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Julie Hoylen
"Born with a natural sense of style, Julie is a fashion stylist and consultant working in the New York City area. Julie's professional experience "
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April Clark
"April has an eclectic sense of style. Her love of all things vintage, inspire her color choices. Forget the crisp white shirt; leopard and Pucci print"
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Kimberlin Brown
"As a sculptor turned jewelry designer Kimberlin's eye for form, structure and beauty can be seen in each of the unique pieces she creates from pr"
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Kate Smith
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Cherished as symbols of purity and perfection, pearls are the ultimate symbol of good taste.
I adore pearls. As a jewelry designer I love all gems, their color and beauty is an inspiration. Brightly colored stones really get me, however; I am equally drawn to the subtle color of pearls. Their lustrous hues come in gold, aubergine and pistachio to platinum, white, and peacock.
For many years I have had a love affair with pearls. Sadly I overlooked them for a long time. I saw my fill of the small white choker length strand, paired with matching studs as the finishing touch to the sweater set. Unless you are going for “straight laced,” I suggest avoiding this look. For so long pearls just came across to me as “strict.” (more…)
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If you think New York City’s skyline is impressive- wait to you get an eyeful of it’s East River.
Starting this Thursday, the river that runs up and down the east side of Manhattan with become a “flowing” work of art.
photo of the artist from a NY Times article
Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, known for his atmospheric art installations, has created the largest work of public art to hit NYC since Christo installed his “Gates” through Central Park back in 2006.
an artist rendition shows what New Yorkers will be seeing starting at 7am Thursday morning.
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I could sit for hours inside the US Botanical Garden and just inhale the beauty and magnificence nature affords us. Last weekend I headed over but before I even made my way inside the landscaping at the entrance stopped me in my tracks. It was so simple yet captivating.
The entire garden was brimming with flowers and foliage in green and purple. The greens ranged from a dark, muted green gray to a vibrant yellow green. The purples were in the range from
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Is runway fashion- “art”? The curators at London’s Barbican Art Gallery seem to think so.
Their latest exhibit “The House of Viktor & Rolf”, a retrospective dedicated to the past 15 years of creative endeavors by the masterful Dutch duo- Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, opens on June 18th.
Viktor & Rolf with their “dolls”
Viktor & Rolf have made a name for themselves not only as a design team that enjoys creating beautiful clothes but also one that strives to present their collections each and every season in their own unique way. (more…)
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I saw this in my latest issue of Marie Claire and thought I would share:
Five Artist turn a fresh new lens on the season’s hottest trends.
“First introduced in 1952, Ray-Ban Wafarers have become the most instantly recognizable, stylishly iconic sunglasses in the world. This spring, Ray-Ban is re-inventing these glamorous shades by adding an array of colors to their distinctively-shaped frames. To introduce this new line of colored Wayfarers, Ray-Ban and Marie Claire partnered to launch Project Colorize, inviting five of NYC’s hottest artists to create works of art inspired by the season’s fashion trends: Day-Glo, Floral, Painterly, and Tailored. (more…)
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When you love a television show, the sets of the show are sometimes just as important as the characters.
This is the case for Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment from the HBO series “Sex and The City”. Everyone who watched the show came to know Carrie’s apartment as the perfect “pied a terre” for a single stylish woman living in the Big Apple.
It had a fantasy walk through closet that housed her equally fantastic wardrobe, a bathroom that most Manhattanites I know would kill for and the perfect sized kitchen for one. (more…)
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Much like their mall neighbors Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel, Restoration Hardware has joined the ranks of catalog giants in offering their own line of children’s furnishings, bedding and apparel.
Their much anticipated Restoration Hardware Baby & Child catalog is open for business, and from the looks of things RS fans will be ecstatic.
Integrating the colors and decor of children’s room into the overall scheme of the home has been a huge trend over the last few years. Restoration Hardware obviously understands this and keeps their designs and colors very much in the vain of it’s adult catalog. (more…)
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I just love this new M.A.C. line but then again how could I not. It is as much art as it is makeup.
The eye shadow colors pleases my eye. Just having the two colors to the left be placed horizontally rather then vertically turns these eye shadow colors into little works of art
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Today we bid farewell to a maestro of fashion, beauty and lifestyle. Yves Saint Laurent, the fashion designer whom first appeared on the fashion scene in the late 1950’s when he took over the reigns at Christan Dior at the mere age of 21, passed away this weekend at his home in Paris.
Yves Saint Laurent, from the beginning of his career in the 1950’s to his final walk down the runway in 2002, was a man of utmost style
A true pioneer of haute couture and a shaping force behind so many fashionable ideas it’s easy to forget they didn’t always exist (more…)
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