobi.com/product/35045-mm6-maison-martin-margiela-twist-tie-stripe-halter-dress?color_id=43645">Maison Martin Margiela</a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.tobi.com/product/30570-rosegold-melly-suede-platform-ankle-boots?color_id=37198" style="color: #ed1c24;" target="_blank">Melly Suede Platform Ankle Boots</a></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VPg6J2y_llHyjyWeAvt-WEk3TtZyybOU7jEUQ0EH1H6UCW1SjFa1k2Xz6zNvPss3WAl_l94V_r3k89M95-EX6Ixh3Pi85wvWUs1FCL3iUBuw7CcTNmLD9oMYPAZAXHsQkDAvGqWnY7Sw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-08+at+12.56.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VPg6J2y_llHyjyWeAvt-WEk3TtZyybOU7jEUQ0EH1H6UCW1SjFa1k2Xz6zNvPss3WAl_l94V_r3k89M95-EX6Ixh3Pi85wvWUs1FCL3iUBuw7CcTNmLD9oMYPAZAXHsQkDAvGqWnY7Sw/s320/Screen+shot+2011-02-08+at+12.56.11+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Recently, like everyone else, I'm fascinated by glam sites such as <a href="http://www.giltgroupe.com/">www.giltgroupe.com</a> and <a href="http://www.ideeli.com/">www.ideeli.com</a> and now most recently, with <a href="http://www.tobi.com/">www.tobi.com</a><br />
I'm proud to have TOBI.COM as my advertiser. The other sites are great, but....<br />
I'm not knocking them, and I've bought a few smaller things such as luxury candles and towels and been very happy but <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">I didn't like the competitive aspect</span> of having to preview <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">GILT</span> the night before and competing for items I liked when the clock strikes 12 noon and the auction goes off. I belong to both but the "Sale ends in 1 day" bugs me as I'm usually just too busy to schedule this kind of thing in. What got me TO SHOP on the Internet in the first place was the notion that I could do it whenever I wanted. Can't sleep at 2a.m? No prob - start window shopping on the laptop until you're feeling productive enough to actually do some work, or relaxed, just go back to bed.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">tobi's</span> new site is a shop WHEN YOU feel like it proposition.</b> Yes, there are sales [love those!] but they're on for a while. The biggest draw of the newly redesigned site is that it's practically goof-proof. I fell in love with two items, really hard. The first is a red and white stripe "twist tie striped halter dress" from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Maison Martin Margiela</span> that's perfect for my trip to Mexico in April. By spending a minute checking it out, I can see how the dress looks from every conceivable angle and because they even tell you the model's measurements, I can imaging how it would look ON ME. <br />
Leslie, the model, is wearing a size small, and they even provide her measurements. Like any good personal shopper [which this site comes close to being] Tobi tells you about the designer, and provides styling tips. Not sure which accessories would work? No problem. Tobi suggests Melly Suede Platform Ankle Boots in Grey by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">ROSEGOLD</span> and a Leather Triangle Cocktail Ring by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">HOUSE OF HARLOW</span>. <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.tobi.com/product/36463-house-of-harlow-leather-triangle-cocktail-ring?color_id=45290" style="color: #ed1c24;" target="_blank">Leather Triangle Cocktail Ring</a></span><br />
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Guess what? I clicked on those links and found that I LOVE House of Harlow and had always intended to investigate Nicole Ritchie's brand, but never got around to it. Tobi made it really easy and convenient. As some woman's bumper sticker read, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">"The New Busy is not the Old Busy"</span></i>, and as such convenience is key, critical really, when it comes to deciding between your many options.<br />
In the end, I didn't find the stylish PJ's I'd hoped to locate on Tobi, but I DID find a missing item in my wardrobe AND it's on sale. The Matt Bernson "Gitanes Parisian Smoking Shoes" reduced from $154 to $92 are EXACTLY what I need to go with the vintage Rena Lange smoking suit I snagged for $35 at Deja Vu Consignment before Xmas. <br />
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My only fear - that I've waited too long and someone grabbed the last pair of size 8's when I was busy writing this post.<br />
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The shows are less than a week away and the previews are pouring in. Flattering, yes, and definitely a tad overwhelming when it comes to the planning part of the operation that's called "NYFW".<br />
When Daniel Silver, 1/2 of Duckie Brown and I walked down the endless stairs from Studio 385 he got me thinking [really] about which designers REALLY ARE my favorites.<br />
<i>"You </i><b><i>must</i></b><i> have some favorites" he stated. </i><br />
<i>"Well yes, Duckie Brown, obviously, I laughed." </i><br />
Daniel's question got me thinking on my way back to my car in the ChinaTown lot. Yes, I love Duckie Brown, but what else did I really care about?<br />
The shows I look forward to seeing are the "smaller" and more "avant-garde" ones, even though they take place in New York, not Paris. As they're in New York, they should thus be "commercial". I'm sure my faves sell some clothes as they're still around and not road kill on the path of "used to be" designers. What makes the ones that most intrigue me stand out is the element of surprise.<br />
I've got a few preview shots of some of these shows, and in some cases just a hard copy invite to share.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">On the list</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Duckie Brown</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Buckler</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Number Lab [new to me, but I loved the invite, so I'm curious]</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Toni Francesc</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Jeremy Scott</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Academy of Art University [there's always a minimum of one "wow" student showing at this</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Douglas Hannant</span><br />
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Number Lab pulled together a bunch of words that made me want to go and see for myself: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><br />
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Colorado AIR FORCE ACADEMY // ELEVATION<br />
CHIAROSCURO // Zaha Hadid’s BERGISEL Structure<br />
ENDURANCE // NORDIC SKY // ALTITUDE"</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Douglas Hannant</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is having an event held in his honor by Geoffrey Bradfield to celebrate the launch of Douglas Hannant De Robert Piguet.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jeremy Scott? You just never know what he has in store. I've been a fan since his long-ago "Walk Like An Egyptian" collection.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ANDREW BUCKLER's theme for fall 2011 is "anonymous art" and the idea that "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">the urban arts and artists [use] the streets as a medium to communicate messages. Anonymous art fuels discussion as the artist questions the conventions of art."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uFOCdY8p1B8HAh-PmOQ-mz96iRguefPHgcoQOyPkkZE0ntoZMfFJrBAmmRZZL2ST_Fra30-1dKA-uBzoBL5EQrAKlvWCDU7sAh_OnmEoyFXYiNmL16rKwFBvHTJIaZg5mriZLLYt_ApP/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-06+at+1.32.37+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uFOCdY8p1B8HAh-PmOQ-mz96iRguefPHgcoQOyPkkZE0ntoZMfFJrBAmmRZZL2ST_Fra30-1dKA-uBzoBL5EQrAKlvWCDU7sAh_OnmEoyFXYiNmL16rKwFBvHTJIaZg5mriZLLYt_ApP/s320/Screen+shot+2011-02-06+at+1.32.37+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br />
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Phoenix: "Immortality and Renewal"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn7BnX4L0SFhgi9pa9OxfQAUuRZs1IhBbpvTIJ08wmaIhjuL0GHrs09MBYNMbMhl5rhc1vdXtJu6DqWJhl1TM_dQoVBdvGj9ZDWaV5hMSrUH5QdAK19HmkaA3LPVDCG8y6J1AUteFpgwM/s1600/toni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn7BnX4L0SFhgi9pa9OxfQAUuRZs1IhBbpvTIJ08wmaIhjuL0GHrs09MBYNMbMhl5rhc1vdXtJu6DqWJhl1TM_dQoVBdvGj9ZDWaV5hMSrUH5QdAK19HmkaA3LPVDCG8y6J1AUteFpgwM/s320/toni.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">The image of a chic woman dressed in a drapey white blouse and sporting a Fedora and bright red lips doesn't necessarily remind me of a phoenix, but that's an outfit I'd like to wear, and that's a great starting point.</div></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
