Ladies sing the blues at ArtsWestchester
byIn Sept. 25, ArtsWestchester in White Plains will present a blues concert as part of its 2015 Jazz Fest. But if that has you…
SEPTEMBER 2015
Fashion passion
42 re-focuses on food
byOn a clear day, you can see — well, perhaps not forever, as the song goes, but certainly as far south as Manhattan, as…
Savory Wild Mushroom Cheese Bread Pudding
byIngredients: < 1½ pounds of shiitake mushrooms and a ½-pound baby portabella mushrooms (stems removed) < 2 tablespoons olive oil < 1 large shallot…
Grapes and soul under the cork
byDo you ever wonder why some high achievers would still be high achievers if their chosen direction was no longer an option? How a…
Hog heaven
byPhotographs by Anthony Carboni. Marlon Brando as “The Wild One.” Steve McQueen’s “The Great Escape.” Lawrence crashing after Arabia. Few vehicles command the sleek…
Shopping the world
byOne of the many joys of traveling is shopping for clothes and bringing them back from afar. In exotic fabrics, in unfamiliar designs, in…
September Chic choices
byMAKING ROOM FOR STYLE WAG had the chance to spend some time with the namesakes behind the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams furniture and…
Ralph Pucci elevates mannequin to art
byPhotographs by Bob Rozycki. The most frequent visitor to “Ralph Pucci: The Art of the Mannequin” just might be Ralph Pucci himself. “I…
Stretchy, curvy and a touch of leather
byCredits for David Koma’s Autumn/Winter 2015 Collection – Stylist: Elodie David Touboul; Hair: Karin Bigler at Jed Root using Bumble and bumble; Makeup: Andrew…
teNeues presents “The Stylish Life: Equestrian”
byThe equestrian season comes to a close in WAG country this month with the American Gold Cup at Old Salem Farm in North Salem…
Dior between the covers
byFrance, 1946 — The country reels from the infamy of Nazi conquest and collaboration. But just as there has been a strong pocket of…
Scarborough & Tweed passes the test of time
byThe duffel had been done a million times over. But when Lisa McCullagh designed the canvas duffel bag that would become the cornerstone of…
Head ‘North’ for style
byPhotographs by Bob Rozycki. You wouldn’t know it from appearances but North, Tammy Ehrenfeld’s year-old Bronxville boutique known for its singular approach to…
The deathless style of James Dean
bySixty years ago this month — Sept. 30 to be exact — James Dean was killed in a car crash on his way to…
Lalique’s collection most ‘Divine’
byPhotographs courtesy Lalique. WAG was recently invited to meet again with the head designer of Lalique Jewelry, France. This time, Quentin Obadia was…
The naked truth
byIn his seminal 1956 book “The Nude,” art historian Kenneth Clark considers the difference between the words “naked” and “nude.” “To be naked is…
Zang Toi is fashionable, inside and out
byPhotographs courtesy Zang Toi. Zang Toi and Mary Jane Denzer are showing off one of his designs in her eponymous store near The…
East meets West in Michael Ayervais’ Japanese Ningyô collection
byPhotographs of Michael Ayervais and dolls from his ningyô collection. Photographs by John Rizzo. Michael Ayervais is a hairstylist (owner of Ayervais Salon…
Kim Seybert designs ‘couture for the table’
byThere’s a certain elegance to the tabletop designs of Kim Seybert. And that comes as no surprise to those familiar with her story….
Haath Designs’ passage to India
byStory by Lauren Sharkey. Photographs of various items from Haath Designs. Photographs by Cathy Pinsky of Pinsky Studio. In a society that revolves…