Before they take the stage at The GRAMMY Awards on February 5th, the biggest names in music will be treated to three days of gifting in the official GRAMMY Gift Lounge. In…
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During Marylou Luther’s illustrious 70-year career, she forged friendships with and interviewed many of the world’s most revered, highly influential designers beginning with Christian Dior in 1957, just months before his death.…
The appalling news of the November 16th, 2022, holiday campaign of Balenciaga, which featured children no older than six holding handbags with teddy bears in bondage gear containing leather harnesses and spiked…
In 1978 Jean Rosenberg of Henri Bendel walked into my Paris shop at 21 Rue Bonaparte and promised to create a floor of European dress designers on the 2nd floor of Henri…
I remember seeing Frida Kahlo’s work for the first time in Paris in 1968 when I opened my shop on Rue Bonaparte, walked past the Beaux Arts College, and turned right on…
We are seeing the highest inflation rate in four decades, and most women cannot or simply don’t want to spend a fortune on clothing. Where do you go for well-priced, good-looking sportswear…
I am compelled to write and explain what is happening to our fashion industry. It’s an industry I’ve loved and been involved with for 60 years since 1961, first as a New…
After a devastating two-year pandemic and the possibility of a Russian Nuclear War on the horizon, one would think a $35,000 per person party celebrating fashion and costumes would be the most…
Design philosophy. “Designing and sewing throughout my childhood was a way for me to channel my passions,” says this cultured, inveterate world traveler born into an art and music-loving family in South Germany in 1963.
Award shows are back in all of their glory this year and so is the opulent celebrity swag that accompanies such lavish occasions. The LA marketing firm, Distinctive Assets, is celebrating its…
The runway shows for fall 2022 have come to an end. Buyers are now writing their orders, magazine editors are lining up clothes to be photographed for upcoming issues. Fashion followers who…
The ninth Earl Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, talks about his new non-fiction book, The White Ship, and why it’s a tale he’s “always carried” in his heart. I first met Charles Spencer…