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Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-16244070625281986762011-02-04T12:49:00.000-05:002011-02-04T12:49:29.453-05:00The [new] Limited: “Designer Flair. Quality Fashion. Value Pricing.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUA-Qce-yAr6ppHA0J0fz315c-TSrefvbNYL_FdvAWUMuR2Yux36qkTuJkKJWW0sg9FBRVB73xmNTpmgI5oAVmUN2h2b9nxFGgJ1ycaPhqftgYv6ASu937chyphenhyphent94_voeQgRbf9l_DCaai/s1600/molloy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUA-Qce-yAr6ppHA0J0fz315c-TSrefvbNYL_FdvAWUMuR2Yux36qkTuJkKJWW0sg9FBRVB73xmNTpmgI5oAVmUN2h2b9nxFGgJ1ycaPhqftgYv6ASu937chyphenhyphent94_voeQgRbf9l_DCaai/s1600/molloy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">If you were a young working professional in the Eighties</span></span>, you knew all about The Limited. Back then; it was a great place to buy clothes for work that fell into John T. Molloy’s <u>Dress For Success</u> formula. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Most would have described it as "sensible". If you'd asked the girls if there were outfits there that were inspired and fashionable enough to wear to party at Area, the answer would be, "no".<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">There were “appropriate” and decently priced skirts, jackets, blouses and tops to get you through the 9-5 day whether you were a secretary at a Big Eight accounting firm on Sixth Avenue or a Sales Assistant on Wall Street, like me. If you were an Assistant at Conde Nast though, you probably wouldn't have shopped there.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Today’s Limited </span></span></span>has split from the Mother Ship Company business [The Limited Brands] retail titan Leslie ["Lex"]</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Wexner established back then which also includes Victoria’s Secret. Lex, if you’re reading this – Vickie’s Secret was an absolute stroke of genius!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The NEW Limited that I was invited to preview by Paul Wilmot Communications, took place at a chic Chelsea space just off the Westside Highway. From the moment I stepped in, it was obvious that the merch that is now "The Limited" is the much cooler younger sister to her rather stuffy older Baby Boomer sister from the Eighties.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #38761d;">The new Limited </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #38761d;">targets</span> “the young, professional woman” who needs great basics for work but wants the fashion from top tier designers who retail at stratospheric prices.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 2pt; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PR Paul Wilmot said, in a chat we had a few months earlier about what being "well-dressed", stated, "a black pant is a black pant, as long as it’s well made.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">After thinking about that, I agree with Paul. WHY spend hundreds for a pair of black designer slacks if you can get a nice pair for under $200?.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Of course, there’s nothing like actually trying the merch on yourself, so I went to the SALE area on <a href="http://www.thelimited.com/">www.thelimited.com</a> and order two pairs of leggings to wear to power yoga class. [The review on this to come].<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Back to the preview -<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">While there, I inspected the groupings of the latest designs, touched the fabrics, and best of all, spoke at length with </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Elliot Staples, SVP of Design, The Limited.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Elliot’s an industry vet who’s got 20 plus </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">years of design and fashion under his belt. This FIT grad, began his career at Adrienne Vittadini, followed by a ten year run at The Gap designing for the men’s division, as well as women's and women's accessories.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">He’s spent the last nine years at The Limited, first as a Design Director and later as Sr. Vice President of Design. He and his team’s job is to “conceptualize and create the product and look for The Limited client. Elliot has been instrumental in defining the brand image through consistent and innovative design. <b>He's working hard to gain her trust and become</b><b> </b><b>the ‘trusted editor’, who she can count on to provide her with the latest trends translated for her lifestyle."</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #38761d;">In our 9-minute video</span>, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 24px;">Elliot talks about what he and the company are doing to become the go-to resource for today's working women and suburban Moms. He makes a lot of good points such as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;">“A great outfit starts with great pants. And great pants start with great fits.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"><br />
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amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-481645736748461632011-02-01T20:19:00.000-05:002011-02-01T20:19:45.600-05:00Karelle Levy and Her Arty Fashion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIsYPYIsHYulGwJexFYLCOBHLzXhdeXGizE2Hkj9BxHh5LrCMQog5PnUbRyBB0JyibsPPb5tm_4cXLXLj-rlaOunYlbxmC9mPDt2JmKLKPRdbVnpkyvIBYuLKQYyKYq4B0bSzKWEFn8Ol/s1600/IMG_0405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIsYPYIsHYulGwJexFYLCOBHLzXhdeXGizE2Hkj9BxHh5LrCMQog5PnUbRyBB0JyibsPPb5tm_4cXLXLj-rlaOunYlbxmC9mPDt2JmKLKPRdbVnpkyvIBYuLKQYyKYq4B0bSzKWEFn8Ol/s320/IMG_0405.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><script type="text/javascript">
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TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>About a week ago</i></span></b></span>, I got a non-NYFW related email from “emerging designer” <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: blue;">Karelle Levy</span>.<br />
I’ve known Karelle for years, ever since my then-editor at <i>Lucire Magazine</i> asked me to go visit her Miami studio. She picked me up in her Mini-Cooper and I stepped into a wonderland of brightly colored bolts of fabrics – she makes all of her own. What really blew me away was that she works on a loom – yes, a loom, as in what Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on in the fairy tale. <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b><i>The Email Read: </i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">“It's Karelle from KRELwear.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">I flew into town to show my designs at MTV’s SKINS party! What a blast!! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> I’m in town for a week....in my Pop-Up Studio on a cobble stoned street in the West Village. I’d love to have you over for tea and show you my stylin' one of a kind KNIT fashions that have been featured on the fabulous Nicki Minaj, at the Scope Art Fair, The Standard Hotel gift shop, and various spots around the world.”</span><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">MTV, hmm. Interesting</span></i></b>. I hopped into the Volvo and zoomed down the Saw Mill Parkway to finally check-out Karelle’s “Quickie Couture” project for myself, and maybe even to have her make me one.<br />
It was great to catch-up. Krel’s found that “NY is so great for connections.” <br />
These days she seems to be on a travel schedule rivaling ‘Michael Clayton’s’. She’ll be back in NYC in April/May, Miami in March (ongoing popups at the Standard and Lace2 Mani-Pedis in the Portofino towers) and Paris June/July and the Hamptons late summer.<br />
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Karelle’s a special designer because she’s managed to fuse her fashion and art sensibilities into a unique formula that works for her. True, she’s STILL “emerging”, but she’s still here, and her fans are still buying.<br />
