Tropical fruits like coconut, passionfruit, guava, and mango tend to get special treatment in the summer season, when our minds are flooded with visions of exotic island destinations, rustic bard and nightclubs with steel drum bands, performances by hula dancers donning grass skirts and lei necklaces, and trays of frozen cocktails adorned with toothpicks bearing paper umbrellas.
From coconut water to Hawaiian hibiscus, juicy peach, and driftwood notes, each of these fragrances captures the gaiety and splendor of the summer season in its own unique way.
The geometric-inspired, colorful, Pop Art-influenced carpet and textile patterns designed by the late Essex-born David Hicks became an integral part of his aesthetic, one of the many reasons why he was hired to design the interiors of everything from the Hotel Okura in Tokyo to the Prince of Wales’ first apartment in Buckingham Palace, and the King of Saudi Arabia’s yacht.
When a woman wears one of her boyfriend’s faded, distressed, even ratty T-shirts to bed, allowing the flimsy fabric (the fibers of which are naturally imbued with his musky scent) to swathe her own naked bosom, a simple outfit change is transformed into an intimate, poignant and demurely sensual experience.
A whistling, porcelain-covered, stainless steel tea kettle propped on a stove burner.
When a woman bears children, she doesn’t automatically join some global network of disheveled, perpetually mismatched, scrapbook-obsessed, Slanket-adoring, “Jag”-watching, Reader’s Digest-subscribing frumpsters.
How does one of the most revered luxury footwear brands translate its sleek, sophisticated aesthetic into an aromatic profile?
Whether you’re treading through the giddy, “Teenage Love Affair”-worthy territory of a new crush or you’re basking in the commitment-ready, forever-and-ever, “At Last” stage of your relationship, you know to cherish every heart-swelling moment in the journey known as love.
Can you believe it’s been 10 years since Dolce & Gabbana launched its Light Blue fragrance?
From her pink-haired, mid-riff baring days as the lead singer of No Doubt to the early days of her solo career, when she dyed her hair platinum blond and donned low-rise houndstooth print pants, Rasta-colored wristbands and knit caps, and printed hooded sweatshirts, to her current more glamorous look, which involved oversize shades, tons of plaid and chevron prints, bold platform heels and boots, and camo print details, Gwen Stefani has more than earned her spot among the most influential style icons of our day.
