Oscar de la Renta Dies At 82, After Long Battle With Cancer

Still in disbelief, iconic fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, lost his long battle with cancer yesterday at 82.  From dressing first ladies to most recently, George Clooney’s bride Amal Alamuddin, the end to such an impressive if not enviable long career of this Dominican born designer most likely sent shockwaves throughout  the fashion community, as […]

For Pre-Fall 2014, Oscar de la Renta’s Ladylike Appeal Gets A Modern Twist

For Oscar de la Renta, the challenge of a Pre-Fall 2014 collection is how ‘It encompasses all seasons.’  But regardless of this, Oscar tells WWD that ‘the most important thing is to make a woman look great.’  So the key here was variety + boy, did Oscar deliver. There were day looks that celebrated the female […]

Let’s Commemorate Bastille Day With That Other French Revolution Won By The Americans – ‘Versailles ’73’

This Sunday, marks the anniversary of Bastille Day, the day citizens victoriously stormed the Paris Bastille in 1789, at the outset of the French Revolution + what better way to commemorate this revolution than remembering another kind of French revolution.  This one however, took place in Versailles 1973 + it was the American fashion designers that victoriously stormed […]

64th Emmy Awards 2012 – Hits & Misses

The awards season was underway last night with the 64th Emmy Awards and although drawn out, as usual, the best part of it all was the fashion.  Now mind you, one would think these Hollywood starlets would dazzle as brightly as the coveted Emmy awards statue but unfortunately, very few did which caused a pinched […]