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Lights, Camera, Action

Lights, Camera, Action

  We all love a little glitz and glam and thanks to the creative juices of Madame Charlotte Olympia, our arm candy just got a bit more indulgent.  Charlotte Olympia’s Pre-Fall 2014 Hollywoodland collection proves you don’t have to be on the silver screen to be a style star. Personally I am blown away by(…)

Ring of Armor

Ring of Armor

With UV Rays causing serious skin damage throughout the summer, designers have found another brilliant way to combat those evil waves – GLADIATOR HEELS. Oh yes – they have a function!  Ok not really, but they are an ode to our Roman ancestors instilling bold vigor into our delicate gams – which is just as(…)

Food Network’s City Eats: Food Meets Fashion

Food Network’s City Eats: Food Meets Fashion

It’s no secret that I am just as much a food fanatic as an a la mode clothes horse – ok maybe not that close BUT this Wisco gal likes her bouffe. Thanks to Food Network’s – City Eats: Food Meet Fashion - I was able to share some of my favorite spots in the city as(…)

Vogue’s Guide to My ‘Wide-Brimmed’ Look

Vogue’s Guide to My ‘Wide-Brimmed’ Look

I guess Andre Leon Tally was right – that hat was ‘EVERYTHING!’ An honored thank you to Vogue.com for plucking my photograph from Adam Katz Sinding’s site: www.le-21eme.com and creating a whole look around the “Wide-Brimmed Hat.” Click here: Vogue’s Guide – Social Shopper: Wide-Brimmed Hats to see how Meredith Melling Burke would create a look similar to(…)

Fausto Puglisi for the New York Post

Fausto Puglisi for the New York Post

Rock n’ Roll   –   Miami Vice   –   80s Versace Now take those three words, add them up and throw them into the year 2013 — Fausto Puglisi is what comes out. I recently interviewed Fausto for the New York Post Alexa and the article was published last week, but luckily there is(…)

Punked! Chaos to Couture

Punked! Chaos to Couture

“This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. Now form a band.”  —S i d e b u r n s , December 1976   Tonight is the night! Fashion Royalty from all over the globe gather in New York for what seems to have become the Oscars of fashion – The(…)

Gianvito Rossi for the New York Post

Gianvito Rossi for the New York Post

As you have already seen from my post for Olivia Palermo, I am smitten by Gianvito Rossi’s sleek stems. This past fashion week in Milano, I was able to sit face to face with the designer and find out how he has become one of our leading ladies’ men. I was able to document it(…)

Vogue? Who? Me?

Vogue? Who? Me?

There comes a time in every girl’s life, when dreams are dreamt, wishes are wished and prayers are answered.  For me, this is that time.  I’m in the April issue of Vogue. Silly as it may sound I haven’t cured world hunger nor started a “We are the World” campaign with the rest of the(…)

Let it Snow in Milan

Let it Snow in Milan

It has been raining and snowing the entire Milan Fashion Week – pretty much turning everyone off.  Well almost everyone… I couldn’t help it.  Just before I left New York, I found this adorable Felix Rey Kissy Face umbrella and all I could think about was strolling in and out of fashion shows with this(…)

Prabal Gurung for Olivia Palermo

Prabal Gurung for Olivia Palermo

Rain or snow, New York Fashion Week is in full swing and here is the first of my show reviews for the season at www.oliviapalermo.com. An Army of One, a fully embellished female exuberating her inner strength on the arm of her sleeve, the heel of her armoresque boots, and the fur of her lapel stood center(…)