By TINA WILSON
Seasons. Winter. Spring. Summer. Fall. They are all up for grabs, we have snow in the west and beach weather in the east …in October. I should be writing about Fall silhouettes and Holiday dressing and yet I’m a bit stuck. Stuck in a heat wave and paralyzed by world events. I find myself looking to the Spring with the hopes that what is troubling us all … Read More
By TINA WILSON
Social media spats…we all have them, some of us more than others. I have my share, as I am passionate about the dreadful times we are living thru and for good or bad, I tend to share them without much hesitation. I recently had a spat with an acquaintance on social media, and we worked it out and hugged, but during the back and forth this person … Read More
By TINA WILSON
The summer heatwave is on and it kicked off recently with a massive power failure that darkened the West Side of Manhattan for more than a few hours. But in true NY fashion we made the best of it, despite the lack of A/C. It got me to thinking about all the hot sticky movies I have fallen in love with over the years and the wardrobes … Read More
By TINA WILSON
White…we think of purity, faith, innocence, goodness, even virginity when we think of the color white, white is ingrained in all of us to be an inherently positive color, why?
Opaak & Empreinte
I’ve been researching colors and their meanings and how they make us feel. Culturally the meanings can shift, in Asian cultures white is a symbol of mourning and loss, in Western cultures the hero … Read More
BY TINA WILSON
Two separate journeys to China in one month, the second time for just one weekend. It sounds more painful that it was. In fact it wasn’t painful at all but a hell of a lot of fun. I shared the first trip in my previous blog which was work related and now I want to let you in on what it’s like to be a judge … Read More
By TINA WILSON
We arrived in Tokyo a few days too early to see the apple blossoms. We did not know this until the day we departed. We came to Tokyo to shop, to look for inspiration and for “signs of life” in design. What we found, my travelling companion and I was the confirmation that the world is now and I believe, will forever be casual. The juxtaposition … Read More
By TINA WILSON
I want to pay tribute to women who are unapologetic: women who make no excuses for their size and shapes, no excuses for their curves, and no excuses for the weight, the height, and the color of their bodies. I remember when I used to watch entertainers on television or movies and a woman would appear who wasn’t a size 4 and I’d think to myself “she … Read More