Heidi and Paddy and THE COAT Barbara Kingstone September 29, 2018 Fashion Forward In the 70s before the word fashionista was a mainstream word, my Kenzo Takada coat brought a new friend into the family. Kenzo opened his first...
Valentina Bruganetti’s Ageless Jewellery Barbara Kingstone September 22, 2018 Fashion Forward Strange things happen when you least expect it. Here I was in Jerusalem, interviewing the then manager of The American Colony Hotel, Thomas...
Could I Have Known that Colombia Would have Great Fashion Designers? Barbara Kingstone September 15, 2018 Colombia, Fashion Forward My guide Lizette, had taken me to a block filled with boutiques in Bogota and from what I saw in the various store windows, I wanted to go into...
Camilla Parker Bowles, Now Duchess of Cornwall, Found the Perfect Designer Barbara Kingstone August 25, 2018 Fashion Forward Camilla Parker Bowles, now Duchess of Cornwall, found the perfect designer. Several years ago, I mentioned to my London based-friend, a...
CHANEL, THE LABEL THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Barbara Kingstone August 18, 2018 Fashion Forward, Shopping One designer whose jackets, sweaters, coats, evening wear, shoes and jewellery, in fact all other offerings were, and still are, forever new, is...