Here's an interesting take on on Fashion from Alison Taylor that appeared in Telegraph: Riga, Warsaw and Bucharest: The New Frontiers of Fashion: Move over Brooklyn, make way for Bucharest - some of the coolest shops are now to be found in the former communist countries...
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one,” John Lennon. [caption id="attachment_28125" align="alignright" width="200"] A muse, wearing earrings by Simon Alcantara. Image by Jesse Mercado.[/caption] Bling is his thing, but his work defies glitz and the quicksilver nature of fashion. Simon Alcantara's muses...
Editor's note: Vogue does it. The high powered glossy hosts "7th on Sale," the proceeds from which go to AIDS-related charities working in the U.S. and abroad. Just like the Telluride AIDS Benefit whose six beneficiaries (one, Ubuntu Africa, is honorary) do good work from...
[caption id="attachment_27699" align="alignright" width="300"] Heart, Van Craeynest, at Lustre Gallery, Telluride[/caption] In response to a recent Internet survey about the upcoming holiday, Valentine's Day, people waxed optimistic, saying they would spend more than they did in 2012. Per usual, men plan to spend more than women....
“Silver and gold, silver and gold, everyone wishes for silver and gold." Those are the lyrics to the famed Burl Ives Christmas song. The words are also in a song from the movie "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." And they are a holiday mantra: Every lady...
The I Hate to Shop Guide to making the season bright It’s true. I really do hate to shop. But Noel Night – Telluride’s annual kick-off to the holiday season – actually makes shopping fun. This Wednesday, December 5, is the big night. It’s a huge boon...
Holidays making you feel blorfty? Can't say cause you don't know what blorft is? "Blorft" is Tina Fey's way of describing angst, holiday angst included. According to the superstar comic, the adjective is shorthand for "completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to...
[caption id="attachment_25442" align="alignright" width="197"] Adeline cap sleeve peplum dress[/caption] Baggy tunics, slouchy tees, and boyfriend sweaters! Great looks, but they wasted the waist, slim lines hidden from view under the bulk. The good news is now the waist is back big time, thanks to the recycling of an...
[caption id="attachment_25106" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sweater dress for Thanksgiving[/caption] Wayward relatives are not the only reason to stress about Thanksgiving. There's also the turkey to cook just right (or get tsk tsk looks from those wayward relatives). And the side and pies. Oh yes, and cleaning the...
Emily Brady Koplar earned a degree in economics from Boston University. Then she followed her bliss. Koplar went on to study fashion at New York's celebrated Parsons School of Design in New York, spending her 20s working for the likes of Ralph Lauren, Vivienne Tam and...
