MORE FRIENDS!!
My apologies for having not been in blogging mode, but distractions with holidays. blah blah blah!!! But here is one of my FAVORITE customers.. ALBERT! A finance man by trade- has a taste for fashion outside of the typical Brooks Brothers Wall Street look.. Here he is in a “challenging” but BEAUTIFUL PRADA techy tie.. [...]
TESS IN A.F. VANDEVORST
Yeah! more pictures of more fashionista’s! Here is Tess, my favorite Brit.. Florence Welch has to take a back seat. sorry Flo. Years ago we became pen pals from across the great ocean.. Actually via email, not as lovely as hand written notes on perfumed paper- but still a delight.. And we’ve stayed in touch [...]
CROCHET ARTIST OLEK IN LIMI FEU….
well, that is if you can see it under all that crochet! I’m joking.. OLEK is definitely is a woman of personal style.. and after our window collaboration in September she scored this BEAUTIFUL hand dipped dyed fuschia LIMI FEU.. Here she in at SCOPE MIAMI!! love her… go to oleknyc.com and check out her [...]
MICHAELA in MARIA ZURETA!
OK, where is that receipt so I make sure I spell her name correctly? who knows.. But I’m close.. This lovely Lady of German decent came in, we talked Nina Hagen (every chance i can with a German) tried on a bunch ‘o Owens, and informed me that she had been dreaming of the Maria [...]
PATRICK MIXES ‘ER UP!!
Patrick’s been in before.. He came in again and we discussed plastic surgery with my friend Carrie, and the fact that he should NOT BY ANY MEANS modify his lovely nose. I hope he listened. But I digress. As a fellow retail consultant, Patrick takes after my own heart of playing the “MIX IT UP” [...]
A TRANSFORMATION STORY
I’m a sucker for a great transformation story of any kind. I tend to watch them on TV obsessively. But I love it even more when I know the person! Let me present to you: NORMA DAILY.. one of my favorite ladies. Or, Mama Rose as I like to call her.. “Mama Rose” is the [...]
KRISTIINA WILSON: FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER: MUSE: RICK OWENS LOVER
Here’s our favorite fashion photographer, 6PM wine club member, and patron Ms. Kristiina (aka “Teener”) Wilson!! She’s of Finish decent, hence the 2 “I’s” in her name. Here she is wearing a BEAUTIFUL Rick Owens knitted “poncho” with leather sleeves.. This is one of the few things that I’d had saved in my backroom when [...]
FLORENCE and the CHANGE OF SEASON MACHINE
It could work, the new name- yes? It may be a little bit long, and the web address would take 30 seconds to type.. But a man/boy can dream, can he not? Well as you can imagine I’m once again talking about the lovely Florence Welch, of Florence and the Machine. We met maybe 6 [...]
Dearest Clementine….
Ah, we were having a little “wine o’clock” a few evenings back and lovely Clementine came in.. We were hootin’ & hollerin’, enjoying a night in retail-ville.. and she was in with a few free moments, after having launched the LANVIN for H&M line. She was one of the set designers! Well here she is [...]
MORGANE’s EVOLUTION REVISITED..
Well actually she didn’t buy these pieces… she’s just modeling on her afternoon off from girls boarding school for fashion hoarders.. Look for the show on A&E this winter! Actually we’re just sowing off a few pieces of our pride and joy by Maison Martin Margiela.. Here she is!
CLAIRE IN MARIA ZURETA!
Another pic collected! Here’s Claire in her one-of-a-kind Maria Zureta “mixed gold” necklace! Claire is a avid fan and has collected 2 pieces from this London based designer. More is on it’s way for the holidays! C’mon Royal Mail… MORE ZURETA! The natives are restless..
TWO OF MY FAVORITE LADIES!
I met Erika when we first opened last year and it was one of the MOST lovely moments.. Check past postings for details. And then came Sarah, Erika’s Bestie- who is as equally charming.. So needless to say, I Facebooked them via my personal account.. Watch out when that happens, cause I’ll be digging around [...]
