🌊DIOR is in town! Check out the DIOR Pop-Up at the manicured Rosewood Miramar – open until Labor Day! One of the 18 DIOR pop-up shops around the world, look out for lots of exclusive items, including hot pink Dior monogram-print items in luxurious neoprene and much more! 💖📷: Emmanuel …
Read More »Christian Dior – Spring 2021 Haute Couture
Christian Dior’s Haute Couture collection was inspired by Renaissance paintings- simple, yet dramatic. It was a beautiful, ethereal collection… just imagine what it would look like in motion…. can’t wait for the runway shows to come back! photos: Vogue
Read More »Upcycled Luxury Handbags by Camera 60 Studio
Wow! Check out this Milan-based group that has made templates of classic designer bags to be made with any material. Here are some of there creations…. my fave? The iconic Dior saddle bag, of course! photos: camera60studio
Read More »Dior- Spring 2020
Dior’s collection this season was very boho… which isn’t really my favorite look. I miss the John Galliano days of Dior with the quirky glamour and highly stylized ballgowns. The past few seasons at Dior reminds me of a nature-loving hippie that spends her time at expensive yoga retreats. A …
Read More »Maison Margiela – Fall 2019 Haute Couture
John Galliano delivered a visionary collection, complete with deconstructed sailor and military uniforms. Galliano is truly the master of deconstructed fashion…. first cutting dresses on the bias for Dior in the late 90s and then taking apart classic garments and adding an avant-garde twist…. Really, CHANEL should hire him, goddammit. …
Read More »CAMP: Notes on Fashion- The Met NYC
The highly anticipated event, The Met Gala, came and went last month, but for us regular folks it’s the beginning of the remarkable exhibit, CAMP: Notes on Fashion, at The Met NYC running through the summer. I had just missed the opening of the exhibit by 4 days! So my …
Read More »Calvin Klein- Fall 2018- Construction Zone
Belgian designer Raf Simons (formerly of Christian Dior – remember those awesome sequined sneakers? That’s him!) has been reconstructing Calvin Klein for the past year. The overhaul includes daring materials and a little bit of tongue-in-cheek fun while still maintaining an all-American look, which is Calvin Klein’s mainstay. To me, …
Read More »Moschino- Fall 2018- Fetish into Mainstream
Jeremy Scott was totally in a Madonna/Jean -Paul Gaultier state of mind for this collection…. which I LOVE LOVE LOVE! I can’t believe it’s been almost thirty years since “Express Yourself” by Madonna was released. That album made an indelible mark on me and helped me shape who I am …
Read More »Delpozo- Spring 2017- Gateway to Dior?
I’ve been watching Delpozo for a a few seasons now and love how the origami tailoring is so distinct to the label. Delpozo has really proved themselves to be able to hang with the big boys of fashion. Now that Raf Simons has exited Dior, perhaps Delpozo’s Josep Font can …
Read More »Manus X Machina Exhibit – The Met NYC
On my most recent trip to New York City, I had the wonderful privilege to visit the ‘Manus X Machina’ exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of New York. Sponsored by Apple, the exhibit displayed a ravishing collection of couture items from designers like, Chanel, Comme Des Garçon, Iris Van Herpin …
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