Category: Fashion
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Halpern Empowerment
This collection from Fashion Designer Halpern at the London Fashion Week shows the power of imagination merged with function for style. Using different materials and shapes each look had the theme of female empowerment. Women who mattered during these times. This season the house used front line workers as models. Fabulous! Stay tuned for […]
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Does Fashion Need This?
Is there a need for fashion week? Being fashion enthusiasts we have to ponder this question. I recently spoke to a TV editor. He said, “No way will I attend a fashion show”. As the world continues reeling from Covid 19 the need for a new wardrobe, questionable. September is fashion month. Normally this time […]
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SAMP-A Film Review
Imagine Frank Zappa (who was no stranger to acting, or the absurd) in his prime starring in a debut film like Peter Jackson’s Braindead(1992) combined with Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi(1992). Chuck in elements from the anarchy of El Topo(1970) by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Alex Cox’s Repo Man(1984), but with an original take on everything. This pretty much sums up […]
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Streetwear Collaboration
Luxury fashion and streetwear brands continue to unite. What do I think of the Prada-Adidas Collaboration launched today? Are these worth the price? Stay Tuned for my opinion.
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A Musician Turned Model
From the 2019 Archive. During our editorial shoot at the Aqualux Hotel in Italy we met musician Simone Clementi. We grabbed him to pose for a few shots. The Black and Paper Team: Pics by Ivan Siggillino, Asst-Simone Toson, Make Up-Lorena Palmieri. Shot on location in Itay.
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Fabulous Denial Syndrome
Being Fabulous! Aspirational living! This is the lifestyle Vogue and other Conde Nast publications put in our faces. That $1500 bag matched with a $900 linen top. Advice; Pay the rent before heading to Bloomingdales. Once again the magazines find themselves in the headlines, but for the wrong reason,,AGAIN! Six years ago Conde Nast debased […]
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We Aren’t Writing “Eat Cake”
The Coronavirus marches on, the world hold its breath. The economic, social, and political flood gates have been open. What to expect next? Conversation after conversation, I draw the same conclusion, “say a pray”. There is no answer. Never in modern times has the world faced a challenge. “Uncertainty” is the daily trending word. Jobs […]
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PEEP MONTH at GL
Berlin canceled CSD this season. But that did not stop Galeries Lafayette from having its annual LGTB event at its Berlin Department Store. Every weekend this July “Peep Month” was celebrated with shopping, music, and fun in Mitte. The last event happens July 31st.
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HAMBURG STAYCATION
Stay Tuned for more details. I am a fan of the Hanseatic City.