Jolain Muller
It’s no secret that I’m an admirer of Victoria Beckham. She has great style and has successfully evolved from a girl band, pop icon to a serious designer. Continue reading “Victoria Beckham Adds Makeup To Her Empire”
It’s been a long week so I thought I’d wrap it up with a pleasant little piece on one of my favorite actors, Jon Hamm. Continue reading “Happy Thoughts on John Hamm”
Lately I’ve been having an internal debate on whether or not I should cut my hair short. My hair has hovered around shoulder length for the last sixteen years and frankly I’m bored with it. Continue reading “Should I Go Short?”
Looking cool over forty, fifty and beyond is not the easiest thing in the world. Cool is usually associated with youth and trying to look young when you’re not can easily backfire. Continue reading “Looking Cool Over Forty and Beyond”
I haven’t checked in at Cos lately so I took advantage of a rainy Sunday afternoon and did just that. Continue reading “Buy Now, Wear Now at Cos”
Despite the twin robots that opened the Chanel show and the mainframe computer set, the hair and makeup was anything but high tech. One might have expected a severe visage on the unmasked models that followed. Instead the girls had fresh faces with nearly bare eyes, natural brows and clear rosy lips and cheeks. A face easily adapted for real life. Maybe Mr. Lagerfeld was emphasizing that despite all the technology that increasingly informs our lives it’s essential that we stay in touch with our true selves and the natural world around us. Just a thought…
Sometimes you have to look back days later at a collection to fully appreciate and understand it. This was the case for the spring ‘17 Bottega Veneta collection. Continue reading “A Second Look at Bottega Veneta”
Hey ladies, sick of working your abs in the gym? No worries, come spring the mandate is supersize me! If there was one message I took away from fashion month it’s that everything is getting bigger and when I say big I mean really BIG. Continue reading “Supersize Me!”
I’m a little embarrassed to say that just last week I finally made my first visit to the new Whitney Museum of American Art. The Renzo Piano designed building opened May 1, 2015, replacing the former site for the Whitney on Madison Avenue and 75th Street. Continue reading “Neighborhood Watch: A Day at the Whitney”
While I’m not buying into the whole Gucci aesthetic I do love the Gucci accessories, particularly the shoes and bags. Continue reading “Gucci Gold”