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Girl With a Turban, Rochas

Posted on March 3, 2011 by admin
Yesterday outside the Rochas show at the Palais du Tokyo in Paris. Her whole look is great, but I particularly love the chic turban and the makeup, with an emphasis on fuchsia-pink lips and very...
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Just a Regular Day in Paris

Posted on March 3, 2011 by admin
D. and I were walking past the Palais Royale before Paris Fashion Week really got started and espied this woman in a fabulous surrealist coat. A debate ensued about whether or not she was affiliated with...
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Kate Schelter at Yigal Azrouel

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin
Stylist Kate Schelter and a friend outside the Yigal Azrouël show. They're both so beautifully pulled together - and this was taken early in the morning! Schelter mixes an army green silk jumpsuit with a...
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Black and White at Ralph Lauren

Posted on March 2, 2011 by admin
A great look in black and white outside the Ralph Lauren show - particularly love the black bow and wool felt aviator hat.
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70s Jeans and a Plaid Jacket at Preen

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin
Such a cute colorful look on a winter morning. '70s redux in a modern palette.
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Zero Otto Nove, Arthur Avenue

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin
Whenever a media outlet anoints a place "the best new U.S. pizzeria," as Bloomberg.com did with Zero Otto Nove in 2008, the debate begins. Pizza aficionados descend to check it out, analyzing the pies according...
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Food Tour: Arthur Avenue

Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin
The mission was tough: Take the train up to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx and eat as much food as possible in a four-hour window. But, lured by the promise of an old Italian neighborhood...
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Joanna Hillman at Michael Kors

Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin
Many women at fashion week are fashionably dressed, but Joanna Hillman of Harper's Bazaar is a street chic superstar (not just here but in Japan!) because her personal style is totally relatable. This outfit provides...
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The Babbo Cookbook: Oxtail Ragu

Posted on February 24, 2011 by admin
I must have bought The Babbo Cookbook as soon as it came out nine years ago, but it included so many recipes that were nearly impossible to make until now. Remember when guanciale wasn't exactly...
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Man in a Fur Coat, Rebecca Minkoff

Posted on February 24, 2011 by admin
It wasn't just the women dressed in madly over-the-top clothes at New York Fashion Week. This guy, accompanying Miss Jay, arrived in a cocoon-like fur coat on a cold day at the Rebecca Minkoff show.
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Torrisi Italian Specialties

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin
It sounds like a scenario out of a magazine quiz: "Are You Really a New Yorker?" Would you be willing to wait in line in the bitter cold and pay $50 per person for a...
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Filipa Fino at Michael Kors

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin
Vogue Senior Accessories Editor Filipa Fino, impeccably turned out in a Chanel dress and button-up over-the-knee boots (which Carine also has) at the Michael Kors show.
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Sarah Rutson at Michael Kors

Posted on February 22, 2011 by admin
Always ahead of the curve, Sarah Rutson was even a step ahead in her choice of occupations as fashion director at Lane Crawford in Hong Kong - long before editors and designers started flocking to...
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Trend Report: Long Skirts

Posted on February 18, 2011 by admin
You know the maxim: when the economy goes south, so do hemlines. But if long skirts sound dowdy and depressing to you, think again. The skirts on guests at New York Fashion Week came in...
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Michelle Kessler-Sanders at Preen

Posted on February 18, 2011 by admin
Fashion director of T Magazine Michelle Kessler-Sanders in an army green double-breasted military jacket with tails. Obsessed. Here's the back: (more…)
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