Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 31, 2014 under ,

 

Labor Day is upon us, bringing wistful memories of summer vacations, relaxing in Napa or the Hamptons (God willing) but also the anticipation of new beginnings, in the form of first days of college, or maybe pre-school and of course, the changing of the seasons and football.  Soon enough we wil...

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Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 27, 2014 under

 

 

The Mothership, on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, 2008.

 

It was many years ago, that I first became acquainted with Louis Vuitton.  At that time it was the iconic logo purses and suitcases. What was all the fuss about?  And why is that boring brown canvas so expensive?  I don't get it...

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Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 23, 2014 under

 

Ok, so I'll never be rich, and frankly, if that was ever a real concern I never would have gone into medicine, I mean who are we kidding? And wealth won't buy good health or love, at least not in the ahem organic sense. HOWEVER, if I were to stumble upon a pot of gold or a Genie to grant me seve...

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Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 17, 2014 under

 

For me the holy grail of fashion is comfy stylish clothing that can be worn to work and on the weekends.  Pieces that can be thrown on without a man servant in tow, or that won't rip or strangle you as you pull it over your head, which won't come apart when a Dog jumps on you, and more importan...

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Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 13, 2014 under

 

What is the definition of sexy?  I'm guessing men and women would answer this differently.  Being a straight chick in San Francisco, surrounded by frustrated straight women and gay dudes (God's great gift to women), and never particularly facile at "dating", I have little straight dude game. ..

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Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 09, 2014 under

 

In some stroke of luck, after one of my favorite hair stylists up and left DiPietro Todd for greener pastures outside of all things hair, I was shuttled to the fellow who cut his hair, Frank. Initally I thought, uh-oh, new guy, yikes.  As it turns out, I love this dude, he takes his sweet time,...

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Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 05, 2014 under

 

Hat tip to the screenwriter of Notting Hill (which I viewed the other day for about the 100th time, sigh), Hugh Grant's character refers to Anna Scott as "fairly fabulous".  Which I must admit also applied to Mr. Grant back in the day, when he was the IT guy in the late 90's and early 2000's. ..

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Posted by Haute Mess on Aug 01, 2014 under

 

Every season, we are privy to a wondrous array of magical mystical garments, in a host of colors, shapes, and lengths, so stunning in form, so intricately constructed, we can only marvel at their beauty.  Dreams are made of such things as these often bejeweled and bedazzled garments, that devia...

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