A clear sign that I’m loving what I do is the fact that I keep reading books on fashion even in my free time. On my recent holidays I read D.V., Diana Vreeland’s personal memoir about her life. A very quirky book that reads like Diana is just having a conversation with you. You are taken into a glamorous world full of fashion, travel and incredible personalities, and you may even start fantasising of what it would have been like to lead her life. [click to continue…]
It’s hard to believe but Gwyneth Paltrow has recently turned 40. She is certainly one of the most fashionable women in show business and was recently named by People magazine as the best dressed woman of the year. I think she deserves that crown. Her style has been consistently chic and fashionable and she takes risks. [click to continue…]
Photos by Jonathan Becker and Hoiningen-Huene
When I came across this quote from Diana Vreeland,
“Too much good taste can be boring”
I knew I had to feature her as a style icon. [click to continue…]
Sometimes I worry about the superficialness of fashion and whether or not I should be spending my time on more ‘important’ things. But then today I watched the amazing movie Bill Cunningham New York. And I was amazed.
Here is a man who is so humble, so endearing and yet all that seems to be important to him is his work and fashion. It was more important than love, money or anything. As he says: ‘it’s all about the clothes”. So today I’m featuring a different kind of fashion style icon: 84 year old street photographer Bill Cunningham who currently works for the New York Times. [click to continue…]