Categorizing Fall 2010 Fashion Week’s runway would be like categorizing the animals in a zoo. Yeah, they are all animals, but the variations run the gamut from wild and exotic to subtle and subdued. Marc Jacobs asked Francois Nars to base his... More »
I have a whole list of hates that aren’t necessarily dealbreakers but things I utterly loathe. For the sake of time, space and verbosity, I’ve created one of my infamous lists you’ve grown to love. Drum roll please: My Loathe List:... More »
“So around what time today am I to expect your roses?” my friend’s secretary said sweetly yesterday. My friend, an attorney at a hospital, looked up from her desk at the smiling secretary. “Unless my dad sends me flowers, I... More »
Notoriously slow February transformed into super-slow February last week when two feet of snow plummeted East Coasters into hibernation. So everyone had to stay at home and turn on their own televisions rather than gathering at their friend’s... More »
Sundance is over. There was something about a football game. We are officially over winter and ready for skirts, dresses and the ability to freely wear heels without worrying about scary ice patches. Our body’s are craving a mid-winter dress... More »
After dating half the men at the Vampire squid, a few Columbia MBAs, a Ph.D. in bioethics and a handful of hot and sweaty Eurotrash, my friend declared a break. “They are either [in NYC] to party or jaded by their inflated bonuses. I love to... More »
Every week our Weekly Shop Report runs through the a week’s worth of stock winners and losers. The same names (Bon Ton, Joe’s Jeans, Phoenix Footwear, French Connection) fly high or sink low. Having recently emerged from retail’s... More »
Still dazed over Paris Fashion Week (did you see Tommy Ton’s “Seine Stealers” on style.com?), I was graciously reminded that we can learn a little somethin’ somethin’ from the French. After all, it is the land of... More »
“I like to surround myself with people smarter than me,” I said last night over a sparkling chardonnay and clam dinner. “Sometimes it’s really hard,” I teased. And my friend’s laughed but truthfully, surrounding... More »
In case anyone still cares about the Wall Street bonuses, which no one does because there are international crisis like earthquakes and abducted children and suicide bombers to worry about, the over-valuating bankers will, supposedly, boost retail.... More »
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