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Ready or Not: The ‘Y’ in ‘Yves’

25 July 2012 • Kimberly

Saint Laurent Paris, opening soon. R.I.P. the Y in Yves; it all seems surreal. Impossible, said the French way. The power of one letter, and one so rarely used. This is the power of branding, consumer association and influence. Yves. Y. Yves. Why? YSL is iconic; what of Yves, the man behind the ... Read More

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How To Have Everything

25 July 2012 • Kimberly

“… choose to believe in your own myth your own glamour your own spell a young woman who does this (even if she is just pretending) has everything.” —Francesca Lia Block ... Read More

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Sensory Saturdays

21 July 2012 • Kimberly

It's been a while since the last. .   .   .  Phone vibrates. Brrrr, it goes, from somewhere beneath rumpled covers and sheets. Vibrations are d i s p e r s e d across the entirety of my bed. It's actually under my pillow. "Love is life!" is scrawled across my iPhone. I can't help but ... Read More

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