Posts filed under “High Style”
Jet Set Blue
Scene: Jet Set, and indigo blue skies. Jet Set was a term for an international social group of wealthy people who traveled the world to participate in social activities unavailable to ordinary people. The term replaced Café Society, which referred to those that gathered in fashionable cafes and restaurants in New York, Paris, and London beginning in […]
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 […]
Le Rendez-vous
Scene: From our curtained window at the Intercontinental Le Grand Hotel in Paris overlooking the Opera Garnier. Le Bal de l’X, a gala evening on March 20th. An École polytechnique event. The Polytechnique, nicknamed X, is one of the renowned grandes écoles, (literally in French “higher schools”), providing those who pass the famously selective entrance exam preparation as technocrats to lead French […]
After School
Scene: Kids with their mom at Starbucks. Quilted coat, greys, red, blue, orange, camouflage and sports pants. Scene: Walking toward the condiment bar. Scene: Marled wool coat, high high heel suede boots and sneakers. Scene: Leather sleeves on coat, fur collar, jeans and two bags. Scene: Going home.
Summer Days: one
Scene: Summer is still here! On September 22 at 10:49 am the seasons change in the northern hemisphere. Let’s not rustle summer away. Back to school. Summer breezes are still here. Sunny days. Ice cream cones. City heat and the beat. Summer, one of three, DownTown begins now… Scene: Suspenders. Black and white with a touch of grey […]