Mary Kincaid and RJ Lowery
This month’s Vintage Crusader Spotlight highlights the work of R.J. Lowery, founder and Chief Image Officer of Your Expert Image and founder of the Suits4Saints charity that is diverting used men’s clothing from landfills and onto the backs of needy men in Ohio.
I met RJ and his lovely wife, Connie, at a training conference this past year and he and I immediately…
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Gear up for next Wednesday’s Karl Lagerfeld for Impulse Only at Macy’s capsule collection launch, with this behind-the-scenes video of Mr. Lagerfeld working on the sketches, interacting with models, and commenting on the most anticipated affordable luxury collection of the season.
My favorite Lagerfeld moment from the video?
His declaration: “Think pink but don’t wear it!”
Just click the image to view the video.
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You may never have the means to own a couture fashion masterpiece worthy of display at a museum, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying one of these masterpieces right in your own living room.
Thanks to BetterWall, an ingenious collaboration between an art historian and an environmental consultant, many of the vinyl and canvas museum exhibition banners which once adorned streetlights (and which were…
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” You Can Have Anything You Want In Life If You Dress For It” – EDITH HEAD
This quote, posted on Annabel Tollman’s website, summarizes the philosophy of this talented celebrity stylist and eBay Fashion Contributor. Born in Brussels and raised in New York and Los Angeles, she was sketching fashion designs from magazines even as a young girl. Studies at Central St. Martins paved the…
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It’s here! The PANTONE(R) Fashion Color Report for Spring 2011.
Yes, that’s right. I said SPRING 2011.
I know most of you are still just adjusting to the fact that Fall is around the corner but fashion insiders are already looking ahead to what we’ll be wearing six months from now. And these are the Top Ten colors to put on your radar:

But don’t stop here! Download…
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