June 22, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
“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 seeds have already grown roots and the newly planted seeds hope to grow a mélange ...
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June 21, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Milano 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 ...
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June 6, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Very 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 tha...
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June 5, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
On 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...
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June 2, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
‘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 rem...
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May 20, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Because Milan started this season finale thing, now, I feel compelled to write one also. Since I am fan of all three CSI franchise, let me just say that Horatio Caine (played by David Caruso) lying on the pavement of an airport and the camera looking through his broken s...
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May 19, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Tonight, I attended my first official fashion albeit backstage and a make-up artist assistant as my official title. Unofficially, I was just a tag along for Imadge who was the real assistant to Red Wolfe, a very unlikely name to a make-up artist, but according to Imadge he i...
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May 17, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Watching the season finale of ‘Moonlight’, which in actuality is its farewell episode because CBS has cancelled the series, makes me sad. With the proliferation of cop shows, Moonlight is a good antidote to all the crime scenes and medical examiners.
Yet, The inte...
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May 15, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Every year, during the Cannes Film Festival, I always think of the little island of Ile Saint Honorat, home to the Benedictine monks who have a vow of silence. As a child, I used to visit the island during summer break while my family vacations in Nice or St. Tropez.
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May 8, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Finally, all three of us are together. Napster might have stayed here only for three days before going off on his trip, but he is part of our little family and now all of us are home. OMG! I have become my mother. I’m even saying the exact things she says when my fathe...
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