“True, she says in our chat as she whips me up my wave print vest, it’s a difficult time. It’s been really hard to stay in the game, the boutiques no longer exist, and the ones who remain won't be supporting emerging designers.”<br />
Instead of throwing in the towel, Karelle is acting and using the social media to continue to gain awareness to her work. She’s fashioned a deal with MTV to dress the girls on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: magenta;">MTV Skins</span> in some adorable one of a kind dresses that glow in the dark. They really DO – we went into the bathroom, shut the door and the dress lit up like a rainbow when Karelle shone a small black light on it. <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i><b>Her “Quickie Couture” </b></i></span>project is her most successful project to date. Thus far, she’s whipped-up close to 900 of these pieces at pop ups including the big Scope Art Fair where her space was THE #1 booth, and turned into the place to go and hang. That’s just what her vibe is though: arty fashion that’s fun, friendly, and cool.<br />
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We talked a good bit about just HOW TO survive and even [gasp, succeed] in this recession/depression. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Have a listen to the video to see what Karelle has learned along the way.</span></span><br />
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As far as <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">the future,</span></b> Karelle has this to say: <br />
“What were going thru has never been seen, there's no template."<br />
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What she’d like to do in the future: <i>“I would love to have a room in a museum where the models are dressed dayglo lurex.”</i><br />
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*Where To Find and Follow Karelle and her Krelwear<br />
<a href="http://www.krelwear.com/">www.krelwear.com</a><br />
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snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-87699175371039131282011-01-29T15:28:00.000-05:002011-01-29T15:28:56.402-05:00THeHUnt: Project Vuitton Bag - Successful!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<br />
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<i>A FEW MONTHS AGO,</i> I bought a decrepit <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #783f04;">Louis Vuitton</span> bag from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Inga</b></span>, one of my fave consignment sellers in Port Chester, NY at <b>Deja Vu Consignmen</b>ts. It was just the right size - a big drawstring duffle, for $50, I knocked-over the woman by the counter [almost] to grab it.<br />
Okay, so it didn't have a shoulder strap and the bottom was " a little bit worse for the wear and tear", but STILL.<br />
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<i><b>I took my prize to Felipe</b></i>, my shoe guy at SHOE SERVICE PLAZA for a diagnosis. I've spoken about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>Felipe </b></span>before - his years as the resident fix anything gem at Shoe Service in New York City. That was the go-to place for all the fashion houses and magazines when it came to quality repairs to luxe accessories from Vuitton, Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo. <br />
This particular repair I was presenting Felipe with was going to be a doozie, but he was fascinated, and like the true craftsman he is, viewed it as a challenge.<br />
We initially only added a shoulder strap and that lasted for a few weeks until the worn-out side straps inconveniently snapped while I was at the Orlando airport.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">The Prognosis</span></b> - The Vuitton bag needs:<br />
New leather base<br />
New piping<br />
New strap<br />
New leather drawstring<br />
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<i><b>With all of this</b></i>, Felipe couldn't even guess what it would run but promised me "a good price". I gave over the bag to him and his brother and hoped for the best.<br />
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As you'll see from the before and after pics, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>this repair is nothing short of a miracle.</b></span><br />
The cost: $90, but "heavy" repairs like this can run you in the $200s.<br />
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Resources<br />
Shoe Service Plaza: tel: 203-297-6040, ask for Felipe.<br />
<a href="http://www.stonyhillshoerepair.com/">www.stonyhillshoerepair.com</a><br />
email: shoeserviceplaza@hotmail.com<br />
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Deja Vu Consignment<br />
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TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<br />
Yes, we're STILL in a recession, but some companies are not just "staying the course" as George W. [Bush] was wont to say, when faced with crisis. <b>Duckie Brown</b> is launching a women's line and their collaboration with Florsheim is expanding and there are other partnerships with big brands on the table. <b>Michael Kors</b> continues his push for world domination, following in the footsteps of <b>Ralph Lauren</b>. Ralph has opened a fabulous store to end all stores in NYC.<br />
M<b>ost recently, one of my favorite "smaller" brands, Ports1961,</b> is venturing into menswear. Ports holds a special place in my heart, ever since I attended their first small presentation in a studio in The Forbidden Zone [somewhere in the twenties and ninth or tenth Aves.] years ago. My friend, Mimi Liebeskin [one of the most chic women I've ever met] and I declared ourselves "in love" after the shortie presentation was over. Why? Because we both travel - a lot - and could imagine ourselves wearing every single one of these classic with a twist pieces, many in flattering neutrals in interesting fabrics.<br />
Since then, the Cibanni sisters have stuck to their original aesthetic but have also taken risks - which I love - and is something that is normally reserved for "avant garde" collections one sees on the Paris runways. <br />
One of the best was the "Patti Smith Collection" a few seasons back. Bingo. It was arty, intellectual and cool, like the chanteuse herself.<br />
<b>Ports debuted their PORTS 1961 Menswear Collection in Milan this month. </b><br />
When Simone of Atelier PR sent me the announcement and pics of Ports1961 mens, I was initially stunned at how, well, "square?" the guys looked in their precisely cut suits and coats. Then, I "got" it. The men are a foil to the more adventuresome Ports women and there ARE some fundamental similarities when you start looking more closely.<br />
Part of Ports1961's [women's] underlying DNA is its classic wearability. As PR Director, Tony Alcindor told me, "We try to make pretty clothes that women want to wear." It SOUNDS so simple, but it's not, really, but every season, despite some more avant garde inclinations, there are ALWAYS pieces that will find a long-term home in a woman's closet. Every spring, I eagerly take out my lipstick red zip front cotton sweater and celebrate the start of spring and not needing to wear a coat. In fact, it's already been packed for my April Puerto Vallarta trip.<br />
Taking the conversation back to men's, this line is a collaboration between designers <b>Fiona Cibanni and Ian Hylton</b>. Ian's "a name" in the fashion biz, but I had to do a little research. Turns-out, Ian is THE EVERYTHING MAN. He's a merchant, creative director and designer. He started out in 1985, helping to launch Club Monaco later-on, helped to "re-invigorate" the Men’s business and to develop a brand extension for home called Caban. From there, he worked with Saks Fifth Avenue and launched Suede magazine. As Vice President of Ports International he's now flexing his creative muscle with Fiona for Ports Men's.<br />
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<b>Ports1961 Menswear DNA:</b><br />
Classical sculpture is at the core as is "the finest Italian tailoring and the most advanced fabrics to achieve the highest level of luxury. This collection reflects the quintessentially modern need to maintain an enduring classicism in today’s world."<br />
The press release says it best, <br />
"This season, Ports 1961’s menswear throws down the gauntlet to declare: from now on, only the best of everything...is good enough."<br />
