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Best of Sarasota :: Pique-Nique Sur La Baie 2013
New College Foundation celebrated three decades of Pique-Nique Sur La Baie this week, co-chaired this year by the adept quartet of Renee Hamad, BJ Creighton, Pat Johnson and Kathy Coffey. A favorite of mine, the event is a virtual eye candy of Sarasota’s doyennes who don their best chapeau for an afternoon on Sarasota Bay, [...]
Read More >>Town & Country’s Kathryn Livingston on Lilly Pulitzer
Some historians argue it was Lilly Pulitzer who introduced the iconic shift dress into pop culture, but it was the Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Kennedy and Whitney families that popularized the brand in a major way, making it a must-have for resort jetsetters. You may be surprised to know that these internationally recognized cheerful prints have humble [...]
Read More >>What I Wear to Work :: Jordon Stone
According to his Neatly Collected blog‘s home page, Jordon Stone is a “sartorial enthusiast, maker, writer and style liker.” All of which is right on, in my opinion, along with a bit of Les Misérables’ Eddie Redmayne thrown in for good measure. Jordon’s a guy who pays attention to detail and has the ability to [...]
Read More >>Mrs. Kennedy and Me: Q&A with Author Clint Hill
Courageous is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of Clint Hill. Maybe you don’t recognize the name right off – but it’s certain you know the man. Hill was the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of President and Mrs. Kennedy’s motorcade on that fateful November day in Dallas, 1963. [...]
Read More >>Q & A: Raw Food Celebrity Chef Ani Phyo
Celebrity raw food chef Ani Phyo has long been a strong voice at the forefront of the raw food movement
Read More >>HBO Documentary: “In-Vogue: The Editor’s Eye”
By Heather Dunhill If you haven’t been able to get a Vogue film fix since The September Issue, then you’re gonna love knowing about the HBO documentary In-Vogue: The Editor’s Eye, marking the 120th anniversary of fashion’s iconic tome. Not only is the documentary a historical timeline, it’s up-close with genius editors like Anna Wintour, [...]
Read More >>What I Wear to Work: Ariana Franco of Juno & Jove
By Heather Dunhill I’m pretty jazzed to introduce this new monthly series, called “What I Wear to Work.” I’ll be sussing out the well-styled among our working set in the city and highlighting them here…snapping a few shots and documenting where they found everything from shoes to accessories, just in case something is a must-have [...]
Read More >>Q&A :: Yossi Harari
By Heather Dunhill Tel Aviv-born jewelry designer Yossi Harari is one of those names that everyone on Hollywood’s A-List seems to know. Maybe it’s because he’s a multi-year Couture Designer Award winner, or because his pieces emanate a relaxed, elegant style…or maybe it’s because each piece is handcrafted and easily layered. Either way, in the [...]
Read More >>Q&A with Jewelry Designer IPPOLITA
By Heather Dunhill This week I caught up with Ippolita Rostagno, founder and creative director of IPPOLITA (and a native of Florence, Italy), for a Q&A while she made a stop in Sarasota for a personal visit to Saks Fifth Avenue. I can’t help but begin with some celeb name dropping, since Ippolita would never [...]
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