I don’t think there is a woman anywhere who doesn’t remember that scene in Rear Window when Grace Kelly comes over with her Mark Cross overnight bag.  It was one of the most iconic examples of product placement ever seen and that was 1954.  The leather goods company which was founded 165 years ago was closed […]

The Encyclopedia of the Exquisite is a book after my own heart.  I love the title and I love the premise.  Author Jessica Kerwin Jenkins was an editor at W magazine and while covering stories around the world, kept a folder full of interesting clippings, photos and “other ephemera.”  She said recently, “every time I […]

Not only does Olivia Palermo look like a model and date one but now she actually is one.  She and her handsome boyfriend Johannes Huebl are modeling for Mango‘s winter catalog.  Her hair is stick straight instead of styled in her signature curls but she till looks chic.  Also chic is the El Palace Hotel in […]

I don’t really care what chef Eric Ripert is cooking up as long as he’s talking about it in that sexy French accent.  His show Avec Eric on PBS is mesmerizing and now he has compiled a companion cookbook. It is actually more than just a cookbook.  Avec Eric is also a travel guide and […]

At a recent event at the J.Crew Bridal Boutique, my friend and I fell in love with the Histoires de Parfums scents for sale.  When we weren’t stuffing our faces with macaroons, we were trying to figure out which was our favorite.  All of the parfums in the main collection were inspired by a mythical character.  […]

I haven’t added any new music to my iPod in a while but I think I will definitely be buying Olympia by Bryan Ferry today.  If there is one musician who is the epitome of chic, it’s Bryan Ferry.  Almost all of the albums for his group Roxy Music had gorgeous women on the cover, […]

Chances are great that if you don’t know the name Robert Evans, you certainly know his work. While head of Paramount Studios and later as a producer he was responsible for such films as Barefoot in the Park, The Great Gatsby, Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown, and many more. Actually, you really should know the name […]

These photos are not from a Halloween party.  They are from Truman Capote’s infamous Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel in 1966.  I’d much rather look at these masked revelers than people dressed up as Snooki and The Situation.  Those were the days. Sigh.

When I found out that Plum TV would be interviewing Kate and Andy Spade for their Style Innovators video series, I had my fingers crossed it would include their apartment. Not only does host Adam Rapoport tour their New York apartment but also their Southampton home! Since I can’t see them in person myself, this is […]

I think they key to a successful career in a creative field is having a place to get away from it all on the weekends.  Stella McCartney’s gardens at the home she shares with her family in the British countryside look like the perfect place to recharge your batteries.  They created all the gardens from […]

Tom Ford could design a garbage bag and it would be the chicest garbage bag ever.  I trust him to design the best of everything so I can already tell that his Black Orchid lipstick, nail polish, and solid perfume trio will be perfection. This is definitely going on my Christmas list!   I hope he’s working […]

I’m a sucker for period movies, especially those with English accents and even more so, those staring Colin Firth.  So what happens when an English accent of character played by Firth in a period film is accompanied by a stammer?  That is the story of The King’s Speech which opens November 26th.  Prince George, The Duke of York […]

I love when I’m looking for one thing and I find something even better in the process. In this case, it was photographs of Manolo Blahnik at his beautiful Georgian house in Bath, England by Ivan Terestchecnko.   He shares this house with his collection of books and about 10,000 pairs of shoes that bear his name.  […]

It is about 75 degrees and humid today in New York.  Not exactly the best weather to wear fall fashions but a girl can dream.  I’m loving these ensembles from The Gentlewoman magazine.  They are tres chic!  Photos by Terry Richardson for The Gentlewoman via Fashion Gone Rogue

The new Cire Trudon boutique is located in one of the most interesting buildings in New York at 54 Bond Street.  The landmark was designed by architect Henry Engelbert in 1874 and housed the Bouwerie Lane Theatre as well as Lauren Hutton, Jane Russell, Brice Marden, Jake Lamotta, and Helen Hayes among others.  It is […]

If any more French retailers open shops in New York, pretty soon we’ll have no reason to go to Paris.  I jest of course.  We’ll never need a reason to visit Paris but our suitcases might be lighter on the flight back.  The legendary candle maker to kings and queens, Cire Trudon, is opening a […]

My friends and I immediately fell in love with this orange Swedish Grace period Greek key and gilt bed in the H.M. Luther booth at The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show last Friday.  If we could have afforded it, I’m sure we would have all fought over it.  It’s perfection.  It was made […]