I don’t love being in front of a camera. I have one look: a big smile. If I don’t smile, my eyes are still smiling. If my eyes aren’t smiling, I look sad instead of serious or sexy. Plus I’m always disappointed that I don’t look like a young Sophia Loren in the pictures. Inside,…
Fashion
L’Chaim
Life Magazine, the photojournalism magazine, was launched as a weekly publication by Time Magazine owner Henry Luce in 1936. When I worked at People Magazine, which was started many decades later by the same corporate parent, I was based in the Time-Life building. The weekly version of Life was shut down in 1972, but the…
Fluevog’s Melrose Boot
Tempting!
Post Rerun: A Defense of Fashion
Gorgeous blogger Tavi of Style Rookie recently posted a link to Washington Post fashion editor Robin Givhan’s column about the uproar du jour over thin models. The column, thankfully, didn’t use the expression “real women” (as in “real women have curves” and, presumably, non-curvy women must be imaginary) but the topic did remind me that…
Hair-Raising Times With The Shoe Girl
Last week, gorgeous blonde blogger The Shoe Girl came to town and took me to the FFANY Shoes on Sale party at Lincoln Center. I wore a strapless Jean-Charles de Castelbajac motorcycle-zipper dress that I got in Paris this summer. The dress made me a little crazy. I was inspired to try a hairstyle that…
Four Reasons to Be Proud
My Mud Flap Jill cufflinks made it into Houston Magazine‘s October 2009 issue. Even better, they’re in a T&A-themed feature. My Papessa Prayer Locket made it into the Fall 2009 issue of Inside Weddings. The Sunday Best thinks I am the bee’s knees. And I was one of the winners of Independent Fashion Blogger’s Dress-Up…
You’re Invited to a Sample Sale
In New York later this week? Come visit me at my sample sale this Friday, October 23, from 5 PM to 8 PM, and Saturday, October 24, from 12 PM to 6 PM. It’s being hosted by the fabulous people at BoConcept, which is at 105 Madison Avenue and 30th Street. I will be selling…
“Caption This” Contest Winners
I loved all the caption suggestions for the backstage photo from my post on the Francis Spring 2010 look book shoot. I admit I was a bit surprised we got no “The Pet Goat” suggestions, because that’s what Jennine, Christian and I thought of when we first saw the photo. C’mon, people! It’s okay to…
Francis for Spring, Plus a Chocha Explanation*
*UPDATED MARCH 2010: THIS POST HAS BEEN REWRITTEN BECAUSE THE FRANCIS BLOG THAT IS MENTIONED IN THE FIRST SENTENCE IS NOW DEFUNCT. Drop everything you’re doing and run to my other blog to check out the Francis Spring 2010 look book! As I said yesterday, gorgeous blogger Jennine from The Coveted was part of the…
The Coveted’s Candid Camera
Gorgeous blogger Jennine of The Coveted and I are recovering from a whirlwind New York City weekend. Jennine flew out from Chicago and stayed at my apartment while she did a photography job for my designing friend Christian Francis Roth, who was working on the look book for the Spring 2010 collection of his Francis…