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Posted on July 31, 2016 Leave a Comment
We’re all born fashion victims. It’s the nature of being human. Unless you were born in a cave and live in the Amazon, chances are you’ve been wearing clothes and making fashion choices as long as you can remember. And like it or not, our fashion choices are a public display of who we are […]
Posted on July 24, 2016 Leave a Comment
New York City recently named the uptown corner of 57th Street and 5th Avenue Bill Cunningham Corner in homage to the late NY Times street photographer. Across 5th Ave from Cunningham’s perch is the temple of fashion known as Bergdorf Goodman. Kitty cornered, on the downtown side of 57th Street, is Harry Winston, purveyor of […]
Posted on July 14, 2016 Leave a Comment
Are you a checkerboard chick – or maybe you just pick up the check? Plaid has been in the air for sometime now. But, fashions newest fixation with checks has a decidedly 80’s feel. These checks are reminiscent of race cars, taxi cabs and the iconic black and white tiled floors we loved so much […]
Posted on July 8, 2016 Leave a Comment
It was hot in NYC this week and as the fashion crowd finished up couture week in Paris, we thought we’d take a look at what New Yorkers were wearing to stay cool. There was lots of black and white with touches of gold. But, the real news was that grey matters more than ever. […]
Posted on October 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
To get to the finish line of a marathon you have to say yes when you’d normally say no and no when you’d normally say yes – and sometimes that just means saying, “fuck everything and run.” My take on marathon training, FEAR, is available for presale in the Kindle format on Amazon. It […]
Posted on October 7, 2015 1 Comment
Lady Gaga teams up with Niles Rodgers for Tom Ford’s Spring/Summer 2016 promo vid. Their cover of Chic’s 1978 hit “I Want Your Love” is the freshest sound to emerge in a long time. The sound was also heavily featured on Gareth Pugh’s Spring/Summer 2016 runway. Perhaps Gaga and disco are back. What do you […]
Posted on August 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
The Dow Transport (DJT) is often a leading market indicator of where the stock market is headed. It consists of 20 top rated railroad, airline, trucking and delivery company stocks – think FedEx, Delta, Union Pacific. When the Dow Transport goes up, stocks go up and when it tanks, well, you get the picture. […]
Posted on March 6, 2015 Leave a Comment
If fashion were a trusted economic barometer, the world’s leading designers would have us believing that all that glitters is gold. But, come fall, even though it will feel like everything is golden, there’s reason to be cautious of the latest prognosis from Paris Fashion Week. Sure, there’s a bit of a precious metal obsession […]
Posted on February 28, 2015 Leave a Comment
Where were you in March of 2010? You can’t remember can you? Well I was at the Apple store in the meatpacking district in NYC waiting patiently for the first generation iPad to arrive. The device changed the world and was Steve Jobs’ crowning achievement. Apple has released product in March regularly for years. So, […]
Posted on February 24, 2015 2 Comments
Back in the 70’s my grandfather had a big brown Cadillac. My cousins and I would pile into it and drive up to Olana, Frederich Church’s home overlooking the Hudson. We’d roll a joint and get high while Billy Joel’s working class anthem Movin Out played on repeat on the 8-track tape. Joel sang, “He […]
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