BIRTH OF A MUSE: ZANA BAYNE- DESIGNER, BLOGGER, FASHIONISTA, VIRGO
And our newest choice for COS muse is……..Ms. ZANA BAYNE.. We’ve met a variety of times now and she popped into our little Halloween gathering- where we got to sip wine, eat cupcakes, and chat. She does everything from blogging on her well traffic’d site www.garbagedress.com to designing her own line of leather harnesses- that [...]
LADY OBAMA IN VIKTOR & ROLF!!!
We were pleasantly surprised this morning when checking our www.nytimes.com we stumbled in the first pictures of MR President and Wife in India. Michelle was wearing the Viktor and Rolf dress from Fall 09,.the same we used to carry at Change of Season.Talking about …Fashion Forward!!! Now,..I don’t really remember who bought it,.maybe husband could [...]
FRANCESCA IN DRIES VAN NOTEN
Francesca came to the place where she could find the perfect “WOWZER” dress for her two friends wedding ceremony & reception.. The happy couple (two gentlemen- Yeah! “F” you Prop 8!) insisted that the ladies really pull out all the stops, and Francesca did! Here’s a little montage of her look.. AMAZING!
RESIDENT HOUSE MODEL WINSTON
Resident house model Winston shows off some new pieces here at the shop.. Bernhard Willhelm & Ann Demeulemeester..
MY HOMEY’S…. CONSUMING.
What? Take money from friends? If I have to. But I’ll swipe with EXTRA care. More happy consumers! Here are friends Michael (Mr. Bumble & Bumble) in his new Rick Owens jacket and Miss Luan (lovely traveler) wearing her Alberto Juan NAIL ring… Oh the happiness.. I got various text messages from Michael later on [...]
SABRINA IN A.F. VANDEVORST
Here are some photos I shot on my handy point and shoot of Marco’s fashionista sister Sabrina, wearing a GORGEOUS silk A.F. Vandevorst gown. Amazing shredded ribbons that cut around the front a bit to the hip. This is a piece you HAVE to see on the body. Here it is in brown.. We also [...]
ZANA BAYNE IN MIU MIU!
YEAH! We love that we met blogger and designer Zana Bayne.. Well, because she’s cute, got good taste, and she likes our shop I’d suppose.. Here are a few pics of her in her Miu Miu coat that she bought from us a few weeks ago.. And go to www.garbagedress.com to see the post! Thanks [...]
WITCHES BREW: A PRE-HALLOWEEN MIXER WITH NEW ARRIVALS!
Back from my travels, I’ve landed my grubby little hands on many little treasures for boys and girls alike.. ANN DEMEULEMEESTER, DRIES VAN NOTEN, BERNHARD WILLHELM, PRADA, RAF BY RAF SIMONS, & AF VANDEVORST.. also a tiny shipment of basic but beautiful brushed cotton pants by no one other than RICK OWENS. Everything is currently [...]
“IT’S LIKE A JUNGLE IN TOWN”!!!
THE MODERN CAMOUFLAGE OF GERMAN “GENIUS” BERNHARD WILLHELM IS COMING VERY SOON TO ” CHANGE OF SEASON”.STAY TUNED BOYS!!!!!
BOUDICCA FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOADICEA!!!
“HOW TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE”!!! Apparently the “fierce” Welsh Queen who fought those Romans,..has been the inspiration for the new Roisin Murphy single with Mason called “Boadicea”. The day the single came out,..we got the beautiful lookbook of Boudicca Spring Collection,….is it just a coincidence? Or is it Change of Season’s magic??
ALBERT IN WALTER VAN BEIRONDONCK..
Here’s Albert! Ok, i LOVE that he (as well as his friends) LOVE this shirt.. It’s quirky with it’s 4 arms.. It’s WALTER after all ! Albert is the fastest in the dressing room. The experience is strangely like Batman coming down the bat pole! WHAM! HOLY FASHIONISTA BATMAN! POW! I sit in awe of [...]
RONNI IN MARIA ZURETA…
A 9th street regular, Ronni pops in a bunch and we love her.. She definitely knows how to put together her look, also with the help of my retail sisters DUO- one door down from me. Here she is in London based jewelry designer: Roberto Costa for MARIA ZURETA. This particular piece has an antique [...]
