Illustrations by David Downton Oscar de la Renta has taken the age-old mantra “Live each day as if it’s your last” and endowed it with his signature refined uptown twist. The result is live in love, both an affirmation and the name of his house’s new perfume (available in stores this October). Described as “a [...]
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Gucci’s Guilty Pleasure, for Him
July 6, 2011 – 12:58 pm
My first recollection of male fragrance as an “alluring” entity was in junior high, in about eighth grade, when the more popular boys started soaking themselves in Drakkar Noir By Guy Laroche, an aggressive, headache-inducing scent. The less cool ones were stuck with their father’s Old Spice—such was the choice cologne of middle-aged, middle-class men [...]
The Secret(s) of Chanel No. 5
January 3, 2011 – 8:02 am
2009’s Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tatou was a dramatic look at the sometimes tragic motivations of the couturier who founded one of the world’s most famous fashion houses, disclosing a little bit about how sailor stripes and other Chanel signatures entered our fashion vocabulary. Meanwhile Lagerfeld Confidential, a documentary on Karl Lagerfeld released in [...]
Memory: The Sixth Sense
November 18, 2010 – 12:01 pm
“Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.” As Patrick Süskind explains in the above passage [...]
Gucci’s Guilty Flashback
August 23, 2010 – 6:32 am
Gucci 1996 by Mario Testino Sometimes, seldom, a collection, image or item so perfectly embodies a cultural moment that the most appropriate descriptor is the overused “iconic.” Tom Ford’s velvet tuxedo for Gucci (F/W 1996) was one such rarity. A culmination of the designer’s tenure at the Italian house, with two traditional garments and one [...]
