Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer and Andrew McCarthy, vintage John Hughes 80's fare. Those were some good times. Knots Landing and Dynasty on the tube, Robert Palmer and Level 42 on the radio. Purple eyeshadow and shoulder pads were de rigueur. The A's and The Giants were in the world series. ..
Well, after three days of one of our rare "heat" waves, and me sweating like a whore in church (hat tip my Dad), its FINALLY cooling down. When the temperature hovers above 85 degrees in San Francisco, we of the hothouse orchid variety start swooning and praying for the iceage to make an appeara...
My interest in fashion began early, I can remember perusing items at JC Penny's in Junior High, being intrigued by Perry Ellis at Hink's (an old school retailer in Berkeley), and quite obsessed by Ralph Lauren in college. Somewhere in my attic lurks a multicolored wool Kenzo jacket (thank you ...
Like a Dog with a bone, is my obsession with Dolce & Gabbana.......relentless and neverending. Get the drool bucket out......
Sometimes we need to show up to a cocktail party, a luncheon where we need to be presentable, or dinner and the Opera. We want to look pulled together and pretty, but without too much flash and theatricality. And please God, if we are sitting through 5 hours of Wagner, we need to be comforta...
Ok, I don't care WHO you are, Marie Antoinette back from the grave or the man on the moon, you will L O V E these SPECTACULAR boots! These are the Christian Bale of boots, hot from every angle. (I refer of course to his turn as the Dark Knight, thank you Christopher Nolan). Almost everyday ...
There are some fashions that have nothing to do with pragmatism and common sense. This is not fare for the office or a first time meet and greet with the soon to be in-laws.
In but a short time we will be privy to the wonderful woolens and wacky accoutrement that is the wizardry of fall fashion! An assortment of eclectic shapes, admixed with beads, glitter, and shearling like you've never seen it before! All shapes, a host of colors, wearable, lux, round up the ...
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Well, PRE-FALL is upon is, a bridge between summer sales and the spectacle that is FALL season. This is not to say however that pre-fall is without pomp and circumstance, case in point, CHANEL pre-fall RUNWAY. One need only harken back to prior seasons...
While you can always marvel at Haute Couture and past runway collections on www.style.com, one of the ways to achieve a good understanding of a designer's genius, of the breadth of talent, is to attend a retrospective.
In San Francisco, we had the privilege of seeing the Jean Paul Gaultier r...
Like the litte girl in Annie Hall states ironically, "I'm into leather". It never dawned on me when watching that movie back in 1977, that she might be onto something! Corduroy, chenille and pleather might come and go, but LEATHER is here to stay! There is nothing that feels so cozy and luxu...
In life, there are things so indescribably beautiful, so sublime, they elicit a profoundly emotional response care of the limbic system. Who can walk into St. Peter's Basilica, gaze to the right upon The Pieta, at that supple appearing marble, Christ dead in the arms of Mary, and not feel as i...
I was leaving work yesterday, and as I was heading to the elevator, a patient was being wheeled to the Radiology department. Angst, malady, and plague are never ending. After spending the bulk of my existence holed up in centers of healing, training for sixteen years (yeah, 16 years) its no ...
