Recently on a trip to Cartagena, I stayed at the Tcherassi Hotel, a beautifully renovated 250 year old colonial mansion with just 7 rooms. Transported back to the spirit and elegance of the city’s golden age, I discovered that the owner was also a designer. Silvia Tcherassi, described as “revolutionizing the Latin American fashion scene in
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Love-Haiti Relationship
With their continued humanitarian interests and socially conscious causes, Kenneth Cole is on a mission to help the people of Haiti. When the country was devastated by a massive earthquake in 2010, Cole launched an in-store shoe drive and sent thousands of pairs to Haitians in need. Since then, he’s launched an in-store fundraiser, sent associates on
Continue reading »Carry On.
How do you carry your bag? Bag as clutch? Ignore the straps? Multiple cross-body mini bags? It says as much about you as, well, your actual bag does. Season after season we are shown all different ways to carry your bags so I thought to possibly figure out the true meaning behind each bag carrying
Continue reading »The Original: Giuliana Camerino
Founded in 1945 by Guiliana Camerino, her line, Roberta di Camerino was named after the film Roberta starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The song Smoke Gets In Your Eyes from the film was a favorite song that Giulliana Camerino danced to. The only major Italian fashion brand to be based in the historic seafaring and trading
Continue reading »The Original 70s Boho Chic Girl: Thea Porter
Whether you know it or not, the chances are that there’s something lurking in your wardrobe that’s been inspired by Thea Porter’s creations: it might be that ‘peasant’ skirt from 2004 which you thought was oh-so Sienna Miller, the kaftan you dig out for holidays, or anything covered in a 70s-esque print. Brought up in
Continue reading »Thakoon Totes for Tenth Anniversary
Thakoon Panichgul celebrates 10 years in the industry this year (we were at the same magazine back in ’99 when he was an assistant fashion writer and I a fashion assistant) and to mark the occasion, the launch of a full handbag line. “I’ve been working towards this for a while but I wanted to
Continue reading »Dream on: Coach “Dreamers” Campaign
Coach is still dreaming of Hollywood. Chloë Grace Moretz will grace the second installment of its “Dreamers” campaign running in March. “Chloë’s free-spirited attitude and spontaneity makes her a perfect incarnation of the Coach spring ’15 girl…” creative director Stuart Vevers said of the casting decision. Photographed by Mikael Jansson, with styling by Karl Templer
Continue reading »Sunday Documentary Selection: The Next Black
We all know that the best sorts of rainy Sundays (like here in NYC at the moment) involve a laptop and a soft landing pad, with a carton of takeout. Titled “The NextBlack”, this 45-minute long documentary charts the future of fashion, touching on everything from the environmental pitfalls of fast fashion to wearable technology to
Continue reading »Become part of the Tribe
Nicolas Ghesquiere wasted no time in putting his own stamp on the iconic codes of Louis Vuitton and the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2015 collection is the latest continuation in his reimagining of the monograms and materials that we all know and (maybe) love with a tribal twist. The collection just hit stores and Vuitton’s online boutique,
Continue reading »Monday’s Miss Mochila
Behind the Label | Miss Mochila By: The L-atitude Team Declared the of- the- moment bag by Vogue Paris, Miss Mochila’s vibrantly colored hand-woven bags and bracelets are quickly becoming the fashion industries summer staple. Read what founder Chloe Abadi has to say about her work with the Wayuu Indian Tribe and about new trends
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