Archive for the ‘FABRIC’ Category

Puddle-jumping here.  With a full soak of rain this Spring in NYC, Paris and Milan…and some testing emotional astrology… we find ourselves leaping into Summer over puddles of moods and feelings, from curbs onto crosswalks as the lights change to green. My collage above was inspired by the chicest woman ever.  Stopped in the blue […]


At times navigating Manhattan’s society gala events can resemble the children’s detective game CLUE.  If you remember, the essence of CLUE is a toss-up of colorful, fascinating, and quirky characters mixed together in a big mansion, with everyone playing a game of solve-the-mysteries. Same in Gotham, where obsessions, clues, and notations are diligently gathered on […]


Walking in a certain world like an Egyptian Queen in her pristine, black patent leather and white lug soled Fratelli Rossetti oxfords, my meeting with fabric designer Bernie de le Cuono was like meeting “The Rosetta Stone of Linen and Wool” in Goddess form.  As founder and designer of her company, de le Cuona, Bernie […]