Category Archives: Lifestyle

Celebrating 50 Years in Fashion

May 8, 2014 Posted by admin

I am celebrating 50 years in fashion in 2014 and am today the longest lasting female designer in Paris and America. HOW? How did I last? By what Miracle am I still sewing Vicky Tiel in the back of dre....

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Children are changing the world. I call this new generation the selfie generation!

January 8, 2014 Posted by admin

Children are changing the world. I call this new generation the selfie generation. My generation, the wonderful sixties revolutionary generation, has returned in spirit today with a new name -- the s....

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A Magical Miracle Just Happened to Me and I Have to Share It

December 15, 2013 Posted by admin

A magical miracle just happened to me when a turquoise blue ostrich feather fell from heaven and landed on my upstate New York mountaintop cabin doorstep. I had been up in the log cabin alone for a w....

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PINK PARIS Is a Sight for Sore Eyes, or Eyes Tired of the Long Grey Winter

February 22, 2013 Posted by admin

I arrived in Paris just after a rare snow storm left to find FLUO PINK clothes in all the windows, especially in the men's stores. Men's ties went pink and lavender in America last year (as seen b....

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God Loves Paris, Too!

January 8, 2013 Posted by admin

A visit to Paris is always full of wonder. You can eat everything you desire all day long and never gain a pound. How? Why? Let me explain. It's simply because God loves Paris, too, and rewards all ....

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Elizabeth Taylor’s New Year’s Eve Tradition

December 31, 2012 Posted by admin

Elizabeth Taylor's New Year's Eve at home during our "fun years" in the sixties consisted of family, fashion, and food. Family consisted of her four kids, Michael, Chris, Liza and Maria; a few of Ri....

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Elizabeth Taylor was no snob.

November 22, 2012 Posted by admin

Elizabeth Taylor was no snob. She truly felt all humans had the same value in society. She preferred to befriend cooks, housekeepers and secretaries rather than their bosses, my husband, Ron Berkeley,....

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I Lost Weight in 2 Weeks by Giving Up Eating Everything White

August 19, 2012 Posted by admin

I must tell all you ladies how I lost 10 pounds in two weeks by giving up eating everything white! Here is how it happened. I returned from a Paris trip (where I did my fashion-art-food blog with S....

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I must tell all you ladies how lost 10 lbs. in 2 weeks by giving up eating everything white!

August 17, 2012 Posted by admin

  Here is how it happened. I returned from a Paris trip (where I did my fashion-art-food blog with Sue Bloomberg) and I photographed more desserts than art or dresses; a Mont Blanc from Laduree....

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America Is Getting a Little Erotica Just in Time for the Summer Holidays

May 30, 2012 Posted by admin

America is getting a little erotica just in time for the summer holidays with the smash success of E.L. James's Shades of Grey trilogy. This sexed-up series should liven up the boudoirs of American f....

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