Archive for the ‘FASHION’ Category
The long NOW of winter has disappeared. The last shadowy, emotional eclipse, the tiniest soft breeze, an urge tickled over exposed skin, or white snowdrops popping through the earth is all it takes for our hearts to leap a little and feel that Spring is here. Above, an image that captures this perfectly for me […]
Filed under: ART, EARTH, EAT, FASHION, INTERIOR DESIGN, MARRAKECH, NEW GREEN, NY GREEN, SCENTS, THE TOP 9, TRENDS, WORDS | Closed
Tags: Ada Zanditon, aimee song, Albion, Amy Goldman, Bouley Botanicals, Bread Wine Chocolate, Chailait, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Daphne Guinness, Dr. Jackie Benton, Dr. Vincent Pedre, Emerging From the Shadows: California Women Artists, Epic Road, Gemma Kahng, Heirloom Harvest, hooded Mergansers, jade dressler, Jerry Spagnoli, Lauren Ezersky, Maria McElroy, Marrakech, Maurine St. Gaudens, Miami Beach, Michela Rigucci, Mildred Coughlin, New York School of Interior Design, NYSID, perfume, permaculture, Phyllis Lucas Gallery, Rubells, Scott Sanders, Sherrill Whiton, Simran Sethi, Slow City, Slow Luxury, Spring, Swann Galleries, Tracy Stern, Twelve by Twelve, William Powers
Alber Elbaz is a fashion designer who transformed the designs of Lanvin, the legendary and oldest Paris couture maison, into a modern signature of playfulness, bravery, and a new, bold expression of women. The story of this drawing is just as magical. Exactly the day BEFORE his departure from the maison, after fourteen years, was […]
Filed under: ART, FASHION, ILLUSTRATIONS, STYLE | Closed
Tags: alber elbaz, Dior, illustration, lanvin, Mother and child
“J’adore ma Choupette, mais when she turns tail…it tears me apart! Everytime.” Karl (note the tiny man in black above!) This is the story of how this portrait of Karl and Choupette was inspired by the annoying pony tail of my friend “Coco” (her real nickname.) At a bar one night, Coco’s pony tail was […]
Filed under: FASHION, MAGICAL BEINGS, PARIS | Closed
Tags: #PFW, CAt, catwalk, chanel, Choupette, coco chanel, FASHION, illustration, karl lagerfeld, Paris Fashion Week, portrait, pussy cat, sketch
Love affairs with Italy are like living in a sensory masterpiece. If you’ve never rode a Vespa in the Tuscan hills in a haze of fireflies; breathed in Lake Como’s cool, magical, early am mist; savored the earth in a Piedmont organic wine or kissed a hot Italian with long, rivulets of curly hair in […]
Filed under: ART, FASHION, ITALY, MAGICAL BEINGS, STYLE, WOMEN | Closed
Tags: #MFW, Africa, Art, editor-in chief, fashion illustration, Franca Sozzani, Italian, magazine, milan fashion week, Prada, sketch, Vogue Italia