June 2009
26 posts
You've got mail from "life".
Today I awoke to two monumentous announcements waiting in my Inbox- one was a video montage of my sister-in-law’s wedding and the other was the summoning of an obituary of a friend recently lost.
To have received them simultaneously gave great perspective.
When your life has come to a close, you look back and think of all you have done and who you have become. You review your time and...
Calling all designers and doodlers!
In search of innovation and new inspirtation, Hermes, in collaboration with Designboom, has opened its design doors to the public with a contest!
Reinvent a classic Hermes print or feature your own style in a print that can be used on a silk tie. I already have some of you in mind- with your awesome graphic dsigns and winding doodles that creep around your margins.
The first place prize is...
What's your motivation?
Without even realising it, many of us drift through life performing our daily tasks moving along on a set course and direction. The thing is, a lot of the time the actual destination escapes us. We fall into patterns of behaviour and fulfilling only that which on a basic level needs to get done.
Beyond that, we aren’t always aware of what is intrinsically motivating us. And this is the...
Hey, Mr. DJ put a record on...
Have you heard of the new way to tune into music online? Spotify- the provider of a free and legal musical library. You create an account online on a platform that allows you to stream music. The platform is simple and effective- helping you manage your music by allowing you to creating new playlists, search artists, browse the new albums section, tune into the radio genre of your choice and...
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Styles from the GenArt Benefit- NYC 2009.
Last night I was a lucky little fashionista who was invited to attend the Gen Art 15th Anniversary Benefit. Founders Ian Gerard and Charles Sommer created the organization whilst they were in law school at NYU when they identified a need for support for new designers, film producer and artists.
Fifteen years later, Gen Art has helped hundreds of artists launch their careers and gain the...
Things I Like: House of Harlow jewelry.
A line released April of last year, the House of Harlow 1960 is another celebrity creation- but it doesn’t feel that way. Creative director, Nicole Richie wanted to create a line that brings back the celebrated shapes and artistic explorations of the 60s. The line is named after her daughter Harlow.
Can Richie change our minds about celebrity designers? So far so good. I am very...
Selective Twitter Status.
I don’t know how may of you are using Twitter. I do think it is safe to assume (I hope!) that you’re using Facebook. And if you are using both, you have probably linked the two together so that by sending a status update on Twitter it sends the same message to your Facebook wall and can be read in your friends’ status mini-feeds.
If you haven’t done this yet, I am going...
Season transition trend spotted: shorts and boots.
Lately the weather in New York has been confused- is it summer or still spring? Hot humid days (albeit overcast mostly) mixed in with a torrential downpour here and there for good measure. How on earth are you to dress for this!?!
Style savvy New Yorkers never disappoint- so walking down the street the other day I spotted the perfect transition outfit: a white graphic print tee with a pair of...
Paradigm shift.
Sometimes you just need to see things from a different point of view.
I like to think of myself as an open person. One who can see things from different perspectives and not be closed off to interpretation. Actually, a fair amount of the time I think that is true… but every now and again I find myself tightly wrapped in my own world of thinking what is best (and best for me).
Truth is...
Hang em low.
Working in the fashion industry and therefore inevitably surrounded daily by women who sport all the latest trends, there is one that I have observed over and over- the long gold chain necklace. Uber popular last year, it may have dropped off the scene for a bit, but now it is back!
The best part about it is the versatility- wear it with a dress, a silk blouse and wide leg trousers, a logo...
Pop it like it's hot!
A recent recipient of the limited edition yellow Toy Watch made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Selfridges in London- I am a lucky girl! I am also ready for anything this summer armed with that bright pop of colour on my wrist!
This week, On the Street This Week with Bill Cunningham of the New York Times, black dominated. Blame it on the strange start to summer au cause de global...
The goal is key.
“Speak your mind and the Universe will provide. Read the signs and let your body soul glide. God can hear you when you are working towards your Goal set. Think about the future but keep living up the moment.”
The chorus from the poetic hip hop group Eligh’s Universe will Provide- it makes you bob your head to the mellow beat and contemplate what you are doing and where you...
Hurray for HighStreet Heroes!
They say one person can make a difference and I believe this to be true. Because if one person exercises their voice, power and influence they will change the world. Change in and of itself is happening around us all the time, and it is up to us as individuals to dictate how that change is manifest.
One area that is changing quite rapidly, thanks to awareness and initiative, is in clothes...
Leave while the party is still fun.
I first heard that line in high school. I reverently employed it, to ensure I always had a good time and never got to the point where I wished I had gone home an hour earlier. Now I find myself using the same phrase and meaning in various areas of my life- most recently regarding moving.
I am not purporting that a nomadic life is what I am after- or that I would even be happy that way (I don’t...
Judgie Wudgie.
Judgie Wudgie was a bear. Lately I feel like we are all bears- and judging ones. Perhaps this is because my social time has sky rocketed as I prepare to leave one great city and go to another. Yet, I find myself thinking about judgement and when to apply it.
Obviously the phrase, “first impressions leave a lasting mark” does come into account. You meet someone and you take in...
TopShop Trend Setters.
This weekend I ventured into one of the most quintessentially British student party spots- The Roxy. The minute you walk in, winding your way down the mellow yellow staircase, the smell of stale alcohol greets you until you burst into the vast basement room where energy, loud music and dim lights take over.
I have to say, it was kinda like a throw back to someone’s high school party in...
Not so shiny and new.
Today, I nearly gave myself whiplash turning my head so furiously as the new BMW X6 drove by me in Chelsea. Dear God! That is a beautiful car- but I wasn’t so impressed by the design as the colour. It was a steel matte black. Brand new and not shiny at all. It looked like a chrome handgun or something… Like it was the undercoat waiting for the shiny top one, but not.
All I can say...
Young Macrobiotic Movement
Today I was interviewed for www.macrobiotics.co.uk, to give perspective as a young person following a macrobiotic diet and way of living, as there seems to be an increase in young macros these days.
Truthfully, I am not that young of a macro follower- expect for the time frame in which I have been macro (less than a year) and my knowledge surrounding it.
What I can contribute is a passing...
At home haircare.
I am a big fan of the at home DIY haircare for two reasons. One- you save loads of money and two- you get what you want. Ok, ok- I should clarify that this is more for maintenance and not overhaul makeovers.
I find this approach to be very useful when you are growing out your hair or are just being casual about it for the summer. Maybe you just want to bring in a little colour and liven things...
Digital Breakup Breakdown.
Wow. You know you are living in the 21st century when the process of dating and breaking is fully digitized via Facebook. The questions are no longer just, should I call him or text him? Now it is, should I de-friend him or block him or hide his status…
In response to the various queries surrounding this. I propose the following digital breakup protocol for when the digital break goes...
Suck it in!
Summer is here and you have been diligently doing your abs and toning up for swim suit season, but can’t quite get that stomach to lay flat… You may be doing more harm than good. If you do ab exercises the wrong way you will actually strengthen the muscles in a way that pushes out rather than pulls in.
So, suck it in. Literally. When you do your ab routine make sure that you are...