shape shifting

by | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized

Minimalism.  I’ll always remember fondly as a young teenager reading about Italian designer Miuccia Prada.  This was the nineties and monastic dressing was the new style as a response to the over-the-top maximalism of the eighties.  The sartorial world...

welcome to the emerald city

by | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized

For the uninitiated, Pantone declares one hue the color of the year.  In 2013, it’s all about the green–specifically emerald. As someone who contemplated a career writing theory about fashion (like my academic idol Dorinne Kondo), I’m fascinated by...

dark shadows

by | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized

For the past few days I’ve been nursing a cold.   This often involves fever dreams about my adolescence.  I vividly recall my flower print maxi dresses, discovering my love of mixing stripes with other prints, and seeing if it all went together with my Doc...

Advanced Style

by | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized

A dear client of mine gifted me Advanced Style by Ari Seth Cohen (thanks Barbara!). It already has made quite an impact on me– I believe that fashion is most pleasurable when we can celebrate what makes us unique.  This book captures women who challenge the idea...

if the shoe fits

by | Aug 16, 2012 | Uncategorized

Gentlemen, I realized I’ve been neglecting my male readers for too long.  Hopefully this post can start to remedy that… Occasionally there is a brand whose current aesthetic folds effortlessly into your own you wonder if they’ve been looking in your...