Monthly Archives: October 2009

Samantha Pleet’s Pre-Halloween Party

Assembly New York

Black-eyed innocence. (The photo at left was taken by Greg’s girlfriend, Margo Ducharme. He chose it for the cover of his S/S10 lookbook because he liked the dark humor of the little girl with the black eye.) Seeing Greg Armas’ fall collection brought me back to my days as a French student, dutifully reading the [...]

New York Subway Style

Camel, hats and canes: elements of class.

Some Really Nice Shoes

As a woman, I’m always jealous of classic men’s shoes. The women’s version are always somehow stylized or rethought and never exactly right. My feet are almost – but not quite – big enough to fit men’s sizes, and the whole thing is just really frustrating. Long story short, I went to this party last [...]

Dossier in Conversation with Molly Yestadt

Above looks from Yestadt Millinery S/S10 by Samantha West Photography. Sarah Ivory: Molly, how did you get into hat making while you were designing shoes at Steve Madden? Molly Yestadt: Well, I have a Millinery degree from FIT, and I am not sure what exactly interested me about it but…this is going to sound a [...]