Fashion & Jewelry

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“One zip and you’re glamorous!”

In a word: BRAVO!

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it is pretty safe to say that the brand and the designer, Christian Dior, have had more ink devoted to them than any other brand or designer within the world of international fashion.

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With at least 20 books published on the life and times of Coco Chanel one might wonder what sets this telling of her life apart from the others.

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There is always high expectation when a reader opens a book like Portraits in Fashion: Norman Parkinson. The reality should live up to or graze the level of expectation.

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Let’s put this in perspective: Breguet is to timepieces as Lamborghini is to cars, Balenciaga was to fashion, or Van Cleef and Arpels is to jewelry.

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In the immortal words of Mary Wells and Dolly Parton, “Well, I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed.

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Caroline Rennolds Milbank has taken on the herculean and seemingly impossible task of chronicling fashion year by year via images that span over a century—all accompanied by very brief but enlighte

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Apparently there is an inexhaustible supply of material when it comes to the subject of Diana Vreeland.

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“get lost in the beauty of it.”

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First things first. This book is physically far more than impressive on so many levels aside from its content. The book’s size surely qualifies itself for coffee table browsing.

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Although the author and most of her spotlight personalities are unrecognized by me, this is a book that can surely appeal to both men and women of a certain age or to those who recognize that age i

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The best way to describe Fixing Fashion is to call it part resume, part life story, and part fashion history textbook that includes every facet of the business from concept to placement on

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Although this slim and petite volume is supposedly aimed at the juvenile crowd, it must be said that the book possesses a great deal of charm and charisma for those of us of more advanced age.

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Here is another case of where the book needs to have a warning label stating that this book is meant for millennials or younger who are into fashion.

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What should occur to the more savvy reader is that Cintra Wilson has a very “Vreelandesque” way of looking at style and fashion and how they can be defined and explained.

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G. Bruce Boyer has, in essence, created an encyclopedia of men’s fashion and style. True Style is the how, when, why and history, including origins, of all men’s fashion.

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The indisputable observation that can be made after reading Amy Odell’s supposedly truthful parody is that this is the fashion business in the age of the Internet as seen by a millennial.

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“more educational and enlightening than it is entertaining.”

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If you know anything about the life and career of Karl Lagerfeld you know that when anything is in his hands you must expect the unexpected.  

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C. W. Post told his daughter in so many words, “Don’t let the money rule you . . . don’t let it possess you.” C. W. was the Post of Post cereals, General Mills, and C. W.

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Part of being a city dweller is to know the definitions of sidewalk scavenger or dumpster diver.

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Electric Fashion stands alone in the genre of fashion monographs as this is a book that can be appraised and applauded on multiple levels.

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What is immediately apparent about this book is that it bears an amazing resemblance to an Italian magazine by the name of Collezione.

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First, let’s start with all the positive aspects of Emerging Fashion Designers.

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looking good is not only about the labels on your clothes but about how you present yourself to the outside world.”

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