Who can argue with that?<div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-64980454240308058552011-01-25T21:00:00.000-05:002011-01-25T21:00:33.672-05:00Packing for NYFW/10-Day Trip to Paree<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script> <a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=thefashionexaminer"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=thefashionexaminer"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --><br />
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TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<br />
Nowadays, life is much ore homogenized. I used to rail against it, hated to see a McDonalds deface the Champs Elysee. <br />
‘What, I asked, was the point of driving through America when everything now looks the same?’<br />
Earlier this winter, I was in New Hampshire and then a week later, in Orlando. While on the road in my rental, seeking-out consignment stores, I had a sense of déjà vu. No mater where I was, there were strip mall centers with Applebee’s, McDonalds, Blockbuster, Staples, and Dunkin Donuts.<br />
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It just occurred to me though, that this homogenization could be a GOOD thing when it comes to travel. For the past few years, whether I’ve been packing for a week to attend LA Fashion Week, or NYFW or for 10 days in Paris, the contents of my suitcase are pretty much THE SAME. <br />
This does NOT mean that I’m a boring dresser though. <br />
It’s inevitable that I have to check my bag. A duffle-worth of clothes for a week away just doesn’t cut it. All that’s happened when I tried that “less is more” approach was that I had to buy a few things to supplement what I wish I hadn’t left behind.<br />
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Here are the items that are going in my rollie brown and white suitcase for NYFW/10 days in Paris.<br />
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There are a few ways to cheat, first and foremost being to wear as much as possible while traveling to your destination. Wear your heaviest coat, shoe/boot, and layer as much as possible.<br />
In my case, that means I’ll wear: a black concert tee [The Runaways], with a heavy black turtleneck by UnderArmour, a black cashmere tee shirt and an oversize black cashmere Zoran hoodie over that. On the bottom, comfy jeans by Converse/John Varvatos, thick fuzzy sock and black Prada military lace up Boots. The outer layer is either a vintage fox coat or a dark brown subzero weight Lands End down coat that goes to midcalf. My head will be toasty warm with a navy/white pull on Under Armour fleece cap, and an orange plaid Burberry scarf will protect my neck. <br />
A pair of REALLY warm gloves is on my shopping list, and a trip over to Dick’s Sporting Goods is on my list to fill in that gap.<br />
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In the suitcase, I always pack the shoes FIRST, as they take-up the most space. As the weather is nasty, and I’ll be on the streets a lot, the list is streamlined down to the aforementioned Prada boots, a shorter pair of gray square toed Miu Mix ankle boots with a flat driving sole, Chanel tan and black ballet slippers, black canvas Chuck Taylor sneaks, and a pair of J. Crew platform grosgrain flip-flops for the hotel room.<br />
Next, underwear, 2 PJS and my thicker than thick Missoni hooded robe. <br />
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As far as clothes, Jeans rule the day. I limit it to 3 pair, and a pair of gray thin wale cords, a few Petit Bateau tees, short and long sleeves [red/white and navy/white]. <br />
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Sweaters and jackets are the most important and a chance to have a little fun with the wardrobe. That doesn’t mean you’re not packing the basics – always a large space in the suitcase for them.<br />
THE BASICS ARE…a black cashmere tee, a black merino or cashmere crewneck, a huge turtleneck [black and one in a fun color], sweater vests, and one LBD. My winter one is a long sleeve wool knee length number that looks very much like the dress Jacqueline Bessette was photographed wearing at a long ago MET ball.<br />
Take two jackets, but make sure one is black. The other one can be tweed and if you’re lucky it’s got CHANEL on the label. <br />
Accessories are where you can have a little fun. Scarves and necklaces take very little space and give your clothes a bit of individuality. Recently, I’ve become interested in pins, such as the “Duchess of Windsor” ones I wrote about in a Carolee Post last month.<br />
All in all, the above will get you through your trip and if you hate black, just choose another neutral. All of the above black pieces can be subbed with all navy, or camel, or white pieces.<br />
Bon Voyage, and see you at the shows!<br />
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Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-54427820482732592122011-01-21T07:55:00.001-05:002011-01-22T06:22:22.596-05:00THe HUnt in a Berkshires Winter WonderLand<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=thefashionexaminer"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=thefashionexaminer"></script><!-- AddThis Button END --><br />
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Text, Vivian Kelly<br />
I LOVE THE BERKSHIRES - specifically that little pocket of the world that includes Stockbridge, Lakeville, Interlaaken, and now, Great Barrington.The Red Lion Inn, the piece de resistance at 30 Main Street in Stockbridge has been on my "LOVE!" list since I was seven years old, and my Papa took me swimming in the pool there. Since then, I've stayed at most of the buildings, including the O'Brien and Stevens Houses with two different husbands and in all four seasons at some point. My most recent trip was this past Martin Luther King weekend, where we stayed in the Main House, on the Third Floor, right across from the Library. What could be better? With plenty of time to explore, we walked the floors, checking out the display cases, and the Norman Rockwells on the walls, and looked for <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">SIMON,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkifxIIc-HUrlevvL12Ia3F_yvXjhErUjhj2CqhnlHs7-6bYp6A6tEyQQO2At1s42kWs2Pi4WAOpFHaW8OIBYbVZZxJqn2bhNOVAtQmB4tWpwJW77lPfgtNHJFb_b9Uzs1awyR1_ZmIy_/s1600/P1030852.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkifxIIc-HUrlevvL12Ia3F_yvXjhErUjhj2CqhnlHs7-6bYp6A6tEyQQO2At1s42kWs2Pi4WAOpFHaW8OIBYbVZZxJqn2bhNOVAtQmB4tWpwJW77lPfgtNHJFb_b9Uzs1awyR1_ZmIy_/s320/P1030852.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564602164359397730" /></a> the pampered "house cat"</span></b>. Simon is a celebrity at the Red Lion, you can even buy pictures of him in the Gift Shop downstairs. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i> Another great thing, pet lovers, pets are actually welcome</i></span></b> at this lovely 4-Star Establishment - gasp. Just remember, we're not in France, so they can't hang in the dining rooms and sit on your lap when you're downstairs in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>the Lion's Den</b></span> enjoying the live music. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">That aside</span></b></i></span>, it was amazing to step back in time and take the historic <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>birdcage elevator </b></span>up to the room and to wake-up and go down to breakfast without ever having to go outside. Of course, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">THe HUnt</span></i></span></b> is <b>always</b> on, and this weekend was no exception.The score this time was next door, at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Seven Arts, at 44 Main Street</span>. We went in to kill 10 minutes and to warm-up and left 45 minutes later with 4 fabulous LIFE Magazines which I'm getting framed to display in the Home Office.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b><i>There were tons of pop culture </i></b></span>ones to pull from but the winners who went home with me: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">Jackie O, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKxEAsigA51MF26iJlbLHo77O8xer3VT4TVZeBmyHiqSyJXFW_fH1TsgibnZDX6h6jmlFQH2B7mrjHbiVKYQhAb520AtJzLKtI3bkQU6qID49N99bPjS0vqm3PANkeE2hn1FwMGees5j6/s1600/JackieOh.