We’ve all seen the t-shirts emblazoned with Retail Is My Cardio or Shop Till You Drop across the front. I’d have to say retail therapy is actually not the worst way to unwind (till you get the bill): there is a lot of exercise in walking around the stores per my Fitbit, which also tells me that my heart does …
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Runway Vs. Reality: 11P Skirt
As obsessed as I am with Chanel, one of my favorites fashion houses is actually that of Alexander McQueen’s. His continued legacy of fantastically plumed gowns never ceases to capture my imagination, collection after collection. It’s tough beauty, dark and light all at once (photos courtesy of Style.com): Nowhere to hide that all that genius, even when cloaked by a …
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Runway Vs. Reality: 07P Jacket
Sometimes you see so many editorials of a certain item, you buy into the idea these pictures were absolutely created to sell. This gilded jacket from the 2007 Spring season did exactly that to me. Although I knew, after seeing the runway looks, that I would not be able to pull off the sequined hot shorts with it, I rather …
Runway Vs. Reality: 12P Dress
Today’s Runway Vs. Reality challenge is the 12P dress I wore to my parents’ golden anniversary. The matching jacket from the runway ran big and I didn’t love it enough to buy the whole set. But I must say the frothy confection of a fabric used for this dress is ultimately what Chanel represents to me: superior textile. Pretty hard …
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Would You Do This For Chanel?
Now isn’t that a loaded question? I’ve often questioned my sanity when it comes to collecting Chanel (especially RTW), but I think what I did today surpassed even my own definition of crazy CRAZY. So back during the spring season of 2013, I was fixated on a few items from the resort collection, aka Karl’s sartorial ode to Marie Antoinette. …