Knitwear in all its iterations - slinky, bulky, unexpectedly cool, gaudy patterned woollies, or understated classic elegance with a touch of modernity - has a certain long-lasting pull and appeal. Today’s woollen and cashmere sweaters, cardigans, oversized tops and sleek fitted ones, ponchos and capes offer a nonchalant cosiness and familiarity that we gravitate...
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Autumn Blues or Autumn Bliss?
It’s that time of year again when a sudden nip in the air and the more muted light signals change. Autumn is almost here! We are taken out of our pleasant summer complacency and jettisoned into Bob Dylan’s “times are a changin’” mode. T’is a season that some look forward to...
Summertime, and the living is easy.
Summertime, and the living is truly easier as we let our dreams take hold. Up here in the northern hemisphere, the month of August is the one where we grab our bathing suits, a few of our favourite accessories, bottles of suntanning lotion (without harmful chemicals naturally), and perhaps a...
A Collection of Stories…Life Stories.
Have you ever stopped to think about your collection of stories? That rich and diverse stock of narratives that exist, say, in the clothes you have worn. Indeed, our wardrobes absorb all our experiences -- they carry our perfume, and they trail our life journey, uninterrupted. Ah, if only we could capture the stockpile of...
Sicily, travel to an enchanted land. Part Two
It is worth mentioning at this point the kindness and hospitality of Sicilians who are a welcoming and highly refined people. They extend the hand of friendship putting you immediately at ease, less inclined to chatter idly they speak with pride about their heritage and share with those they sense would...
Sicily, a travel log to an enchanted land. Part One
Word has come, we are allowed to travel again! This long-awaited piece of news timed so beautifully with the arrival of summer has us dreaming anew of exploring faraway places. And, speaking of desires and dreams, Sicily is certainly at the top of my top list. Particularly since my dear, dear friend...
Feel the Colours… Springtime is Coming.
A splash of colour is like a smile on a grey rainy day… it touches deeply; it arouses the embrace of happiness. How many times have we stopped in ecstasy looking up at a rainbow where the dark moody clouds seem in stark contrast to the blue sky? We even convince ourselves...
…in the end the real lucky charm is love.
And, in the end, the real lucky charm is love…do you believe this to be true? “With a little luck we can help it out”, sang Paul McCartney, and so it is that on the occasion of an important meeting, a sports tournament, a trip, we decide to seek a...
Enough Waste…Even Cashmere is Reinvented
“Waste not, want not,” or in today’s parlance, “recycling,” has become the order of the day in the world of fashion. Not a “philosophy,” nor a striking pose, but rather the result of greater awareness, perhaps a stab of conscience on the part of big companies, and consumers firmly determined to...
Will We Look Inside Our Wardrobes Again?
Who doesn’t remember sneaking into their mother’s wardrobes to play with her pretty clothes lingering with her signature scent, her necklaces and scarves, and the reddest lipstick we could find? All the while, unknowingly pandering to a subconscious desire to express and exhibit beauty we did not understand, nor knew we...