In my family, a vampy red dress is synonymous with “grandma style.” You see, my dad’s mother was a Very Vampy Lady (shall we make this a thing and say VVL?) and when I tried this dress on, I couldn’t help but think of her. Big hair, stilettos always, at least until she couldn’t anymore, […]
On July 21st, Pierpaolo Piccioli presented the Valentino fall 2020 couture collection, a deeply apropos finale to an oddly fitful season. Working with photographer Nick Knight at the famed Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Piccioli presented his collection in two acts entitled “Of Grace and Light.” Keep reading – this is a goodie, I promise. Complex […]
Ok, y’all know I’ve been on a satin midi skirt bender over the past few weeks. It began with this post (I think), which led me to make this post a not a few weeks later, and now here we are, with a styling video featuring the very same protagonist. They’re just so versatile, I […]
Ahh, the wrap skirt – a much-loved wardrobe fixture of mine. Flattering without being risque, elegant without being boring, it drapes and shapes and nips and flows in the most delicious measures. A standing ovation if said skirt is in a luxe fabric – then I really lose my sh*t. Like Vivian hooting at the […]
I’ve been hearing this one dialogue on repeat since the onset of the pandemic: there’s simply no point in dressing anymore, because there’s nowhere to go. We’ve all felt it at some point – for some, it’s in fleeting moments, for others, it’s a chronic state. But let’s examine this for a moment, and it […]
Haute Couture Week was different this year, to the surprise of no one. Houses had to reformulate their presentations, opting for film, releasing sketches, and/or in in-studio photography in lieu of the traditional runway show. Olivier Rousteing, artistic director at Balmain, went with a different route: down the Seine. For Balmain’s presentation, Rousteing did not […]
Still dressing up, still staying at home – these Saturday virtual opera viewing sessions have really kept me afloat the past few weeks. As silly as it sounds, having that anchor in my schedule, something fun to look forward to, is the best replica of normalcy I could hope for. This weekend I opted for […]
However aberrant, Couture Week Fall 2020 is in the books! I’m calling it a “runway archive” for the sake of continuity with previous posts (like this or this one), but as we know, this year was decidedly different. Each fashion week, I compile runway summaries and publish them in my Instagram Stories as they become […]
It’s couture week, folks – and normally, that would mean the usual bevy of runway spectacles and journalists complaining of traffic in Paris (quel dommage). But as we know, that was in the Before Times. This is couture week during the pandemic. Even though stay-in-place orders have slackened in Europe, getting crowds together remains problematic, […]
There was a shipping snafu with my outfit for the opera this weekend, which forced me to improvise. To be honest, improvised outfits are often my favorites because I feel like I had to work a little harder, be more creative, to get to a satisfactory result. In this case, I threw together this all […]
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