I made this filmette for LookTV about my addiction to Zara. How do they do it every week? I’m particularly amazed and delighted that they put out so many well-designed shoes under $100 this Summer.
NEW YORK — I’m a hat lover without a party.
For years I’ve resisted fascinators, dramatic tilts, and wide brims blooming with silk flowers because I have no place to wear them.
So I asked Suzanne Newman, of Suzanne Couture Millinery, what kinds of occasions in New York call for her exquisite handmade hats, most of which take a full week to block and trim in the back room of her 61st Street shop, and cost upwards of $500.
She listed the Central Park Conservancy luncheon, Kentucky Derby parties, polo matches and carriage driving.
Not my life.
But, as so often happens to me when I shop, I started imagining the life I could be having — me on the polo grounds with a fetching straw saucer — and liking what I pictured.
In fact, the world may be divided between people who wear hats and people who don’t. And it’s possible the hatted are having more fun.
NEW YORK CITY — Fashion is all about accents. That’s where you find your drama, individuality and point of view. Vintage is an accent, jewelry is an accent, prep is an accent, and so is BDSM — bondage, discipline and sadomasochism.
The past two seasons, fetish fashion has been all over the runway, with second-skin latex skirts, shiny PVC coats, mod patent leather and leather crop tops. Designers have married these textiles, normally associated with kink and punk, with demure cuts and designs, to create a lady-like look with an edge
SAY what you want. In your twenties knowing what you want is a bitch. Then you hit your thirties, and the problem becomes competing aspirations—babies or superstar career? At the Desire Project we talk about the things we care the most about. We believe that desire makes us who we are, and that the best story-tellers rise to the top. Say WHAT you want. We're charting the world of desire--physical, material, sexual, intellectual, maternal, competitive, and romantic. If you say what you want, you might just get it.
