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The Fashion Flu

When I first started covering fashion shows in the late 90’s I realized there was a pattern to my cold and flu season that directly mirrored the fashion seasons. The Fashion Flu as I began to call it was nothing … Continue reading

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Eve Sussman’s The Rape of The Sabine Women

Eve Sussman’s original film based on classical paintings by Poussin, Rubens and especially Jacques-Louis David’s “Intervention of the Sabine Women” of 1799 had its US premier in the New York art world in February 2007. The Rape of The Sabine … Continue reading

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Monique Lhuillier Spring Summer 2011

Red carpet ready with a flash of Valentino. Lots of red, lots of frill, lots of flowers. Loved the flower print gowns and the well tailored trouser looks.

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Chris Benz Spring Summer 2011

Loved the Seventies preppy school girl mixed with the high school vintage shopper at Chris Benz. Sweet, sexy and simple. Great separates and flower prints with the slightest touch of sporty. Have no idea what his inspiration was but am … Continue reading

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Hexa by Kuho Spring Summer 2011

I think admittedly I am more entranced with missing Paris shows where I haven’t been for a few seasons and feeling for a minute that’s where I was transported to by the venue and crowd more than actually loving the … Continue reading

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Zero + Maria Cornejo Spring Summer 2011

Almost twelve years ago while I was still an assistant to Polly Mellen I used to go to Rice for those vegetarian meatballs religiously on weekends when I wasn’t working. That was when I accidentally stumbled on Maria Cornejo’s Mott … Continue reading

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Jenny Packham Spring Summer 2011

Jenny Packham had some nice gowns, I loved the chain-link detailing on a few of them. Though she is already a red carpet regular I’m sensing a big LA push for Jenny and am going to venture a guess that … Continue reading

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Rebecca Taylor Spring Summer 2011

Frilly, silky, fun and fab. My favorite part of the Spring collections are always the flower prints and trench coats if truth be told and Rebecca Taylor’s collection had all of the above. Sometimes it’s just good to be a … Continue reading

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Erin Fetherston Spring Summer 2011

Loved everything at Erin Fetherston. Am obsessed with her proper girly aesthetic. It was nice to walk into a calm serene environment on the second floor at Milk versus the madness on the eigth floor. God help us when they … Continue reading

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Tess Giberson Spring Summer 2011

Tess Giberson is a persistent philosopher at heart. She and I became friends while working together many years ago at Calvin Klein in the men’s Collection design department. She always had a flavor for minimal design and asymmetrical cuts and … Continue reading

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