…there was a shoe, a fairytale, a fantasy and a happy ending!
Make the best of your magical halloween outfit with this enchanting collection, Happy Halloween!
Rapunzel Rapunzel
Red Riding Hood
Debbie & Mushroom Pandora
Happily Ever After
Dreamy clutches
Dolly Rose
Talking Tree
Bear Necessities
Sleeping Princess
Such a Hoot!
Fancy Bat
Kitty
On Time
As you will notice, I predominantly love the reign of spicy Oud wood this season! Whether it is blended with fruity or floral essences, it creates a distinctive splendid bouquet of warm and rich wintery scents. Here’s my selection:
English Pear & Freesia Cologne by Jo Malone
Perfect caress of autumn with luscious pear, white freesias, amber, patchouli and spicy woods
Oud & Bergamot Cologne by Jo Malone
Tempting and mesmerizing mix of Arabian Oud and citrus bergamot
Velvet Sublime, a limited edition fragrance by Dolce & Gabbana
It is a truly sublime floral fragrance with a blend of Sicilian mandarin, orange blossom and neroli
Jasmin Rouge, a fragrance from the Private Blend collection by Tom Ford
Sexy, bold and glamorous as red lips! This floral-spicy fragrance is an opulent blend of jasmin, sage and rich spices.
X by Clive Christian
It’s branded the most aphrodisiac fragrance for being a fusion of Egyptian jasmine (what Cleopatra used to seduce her lover) and Karo Karundi (reputed to be a love drug essence). It’s a refined and pleasant fruity fragrance
Emilio Pucci swing coat and heels
Red hues
Top left: Roberto Cavalli fur coat
Top right: Valentino
Bottom left: Can’t get enough of D&G’s Fall ’13, seriously considering a crown as a new street style, would you see this as excessive, ridiculous or daring?
Bottom right: Berries at Fred’s, Barneys 😉
Sporty Barbie
Left: Manrico Cashmere
Top right: Tod’s
Bottom right: Camper
Taxi!
With this outfit it’s guaranteed you would find a cab 😉
Left: Michael Kors; Right: Kate Spade
Girls! The Mini Peekaboo satchel by Fendi is out and it’s the cutest, most ladylike purse! I even think it beats the Kelly (Hermès)!
Check out this selfie: trying on the mini peekaboo in deep pink. Also available in black, blue and grey.
This season’s coat codes:
*Oversize *Mannish *Pop up colors
Top left: Celine; Top right: Louis Vuitton; Bottom left: Carven; Bottom right: Iceberg
At Bloomingdales this October…
The spotlight is on Breast Cancer awareness
Moncler gangsters are geared up for winter and on the loose
and it’s already Christmas season!?!? Someone must have forgotten about Halloween & Thanksgiving!
Fashion and design are by nature cyclical, proven old successes fade away only to become hits again when a new generation discovers them. Tired with the rapid and radical move towards minimalism in the modern digital age, many people started to seek more sophistication and detail in design archives. This explains why the mode Vintage has found a particular revival in the past few years. The movies and TV industries, in Hollywood and overseas has picked up on this appeal and further contributed to its increasing popularity. Movies like The Great Gatsby, Anna Karenina, The Other Boleyn Girl, Marie Antoinette and Chéri; and TV series such as Downton Abbey (UK), Magnificent Century (Turkey) and The Tudors (Ireland-Canada), are recent productions based on old era plots where there has been an incredible devotion to the visual and aesthetic aspects exhibiting the exquisite works of art and craftsmanship of times past. One remarkable splendor is the display of antique-style jewelries, which contributed to a flourishing market for vintage and vintage-inspired jewelries. Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco jewelries are all revived trends today. I can’t but notice this penchant in each and every high jewelry store display. These ornaments’ charm lies not only in the exquisite elaborate design work reflected in finer details, richer use of colored gemstones and the frequent combination with diamonds requiring more skill and effort, but also in their romantic contemplation of the old world and their promise to make one imagine, feel and vicariously live golden days when luxury was at its finest.
Top: Vintage fine turquoise jewelry on Madison Ave.
Bottom: My little daughter’s vintage Persian design bracelets, belonged initially to her grandmother (my MIL) who got them as a gift from her grandparents when she was a baby herself.
Buccellati’s exquisite textural jewelry – Madison ave.
Fred Leighton’s extraordinary vintage style and rare collectible jewels – Madison ave.
Fred Leighton’s extraordinary vintage style and rare collectible jewels – Madison ave.
More of Fred Leighton’s collection of vintage jewelry
Top: Van Cleef and Arpels’ Perlée collection with magnificent delicate golden beads
Bottom: More fine antique jewelry on Madison ave.
Also check those prestigious vintage-inspired Buccellati watches, timeless and elegant
PFW just wrapped up but what’s really over in Paris is Marc Jacobs & LV’s relationship! After 16 years at the big fashion house, Marc Jacobs revealed earlier this week that he’s leaving Louis Vuitton to focus on his own brand. What do YOU think? Will this hurt either of them? Or are they now both at such a level of notoriety that their brands are harmless? Here’s me today on 5thavenue, in front of the immense LV store, wondering what’s next for this iconic brand…
Louis Vuitton on Fifth avenue, New York
Giuseppe Zanotti boots
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