Heydari Spring 2012 Ready To Wear

Mariam Heydari unveils her collection for Heydari on a bevy of girls prancing through Georgetown in Washington From the stiletto heels, vaguely evocative of the Eisenhower era, these girls were brimming with sugar and spice and all things nice—capturing the mood of ironically exaggerated femininity that has swept the runways.

Heydari, this mood was embodied by the abundant use of pleated and linen. To soften the effect even more, these pieces were veiled in diaganol structure and layers.

Heydari has garnered a loyal following for more than 25 years. Consistently buying designer clothing may lend itself to curiosity and mystique about the personality of the designer. But her success is built not on personality, but on her personal touch, attention to detail and unique styling.

Mariam states, “as a clothing retailer for 28 years, I learned that clothing has to be comfortable while in motion as well as at rest. I desire that each piece works together to produce a piece of art that provides long-lasting pleasure – a statement of individual style that will be worn with pride.”

There is no mass production involved in Heydari, which provides customers with clothes of distinction that are never shocking. Heydari wraps the wearer in elegance through a process of layering, manipulation and addition of appropriate elements until the final vision is achieved. Behold texture, color and uneven lines and enjoy Heydari’s wearable art!

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Heydari Spring Collection 2012 RTW

Santa Maria Novella's debut in Chevy Chase, Maryland

LAFCO New York started in 1993 as a way of realizing owner Jon Bresler’s dream to leave the legal profession and pursue his love of fragrance and luxury products gently manufactured in the European tradition.

The first collection Jon brought to the US was a group of five spectacular hard milled soaps from Claus Porto in Portugal. Not only were these five soaps the foundation upon which LAFCO NY was built, but LAFCO NY still sells these five today.

LAFCO NY has continued to search for new collections to add to its offerings. Jon uses the outstanding quality and longevity of these original products as a standard. LAFCO NY trusts that their customers have the same appreciation for the finest ingredients and attention to details that has made LAFCO NY a leading purveyor of fragrance and luxury products in America.

Jason  Barnes

Knopf Doubleday Writers on Writing: Isabel Wilkerson

"The Warmth of Other Suns” is Wilkerson’s first book. (Its title is borrowed from the celebrated black writer Richard Wright, who fled Jim Crow Mississippi in the 1920s to feel the warmth of those other suns.) Based on more than a thousand interviews, written in broad imaginative strokes, this book, at 622 pages, is something of an anomaly in today’s shrinking world of nonfiction publishing: a narrative epic rigorous enough to impress all but the crankiest of scholars, yet so immensely readable as to land the author a future place on Oprah’s couch.Wilkerson follows the journey of three Southern blacks, each representing a different decade of the Great Migration as well as a different destination. It’s a shrewd storytelling device, because it allows her to highlight two issues often overlooked: first, that the exodus was a continuous phenomenon spanning six decades of American life; second, that it consisted of not one, but rather three geographical streams, the patterns determined by the train routes available to those bold enough to leave.

Isabel Wilkerson won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing as Chicago bureau chief of The New York Times. The first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism and the first African American to win for individual reporting, she has also won the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.She has lectured on narrative at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University and has served as Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University and as the James M. Cox Jr. Professor of Journalism at Emory University. She is currently Professor of Journalism and Director of Narrative Nonfiction at Boston University. During the Great Migration, her parents journeyed from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington, D.C., where she was born and reared.

Iman Receives Rodeo Drive of Style Award

The Missonis, as well as Somali-born model Iman are the next style superstars to receive the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Awards, which are permanent plaques on the sidewalk of one of the world's most famous, fashion-conscious shopping streets.

The Walk of Style aims to remind both tastemakers and tourists that Los Angeles has earned its fashion credibility with red carpets, film wardrobes and important retailers, even if it isn't where most of the industry hangs its hat. Previous recipients include Tom Ford, Giorgio Armani, Donatella Versace and Manolo Blahnik, all of whom attended the splashy celebrity-filled party held as part of the awards.