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKxEAsigA51MF26iJlbLHo77O8xer3VT4TVZeBmyHiqSyJXFW_fH1TsgibnZDX6h6jmlFQH2B7mrjHbiVKYQhAb520AtJzLKtI3bkQU6qID49N99bPjS0vqm3PANkeE2hn1FwMGees5j6/s320/JackieOh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564615601762160930" /></a>Jane Fonda, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeNWNV3yqR6VrgZu-CSlYqRajPw3A2ysJYP6QZJJhZF6IVU2gIb6XGjpekng7tF07vMMTRazJxVEi9HgAhXzaN6jqy7trr10IVoRmlUebjn1xonZibluHEpTfBCoJ7nFrXQSyVUNiwvfA/s1600/Ingrid.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeNWNV3yqR6VrgZu-CSlYqRajPw3A2ysJYP6QZJJhZF6IVU2gIb6XGjpekng7tF07vMMTRazJxVEi9HgAhXzaN6jqy7trr10IVoRmlUebjn1xonZibluHEpTfBCoJ7nFrXQSyVUNiwvfA/s320/Ingrid.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564610816122274450" /></a>Ingrid Bergman</span>, and an anonymous [but very glam] young couple <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Vt2UNWOOYJwoBV8hzhc4uJNkUPjyKr7ztwdS4Aymicq_M_PeBSqkJTtdaWsF11rvX1v-l9zprOickV4X1up5C8hl4gg2JQ2jteIB2bMZZh-DwyI3eIsKweSWO8zlDOmmJ5KBqlh1cJP/s1600/IMG_0343.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Vt2UNWOOYJwoBV8hzhc4uJNkUPjyKr7ztwdS4Aymicq_M_PeBSqkJTtdaWsF11rvX1v-l9zprOickV4X1up5C8hl4gg2JQ2jteIB2bMZZh-DwyI3eIsKweSWO8zlDOmmJ5KBqlh1cJP/s320/IMG_0343.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564609671424522994" /></a>living the gypsy life in Greece in the Seventies. I went a little overboard, but they had a deal going on, buy 3 get 1 free, so....Anyhow, the total only came to $37.08 for unforgettable images of 3 of my fave <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">fashion icons</span></span></b>.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">The other score was in Great Barrington</span></i></b></span>, which is FAR more chic than the run-down town I remember from years past. If you're pressed for time, hit <b>SOCo</b>, have some of their <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ImhLKHBso-rjHsInkKjlHTijtz96caUHeNUNiH9Uy7-Ws2YZuSYplcPFcqrjwMpxyTKVroMCuTpfx6520oJYkoNIrJz4toOLN52JizuknTAZQu3MVNMTAMQ_4ayEou7sUNeYQvoDYqg/s1600/P1030894.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ImhLKHBso-rjHsInkKjlHTijtz96caUHeNUNiH9Uy7-Ws2YZuSYplcPFcqrjwMpxyTKVroMCuTpfx6520oJYkoNIrJz4toOLN52JizuknTAZQu3MVNMTAMQ_4ayEou7sUNeYQvoDYqg/s320/P1030894.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564603910473483170" /></a>famous ice cream and then a cup of Harney's chamomile tea to warm up and go right across the street to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><b>KAREN ALLEN </b>Fiber Arts</span>. I am most definitely NOT the "crunchy granola" type of girl you see in places like Park Slope, Brooklyn, so my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>galpal D</b></span>., had to talk me into going in. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">D</span></span></b>. has incredible personal style and I "die" every-time I visit her current living space, so anytime she tells me something is great, I go with it, because she's always right, whether it's about someplace in Nantucket, Ridgefield, or now, Great Barrington. We discovered colorful children's hats <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCzvGaH5glnkLZaRxVJ1uAWH9Z0suJHvWHBGwK9qO0kwNCK1ei-dfZMaSCY1HXeC7GbqwZ6dRFbH_qzRBlkqU-__3BmsYsAMtOs6C7BVHXvtlSpO672IoJG7JrmDFtZXvUzvCDnjJPxLx/s1600/IMG_0342.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCzvGaH5glnkLZaRxVJ1uAWH9Z0suJHvWHBGwK9qO0kwNCK1ei-dfZMaSCY1HXeC7GbqwZ6dRFbH_qzRBlkqU-__3BmsYsAMtOs6C7BVHXvtlSpO672IoJG7JrmDFtZXvUzvCDnjJPxLx/s320/IMG_0342.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564608638796314914" /></a>in the back, handmade by Karen's sister, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">Kathleen Crawford.</span> I restrained myself, and bought only 1 of the 3 I liked, but like Arnold [Schwarzenneger] so famously said, "I'll be back."<br />
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Lodging and Shopping Info<br />
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The Red Lion Inn<br />
30 Main Street<br />
Stockbridge, MA 01262<br />
(413) 298-5545<br />
(413) 298-5130 Fax<br />
<a href="http://www.redlioninn.com/">www.redlioninn.com</a><br />
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Seven Arts<br />
44 Main Street<br />
PO Box 520<br />
Stockbridge, MA 01262<br />
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(413) 298-5101<br />
<a href=http:www.rockwell-stockbridge.com>www.rockwell-stockbridge.com</a><br />
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Karen Allen Fiber Arts<br />
8 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230<br />
Tel: 4135288555<a href="http://www.karenallen-fiberarts.com/">www.karenallen-fiberarts.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-18730986782602949622011-01-21T05:48:00.001-05:002011-01-21T07:45:15.871-05:00Weekend Pictorial: WinterWonderland +THe HUnt in the Berkshires<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpstB337AH32nv8bL9lV6H5pQV-Bn-56kAqTLc_yvsze_h17mOxkB-5YvRWuoqO4d8IVVCaIAE_auWQ9Ma3EYS8BrIs-rElr_CznDp6hZqz7wfG3EkBwdjXd-CUD22z1duRTe39Cu64KS/s1600/P1030870.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpstB337AH32nv8bL9lV6H5pQV-Bn-56kAqTLc_yvsze_h17mOxkB-5YvRWuoqO4d8IVVCaIAE_auWQ9Ma3EYS8BrIs-rElr_CznDp6hZqz7wfG3EkBwdjXd-CUD22z1duRTe39Cu64KS/s320/P1030870.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564609414937572722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7dSl35YH_YWjmRDc07R8isW3yep5x6OpDi4cI13WhZRzkZUhd4s2H3iQX125_UORYmfFdwlpIoRLNlXumG86TsXBK8FtgUBaj4UGkuwXaTt1iGlw8rMeL1NtZU7rlqyt6yX_GKjDzNa7/s1600/P1030814.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWu9rWYl0bHGzEtxFZYoN8oLQPc1ieJfZW_Kfw-PEdN66FuAbT4TsLRpl74hhUBXaVx7VPRZSTfj4yhnqA4TG4_H72eZ8qpr9EC-C6qKixTyhQfD7emNjV8yniUYXCCekBLx4FKlpXub8/s320/P1030872.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564602910890749202" /></a><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=thefashionexaminer"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0" /></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=thefashionexaminer"></script><!-- AddThis Button END --Text, Vivian Kelly<br />I LOVE THE BERKSHIRES - specifically that little pocket of the world that includes Stockbridge, Lakeville, Interlaaken, and now, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">Great Barrington</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The Red Lion Inn,</span></b></span> the piece de resistance at 30 Main Street in Stockbridge has been on my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>"LOVE!" </b></span>list since I was seven years old, and my Papa took me swimming in the pool there. Since then, I've stayed at most of the buildings, including the O'Brien and Stevens Houses with two different husbands and in all four seasons at some point.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i>My most recent trip</i></span></b></span> was this past Martin Luther King weekend, where we stayed in the Main House, on the Third Floor, right across from the Library. What could be better? With plenty of time to explore, we walked the floors, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82KkZ7QLBDWuWAyHgKNZEwGp1YF6t98DmJYJGP82qDv3OECGs62pX9r6krhybH70wtv26dICZP_tnwLrwu1V8LNauurqAklt000bzXIasS5j7KK5I2VZLdVUH_0v-FTiXPstqXHofZmjy/s1600/IMG_0340.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82KkZ7QLBDWuWAyHgKNZEwGp1YF6t98DmJYJGP82qDv3OECGs62pX9r6krhybH70wtv26dICZP_tnwLrwu1V8LNauurqAklt000bzXIasS5j7KK5I2VZLdVUH_0v-FTiXPstqXHofZmjy/s320/IMG_0340.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564608239651139874" /></a>checking out the display cases, and the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Norman Rockwells</span></b> on the walls, and looked for <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">SIMON,<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkifxIIc-HUrlevvL12Ia3F_yvXjhErUjhj2CqhnlHs7-6bYp6A6tEyQQO2At1s42kWs2Pi4WAOpFHaW8OIBYbVZZxJqn2bhNOVAtQmB4tWpwJW77lPfgtNHJFb_b9Uzs1awyR1_ZmIy_/s1600/P1030852.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkifxIIc-HUrlevvL12Ia3F_yvXjhErUjhj2CqhnlHs7-6bYp6A6tEyQQO2At1s42kWs2Pi4WAOpFHaW8OIBYbVZZxJqn2bhNOVAtQmB4tWpwJW77lPfgtNHJFb_b9Uzs1awyR1_ZmIy_/s320/P1030852.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564602164359397730" /></a> the pampered "house cat"</span></b>. Simon is a celebrity at the Red Lion, you can even buy pictures of him in the Gift Shop downstairs. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i> Another great thing, pet lovers, pets are actually welcome</i></span></b> at this lovely 4-Star Establishment - gasp. Just remember, we're not in France, so they can't hang in the dining rooms and sit on your lap when you're downstairs in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>the Lion's Den</b></span> enjoying the live music. