If you don’t own a pair yourself, you probably know someone who does. That probably has something to do with the fact that over 750 million have been sold. Their look is unmistakable: a simplistic combination of cheap canvas and rubber (more…)

It would appear green is the new black and I am not talking about the color. If you Goggle eco fashion, you will come up with hundreds of companies who have jumped on the green bandwagon. (more…)

It used to be that making it in the fashion world entailed actual sewing, meeting a few well-placed people face-to-face, selling them on well-designed clothes and then setting up a tiny boutique shop preferably in a hip neighborhood of New York. But that’s all so passé now. (more…)

Humble accessory no more, the shoe has graduated into becoming any ensemble’s main focal point. Like little sculptures for the feet, this new breed of shoes escape their traditional form and construction while challenging current footwear archetypes (more…)

Androgynous fashion lines have been crossing for decades and while we will probably never see a man going to the office in a floral skirt, we have seen even the manliest man arrive in a floral print shirt or tie. (more…)

I’ve been a label snob since junior high school. Like most teens, I had to have the latest trends and generic brands would not suffice. Now 45, having designer everything continues to be an important aspect of my life. I recently purchased a pair of Armani sunglasses for $138.00 on eBay. (more…)

In the world of Madison Avenue circa 1960, life was a party. Adulterous flings, come-ons and ogling twenty-something secretaries were like sport for the hipster ad men in charge. The women, on the other hand, were no more than dolls, sweethearts, (more…)

Before a character even opens their mouth in a Wes Anderson film, you can tell who they are just by their appearance. They have eccentric looking hats, head-bands, sunglasses, sports jackets, suits, tuxedos, athletic wear, bow ties, unusual hairdos, facial hair, and accessories. Like Federico Fellini, Anderson has created his own surreal, (more…)

“I’m a big believer in recycling, even carpets,” Hillary Clinton said in a February issue of US Weekly, joking about a heavy, tapestry-like coat she wore in 2000. The US Weekly spread featured Clinton’s repertoire of fashion foibles and the then presidential hopeful poked fun at her past style decisions. Perhaps she anticipated the front-and-center position fashion would (more…)

When Steven Klein turned Brad Pitt’s paparazzi-infested romantic life into a disquieting fine art fashion shoot, the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie affair became iconic before it had officially even begun. The shoot, printed in W Magazine’s July 2005 issue and titled Domestic Bliss, channeled all the sultry onscreen chemistry the actors had in Mr. and Mrs. Smith (more…)