Edward Espitia
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Fall’s Best Fashion Books
Stylish reads that run the aesthetic gamut
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Francisco Costa’s Fashion Archive Unveiled
Calvin Klein Collection creative director Francisco Costa enlists top photographers to interpret his fashion designs
Revisit Francisco Costa’s time as the creative director and women’s collections designer for Calvin Klein through the lens of 21 photographers in this innovative new publication. Costa selected pieces from his Calvin Klein women’s collections to inspire or be worn in each of their photographs, and the ... More
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Princess Diana’s Sheep Sweater Goes For $1.14 Million
A Warm & Wonderful knit was the star lot in Sotheby's New York's recent Fashion Icons sale
Before the revenge dress there was the black sheep jumper. Princess Diana was the master of sending coded messages through her sartorial choices. Everything she wore in public was scrutinized and broadcast around the world, and she used this fact to her advantage from the beginning of her life in ... More
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Ralph Lauren’s Rules of Living Well
The American designer opens up his world and homes in a new book, "Ralph Lauren A Way of Living"
The first complete volume devoted to Ralph Lauren's distinctive American style and his elegant approach to design, Ralph Lauren A Way of Living (Rizzoli) celebrates the 40th anniversary of the home collection. In this book, Lauren opens the door to all the places he ... More
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Anne Eisenhower’s Famed Jewelry Can Be Yours
Anne Eisenhower's famous baubles including the Van Cleef & Arpels Jarretière bracelet (formerly owned by Marlene Dietrich) are up for auction June 7 at Christie's
Few names in Hollywood can match the fashion cachet of Marlene Dietrich. The Blue Angel is known not only for her impeccable acting chops, but her refined and daring style choices that made her an enduring fashion icon. Her whimsical taste in jewels is what drew Anne Eisenhower (the granddaughter ... More
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Instant Gratification
Celebrate 50 years of automatic memories with Polaroid’s SX-70 camera
The ability to capture instantaneous images with ease has become integral to our daily lives. Most of us have a camera on our person at all times, and many of us cannot remember a time when pictures were not instantly viewable on a digital device. In 1943, a young girl asked ... More
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Behind The Scenes With Katie Holmes
The James F.D. Lanier Residence was a stunning, historical backdrop for our cover shoot with Katie Holmes
You don’t often hear Rihanna and Coldplay mentioned in the context of the Gilded Age, but Katie Holmes proved the two can happily coexist during her June 7 cover shoot for DuJour magazine, founded by Jason Binn. At 123 East 35th Street stands an imposing ... More
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New York City’s The James F. D. Lanier Residence Hits The Market
A rare jewel of Manhattan's Gilded Age history awaits a new buyer in Murray Hill
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The Queen Mother’s Crown Affair
The Queen Mother’s glittering Garrard & Co crown, created for the coronation of King George VI in 1937, comes out of retirement
In her Platinum Jubilee message this February, Queen Elizabeth II stated that it was her “sincere wish” for Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to be styled as Queen Consort when the time comes for Charles to take the throne. With Camilla’s title settled, the ever-important ... More
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A Roman Villa Featuring the Only Ceiling Mural Caravaggio Ever Painted
Caravaggio's Renaissance masterpiece, "Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto" (ca. 1597), goes under the hammer
Sitting on half an acre near the Via Veneto in Rome, Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, locally known as the Villa Aurora, was built as a hunting lodge around 1570. The villa is all that remains of a much larger compound commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. The lodge ... More
