Tag: Fashion

  • PEEP MONTH at GL

    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. 

  • Milan Digital Fashion Week

    Our online coverage from Milan begins today. 

  • Borsalino City

    Borsalino City

    Borsalino headwear and film history go hand in hand.  The 2015 documentary BORSALINO CITY is being released in an English version. Director Enrica Viola’s work weaves the story of  how 163 years ago Giuseppe Borsalino founded a hat atelier in Alessandria, Italy to becoming iconic parts of film history.  His style legacy has been worn […]

  • Has It Changed? Not Much!

    I started looking over the Instagram accounts of the some of the big department stores. All express solidarity with Black Lives Matter.  It is great PR.  However, sadly, the shopping experience has not changed over the decades.  When I went shopping in the American South with my family as a child I remember store staff […]

  • Black Fashion Designers

    Harpers Bazaar takes a look at Black Fashion Designers over the years.   

  • Summer Sunglasses 2021

    Summer time, Sunglasses for 2020.  What style do you want to wear? Going over the collection, I found a pair I liked for people watching. In Berlin, my friends at Schoenhelden Optics give tips.

  • Will Anna Stay?

    Will Anna Stay?

    The famous silhouette at Fashion Week for the past 32 years. The perfectly coiffed helmut hairstyle. Oversized sunglasses. Statement Necklace. Calf-length dresses. Admired, feared, and copied, Anna Wintour commanded attention. Whether on purpose or not, when she entered the room her presence was felt far and wide.  As the daughter of famous newspaper editor Charles […]

  • Get There with a Credit Card

    Outlet Shopping in Ingolstadt.  All the brands at incredible prices.   Coming Soon 

  • Berlin to Frankfurt

    A lot of shock news from Berlin, next stop Frankfurt.  Check out my take on the events.

  • Yes, It’s Real

    The diversity question is first and forefront in the fashion business. Triggered by global protests, a reckoning is taking place.  Are fashion environments racists?  An industry in need of different voices, falling short when it comes to inclusion, fashion is an elitist field until recently only for the few living on 5th avenue in New […]