Posts by fjdv
All Hallows’ Eve
Scene: Hallowe’en, a Scottish term which is a contraction of All Hallows’ Eve, from about 1745. A Christianized feast influenced by the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain. Folklorists have also detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia. Dressing up in costumes and going “guising” was […]
Barneys New York
Scene: Barneys Designer Fall 2013 Collections. Designer Dries Van Norton above. The luxury department store’s autumn highlights. Scene: Lanvin. Scene: Prada. Scene: Dries Van Norton. Scene: Zhor & Nema paired with Bottega Veneta, Lanvin, Alaia, and Bottega Veneta. Scene: Lanvin. Scene: Ann Demeulemeester. Scene: Givenchy. Scene: Rag & Bone. Scene: Dries Van Norton. Scene: Dries Van Norton. Scene: Jill […]
Summer Ways
Scene: Days getting shorter and cooler nights. Walk on by. On Sunday, September 22 at 4:44pm eastern standard time, the season changes. Scene & Heard: Summer’s over — On the Way Home, from John Mayer’s recently released Paradise Valley album.
9/11/13
Scene: New York Times article by David Dunlap “Fred J. DeVito, sees the World Trade Center wherever he looks. This has nothing to do with illusions or phantasms. Rather, it has to do with the keen eye he has developed over 20 years as an art director and graphic designer in Manhattan”. View the slide show and the […]
AngelaIAM x Henri Bendel
Scene: Verina Banks on Fifth Avenue at the after party of The AngelaIAm Launch which took place at Henri Bendel in New York City. Angela Simmons with co-founder Alisha Crutchfield celebrated the launch of AngelaIAM.com, an e-commerce site. I am Fashion, I am Beauty, are some of the categories. Angela Simmons, the new co-host of BET’s […]