By Marina Rybak
The official Valentine’s Day is far behind us, but the sizzling season of “Amor” is just heating up. The heartbeat of the city is pulsating with Flamenco passion.
You do not need to be a native of Spain to appreciate this sensuous, vibrant art form, which has multicultural roots and has sprouted from the sunny Andalusia. And you do not need to be a professional flamenco … Read More
I had every intention of updating you daily from the New York Curve show this week, but unfortunately hotel hysteria intervened with 4 room changes in 4 days. (Don’t ask). Anyway, better late than never. There was lots of product to see, some interesting trends, new brands percolating and a quintessentially New York energy: focus without fanfare. To be honest, I don’t spend a lot of time on New York … Read More
I Am The Fairest of Them All!
Struggling with body image is something that I’ve always felt I had to battle. It’s a war with my self and the mirror, a war with my clothes, a war with magazines. In high school, I lost 76 pounds from healthy diet and exercise and never before had I been able to look in the mirror and truly find things that I found … Read More
This blog is slightly late this week, but I have a good excuse: my daughter gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday so I have been a bit preoccupied. But I still have a great intimate story. When we left for the hospital last Thursday night, I had no idea that I would not be home for 72 hours. As you might imagine, I dressed quickly, not really focused … Read More
By Margaret Shrum
Getting married is one of the most celebrated events in many women’s lives; a rite of passage, honoring each other as husband and wife. Besides picking the perfect gown, selecting the bridesmaid’s dresses, booking the location of the wedding, the caterers, etc., how about the recognition of the bridal boudoir? Sometimes brides get so caught up in all the decision making, that they leave the lingerie and … Read More
by Marina Rybak
The prestigious Edwynn Houk Gallery is known for representing a special group of prominent contemporary photographers. Just recently the gallery has introduced the latest works of the Iranian-born and Vienna-based Sissi Farassat.
The artist hand-embroiders the photographs she captures. And in the process she creates something uniquely her own – an elaborate, ethereal photo-art, which triggers visually rich sensory experience for the viewer.
Her unassuming, casually provocative … Read More
My first exposure to an English garden was in college when I traveled to Henley on Thames to see my boyfriend compete in the 1972 Olympic Rowing Trials. Their photo finish loss in the finals to Harvard after 4 years of intensive training was disappointing but at least we had several days to distract ourselves in this pretty rural village. Lovely cottages embraced by gorgeous perennial gardens lent an unexpected … Read More