The DAS Spring Goddess at London Fashion Week, In Stores Now
OK, I’m a bit behind 0n posting these images since DAS showed their Goddess collection at London Fashion week in September, participating as emerging-talent designers for the House of Evolution runway show. (Source: Under Your Abaya) Since DAS recently announce on their Facebook Page that their spring collection is now available at Harrod’s (ss of [...]
My Favorite Blogs From The Middle East
Recently, one of my favorite blogs, The Polyglot, announced they were selected by ELLE Arab World as one of the 6 best blogs from the Middle East. Blogs, websites, and Twitter are my main sources of information on art, culture, and news from the Middle East, so I’m super excited to spend some time exploring [...]
The Best Bay Area Avant-Garde Fashion and Accessories
I can’t believe that it was September the last time I posted! Well, actually I can. I’ve been toiling away since September on the Swankety Swank Holiday Inspiration Guide, a guide to all the artists of our SF based artists co-op. I was running around the city photographing fashion stories with artists, planning and styling [...]
Pretty Bazaar Week of July 21: Holi Fashion, Dirty Sounds, and Vintage Vogue
This week I was on the look out for some serious sensory indulgences. Bright colors, lush sounds, and fantasy fueling vintage images from Vogue provide mind-bending relief from the everyday. Wallpaper’s Holi Inspired Fashion Story A funky little video about the making of Wallpaper’s fashion spread inspired by color and the Indian holiday of Holi, [...]
Avant Garde Abayas? Hells Yeah! Introducing Das.
I popped into Brownbook.com today and found this pretty, artfully shot video about sisters Hind and Reem Beljafla, designers of Das, a fashion forward line of Abayas based in the UAE. Their points of departure for their collections are traditional Middle Eastern design combined with cutting edge, trend driven, global style. They have really beautiful [...]
Gettin Local: Capsule Design Fest
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending Capsule Design Fest, featuring some of the best local artisans and independent design. I love it when our local artisans get together to give us more opportunities to shop locally made, unique goods. Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous day; that rare combination of just enough breeze and [...]
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan
It’s rarely, if ever, that I miss my single life. I suppose one of the advantages of getting married over thirty is that it gives you the time to do all those things that become more difficult with a partner and children. You know, sow those wild oats while crashing on friends’ couches after 3 [...]
A Swankety Swank Neo-Noir Fashion Tale
If you have a minute, check out my latest post for Swankety Swank, starring the fabulous Dex, and San Francisco’s Nob Hill. Click the image to go to Swanketyswank.com and view the story.
Art-Visionary: Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi
On January 4, 2011, Prince Ali Rezi Pahlavi, the youngest son of the Shah and Shahbanu of Iran, left this world under unclear circumstances. A few days later, a photograph of his grieving mother, now known as HRH Farah Diba Pahlavi, caught my attention. The accompanying story shared the difficulties of the Pahlavi family in [...]