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">That aside</span></b></i></span>, it was amazing to step back in time and take the historic <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>birdcage elevator </b></span>up to the room and to wake-up and go down to breakfast without ever having to go outside. Of course, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">THe HUnt</span></i></span></b> is <b>always</b> on, and this weekend was no exception.The score this time was next door, at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Seven Arts, at 44 Main Street</span>. We went in to kill 10 minutes and to warm-up and left 45 minutes later with 4 fabulous LIFE Magazines which I'm getting framed to display in the Home Office.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b><i>There were tons of pop culture </i></b></span>ones to pull from but the winners who went home with me: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;">Jackie O, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKxEAsigA51MF26iJlbLHo77O8xer3VT4TVZeBmyHiqSyJXFW_fH1TsgibnZDX6h6jmlFQH2B7mrjHbiVKYQhAb520AtJzLKtI3bkQU6qID49N99bPjS0vqm3PANkeE2hn1FwMGees5j6/s1600/JackieOh.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKxEAsigA51MF26iJlbLHo77O8xer3VT4TVZeBmyHiqSyJXFW_fH1TsgibnZDX6h6jmlFQH2B7mrjHbiVKYQhAb520AtJzLKtI3bkQU6qID49N99bPjS0vqm3PANkeE2hn1FwMGees5j6/s320/JackieOh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564615601762160930" /></a>Jane Fonda, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeNWNV3yqR6VrgZu-CSlYqRajPw3A2ysJYP6QZJJhZF6IVU2gIb6XGjpekng7tF07vMMTRazJxVEi9HgAhXzaN6jqy7trr10IVoRmlUebjn1xonZibluHEpTfBCoJ7nFrXQSyVUNiwvfA/s1600/Ingrid.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeNWNV3yqR6VrgZu-CSlYqRajPw3A2ysJYP6QZJJhZF6IVU2gIb6XGjpekng7tF07vMMTRazJxVEi9HgAhXzaN6jqy7trr10IVoRmlUebjn1xonZibluHEpTfBCoJ7nFrXQSyVUNiwvfA/s320/Ingrid.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564610816122274450" /></a>Ingrid Bergman</span>, and an anonymous [but very glam] young couple <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Vt2UNWOOYJwoBV8hzhc4uJNkUPjyKr7ztwdS4Aymicq_M_PeBSqkJTtdaWsF11rvX1v-l9zprOickV4X1up5C8hl4gg2JQ2jteIB2bMZZh-DwyI3eIsKweSWO8zlDOmmJ5KBqlh1cJP/s1600/IMG_0343.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8Vt2UNWOOYJwoBV8hzhc4uJNkUPjyKr7ztwdS4Aymicq_M_PeBSqkJTtdaWsF11rvX1v-l9zprOickV4X1up5C8hl4gg2JQ2jteIB2bMZZh-DwyI3eIsKweSWO8zlDOmmJ5KBqlh1cJP/s320/IMG_0343.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564609671424522994" /></a>living the gypsy life in Greece in the Seventies. I went a little overboard, but they had a deal going on, buy 3 get 1 free, so....Anyhow, the total only came to $37.08 for unforgettable images of 3 of my fave <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">fashion icons</span></span></b>.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">The other score was in Great Barrington</span></i></b></span>, which is FAR more chic than the run-down town I remember from years past. If you're pressed for time, hit <b>SOCo</b>, have some of their <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ImhLKHBso-rjHsInkKjlHTijtz96caUHeNUNiH9Uy7-Ws2YZuSYplcPFcqrjwMpxyTKVroMCuTpfx6520oJYkoNIrJz4toOLN52JizuknTAZQu3MVNMTAMQ_4ayEou7sUNeYQvoDYqg/s1600/P1030894.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3ImhLKHBso-rjHsInkKjlHTijtz96caUHeNUNiH9Uy7-Ws2YZuSYplcPFcqrjwMpxyTKVroMCuTpfx6520oJYkoNIrJz4toOLN52JizuknTAZQu3MVNMTAMQ_4ayEou7sUNeYQvoDYqg/s320/P1030894.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564603910473483170" /></a>famous ice cream and then a cup of Harney's chamomile tea to warm up and go right across the street to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><b>KAREN ALLEN </b>Fiber Arts</span>. I am most definitely NOT the "crunchy granola" type of girl you see in places like Park Slope, Brooklyn, so my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>galpal D</b></span>., had to talk me into going in. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">D</span></span></b>. has incredible personal style and I "die" every-time I visit her current living space, so anytime she tells me something is great, I go with it, because she's always right, whether it's about someplace in Nantucket, Ridgefield, or now, Great Barrington. We discovered colorful children's hats <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCzvGaH5glnkLZaRxVJ1uAWH9Z0suJHvWHBGwK9qO0kwNCK1ei-dfZMaSCY1HXeC7GbqwZ6dRFbH_qzRBlkqU-__3BmsYsAMtOs6C7BVHXvtlSpO672IoJG7JrmDFtZXvUzvCDnjJPxLx/s1600/IMG_0342.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCzvGaH5glnkLZaRxVJ1uAWH9Z0suJHvWHBGwK9qO0kwNCK1ei-dfZMaSCY1HXeC7GbqwZ6dRFbH_qzRBlkqU-__3BmsYsAMtOs6C7BVHXvtlSpO672IoJG7JrmDFtZXvUzvCDnjJPxLx/s320/IMG_0342.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564608638796314914" /></a>in the back, handmade by Karen's sister, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">Kathleen Crawford.</span> I restrained myself, and bought only 1 of the 3 I liked, but like Arnold [Schwarzenneger] so famously said, "I'll be back."<br /><br />Lodging and Shopping Info<br /><br />The Red Lion Inn<br />30 Main Street<br />Stockbridge, MA 01262<br />(413) 298-5545<br />(413) 298-5130 Fax<br /><a href="http://www.redlioninn.com/">www.redlioninn.com</a><br /><br />Seven Arts<br />44 Main Street<br />PO Box 520<br />Stockbridge, MA 01262<br /><br />(413) 298-5101<br /><a href=http:www.rockwell-stockbridge.com>www.rockwell-stockbridge.com</a><br /><br />Karen Allen Fiber Arts<br />8 Railroad Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230<br />Tel: 4135288555<a href="http://www.karenallen-fiberarts.com/">www.karenallen-fiberarts.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-12663795271018390132011-01-18T15:20:00.000-05:002011-01-18T15:55:30.077-05:00Abe Gurko Talks to TheFE About Reeve Carney, star of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGqRLAv8ZME-DeWIoaCbT_khbDA7zcKqMtTPVMdqq7Isb52Vlw8Sw2F3u1Sg7GrhsLRx48vbkzql8F-0ejnGI_YV-j_tnDbPadEquH-QiUtWeZth6QtsGJjQL9fmSpdkTgkNI8E6h6-Wk/s1600/reeve-carney-monarchy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGqRLAv8ZME-DeWIoaCbT_khbDA7zcKqMtTPVMdqq7Isb52Vlw8Sw2F3u1Sg7GrhsLRx48vbkzql8F-0ejnGI_YV-j_tnDbPadEquH-QiUtWeZth6QtsGJjQL9fmSpdkTgkNI8E6h6-Wk/s320/reeve-carney-monarchy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563627169001438146" /></a><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=thefashionexaminer"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0" /></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=thefashionexaminer"></script><!-- AddThis Button END --><div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Text, Vivian Kelly</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">A few days ago</span></span></span></i></b>, I blogged about my fave fashion pundit, and fashion PR man, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Abe Gurko</span></b></span>, and his work with <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Reeve Carney</span></b> and his band for the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b>Monarchy Collection lookbook video. </b></span>collaborated to redo Monarchy’s somewhat stale image. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";">If you missed the post, here’s the link to it so you can watch Reeve and Zane in action working the Monarchy Collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";">http://thefashionexaminer.blogspot.com/2011/01/chat-with-abe-gurko-my-favorite-fashion.html</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><o:p></o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Once you’ve watched</span> today's video of Abe talking to me</span></i></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> about his work with Reeve and Zane Carney on the Monarchy lookbook, you’ll see that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Reeve's got the package going. He’s stylish, can sing; seems he can also act.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"> We’ll all bear witness to that sometime in March, barring further delays to the delayed opening of the much-anticipated<a href="http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/spiderman-turn-off-the-dark_152900/"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-text-decoration:none; text-underline:nonefont-family:Arial;color:#000057;">Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark</span></i></b></a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q6C3b_h79tk?