By ALISON CONNOLLY
If anything, I love a lingerie brand with personality. Whether it’s provocative or playful, I respect a designer that knows how to clearly translate their vision into an effective campaign. Probably every feature I’ve done in the Gallery shares the common thread of a brand that has gone above and beyond the bland “corporate catalog” images and delivered something magical. In this case, I am sharing a successful large brand that happens … Read More
By Marina Rybak
When I crisscross Manhattan Midtown or meander the ancient streets of Le Marais in Paris, I continue to witness the downside of a global economy – the disappearance of local color. Too often this change is overshadowed by the expansion of the mega brands.
So when I encounter a local business, that dares to have a unique voice and stirs my imagination, a neighborhood brave-heart, which is still standing, reinventing itself anew, … Read More
By Amanda Horan Kennedy
I buried my father last week, admittedly a blessing but so hard to see it that way or to think of anything else as I return to life. So why write about this for a blog on glamour? Well the subject of what color to wear was a topic of family discussion. We all agreed it was a somber occasion to which most people wear black. On the other hand my … Read More
By Richard Vincente
You don’t have to look very hard these days to find examples of how the evolving universe of fashion lingerie — the undiverse, as I call it — conflicts with public standards and exposes our mixed feelings about how, when and where we display our bodies.
We live in a society that celebrates and peddles sexuality with an increasing lack of restraint … but that same society also has a collective … Read More
