Bringing her youthful, coquettish, Upper East Side-inspired aesthetic to the realm of cruise-ready footwear, designer Michelle Smith of New York-based fashion line Milly NY has been reinventing classic and often utilitarian-minded shoes and giving them a preppy posh feel worthy of bustlin’ city streets and lively boardwalks alike.
When it comes to fashion, you’ll be seeing things in black and white this spring — literally.
Yesterday, I appeared again on Telemundo’s “Mujer de Hoy” segment — this time to discuss street style trends in New York City and, more importantly, how to turn heads while strutting down the Big Apple’s longest runways: its crowded sidewalks.
I debated whether or not to watch the Academy Awards this year since, for the most part, I wasn’t enthused about the majority of the films released in 2012 (with Argo and Zero Dark Thirty being the two notable exceptions).
Sarah Easley and Beth Buccini, the creative duo behind New York City-based boutique Kirna Zabete seem to understand that, if fashion is one vast playground, then it pays to make friends they can engage in games of “Red Light, Green Light,” “Simon Says,” and “Freeze Tag.” In other words, collaboration is key to success.
I’m not always the timeliest of people — for instance, I just mailed my father his Christmas present last week, which speaks to the ludicrous “island style” time table by which we operate in my family (side note: he’s been known to send birthday presents a month after the date has elapsed, so one could argue that I got it from him!).
Some things just go well together: peanut butter and jelly, Tom and Jerry (or Ben & Jerry, for that matter!), strawberries and champagne, Saturday mornings and cartoons, popcorn and movies, and Converse and Marimekko.
The proverbial curtain officially came down on New York Fashion Week on Thursday, February 14th, a fitting day given that we were kissing the festivities goodbye.
Happy Valentine’s Day, dolls!
The last two weeks have been an absolute whirlwind — two features due for LATINA magazine, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, our Valentine’s Day Gift Guide, a TV segment on Telemundo, and, of course, the regular everyday mommy duties (feed my little man, take him to school, check homework, and so on).
