Fashion week wraps up here today in Amsterdam, and the big tents on soggy Museumplein, nestled amongst the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Stedlijk Museum, are coming down. I mention soggy because of the thunderstorms & flooding in the region recently. A Cartier Marcello handbag launch event last week had to be moved […]

Every once in a while a product comes along that creates such a buzz, such a frenzy, that people stand in line at crazy hours to buy said item. I’m not a plastic bag is a reusable shopping bag from the English label Anya Hindmarch, and is one of these high demand items. After completely […]

Designer Michelle Tamoush is based in San Diego, California and her line of necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings are sold on b-good.com and in west coast stores. I chatted with her by email.

What do you use for design inspiration?
I would say my main source of inspiration comes from the materials themselves. Coming across a […]

Individuality has often been the focus of my thoughts pertaining to style and fashion. Perhaps it’s because I have a medium build, with medium brown hair, that I sometimes try to use clothing to stand out or make a statement. But a couple of weeks ago I participated in someone else’s statement—an art event, by […]

With summer and warmer temperatures, I’m always longing to be outside, perhaps sipping a cup of tea or coffee at a waterside cafe. One thing Europe definitely has going for it over the US is the café culture. A few American cities approach the European sensibility, such as New York City or Asheville, NC, but […]

Last week we talked about recycled trends from the eighties. That got me thinking, what is unique about the ‘naughts, the first decade of this century, that will be recreated in 15-20 years? I was trying to come up with original, non-recycled fads that came about in the post 9/11 era. Personally, my wardrobe is […]

Okay, we all know that every 20 years or so the fashion of the day, and music, will be revived. Ideally it comes with a new and creative interpretation, like the 2003 song Through the Wire by Kayne West (which samples Chaka Kahn’s 1984 song “Through the Fire”). Or in fashion, with fresh combinations, […]

After reading about the clothing swap concept several weeks ago, Galit Bauer, partner in b-good, hosted one here in Amsterdam. It was the first swap for nearly everyone present, and was a big hit. Two guys were present–they agreed it was a good thing for both males and females, and they will encourage their guy […]

I love these days’ fashion. Those large tunics, in crazy colours and prints, make even the overweight little lady seem… I don’t know, a little slimmer, a little playful, perhaps even a little pregnant (better that than people assuming you are 20 pounds over your limit). A pair of leggings or black denim strechers, a […]

As I mentioned last week, I connected with buddies Anja & Tetsu in Berlin over the weekend. They live together in NYC’s Chinatown but Anja is from Hamburg and Tetsu was born in Japan. Anja was integral to our clothes swap initiative I blogged about several weeks ago. I always got compliments when I […]