This woman looked chic and artful walking through the west village this weekend. She would have been perfect for my “Nature of Fashion Post” with her beautiful floral sweater and golden scarf.
Date Archives November 2010
Advanced Style Look of The Day:Vintage Coat and Pin
This charming lady is dressed perfectly for a crisp autumn afternoon. Her pin and coat are both vintage, making this outfit not only stylish but sensible. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to be fashionable, in fact some of the best treasures come from thrift and consignment stores.
Incredible Fashion Town in Sicily Video
Check out this amazing video advertising a fashion outlet village in Sicily. I love how it features people with Advanced Style! A reader from Italy sent it my way this morning. Here is her fun note to me:
Hi Ari,
I’m Alessandra, I’m a 24 Italian girl.
My mother use to read (watch, she can’t speak English) your blog almost every
day, she is right next to me now, She says “Hello!”.
There is a video that is becoming almost an hit on YouTube today. All local
newspaper are featuring it.I think you are going to love it. I think it is pretty clever.. I’m Sicilian so would have liked it anyway 😉
What do you think?
Keep on posting! My mother says “Bye and greetings from Augusta!”
Alex
Thanks Allessandra, I do love it, do you guys?
Bring Out The Animal Print
This gorgeous gal looks like she could have just stepped off of the set of an Old Hollywood movie She makes a glamorous statement with her coordinated animal print sunglasses and jacket.This great combination of patterns reminded me of another lady I met who wore two different animal print items. Both ladies look simply marvelous! What do you guys think of animal print, Old Hollywood or Over The Top?(By the way we love over the top here at Advanced Style so there is no wrong answer).
A Chance Meeting With Henny Garfunkel
A while back, Kim Hastreiter of Paper Magazine told me that I had to meet her friend Henny Garfunkel. She knew that we shared a passion for photographing fabulous old ladies and thought we would hit it off. Henny and I emailed back and forth, but never had the chance to meet.
Yesterday while walking down Park Avenue I saw an amazing woman pass by and I had to ask her for a photo. I stopped to tell her that I photograph stylish and creative people over 50 and she instantly began to smile. She said,” I know who you are, my friend Kim wanted us to meet some time ago.” What a wonderful chance encounter, to meet someone whose work I so admire. Henny and I both photograph people that we encounter on the street, making this all this meeting all the more special. Her series of “Fab Old Ladies” can be found on her website: http://www.hennygarfunkel.com/ .
Check out this small clip of Henny applying her lipstick by film maker Eric Smith. Eric also made one of my favorite shorts, Irene Williams: Queen of Lincoln Road, which you can also check out below!