Joelle Lifestyle - The World at Home

Last Sunday I spent the day to the yearly Sunday with the Magazine , the first to be held in the new Times Center designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano.

Since Batik has been gaining more exposure followed by ethnic tribal trend safari chic look, several designers are using Ikat print in their 2008 Spring Summer collection.

Madonna still has a ton of blond ambition. Cover of Vanity Fair Green Issue and Elle Magazine Madonnarama is reaching a bewildering aphoteosis and this season on Elle there is a question of her having made the transition from diva to deity.

Glamorous eccentrics are irresistible people. They are irreverent, occasionally impertinent, a tad mysterious, charming, often self-invented, good at applying eyeliner, and above all nonconformist. They are a fabulous confection of style, self-empowerment, and black patent sling backs. Everyone wants to be one, but how? The ubiquitous Simon Doonan style guru has the answer.

Traditional luxury brand strategy depends on brands knowing their place, but increasingly the grammar of luxury brands is being used by brands far outside the luxury universe. Nobody is working harder than McDonalds to investigate opportunities here.

It all started in 2000 on a flight to New York. Anthony was reading a magazine out loud disturbing his wife who was peacefully reading herself a book, “Oh my God, look at this rubbish, this journalist never got to stay stay in this hotel.” Irritated, his wife Elaine answered “Then why don’t you do something about it?” — “You’re always never happy with the advice you are given, there is never trust.”

Straight men with inherent style are indeed a rare breed. So much so that others question their straightness if they look too good. Any man who likes ladies and can rock a super-slim Dior Homme suit and doesn’t compete with the girlfriend for mirror time is pretty much a character from a fairly tale.

The place where editorial stylist Mordechai Alvow, founder of Yaork Hair Care, a budding botanically-based line of restorative hair care is waiting for me, is just a surprise!

On a Madison rooftop at the 6 floor the Pashah salon has a large terrace filled with beautiful Hortensia and Geranium plants. He’s smiling at my astonishment in front of the suspended Shangri La.