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The Personal Style of Legendary Authors and The Clothes They Wore with Terry Newman [7 Days to Amazing Podcast]

The personal style behind the words of legendary authors... I don't know about you but I find true personal style so fascinating. Not necessarily from a fashion point of view but as an extension of the soul of the person and how it plays with their being. The intrigue of the style message speaks as loudly as the written message, and it is magnified when it is echoed through some of our favorite authors. On this week's episode of the 7 Days to Amazing Podcast, we take a look into the lives of some of the most legendary authors in history and examine how their way of life, personal styles and ways of dressing had an impact on their works of

Holiday Style Guide: We curated our favorite timeless & best Holiday Style Tips for you to access all in one place!

Holiday Style Guide: We are firm believers to adapt your wardrobe for almost any special occasion, so we've curated our favorite & best holiday style dress posts to inspire your can-do chic holiday look. Going somewhere special this holiday season? Or hosting a soiree at home? We've got you covered on what to wear & how to wear it to present the best YOU this time of year, and into the new year as well. Do you want more? Like Paris and New York holiday windows & all our archives of holiday style gorgeousness? Click right here! Because like your birthday, when it comes to holidays, think big! So spread the cheer during the holiday's and join in on the festivities

Salomé calling... Hubby & I did a little stroll around the Metroploitan Museum of Art the other night. The Kid is getting older and he's not too keen to do every family outing. I walked passed Salomé by Henri Regnault (oil on canvas, 1870) and felt like I stumbled upon an old friend. You see, once upon a time, before my husband, before my son who lost interest in museum visits, I found a kindred spirit in the gypsy Boho allure of this painting. Back in that day, my apartment was rather electric with a Victorian/Gypsy/Textural vibe, kinda like Salomé. I felt a kinship to the old girl and was inspired by the style of the painting that suited me, at the time, just

Art in Paris: We know you love fashion. But, if you also love Impressionism as much as I do, you'll be captivated by Richard Nahem's report on the Impressionism and Fashion exhibition that melds art and clothing. The Impressionism and Fashion show at Museé d’Orsay in Paris explores the link Impressionist artists had with fashion and clothing. Renoir, Monet, Manet, and Degas capture the fashion of the day between 1860 and 1880 with over 80 portraits, much like many current day fashion bloggers do with photos. Impressionism and Fashion The paintings are paired with costumes, dresses, hats, and accessories to show the correlation between them. >>MORE: Costume Exhibitions and Art If you miss the show in Paris, it will be traveling to New York

Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Red Jackie, 1964.

Once upon a time, if I was at a party and Andy Warhol turned up, I knew I was in the right place. Beyond being lucky enough to be old enough (age is good for something) to have grown up with Pop Art and its exposure to appreciate Andy Warhol as the great leveler of pop culture and celebrity... those nights at Studio 54 didn't hurt either to realize either that rubbing disco elbows with someone famous is no different than the cute boy across the room. >>MORE: Museums For me, the timing of attending the preview of the Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art during New York Fashion Week last week raises

Hermes and Hiroshi Sugimoto's new line of limited edition scarves -Couleurs de l’Ombre, are destined to become collectors items you'll never want to stop wearing... Leave it to Hermes to tap artist Hiroshi Sugimoto to create one of the art & fashion worlds most covetable accessories to come this season with a range of scarves. >> DON'T MISS: Scarves Shopping Guide Featuring ombre prints in an assortment of vivid hues, they make for an easy to wear scarve that you'll be able to add lush shots of color with well into fall. >>FoS VIDEO: How to wear a scarf Simple yet decadent, they're just about precious enough to want to hang on a wall to observe... Declaring “I believe that art

Eyewear designer Moss Lipow discovers the history of eyewear from their humble, practical minded beginnings to their meteoric rise as an impression making fashion accessory in his new book Eyewear. As a designer, collector & enthusiast Lipow combines his first-hand knowledge and curated collection of eyewear with an insightful look at the evolution of eyewear for this just released tome that should serve as an end-all reference for all things optical. Featuring 1,000 optical images that span 500 years, Lipow has culled information from a variety of sources including ancient texts, old catalogues, vintage magazines, and out-of-print publications of every kind. Eyewear by Moss Lipow is available now at Taschen.com

On a recent trawl through Chelsea, New York's art gallery packed westside neighborhood, came the discovery of Bruce Silverstein Gallery's “Reflections: The Expressionist Origins of Lisette Model,” an inspiring visual retrospective featuring an edited collection of the late artist's work. Model's use of reflective layers to combine cityscapes and civilians candidly shuffling about through New York City during the 40's offers a romantic, nostalgia inducing and even slightly haunting look at the city that also sheds light on the work of some of her most renowned students, Diane Arbus and Peter Hujar. Paired with works on paper by artists including Max Beckmann and Lyonel Feininger, and accompanied by a recording of Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire,” the gallery's back room is dedicated to postwar

Besides the now iconic cone bra's he outfitted Madonna for in the early 90's, the highly controversial Hasidic-inspired collection for Fall 1993 and the many in-your-face ethnic influenced collections ripe with rigorous tailoring that have followed, fashion's original enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier, will forever be a designer who's done much more than that in our books. Long before today's mega names associated with showmanship like John Galliano and Alexander McQueen, there was Gaultier. From indigenous garb to religious connotations to hi-camp athleticism, Gaultier has dazzled the fashion world with a heady tour de force of provocative, imaginative creations brought to life with a hearty dose of brazen wit and fierce execution. Possessing the kind of game changing substance that informs one on the sublime delicacies that high French fashion will

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The Personal Style of Legendary Authors and The Clothes They Wore with Terry Newman [7 Days to Amazing Podcast]

Holiday Style Guide: Can-Do Chic to inspire your holiday look

Style inspiration beyond fashion

Have Yourself a Renoir Moment- Impressionism and Fashion in Paris

Regarding Warhol: What Would Andy Say About Fashion Bloggers?

Don’t miss out on limited edition scarves! Hermes Hiroshi Sugimoto- Couleurs de l’Ombre Covetable Scarves

Specs Appeal- The New Book Eyewear from Moss Lipow

Lisette Model ‘Reflections’

“The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier” Comes to Dallas this November

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