I sent my passport away a few weeks ago to get it renewed two years ahead of its expiration date; I’d simply run out of pages. So while almost everyone I know has left the country for their summer holidays, I have been California bound, nose to the grind. The upside to all this, though, is that for once I …
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Runway to Reality
I’m officially banned from looking at any more texts or emails from my sales associates. But this morning, a very clever person texted me a video of a sale jacket so I can better see it in motion. And as I said all those years ago when I first found out what the Internet was, technology will be the death …
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The Chanel Jacket Diaries, Part 7
As summer sales dwindle down, my living room is starting to look like a makeshift boutique, divided in two by an imaginary line for things that have to go back to the stores and things that will be added to my Chanel collection. And then there’s a tiny section for things that have to be cleared out of the closet …
Instagram Me
I’d mentioned before that I’m more into antisocial media than social media, but Instagram has definitely gotten the best of me. Most likely it’s because it serves two large components of my personality: visualization and attention deficit. Throw all the fashion and photography elements into the mix and you’ve got me. I have finally put to good use the Instagram …
Long Live McQueen
It’s been some four years since Alexander McQueen’s passing, but his eponymous label is still thriving under Sarah Burton’s guidance. I’ve mentioned before that I have forsaken all other RTW labels in order to sustain my Chanel addiction, but sure enough, each season something from McQueen will still slip through what I thought was a heavily sealed front door! Sometimes …