Once in a great while stepping into a store transforms your thinking and elevates your eye. Continue reading “De Vera, A Downtown Treasure”
Jolain Muller
Once in a great while stepping into a store transforms your thinking and elevates your eye. Continue reading “De Vera, A Downtown Treasure”
Just as in politics, the fashion press often reports on the latest bright shiny object. The sensational Continue reading “How Urban Zen Is Redefining Branding”
In honor of the passing of Hubert de Givenchy, a repost of a remembrance, as told to me by a friend, in August of 2016. Continue reading “Hubert de Givenchy”
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”
Finally we can breath again in New York after two solid weeks of ninety plus temperatures and high humidity. Time to emerge from our air-conditioned lairs and enjoy summer again! Continue reading “Water Park”
As we gear up for another string of ninety plus days I’m dreaming of the scene depicted in this photo. Taken in 1957 by Toni Frissell for Sports Illustrated at Round Hill, the Jamaican getaway of William and Babe Paley. Continue reading “Cool In Jamaica”
As a kid growing up in New Jersey, New York City was my shopping mecca. Luckily my mother indulged me and we clocked countless hours traipsing all over Manhattan in search of the unique. Continue reading “Neighborhood Watch Tribeca”
Sneakers, trainers, kicks, whatever you call them they are now a fashion staple and they’re here to stay. I was a late adopter of the sneaker culture but after walking around in my Supergo platforms, the equivalent to wearing two tiny mattresses on my feet, I was converted. Continue reading “Embrace the Sneaker”
I love the look of chunky masculine watches and bracelets on women especially when worn in the summer on tan arms with casual beachy attire. Continue reading “Masculine Arm Candy”
My brother blogger Eric Gaskins at Emperor’s Real Clothes and I are big fans of Cos, the cool minimalist Swedish brand that offers men’s and women’s clothing and accessories. Think of them as H&M’s classier, more aesthetically high-minded cousin. Continue reading “Navy and White”