I have just discovered that two girlfriends who are 40 and 75, both told me the same complaint within a week. They are both super smart, with super-high IQs, and both have near-genius ability to solv....
Read Full Article ›TIMELESS FASHION TAUGHT BY COCOCOCO CHANEL WAS MY MENTOR. She taught me one important life-changing thing (besides telling me to make a perfume), Coco said “fashion is not forever, perfume is” I realized that her saying fashio....
Read Full Article ›HALSTON THE MOVIE ...MY CRITIQUEHAVING BEEN A PART OF THIS TIME IN FASHION HISTORY I HOPE TO GIVE THE FILM AND HALSTON AN AUTHENTIC REVIEW. Ewan McGregor was awesome, totally mannered, totally the same face as Halston with that ove....
Read Full Article ›We all have our stories of how we survived during the worst worldwide medical upheaval of our lifetime. Here is mine. THE LOCKDOWN LOOK:I HAVE BEEN WRITING THIS BLOG TO HELP WOMEN DRESS DURING LOC....
Read Full Article ›I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE COCO AS MY MENTOR. As a fashion student at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan in 1964 and I wrote my theme paper on Coco Chanel and got an A. I was blessed to become partners i....
Read Full Article ›Carla Zampatti, the most famous Australian fashion designer died this weekend after falling down the majestic marble steps of the Sydney Opéra House while attending a ball. Of course, there was no h....
Read Full Article ›I DONT DO MAD, I DO HAPPY. AS AN ONLY CHILD ( MY PARENTS DIVORCED IN 1948 WHEN I WAS 5) I WAS ALONE A LOT AND I LEARNED TO BE HAPPY ALONE. I learned to be happy from the weather, the garde....
Read Full Article ›The word is QUIRKYQuirky is everything for the 2020’s The 1960’s word was HIPPY SEXYThe 1970’s word was MINIDRESSThe 1980’s word was DISCO-STONEDThe 1990’s word was SOBRIETYThe 2000’s ....
Read Full Article ›YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE JUST ONE THING, JUST ONE LOOK, OR ONE PERSONA.Why not reimagine yourself? I know I’m an artist, a fashion designer, and a perfumer, but this week I’m reimagining myself as ....
Read Full Article ›Do whatever your head tells you to do (IF it’s legal).I went to Parsons Fashion School in NY and wanted to become a « FRENCH COUTURIER ». The head of Parsons in the sixties did not like my s....
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