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2009 Instant Karma Resolutions
A few minutes before the arrival of 2009 I was gazing the sky. A dark, cold night in New York City. Based on the Instant Karma principle I gathered from the planets a few simple and immediate suggestions to enliven and enlighten your life in 2009.
A Peace of Our Time
Just like Madonna and Michelle Pfeiffer, the peace symbol is turning 50 this year. When an icon turns that age, you can start making some judgments about whether it has what it takes to endure. Madonna? Hanging in there. Pfeiffer? We’ll see. But the peace symbol–it’s 50 years young and going strong.
Eccentric Glamour
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.
Eco-Friendly Worlds Collector
To celebrate Earth Day tomorrow the beat of Brazilian drums will be heard on city streets, shamans will be seen hailing taxis and thousands of New York City residents and tourists will be transported to the heart of the rain-forest as part of Amazonia Brasil. The city-wide event will promote sustainability and show the interdependence between the Amazon and New York City.
The Man of Design Renaissance Rediscovered
“When a Banana Republic catalog starts to look like the trendy, vacuous pages of Wallpaper, and Club Monaco is indistinguishable from Prada,” “you know it’s time for high style to move on.” — Amy Spindler, Director of Style, The New York Times Magazine, … Read more »
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The New York Look Book
Stess is taking over me. I must shop for fall.
The problem is that I am not “getting” the fashion this year. I hate everything in my closet from the past years and have no idea how to match what I must buy with what I … Read more »
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Nina Garcia Little Black Book of Style
” Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful”
Sophia Loren
She grew up in northwest of Colombia, a place where Nina Garcia editor in Chef of Elle Magazine says, style and art were part of the culture were women … Read more »
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Glamour Girls
“If you don’t know Patrick McMullan you ought to get out more!”
– Andy Warhol, The Andy Warhol Diaries
Arriving Fall 2007, Glamour Girls by Patrick McMullan boasts one of the largest collections of photographs ever published of the world’s most celebrated women. Glamour Girls features over … Read more »
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