Originals

OCCUPATION: Nonprofit events organization MY STYLE: I consider fashion and the home extremely related to one another. A house always reflects the owner’s personality. I believe that quality, comfort, and taste are the essentials both for my house and for my way of dressing. I can’t wear or have in my house something that is […]

OCCUPATION: Mother MY STYLE: I like simple, classic, and comfortable clothes, shoes, and bags. Favorites include Vanesa Bruno, Zadig et Voltaire, and Lanvin for evening dresses. I’m addicted to J Brand jeans with comfortable boots during the day; and at night, dresses, high heels, and very few accessories. I LOVE MILAN BECAUSE: It’s a working

OCCUPATION: Fashion and luxury director for W magazine MY STYLE: Working for the best fashion magazine in the world, it’s easy to wear fashionable clothes. I love Missoni, seventies-inspired looks, and any kind of very high heels! I live in an 18th century home with wood ceilings, and my home is a mix of old, new, and

OCCUPATION: Jewelry Designer MY STYLE: Clean and casual. My favorite designers include Tomas Maier, Bottega Veneta, Jil Sander, and Rick Owens. I LOVE MILAN BECAUSE: The center is small, so it’s easy to move from one place to another. Pasticceria Marchesi One of Milan’s oldest bakeries, Marchesi offers delicious baked goods that have garnered quite

OCCUPATION: Executive president of Havas Media MY STYLE: Rock chic. I love skinny pants, oversized jackets, lots of black and leather. My favorite designers are Versace, Givenchy, and Stella McCartney. All my bags are from Tod’s. I LOVE MILAN BECAUSE: Of its dimension. Almost everything is walking distance or a short drive away. It’s also

OCCUPATION: Mother MY STYLE: Sporty, simple, and elegant, but not necessarily in that order. I only wear one important accessory (bag or shoes or jewelry) at a time. When you’re 20, you can exaggerate, but after 40, the less you wear the better and younger you seem, though on important occasions I do like to

Another number from The Very Best gets us in that end-of-summer mood I know, I know. I am breaking the ultimate mixtape rule: never feature the same artist twice. But I couldn’t help it.  This is the perfect summer anthem: “The sky could fall down any day / nothing lasts forever anyway / as long

When asked about her favorite artists, Sharon Shapiro can’t help but get a wee bit academic—dropping analytical remarks about Frida Kahlo’s ironic symbolism, Lucian Freud’s complex figurations, and—explored herein—Wayne Thiebaud’s exploration of the mundane (think cupcakes, lipstick, cafeteria utensils). As an accomplished painter in her own right, Shapiro may know her share of art methods and theory.

“There is no balance—only life.” While you might expect these words to have come from a new age sage, they were, in fact, uttered by the glamorous, Hollywood-based novelist, Step Mom co-writer, and mother of two, Gigi Levangie Grazer. Between her upcoming book, The After Wife (which you can pre-order here), her tech company, film adaptations, and raising her down-to-earth boys,

Back to school signals not just a return to learning, but one to hectic schedules for the whole family. In the midst of making sure the trains—or at least the carpools—run on time, concerns about whether those carrots are organic can be among the first to go by the wayside. That’s where Michelle Obama, First