Everything old is new again…that is if you live long enough. Barbara Kingstone October 20, 2019 Fashion Forward For instance, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK. earlier this year the very first thing I noticed was a very crowded exhibit of...
ORSA MAGGIORE … TRANSLATED IT IS THE BIG DIPPER Barbara Kingstone June 18, 2019 Destinations, Europe, Fashion Forward, Italy, Jewellry I’ve become quite blasé about jewelry. There’s a sameness to many pieces or reinterpreted —the same old, same old. However, my...
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...
Sri Lanka Barbara Kingstone September 1, 2018 Asia, Fashion Forward, Sri Lanka The twenty seven hour trip from Toronto to Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, didn’t stop me from admiring the glorious sunrise creating a...
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...