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q6C3b_h79tk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";">The</span><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"> new Broadway opening date is set for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>March 15</b></span>. What they have on tap sounds well worth the wait and seemingly endless postponements. Previews started way back on November 28, but the announced opening dates in December 2010, January, then February 7 fell by the wayside like a bunch of dominoes collapsing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">The new and we hope, final new opening date is March 15</span></i></b></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">th</span></i></b></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">. </span></i></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;">According to a statement released by lead producer Michael Cohl, the delay is needed to give the creative team more time to "fine tune" certain aspects of the show and…. A new ending!</span><span style="font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;">In addition to the stylish Reeve Carney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8qmQhXAwbVs9_XpOSie1TtcUhOi1zGBNmxfQfXG5xdHAzYXAFqWb1l-srxv_kXFQG2ilVe0y3LKF0Ob_tty0H5lr6LLA3etPJy9wNJiHwg705TsBz1oPoJszKm2zruH7rJPEjWnQCx_k/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-17+at+8.23.56+PM.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8qmQhXAwbVs9_XpOSie1TtcUhOi1zGBNmxfQfXG5xdHAzYXAFqWb1l-srxv_kXFQG2ilVe0y3LKF0Ob_tty0H5lr6LLA3etPJy9wNJiHwg705TsBz1oPoJszKm2zruH7rJPEjWnQCx_k/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-17+at+8.23.56+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563626008671058674" /></a> as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">“Peter Parker</span> aka <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Spidey</span>”, there’s music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge of the band U2, and a book by director </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Julie Taymor</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"> and Glen Berger.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;">Maybe this production has gotten all of its bad luck out of the way and we’ll get our socks blown-off in March. In any case, I’m looking forward to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b>Abe’</b></span>s commentary post-show.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-30609814675016264632011-01-13T11:03:00.000-05:002011-01-13T18:35:44.901-05:00A Creative + Cultural Snow Day: Redecorating + The Last Picture Show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2A4zT4HwSncCiTfSPC4XMJrz-RlR5NCgVjq_Bo0xpE-SIsmQmME_HZo2TYvCVAhOGITHQbx2PsHKLbx_qS7dNxDzDewcQdWcxMGufLiCzGdAnHwLDrfpuf54sm1xbdG1iz2YObtGvCJag/s1600/lastpicposter.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2A4zT4HwSncCiTfSPC4XMJrz-RlR5NCgVjq_Bo0xpE-SIsmQmME_HZo2TYvCVAhOGITHQbx2PsHKLbx_qS7dNxDzDewcQdWcxMGufLiCzGdAnHwLDrfpuf54sm1xbdG1iz2YObtGvCJag/s320/lastpicposter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561816812549092738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6z7RK7Qr_oqX0_PpO8AiL7oOLkRrsBzK3zBs3zoBzcaOiYtUJ1pF2SnSo56NByNTTaieDSosY_7ZF_0R_9abQkkOT6Qa_Xtk7BzaSR2PNklBxvaNOki0c8ALgu75U4tJode8NPOMMaUN/s1600/IMG_0295.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6z7RK7Qr_oqX0_PpO8AiL7oOLkRrsBzK3zBs3zoBzcaOiYtUJ1pF2SnSo56NByNTTaieDSosY_7ZF_0R_9abQkkOT6Qa_Xtk7BzaSR2PNklBxvaNOki0c8ALgu75U4tJode8NPOMMaUN/s320/IMG_0295.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561814085050221698" /></a><br /><ul><li><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=thefashionexaminer"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0" /></a></li></ul><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=thefashionexaminer"></script><!-- AddThis Button END --><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b>TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY</b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday brought <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">the third blizzard</span></b> of the winter, but, as Rhett Butler so famously said to 'Scarlett' in<i><b> Gone With the Wind</b></i>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;">"frankly, my dear, I couldn't give a damn."</span></b></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Why? What?!</span></span></b></div><div>No, I'm not part Aleutian or soft in the head.</div><div> I just need to be forced to stay home to have the excuse to indulge and work on some projects that are near and dear to my heart.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;"><b><i>First - there was the ongoing redecoration of TheFE Home Office</i></b></span> inspired by a page in the <b>Farrow & Ball</b> catalogue I picked up at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">Robert Verdi's Luxe Lounge</span> last NYFW. To say that attaining the garden gazebo look on the page has been obsessing me these past few months is an understatement. Yesterday, I finished the cream trim and applied the first layer of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#336666;">'arsenic'</span> paint on two walls - only partially though. </div><div>While rolling away, I had the stepladder strategically placed so I could watch<i><b> The Last Picture Show </b></i>on my little Home Office TV, rigged only for DVD watching. I had the Comcast Cable guy do this as part of a commitment to watch old Hollywood Classics, Art Films, and anything else that promises to have good sets and costumes in it.</div><div>Last weekend, Victoria, my favorite Reference Librarian, raised a well arched brow when I asked her if they had <i><b>The Last Picture Show</b></i> on DVD, and 'was it in'? </div><div>We both agreed that the movie was worth watching if only for the pool scene in which a young gorgeous <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Cybill Shepherd <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RBCzRbrDTOY0-WSxus6vyUQqZKIWlopd-t_lbxDdYF9F3fYPmNd3SgZl5m1e2kcgv0hyBpJZxiGkjhMHxSDOcCRo8yd3WS35lhBG4pCN7g9lfS4jtkzxCTtquTH7L8BwzX3ZdAhCfaE1/s1600/Cybil-Last-Picture-Show.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RBCzRbrDTOY0-WSxus6vyUQqZKIWlopd-t_lbxDdYF9F3fYPmNd3SgZl5m1e2kcgv0hyBpJZxiGkjhMHxSDOcCRo8yd3WS35lhBG4pCN7g9lfS4jtkzxCTtquTH7L8BwzX3ZdAhCfaE1/s320/Cybil-Last-Picture-Show.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561817120424542690" /></a>'Jayce' </span></b>literally and figuratively strips-down, shedding her pristine white foundation garments and innocence, while poised on the diving board.</div><div>I wound up of course, getting wrapped-up in the movie and what should have been a one-hour painting job extended into three, four even. I played back over portions of the black and white masterpiece to hear scenes I'd missed while turning my head towards the wall. </div><div>While I said I tend to watch movies for their visual bang, this one has a h--l of a good story attached to it as well - several stories in fact. </div><div>First and foremost, there's the indescribably gorgeous '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>Jayce'</b></span>. Directed by <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Peter Bogdanovich</span></b>, Cybill got across beautiful and cruel character of 'Jayce" who as the iMDb reviewer captured in this description, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jacey is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life."</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">She looks great </span></i></span></b>in every single frame and I'm seeing references to her style in her every outfit:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><b>The party dress</b></span></span></i> - <b>Christian LaCroix's</b> "poof"</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">The foundation garments she strips-down to at the party</span></i> -<b>Eres</b> swimsuits</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">The plaid shirt, dungarees</span></i> - <b>Abercrombie & Fitch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64PEKwFIe5l2ZjJ3hruBWP76loCfmvAJYy-sPij5TwpjSuF_x4dTIqCCjMKTKj2AJnVGos-_xmuDvsIwE9HVupQuv3BF6SmS_kehY8ICOIqdusL4WMSwq4PfnSXKAymST7Ua4PAsNcFiH/s1600/the-last-picture-show-movie-image-jeff-bridges-600x396.