I don't often post about products and the like, but for these, I needed to make an exception. They're pretty basic gloves... with...

Tattoed babes, from the 1920s and 50s.  Strange to think that this degree of body art was grotesque enough to warrant participation in a cir...

I've never had a sister, but my LAMPS have been borrowing my accessories! This one—my desk lamp— is dripping in chains that I created fo...

I'm in New York for a couple of days! And so, I'm just going to be a hot, sloppy mess (forgive me) in presenting this image since I ...

Lucite confetti candles.  They look like candles.  They even have wicks! But you can't light them.  God knows what would happen if you t...

Left: Me, as Dubai at an "Olympics party." Right: Rachel Zoe, who has apparently raided my closet. Thanks, Cristin, for the hea...

I've been told that I'm an "impractical person." This is false.  It's just that, I usually concern myself with the pra...

This reminds me an awful lot of one of those light blue curacao cocktails.  Although, I generally go for...straighter liquor that doesn'...

I'm not quite sure why, but there's this three year old in me that has a very... emotional... gut response to graphic touches like s...

Most amazing use of patterns, in Henry Wilson's London home.  Does it surprise you that his stencil of magnolias was developed into a wa...

I don't usually give the Academy Awards or celebrity dressing much thought, but I loved this dress (and accompanying bun, because who do...

Latest project: floral chintz upholstery.  Well, it's upholstery now anyway. And, in search of a not-quite-so-80s way to make neon wor...

I'm fond of the Geoffrey Bennison quote that I've got copied in the column to the right.  He was a proponent of the idea that one sh...

Barbara Streisand, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Martinelli, at a Chanel show, 1967.  What a juxtaposition. Image via Cupcakes & High Heels...

I'm into it. Also: don't you love i-D's sense of humor? I do!! Image of Lara Stone (below) and Georgia Jagger (bottom) from i-...

Above, Imelda Marcos's legendarily enormous collection of shoes. Scan from Dictator Style, by Peter York. When the incoming Aquino gov...

Sometimes, I'm extraordinarily all over the place with things I'm thinking about or working on. Zero attention span? Three things...

Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold; but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely c...

For Spring 2010, Donatella was all about showing us how it's done, doing what she does best.  I breathed a sigh of relief. I thought, oh...

Clearly, I love baubles. More is more. Did I ever tell you how I feel about minimalism? Sensorial starvation is supremely unappealing. ...