Nick Wooster, inimitable Men’s Fashion Director for both Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, is coming to Boston this Thursday (details to follow tomorrow) for a presentation at Neiman Marcus Copley. I’m happy to say I have the opportunity to interview the gentleman before the presentation for a segment for StyleBoston. Could not be more excited. The past …
Evgeny Kissin, a legend among mere men (and, incidentally, an idol of mine since I began playing (violin) as a boy…), is coming to the BSO next weekend for a concert that combines two monuments of the pianist’s repertoire: Grieg’s Concerto and Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in e minor. An interesting aside: The Chopin Concerto was one of the …
I woke up this morning to the power of Adrienne Rich’s volume, The Dream of a Common Language. Those who know me are acutely [read: agonizingly] aware of my unabashed love for Ms. Rich and her body of work, but it is in revisiting it, over and over again, that I find the true wealth of her verse. …
Diane von Furstenberg, the president of the CFDA, announced the CFDA Awards nominees tonight in NYC. Alexander Wang made a strong showing (the veritable Meryl Streep of the Fashion world…), but I have to admit I’m gunning for a Proenza win for Womenswear Designer of the Year. As for the Gaga nomination, I have little to …
This Kirkwood wonder retails for roughly 7K. A paltry sum, I’d say, for THE ULTIMATE TRUMP CARD. I adore Kirkwood and his work for more reasons than I can enumerate, but paramount among them is his ability to balance the avante-garde with a commercial sensibility: a rare, and difficult, compromise.
Pedro Lourenço is Fashion’s newest prodigy. He is twenty years old. Yes, the Brazilian designer was born into a fashion dynasty; yes, his parents own the factory in which his predominantly-leather, razor-sharp take on contemporary tailoring is produced; yes, he is all of those things that a new designer, who, incidentally, shows in Paris, ought to be. Namely: …
Each season after the shows in NYC, the weeks that follow seem to begin in much the same way they end: attempting, though I know it is futile, to balance both my calendar and my checkbook, downing more cups of coffee than would be prudent to admit, perusing the recent collections, not because I don’t know them front to …
For our FASHION FORWARD segment this past weekend, we focused on the best and brightest (quite literally) of the Resort and Spring collections. And, as a nod to these interim months, we brought you a few of our favorites from the local haunts to keep you warm until, finally, we can all shed a few …
A clear 50s nod in a distinctly modern treatment: delicate lace in a saturated scarlet, with just enough feminine detail to declare ‘I’m here’ without saying ‘look at me.’ A fitted bodice, sheer sleeves, an elegantly gathered, nipped waist, and a scalloped, knee-grazing hem. Pearls would be too obvious; instead, pair it back to sky-high …
As many of you know, I have love, of that Auden-for-Isherwood epic variety, for a Ms. Heather Camille White, our former Director of Digital Media, and can say in all seriousness that this blog owes every ounce of its fresh-to-deathness to her. In the interest of not having a post-Extreme-Makeover-Home-Edition series of waterworks, let’s just say …
