I have spoken about my love of London before and specifically the city's Victoria & Albert Museum - London's V&A Museum Explores Underwear. Now, the museum is getting ready to unveil its new exhibit, "Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up".
When asked about his most memorable scene in Downton Abbey, the actor Hugh Bonneville (who played the patriarch, Lord Grantham) said, “One of the most memorable scenes I can remember was memorable for all the wrong reasons! It’s a tussle that I have with Simon Bricker (who is played by Richard Grant). He’s a houseguest who appears in Series Five.”
Pantone shares their color every year, this year it happens to be - Pantone 18-3838 Ultra Violet. Once that color is announced, beauty to fashion brands take notice. They offer limited edition eye color to nail color to fashion accessories in that particular color.
On Thursday, February 8th we headed off to see the Downton Abbey exhibition at 218 West 57th Street (between Broadway and 7th Avenue). This show brings back memories of the remarkable TV series that portrayed the aristocratic Crawley family and their domestic servants from the years 1912 to 1926.
This Ertegun blog focuses on Ahmet’s spectacular lifestyle and the energy, creativity and just plain chutzpah (Yiddish for guts and nerve) it took to pull off this remarkable feat (he was a Turk who learned quickly).
In my last post, I shared about the resurgence of the belt bag - aka the fanny pack (in case you missed it, you can check it out here: The Belt Bag). Another trend that had popped up a couple of seasons ago and seems to still be going strong is the kitten heel.
Several years ago, I came across a book that blew me away when I read it. The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun by Robert Greenfield relates astounding details about music industry titan Ahmet, the founder of Atlantic Records, who was married to Mica for 45 years before he died at the age of 83 in 2006.
This past New York Fashion Week, I had a great time photographing some of the street style that was happening in and around the fashion shows. What I enjoyed most about this experience is finding new trends and seeing current ones come to life.
Last year the movie, Casablanca marked its 75th anniversary. This prompted me to write a four-blog series about my all-time favorite film in January 2017. I thought that would be it – I’d covered this subject completely.
The headline for this blog concerns the female airline pilots in India and the challenges they face as reported in Air & Space dated November 2017. This is a bimonthly magazine that is published by the Smithsonian.
