I wore my glittery tweed Chanel blazer today, not because I love it, but to pay tribute to the great Karl Lagerfeld, who made it cool to wear the quintessential ladylike jacket – reinvented. The prolific designer and artist, who died Tuesday at age 85, was a true visionary who changed the course of fashion [...]
Thursday’s the day for the second annual Reluxe vintage sale to benefit the Fondation Le Chaînon. Le Chaînon is a women’s shelter that has been in operation since 1932. It’s a remarkable organization in that there are no judgements and no conditions to help the women in need. And having volunteered for the sale for [...]
You want a Gucci, Pucci or Roland Mouret. And a Chanel. Maybe even an Hermès scarf. You also need cool basics. You are not a creature of trend, but style to your own tune. Vintage is a thrill. There’s so much stuff out there – so where to turn? The folks who run Le Chaînon [...]
In the never ending cycle of fashion shows, the haute couture summer season in Paris has just wrapped. Aside from the pure beauty, amazing embroidery and intricate confection, the fun of couture is picking out the contenders for the Oscar red carpet next month. Here are some looks that stood out from the likes of [...]
Apple has got into the fashion game with M2M – Made to Measure – on Apple TV. Billed as the "new face of fashion storytelling," it's a huge archive of documentaries, fashion films and fashion shows. Last night I caught Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? – Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo – William Klein's rapier-sharp satire of [...]
Talk about the beautification of Ste-Catherine St. W. Pharmaprix has just opened its seventh "Enhanced Beauty Boutique," or Galerie Beauté as we say chez nous, in the country. It is 4,000 gleaming square feet of prestige and mass brands, plus the the usual drug store stock upstairs. And the concept boasts the only Chanel counters in drug [...]
And now for the complaints department: I have been hunting for a new handbag for years, it seems, and the situation has gone from bad to out of reach. Like thousands of dollars out of reach. On the contemporary level, where bag prices are also rising, almost every maker embosses initials in tacky gold front and centre. If [...]
