The art of being a true bon vivant in today's society is too quickly
undervalued.
"Everyone is so serious in New York," art director,
entrepreneur and, as of today, NoLIta boutique owner Ramdane Touhami
laughed on a September afternoon in SoHo. "Everyone needs to learn how
to enjoy and have fun!" Touhami is a person who generally speaks in
exclamation points.
Things are speeding up everywhere and the old rules are failing.
Even Einstein's been taken down a peg, but fashion before physics.
Histoire, a socially conscious online retailer aimed at "redefining
luxury by embracing a dual mission of celebrating the beauty in the
handmade and promoting social and environmental sustainability," launched today.
I included a bit of Clark-family lore--and breakfast fare--in an article Tuesday that plumbed the affects of rampant joblessness.
There are two cheaps. Good twin, bad twin, with the latter historically getting the most play.
Oh, for the good old days, when getting the bugs out meant working through the quirks of an imperfect computer program.
In the mid-Eighties, Swatch watches were an indicator of one’s position in the hierarchy of cool.
Not all designers are obsessed with resort. Some can’t afford to be.
Being a corporate board member can be a great gig. It's prestigious
and is a chance to exert your influence, put your experience to work
and help a company grow. And considering how infrequently boards
typically meet, maybe quarterly, it's good compensation. Outside
directors can get annual retainers, fees per meeting or stock grants,
plus travel expenses.
These days, Ann Taylor is up for partying. And the brand staged a good one at the Ace Hotel recently for a preview of the fall collection, with models lounging on the sofas, displaying just the right amount of elegance and aloofness appropriate for a cool cocktail hour. "We can
get you in and out real fast," an executive told a reporter.
If it hadn't been for the Bert Stern party the same night to celebrate his Club Monaco campaign, I would have loved to stay longer to take in the crowd, which was filled with fashion journalists and photographers and punctuated by an appearance by "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks and a performance by singer-songwriter V.V. Brown.
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