I want to thank the new Australian online magazine Ivy & Piper for including me on their Beautiful blog roll. I am especially honored to be in the company of interior designer and blogger Anna Spiro. Her blog Absolutely Beautiful Things was one of the first design blogs that I read and it definitely inspired […]
One of my favorite events last year was the Designer Visions: Cinema Style sponsored by Hearst magazines and I couldn’t wait to see what they had up their sleeve this year. They have paired three of their magazines with three top designers to create apartments that were inspired by films all set in New York. They […]
Joan Mitchell is one of my favorite artists. I was disappointed to find that there was only one of her paintings in the Abstract Expressionism exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art on view now. I wish I lived in Beverly Hills. If I did, I could view fourteen of her gorgeous works at the Gagosian […]
If you follow me on Twitter, then you probably know that I have recently cut sugar out of my life. I knew I had a problem but wasn’t sure how to deal with it until I read Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Newsletter last week entitled Overcoming Sugar Addiction. It was exactly the plan of attack […]
I think there is a misconception that New Yorkers only go to the Hamptons in the summer. While the Hamptons are lovely during the warmer months, they can be even better in the fall and winter when the crowds have left. If Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and her family don’t spend weekends at their place […]
A few readers asked about the coral colored lipstick from the J.Crew Spring 2011 presentation. It is Heat Wave from Nars. I’d start stocking up now because it looks like it’s going to be the hot color for next year!
Just so my male readers don’t feel left out, here is a lookat J.Crew men’s spring 2011 preview. The collection was inspired by the pastel colors of artist Cy Twombly and landscape painter Windslow Homer. Frank Muytjens and the design team visited Prouts Neck, Maine and were inspired by the color of the sea. Looks […]
I’m off to an early drapery installation but I’m leaving you with a sneak peek at the Spring 2011 looks from J.Crew. Big thanks to new President Jenna Lyons and the head of Women’s Design Marissa Webb for putting on a fabulous show. I’ve already picked out what I am dying to wear so let […]
After I mentioned that Cire Trudon was opening in New York, I was invited to tour the space and learn more about the historic candle company. The inspiration for the first boutique outside of France was the Galerie des Glaces of Versailles. Of course, this is a bit of toned down version of Versailles with […]
You must pick up a copy of the December issue of Town & Country. One of the highlights is a wonderful first person account by Carol Prisant of the six weeks in the summer of 1957 that she spent working for Babe and William Paley. Barbara “Babe” Cushing Mortimer Paley continues to be a style icon more […]
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 […]