A fabulous website that features the “adventures” of Hermès scarves. Click, dream & ogle!
Read more about Alexandra Wilson, the brainchild and powerhouse behind Gilt Groupe (one of my regular e-tailers for great deals).
Tomorrow we’ll have the results from our interview with Alexandra Wilson of the Gilt Groupe.
So, I was meeting with a fellow travel blogger (aka “coffee connection”) and she was sporting this absolutely fabulous laptop sleeve – I looked at her and without any shame, said, “That’s hot! I want one!” I made my inquiries and three days later, I had a fast-n-furious email exchange with the owner of Kena [...]
One of the owners of this new and fabulous company, Hugh & Crye, says his watershed moment(s) were the cost of custom tailored shirts and the extended turnaround time for each one so, along with his business partner, they decided to get with 400 of their friends and family to create a new sizing system and [...]
I love vintage (read: consignment) wears as well as true vintage clothing. This store in the Bay Area, Bianca Starr, is great but for a specific reason — the clothes are all about a ‘night on the town’ so you’re not going to find Saturday duds or loungewear. The owner is some ex-nightclub owner ala [...]
In August 2001, Dina Pisani opened Cha Cha’s House of Ill Repute, her millinery design studio and we should all be ecstatic! From trilbys to newsboy caps to fedoras, the designs are haute and one-of-a-kind, and are wearable by all. Cha Cha’s House of Ill Repute is located at 68 Jay Street, suite 312, Brooklyn, [...]
A private Scotch locker of course….! Not really but, if you did want to rent one, they’re available at the new restaurant, Againn (1099 New York Avenue at 12th, 202.639.9830). A yearly rental for one of the 130 lockers will set you back $500 but imagine how many cool points you’d gain from the ladies and [...]
While in New York for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week activities, one can become overwhelmed with all of the “fashion” and “beauty” and I am no different. I have mentioned previously that eyes can make your face ‘pop’ and it’s the eyelashes that help to make that happen. I even took it so far as to [...]


I’m Monica and anyone who knows me knows that I have grown up surrounded by style, fashion and personality! So, while I took a fairly circuitous route, I’m back where I belong. 