Lincoln Center Presents: An Evening With Ralph Lauren Hosted By Oprah Winfrey - Inside

Ralph Lauren, one of the world’s most recognized design and global business leaders appreared on stage at the Lincoln Center’s for an extraordinary night that jointly benefited The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Oprah Winfrey led a personal and intimate conversation with Ralph Lauren offering a rare look into the life of an intriguing public, yet very private, cultural icon.

This theatrical one night only stage production was produced by Darren Bagert, a two-time Tony Award® winning producer. The special multi media on stage conversation was be preceded by a reception and followed by a gala dinner in Avery Fisher Hall.

This landmark event recognizes that the art of design is an integral part of American culture and will also strengthen and augment fashion related events at Lincoln Center, not only during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week but throughout the year.

Long recognized for his early leadership in the fight against breast cancer, Ralph Lauren, more than 20 years ago, made a personal and corporate commitment to finding a cure for this disease. Mr. Lauren helped establish the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research at Georgetown University Medical Center and went on to design the first “target” logo for the Council of Fashion Designers of Americas successful “Fashion Targets Breast Cancer” international awareness campaign.

Continuing his efforts, in 2000, he designated his classic icon in pink to the Pink Pony Campaign, a worldwide initiative in the fight against cancer. Pink Pony supports programs for early diagnosis, education, treatment and research and is dedicated to bringing quality cancer care to medically underserved communities.

In 2003, Polo Ralph Lauren, partnering with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, established The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, a hospital-based cancer treatment facility in Harlem that provides comprehensive education, screening and diagnostic services for breast and other cancers tailored to meet the specific needs of the Harlem community.

Drake Celebrates 25th Birthday in Las Vegas

Drake Celebrates His 25th Birthday At TAO With Martini Moscato d'Asti at the Tao Nightclub at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas on October 22, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


The Toronto-born rapper hit Las Vegas for a birthday bash at Sin City hot spot Tao last night. With one party out of the way, Drizzy can focus on planning the celebration of the release of his sophomore album, Take Care , on November 15. The set will include the first single.


Shining in blue, black and gold, it appears that our boy cut his hair. A memorable moment from last night was when Drake ordered and gave away 200 shots and bottles.

Drake and Lil Wayne are bona fide rappers, but, damn, they make one hell of an R&B song. "The Real Her," which may or may not be slated for Drake's upcoming Take Care, dropped online Friday and it's a silky-smooth, ethereal R&B jam reminiscent of Drake's fellow Torontonian the Weeknd.

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns” is Wilkerson’s first book. (Its title is borrowed from the celebrated black writer Richard Wright, who fled Jim Crow Mississippi in the 1920s to feel the warmth of those other suns.) Based on more than a thousand interviews, written in broad imaginative strokes, this book, at 622 pages, is something of an anomaly in today’s shrinking world of nonfiction publishing: a narrative epic rigorous enough to impress all but the crankiest of scholars, yet so immensely readable as to land the author a future place on Oprah’s couch.

Wilkerson follows the journey of three Southern blacks, each representing a different decade of the Great Migration as well as a different destination. It’s a shrewd storytelling device, because it allows her to highlight two issues often overlooked: first, that the exodus was a continuous phenomenon spanning six decades of American life; second, that it consisted of not one, but rather three geographical streams, the patterns determined by the train routes available to those bold enough to leave.

Isabel Wilkerson and Michelle Davis, John P. Davis Collection 

Isabel Wilkerson won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing as Chicago bureau chief of The New York Times. The first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism and the first African American to win for individual reporting, she has also won the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.


She has lectured on narrative at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University and has served as Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University and as the James M. Cox Jr. Professor of Journalism at Emory University. She is currently Professor of Journalism and Director of Narrative Nonfiction at Boston University. During the Great Migration, her parents journeyed from Georgia and southern Virginia to Washington, D.C., where she was born and reared. This is her first book.