I woke up early on the 12th with an IM from my friend about the designer Alexander McQueen’s death the day before in London. My sister on the East coast confirmed it was suicide before I had a chance to look online for the details. If you are interested in fashion you have probably already read something (if not a …
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FIMTSO: The White Pants
I have a feeling some of you are still shoveling your way out of the snow, but here in my corner of the world it feels like summer already. People were out in droves in their shorts and tank tops this weekend in Old Town Pasadena. The heat was exactly what Jamba Juice and Pinkberry were praying for; the lines …
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My New Year Valentine
It’s rare that two holidays fall on the same day, but today we get to celebrate both Lunar New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day. Tradition has it that you are supposed to do today what you’d like for the rest of your year to be. Which means no working, no bickering, and no spending money unless it’s for eating out …
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Year Of The Tiger
By the time you read this the Year of the Tiger has already begun in Asia. Here in LA, it is just the eve of Tết (Vietnamese lunar new year) so I’ll take a quick break from the FIMTSO series to blog about one of our new year traditions: the bánh chÆ°ng, a salty cake made of glutinous rice stuffed …
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FIMTSO: The Black Shirt
So I thought I’d start the FIMTSO (From Imelda Marcos To Suze Orman) series with the one item that every man, woman, and maybe child probably have in their closets. And that’s the black shirt. I don’t care if it’s the Johnny Cash or Tom Ford kind of black shirt, but you know what I’m talking about. The one that …