Even as a tiny child, Hillary L. Beckman was mesmerized by diamonds. Barbie dolls never even came close. “I really loved the idea that these stones were millions of years old and that they came from the mantle of the earth,” said Ms. Beckman, now 30 and chief operating officer of Lockes Diamantaires, which opened Read More
Across the street from the Imitation of Christ show during now-thankfully-over Fashion Week, the label’s brand-new “store” was resting right in the middle of the Sixth Avenue sidewalk: a clear, Plexiglas phone-booth-style box with a red canopy over the top to protect customers from the heavy rain. Inside the phone booth, one lone ivory dress Read More
Best friends and business partners Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, both 29, unveiled Opening Ceremony in September of 2002. Their concept: the Olympics. No, not cheesy promotional merch, but an actual retail version of the Olympics-a yearly contest between 15 U.S. designers and 15 designers from another nation that builds to a close with Olympic-style Read More
When she was in eighth grade at Nightingale-Bamford, Camilla Bradley wrote and sold weekly gossip columns about her classmates and the guys they were hooking up with. Now 28, Ms. Bradley claimed she couldn’t take part in the social scene herself because the boys didn’t like her. “I was, like, scrawny and not cute,” she Read More
When Sigourney Weaver’s greyhound got married, Ms. Weaver needed a custom-made wedding dress for the “bride.” When Tori Spelling’s pug had a special birthday party, Ms. Spelling needed party favors for her dogs’ friends. And when Uma Thurman’s Chihuahua needed a Valentine’s Day outfit (a pink fur sweater and a Legally Blonde –inspired pink beret), Read More
Che Che, C’est Chi Chi!
Bag Ladies Rule Uptown
Throughout Asia, there’s a waiting list for Che Che handbags: hand-painted canvas totes featuring the iconic “Che Che” girl perching in a pink-beaded dress with legs crossed at a wrought-iron table, say, patting her greyhound and sipping lemonade with Audrey Hepburn insouciance, or striding long-legged Read More
