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Chanel Couture, Fall 2011

Lustful layers for the rock and roll widow (and maybe a few Upper East Siders as well…) Love the monotone lacy frills and thrills at Chanel‘s Couture show. Dowdy never looked hotter.

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Nostalgia In Vogue

Rizzoli has released some pretty fashionable titles this year and in October will add one more to the list. Nostalgia In Vogue, edited by Eve MacSweeney with a foreword by Anna Wintour is packed with essays by Joan Didion, Margaret … Continue reading

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Chanel Fall 2011

Once again the mixture of high and low, young and old, is brilliant in Chanel‘s Fall 2011 collection. I’m not sure what is going on in Paris with the bulky fabrics and oversized shapes but I do love the separate … Continue reading

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Balmain Spring Summer 2011

I’m not going to lie, sometimes I feel vindicated before the eyes of my mom and my aunts who gave me so much drama while growing up and dressing exactly like the models on Balmain’s Spring Summer runway. I took … Continue reading

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Victoria Bartlett’s Visible Panty Line

Victoria Bartlett’s designs have a quiet subtlety and like the clothes themselves, an asymmetric view of the world that challenge conventional standards of what is sexy especially in regard to undergarments. I have been a fan of VPL (Visible Panty … Continue reading

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Faux Fabulous

Fur is a touchy subject, no pun intended. Ten years ago when I worked as fashion editor for Russian Vogue in Moscow I was asked to do a fur shoot for the November fur issue. I had just gotten the … Continue reading

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