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64PEKwFIe5l2ZjJ3hruBWP76loCfmvAJYy-sPij5TwpjSuF_x4dTIqCCjMKTKj2AJnVGos-_xmuDvsIwE9HVupQuv3BF6SmS_kehY8ICOIqdusL4WMSwq4PfnSXKAymST7Ua4PAsNcFiH/s320/the-last-picture-show-movie-image-jeff-bridges-600x396.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561817669480010994" /></a><br /></b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">T<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">he white shirt tied under her breast</span></i>s in the pool hall scene - <b>Guess Ads</b> for the last 15 years</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">The slippers</span></i> in the opening car necking scene - <b>Chanel</b> slippers</span></li></ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;"><blockquote></blockquote></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;">'Picture Show' gave me much more than I'd bargained for. In addition to the clothes, there's a little bit of a history lesson here about what it was like to live in West Texas in the fifties. Some things never change, all small towns rely on sports, the social pecking order, sex, secrets, and how tough it is to come-of-age.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;">Today, the bamboo trellis wallpaper arrived, as the UPS Man bombed through nearly two feet of snow to deliver it to my garage. My biggest challenge now is to find another movie that will equal or top 'Last Picture Show' as I resume painting the next wall tomorrow.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><b>Any suggestions?</b></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687862760466659291.post-5049122301468078372011-01-11T21:27:00.000-05:002011-01-11T22:55:55.467-05:00Item of the Month: Capes! Be a Caped Crusader This Winter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_zzQeYprgmrAyUv6STc0LTmZTwaGmGlktS0gXya4mJ_XQW5D1i72MqANJQM6oRBMlXlnRip3AFs95CqA9Ye4GxAVPdPlRxq4DuIZ5-rZex43H17YzedOSg8FpJ85BGUtAKWB1Rwt3EB2/s1600/superman_christopher_reeve-12271-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_zzQeYprgmrAyUv6STc0LTmZTwaGmGlktS0gXya4mJ_XQW5D1i72MqANJQM6oRBMlXlnRip3AFs95CqA9Ye4GxAVPdPlRxq4DuIZ5-rZex43H17YzedOSg8FpJ85BGUtAKWB1Rwt3EB2/s320/superman_christopher_reeve-12271-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561142398744328418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztHCZb9qHtiUBN0memvyuJ8qMbeUIlmxZTNa1rVkYal662PHMElWRr7umCtac4_0P1yude43k0YpUddSa7XKuMKJuc8NRzm3tnKSeWo9nK1DRZLl7wPOp1S_L0iBGSJYeHz40ZDdBLWDR/s1600/IMG_0288.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztHCZb9qHtiUBN0memvyuJ8qMbeUIlmxZTNa1rVkYal662PHMElWRr7umCtac4_0P1yude43k0YpUddSa7XKuMKJuc8NRzm3tnKSeWo9nK1DRZLl7wPOp1S_L0iBGSJYeHz40ZDdBLWDR/s320/IMG_0288.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561137565180891154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HTzvWLLXBqOwy_CqB2JuEvCmA0WGNL0NHff2HHI1cCfvC4S-04DNnL6QzpSVjVbHvq7B6IBX2oIKSYpISGxGZ_ZQZy_XdJmLBvDnFw67TkrC7o45be7irVO7nbRD4hQVFPUjg7i531DI/s1600/IMG_0283.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HTzvWLLXBqOwy_CqB2JuEvCmA0WGNL0NHff2HHI1cCfvC4S-04DNnL6QzpSVjVbHvq7B6IBX2oIKSYpISGxGZ_ZQZy_XdJmLBvDnFw67TkrC7o45be7irVO7nbRD4hQVFPUjg7i531DI/s320/IMG_0283.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561137436538551586" /></a><br /><br /><br /><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true};</script><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=thefashionexaminer"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0" /></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=thefashionexaminer"></script><!-- AddThis Button END --><br /><br />TEXT, VIVIAN KELLY<br /><br /><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">About </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">a year ago</span></span></span></i></b>, I was digging around on yet another <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">HUnt</span></i></b></span>, this one at the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:webdings;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><b>Cromlix Antiques Barn,</b></span></span> on Barrack Hill in Ridgefield, with the intent of maybe leaving with a print of a King Charles Spaniel or a Greek Key Cachepot. That time, I never made it upstairs as I stopped in my tracks when I spotted <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">a red cape</span></span></i></b>. Prior to this encounter, I'd dismissed capes as something that only worked if your name was <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">SuperMan, Sherlock Holmes or Little Red Riding Hood. </span></span></i><br />All that went out the window after my Dutch Mother-in-Law surprised me and bought said cape, presenting it to me as a wedding gift later on that weekend. As soon as I tore the gift wrap off, I started wearing it during the relatively balmy November month, and it's a permanent fixture in the backseat of my car. <div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This simple item</span></span></b></i> was a novel addition to my trusty but tired Michael Kors car and pea coats that were as <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">the Stones </span></b>sang, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">"A Little Worse for the Wear and Tear"</span></i>.<br />Rather than being given odd looks, to my surprise, I got complimented. It seems that the erstwhile theatrical cape is now a fashion item. Just recently, I lapsed and succumbed to my form of junk food - a copy of STAR Magazine - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJV9Sa-gT1LbQ46C7oi6sBiY5ZiixJLac4k0buuzNArO7uqYostxVYxd7D20DiwxVKlaP4DHMx7EXqfQCiBnFZn5iRpoVWaCEVwHtjIRZuUhDZQACOGiF2d1HsKXDAmv-unct8EZEjht8D/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-11+at+10.15.25+PM.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJV9Sa-gT1LbQ46C7oi6sBiY5ZiixJLac4k0buuzNArO7uqYostxVYxd7D20DiwxVKlaP4DHMx7EXqfQCiBnFZn5iRpoVWaCEVwHtjIRZuUhDZQACOGiF2d1HsKXDAmv-unct8EZEjht8D/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-11+at+10.15.25+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561136171163815634" /></a>I wanted to read about Angelina Jolie's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"Heroin Shocker! WASTER! REHAB FOR ANGIE"</span></b></span>. While flipping through, I found my way to p.60-61, a spread titled <i>"Crazy </i>for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6666CC;"><b>CAPES</b></span>". STAR showed some cute styles by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;">TopShop, Esprit and Guess by Marciano Linley</span>, all under $240, less than you'd pay for a decent coat.<br />Best of all, my red vintage [$75] find resembles the best of the four <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvEF5lhec6EGSkt6FQAcmldxhlm6A_QC1fOwfIAMLlaT8-7J0rwP6DYusMuEZsmbSus0onlbFU1likT5ktogrvtDl-QVZik7SMp21ItxAp0LUBzcIqCiHNanzw-QvGtY2wzgk39r7VqnP/s1600/starcapes.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvEF5lhec6EGSkt6FQAcmldxhlm6A_QC1fOwfIAMLlaT8-7J0rwP6DYusMuEZsmbSus0onlbFU1likT5ktogrvtDl-QVZik7SMp21ItxAp0LUBzcIqCiHNanzw-QvGtY2wzgk39r7VqnP/s320/starcapes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561140796212623538" /></a>shown on the chosen stylish starlets: <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">Kate Hudson, Kim Kardashian, Kristen Bell, and Sienna Miller</span></b>.<br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The winner:</span></i> Sienna Miller</span></b>. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ufkujHtEONOSQnov0Q0pLToq38Na0D8KUDyQxn-zE4ufqRx1hgocq7wdJDNGUV-tCf4RbDJVKBrlPbDk4H5815xLVtQPCL3DCvwZfqKZY3jhcFEsK-SeC7M1GTP37JR008fGXbtjv_uI/s1600/Siennascape.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ufkujHtEONOSQnov0Q0pLToq38Na0D8KUDyQxn-zE4ufqRx1hgocq7wdJDNGUV-tCf4RbDJVKBrlPbDk4H5815xLVtQPCL3DCvwZfqKZY3jhcFEsK-SeC7M1GTP37JR008fGXbtjv_uI/s320/Siennascape.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561136075700690338" /></a>The STAR doesn't say who hers is by but the Topshop cape at $170 makes for a nice substitution.<br />Other places to look for some well-priced options are Lord & Taylor [near the hats and gloves] and on <a href="http://www.qvc.com/">www.qvc.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Weight-in on this post! It is:
amusing
informative
snarky
Makes me want to buy it</div>Edited by Vivian Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15353228684071260689noreply@blogger.com0