Interview : Katlin Kaljuvee

Interview : Katlin Kaljuvee

Katlin Kaljuvee is a wildly talented illustrator whose drawings are truly spectacular. Any blogger would be lucky to be illustrated by her and I had a chance to sit down with Katlin and have a chat about fashion, illustration and everything in between. How old were you when you first started illustrating? As I remember [...]

Creativity For Sale

Creativity For Sale

“It’s nice to see clothes like this (referring to Chloe’s latest collection) because as gorgeous as they are, you don’t always see yourself wearing the stuff that comes down the runway of a designer like McQueen.” My friend said this to me a few days back while we were going through the latest issue of Grazia [...]

Label We Love: Brigid Catiis

Label We Love: Brigid Catiis

Today, there are so many clothing labels – big time and small time. Choosing which to buy and which to walk past as fast as your six inch stilettos will let you is more than hard. Brigid Catiis is neither big nor small - it is the store where you not only shop at but come back to again [...]

Iced Jewelry – Absolute Genius or Epic Fail?

Iced Jewelry – Absolute Genius or Epic Fail?

Erika Zorzi and Matteo Sangalli of 01Mathery recently decided that putting jewelry into an ice-cube tray (filled with water obviously) and making yourself some new accessories would be very cool. Literally.  The idea is basically to use a simple necklace or bracelet and let it set in ice-tray so that the ice cube is attached to said necklace/bracelet. [...]

fashion : pleasure doing business

fashion : pleasure doing business

Every fashion year has its key trends – one trend this year is bandage skirts and dresses. We’ve all seen them on the Herve Leger runway and “ooh-ed” and “aah-ed” at them while hoping that we, by some miracle, manage to find $2000 just sitting in our bank accounts waiting to be spent on one [...]

Tweed Indeed

Tweed Indeed

(image found here) High fashion brands all have something that defines them – that one item that embodies the very personality of the brand. For Chanel, that item is the tweed coat. Today, a woman wearing a tweed coat is considered ultra chic and uber stylish but it wasn’t always such a fashionable item of [...]

Age Issues: How Young Is Too Young?

Age Issues: How Young Is Too Young?

The Council of Fashion Designers of America Health Initiative panel recently held a discussion on “The Beauty of Health: Resizing the Sample Size.” It was said that models below the age of 18 shouldn’t be allowed to work in the industry. Casting agent James Scully said, ”I am running out of girls to cast my [...]