Tag: expensive stuff

  • Met Gala Highlights

    My favorite thing about the Costume Institute Gala at the Met is seeing fashionable celebrities across different industries walk the same red carpet. What other event brings you fashion industry veterans Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley, public personalities Oprah and Michael Kors, music industry insiders Puff Daddy and M.I.A., supermodels Karolina Kurkova and Naomi…

  • Deep and Secret Things

    Have you ever been part of a live auction? How about a live auction offering up exclusively designed fashion-forward pieces for charity? The energy is infectious. Last Thursday night my sister and I went to Discarded to Divine, a silent and live auction event featuring exclusively designed pieces made from discarded clothing, benefiting the St.…

  • Everything old is new again

    Vintage is undeniably hot. But what about cool, timeless pieces that aren’t old enough to be vintage yet? Enter: “pre-owned” luxury items. Today Haute Look is selling pre-owned luxury watches from brands such as Cartier, Piaget, and Baume and Mercier. Of course, Haute Look is no stranger to selling second-hand luxury items. From time to…

  • Betting on Fashion

    Yesterday I read a piece on Jezebel denouncing the use of the phrase “investment piece” as a marketing ploy to get women to justify buying luxury items in tough economic times. Usually I appreciate Jezebel for calling out ridiculous marketing tactics (such as Cover Lies), but this one was an easy shot that didn’t have…