Shaving Cream What?

Shaving Cream What? An ordinary trip to buy shaving cream turned into a journey of admiration, passion, male bonding, and disillusionment.  Standing in front of the selection for creams I narrowed down my choices: L’Oreal or Nivea.  While I was making my final decision a tall, handsome guy stood walked up to condom display wall …

Au Revoir Colette

SHOCKED! SADDENED! I could believe it! When I read the email with the headline I was in a state of disbelief. How? What? There was no warning. So many questions raced through my head.  Colette is closing at the end of the year after 20 years.  The influential concept store on Rue Saint Honore, Paris …

Pitti Notes

Pitti Umo Tommy Hilfiger is going for a game changing strategy by integrating brick & mortar with a new digital presence that challenges the present framework of the fashion week by shrinking order times of design to store shelves, a digital interaction touchscreen allowing clients to order any item and have it delivered within 24 …

Colette Experience

What is a trip to Paris without a visit to Colette on Rue Saint-Honore?  Always an experience, never dull, this boutique is a world class destination for fashion and trends with hundreds of distinctive, diverse items reflective of its status as first class shopping destination. Black and Paper Chat during Paris Fashion Week in Colette. …

Black and Paper Christmas List 2016

You Can Never Go Wrong with a Gift by Chanel For Her An out-and-out classic, Chanel No.5 is a cultural seedbed for woman’s fragrance. “What do I wear to bed? Why, Chanel No. 5 of course.”   Chanel has always been associated with glamour and fabulousness, attributed to the women who wear it.  So rear is …