A first-person narrative that keeps the narrator in suspense … Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones is part of a rich tradition. Photograph: Working Title/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar Diaries: you get one as a Christmas present, start writing it, and continue for, oh, a few days more or less than you go to the gym for the new year. … [Read more…]
A collection of one hundred postcards from the classic covers of Vogue. Launched in 1892 and acquired by Condé Nast in 1909, Vogue has been setting fashion trends and writing cutting-edge social commentary for over a century. Described as “the world’s most influential fashion magazine” by the New York Times, Vogue pioneered the art of … [Read more…]
My birthday gifts! To me, from me. My birthday was last week so I decided to treat myself. Guess I’ll just never be the kind of girl to pick up a pair of hot pink boyshorts from Vickie’s Secret. All black or go home. I’m obsessed with Von Follies by Dita Von Teese! I’m … [Read more…]
There is color-blocking as a trend, and then there is color-blocking as a concept. While the former has been done to death, a geometric combination of shades inspired by artist Piet Mondrian are feeling right at the moment. He believed painting ought to consist of the most fundamental aspects of line and color. And so … [Read more…]
Gap. Tooth. Girls. You know the ones; they start out model ready, then flash their pearly whites and instantly become 10 times cooler and more interesting than us in our wildest limited-edition-Birkin-toting dreams. But really, it takes about five Georgia May Jagger smiley-seconds, before we’re wishing away our awkward brace-face years in the hopes of … [Read more…]
Most mornings, I put on a basic nude bra under my clothes. It’s practical, but let’s be honest – it’s also entirely boring. In an effort to change things up to kick off the year, I’ve been making little changes here and there: a bright coral lipstick with boyfriend jeans, a messy chignon instead of … [Read more…]
Anthony Vaccarello matches navy mini skirts with white shirts and red nails at his SS14 show. If there is a piece that we would like to see more of for, it’s the mini skirt. This very sexy and feminine piece had it’s glory days in the early 2000 and has been in the spotlights a … [Read more…]
>> My love of Maripol is part and parcel of my vague obsession with that late ’70s- 80s era of downtown New York burst of underground creativity from Antonio Lopez to Jean-Michel Basquiat. Through her Polaroids, she documented a scene that easily seduces the likes of me, who want to live vicariously through those hedonistic … [Read more…]
What’s better than kicking back after a hard day’s work than with a tall cold one? And that’s precisely the kind of top notch treatment blogger, Blair Eadie treated us, too. Take note, future Covs. After downing a much-needed beverage, – wrapped in a monogrammed “B.E.E.” koozie, nonetheless – Eadie gave us the grand tour … [Read more…]
I electively spent a lot of time at a dentist’s office in midtown during the former half of my freshman year in college. I was eighteen and recently broken up with and therefore insufferable but with a lot of recreational time to allocate toward doing the things the rest of the population puts off. Like … [Read more…]