Being left here in New York because I’m 16 and needed my parents permission to travel out of the country sucks. Okay, I could have gone on my own. Yet, Imadge is right, I should tell my parents. She is so polite all the time and must follow all the etiquette of good behavior. And, I have to be [Read more]
Tags: Tamar GellerMove over Balthier, Barack Obama could be the next Fashion Icon After FashionWindows wrote that the fictional hero Balthier of Final Fantasy XII, can easily well be the next fashion muse, Barack Obama enters a new race – the next male fashion icon! Surprising as it maybe, it seems that fashion [Read more]
Tags: Balthier, Barack Obama, Final Fantasy XII, John McCainMilano Moda Uomo Spring 2009 Day 1: June 22, 2008 Evening While Imadge was attending Versace and Evisu with Lisa, I went to see Les Hommes and Romeo Gigli. This is my freshman season in Milan and I am finding out that we have to play things by ear a lot, not because we don’t like to plan but [Read more]
Tags: Les Hommes, Milano Moda Uomo Spring 2009, Napster, Romeo GigliMilano Moda Uomo Spring / Summer 2009 Day 1: Afternoon, Saturday June 21, 2008 I feel like an apprentice with Imadge bossing me around. But, I guess between Imadge and Milan, I really don’t have a prayer to get a word out. Though both girls have been my roommates for only a month, I miss having [Read more]
Tags: Burberry Prorsum, Carlo Pignatelli Outside, Milano Moda Uomo Spring 2009, Missoni, Napster[caption id="attachment_216" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Versace Menswear Spring 2009"][/caption] “For a decade now, menswear has been taking on the attributes of women’s wear with feminine colors, embellishments and details becoming a larger part of collections. Now though, those [Read more]
Tags: Imadge Mekker, Milano Moda Uomo Spring 2009, VersaceMilano Moda Uomo Spring 2009 Day 1: Morning, Saturday June 21, 2008 For the first time, I appreciated the fact that I was not traveling alone. Having Napster around made navigating around Milan by subway and by tram made it so much easier. Actually, we could have rented a car for the whole week, [Read more]
Tags: Costume National, Gaetano Navarra, Imadge Mekker, Jil Sander, Milano Moda Uomo Spring 2009Very early morning phone calls from my mother since the death of Yves Saint Laurent is almost expected. A big fan and also a client of the late couturier, Celine Fonteray’s distraught over YSL’s death is very understandable. And of course, she is my mother and I know that she can be very [Read more]
Tags: Dior, mobile phone, ModeLabsOn the day of Yves Saint Laurent’s funeral, I did not receive a phone call from my mother; I received a forward email from his friend Jean Paul who, like her, attended the final rites for the French designer at the Eglise Saint Roch. The email is very touching that it made me cry. Written as a [Read more]
Tags: Imadge Mekker, Yves Saint Laurent‘Yves Saint Laurent died last night at 11:10 p.m. Paris time,’ my mother, who was calling from Paris tearfully told me over the phone. It was unlike her to call very early in the morning, but the news was worth it. I looked at in my calendar. Today was June 2. I’ll remember June 1, from now [Read more]
Tags: Yves Saint LaurentBalthier who? A character in the video game Final Fantasy XII, Balthier, the sky pirate plays the part of a debonair young man running away from his past but dons the most fashionable threads in Ivalice, the location where the video game takes place. Why did I choose Balthier as the muse of [Read more]
Tags: Balthier, Final Fantasy XII, Milano Moda Uomo Spring 2009, Napster, Paris Menswear Spring 2009, video games