By a peculiar alignment of the stars, two major events are taking place simultaneously this week: the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, running from 6-13 February, and the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia from 7-23 February. Far from being worlds apart, sport and fashion are increasingly converging. Sport chic rules the runways at … Continue reading
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The Roaring Twenties, Take Two
Among the momentous events that marked the month of September were the Big Four Fashion Weeks (New York, London, Milan and Paris) and the return of “Downton Abbey” for its fourth season. And both the catwalks and the TV series celebrated the Roaring Twenties and that decade’s forward-looking, frivolous fashion. “In the 1920s everything seemed … Continue reading