I am writing this post for my good friend Cassandra because I promised her I would and because the screen shot on her phone (last time I checked) was Paul, not her boyfriend Jack (although she adores Jack). While Paul was certainly a style icon, with him it was never about the clothes, which [...]

Oh James Dean. I think it’s safe to say that few if any men look better in a black sweater, with a camera, in glasses, leaning up against a wall, with a cigarette dangling carelessly between their lips, in a leather jacket or simply wearing a look of angst. Yes, James Dean is the one [...]

It’s sad to lose a legend, and Elizabeth Taylor’s death this year severed us from one of the remaining links to Hollywood’s golden age. While Audrey Hepburn had kindness, grace and incredible class, Elizabeth had purring sex appeal. No one would have deemed her sweet or innocent. This woman was a born dramatic actress. Her [...]

The Common 1077 Mission Street (@ 7th) San Francisco, CA 94103 http://thecommonsf.com/ Last month The Common, a very unusual space, opened its doors on Mission street at 7th in San Francisco. This store which is not like a store, is as creative, unique and progressive as we like to think our city can be. The [...]

After catching up with another fashionable person, Melissa McElhatton Davis, the founder of Ruby Press PR agency, we realized that fashionable people have certain things in common. Fashionable people are never slaves to fashion. They never buy what’s trendy and new just because everyone is wearing it. They see fashion as a smaller particle of [...]

“You had a gorgeous black dress in the window with a plunging v neckline covered with lace, did you sell it?” “Yes. It was the last one. It’s based on an Elizabeth Taylor movie called Suddenly Last Summer. This girl had been walking by it for a month until she finally came in with her [...]