NYC Shopping. Betsey Bunky Nini…What's in a Name?
Named after it’s original owners, if ever there was a store name I could screw up, this would be it! Maybe since I am new to NYC it doesn’t roll of my tongue as easily as the natives, but who cares? If the clothes impress me and I can find it…my remembering the name is …
Style. It's Time to Think Spring
Lauren Dimet Waters for Second City Style Magazine Admit it. You are sick of winter too. Never fear. Spring 2008 is looking a lot more colorful. Designers veered from black in favor of vibrant colors, bold patterns, luxurious transparent fabrics, ethnic prints and pressed khaki. 1. Bold Colors It doesn’t matter if it’s pastel or …
Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer '08. Eclectic Elegance: The Return of Real Parisian Chic. Christian Lacroix
There is something very noble about the celebration of pleasure— not frivolity but that which pleases. And Christan Lacroix managed to create a collection that is truly Parisian at heart. It’s not the Paris often referred to in magazines; translation: ahdes of black and perhaps a scarf. But au contraire. Parisian women are restrained but …
Celebrity Style. Fashionable Baby Toters.
Forget Fendi bags! These days, stylish female celebs are toting something much more luxurious and ten times as precious! Babies! Here are the top fabulously fashionable mammas! (And no, Britney did not make the list.) We all cooed at the site of fashion maven Victoria Beckham toting none other than Cruz, her youngest boy, to …
Retail Detail. Chicago's Active Endeavors Closing Stores to Focus on Internet Sales
Ask anyone, we have been predicting this for at least a year. According to last week’s Chicago Tribune, Active Endeavors, is shutting its three stores to concentrate on its more-profitable Internet business in it’s quest to try to be the next Shopbop. The writing was on the wall. The Evanston-based company has already closed its …
