Posted in Arts, Fashion, Mom's Closet, Vintage, tagged Art Deco Architecture, Art Deco inspiration, fashionable quotes, New York City Art Deco, New York city style, Nicolas Ghesquiere on February 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Resort 2020 for Louis Vuitton.
On my first trip to New York, I was fascinated by the incredible craftsmanship of the Art Deco buildings. I tried to go back to those emotions with this collection. It’s about rediscovery of American Heritage.
Nicolas Ghesquiere – French fashion designer and creative director for Louis Vuitton.
Posted in Arts, Fashion, Uncategorized, tagged fashion icons, fashionable quotes, Fran Lebowitz, New York city style, Vanity Fair International Best Dressed Hall of Fame, women in men's suits on April 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Notice Fran Lebowitz doesn’t try to soften her look at all with an accessory such as a brooch.
I’m interested in the profoundly superficial; people’s innermost thoughts are never as revealing as their jackets.
Fran Lebowitz, American writer.
Fran Lebowitz is known for her signature style of suits paired with wingtip cowboy boots and button down shirts with french cuffs. Or on more casual days – Levi’s 501 jeans.
She found her style early in life as a twenty-something newbie to New York City. It was 1970 and she crossed paths with Andy Warhol, who soon asked her to write a column for his magazine – Interview.
In her youth she sported jeans, Oxford shirts, pullover sweaters, and penny loafers. A simple preppy look, which was not uncommon at the time. At some point she decided that was “too childish” so she dumped the sweaters and went looking for men’s jackets and suits. A foot problem led her to cowboy boots, which she has to have custom made as they don’t come in wingtips.
A social commentator with a sense of (dry) humor and a sharp wit, Ms. Lebowitz has written two books and numerous essays mostly on American society. Law and Order fans may have spotted her playing Judge Goldberg in several episodes.
She’s a regular at NYC Fashion Week and hobnobs with the likes of Carolina Herrera and Diane von Furstenberg. She shares her tailor, Anderson & Sheppard, with Prince Charles and her shirts are from Hilditch & Key on Jermyn Street in London. (If Beau Brummell were alive, he’d be impressed.)
In 2007 she was inducted into the Vanity Fair International Best Dressed Hall of Fame.
So what does Lebowitz’s suit jacket say about her?
OverDressed for Life 