Posts from the ‘News’ Category

  • Free tote from Neiman Marcus Spring Trend Event

    Neiman Marcus Spring Trend Event

    February 16th, 2012 | News | admin | No Comments

    Last night I attended Neiman Marcus’ Spring Trend Event in Palo Alto.  When you checked in you were given a free tote and instructions for a scavenger hunt throughout the store of their top spring trends. I think this was a great way to introduce the customers to spring. They had models in the trends [...]

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  • Serendipity

    Serendipity

    February 7th, 2012 | News | admin | No Comments

    Nothing is better than a happy accident especially when it happens with your clothes or accessories. Now it is one thing when you have been looking for just the right shoe to go with an outfit and find it. Joy! But it is a whole other thing when you are given two things, and they [...]

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    FashionArt Santa Cruz

    February 1st, 2012 | News | admin | No Comments

    Here is a clip from the FashionArt Santa Cruz 2011 show. The show featured local artists doing wearable art pieces and local designers showing a small collection. I organized the designers. Let me know what you think .FashionArt Santa Cruz 2011

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  • My new olive green wide brim fedora!

    What happened to the hat?

    February 1st, 2012 | News | admin | No Comments

    As late as the 1950′s one did not leave the house without a hat, men or women. Although I don’t think we need to go to that extreme, I would love to see a revival of the hat. Not only is it a great way to keep warm in the winter, a large amount of [...]

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  • Watching Elizabeth Taylor

    Watching Elizabeth Taylor

    March 25th, 2011 | News | admin | 84 Comments

    For my own tribute to Elizabeth Taylor yesterday I decided to watch one of her movies. Since my children were home I chose Father of the Bride. Not only is Elizabeth Taylor beautiful but so she carried herself so well. I think she had an inner poise and grace that few people have, let alone [...]

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  • Return of Color?

    Return of Color?

    March 9th, 2011 | News | admin | 1 Comment

    Two things happened last week that give me hope that there is going to be a real return to color. The first thing was the Oscars. Did you see the parade of colorful dresses? Not many black at all. The second thing was pictures of the European fall collections I saw on the sartorialist.com. The [...]

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    ilka was featured in “Good Times”

    November 5th, 2010 | News, Slider | admin | No Comments

    Written by Christa Martin Wednesday, 30 July 2008 Why local stylist Tina Brown keeps you in tip-top fashion shape Well-known stylist Rachel Zoe probably has a day that unravels like this: A celebrity calls her up and says, “Hey Rachel, I need you to revolutionize my ‘look.’” Or, “Hey, Rachel, I’ve got an awards show [...]

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