·The 5 things to remember about November
- Karl Lagerfeld has contracts for life, no renewal and he is free to come and go. I know it's random and you may (or not) have known of it, but on the aftermath of the unexpected departures of Raf Simons and Alber Elbaz from Christian Dior and Lanvin, how appropriate is it?
- Man of the moment Alessandro Michele is the recipient of the International Designer Award by the British Fashion Council. Tim Blanks defined him as “the new punk” and somehow it’s the most brilliant description. I considered him more as the Lorenzo de’ Medici of Gucci’s Renaissance. It may sound very nerdy and damn Italian, but punks were the revolutionaries as well as the Medici, just on the other side of the spectrum.
Congratulations with a hefty dose of pride are in order. And, do we want to talk about the gilded bee accessorizing the famous red-green-red Web? By the way, pre-spring show is moving to London, swell move.
- · November is made to prepare for the holidays … yes, and if you live in Miami they begin with infamous Art Basel Miami Beach frenzy. Forget about Thanksgiving, lately I have noticed more subdued outfits for the most celebrated holiday of the year and I suspect it's because efforts are reserved for 'art baseling'.
Events, openings, presentations, cocktails kick off the season the first week of December and from there it’s all an escalation. In true Miami Beach style, the tradition of go big or go home has never been taken more seriously. When we were kids, I remember some dates through the year when people would spruce up their best assets: the opening of La Scala opera season was the fur coat, Palm Sunday and Easter were for the first white and pastel outfits from the spring collections, New Year’s Eve for buying red underwear for the night under the auspices of good luck for the year. The kermesse that Art Basel and the satellite fairs bring to town serve for catalysts of shopping, splurging and showing (off) in a healthy (most of the times) competition.
Some take it as seriously as a debutante ball and for a reason: it's the only chance in this city to be noticed by international press, bloggers, magazine editors, designers, PR mavens, TV honchos and the likes.
- Mary Kate Olsen got married to Olivier Sarkozy it was all a secret, all we know is that she is the sister-in-law of Carla Bruni. Life's circles.
- Kate Moss and Grace Coddingtons cogitations on Instagram: one only does what she wants when she wants (nothing new) in incognito and the other one thinks it's the most stupid social network ...
IN CONCLUSION
November came and went, I moved to a wonderful, spacious new apartment that looks suspended on a secluded Miami historic bay and faces three small natural islands that were wrapped by artist Christo in the late 80s. I have started a new phase of Miami living that it's truest than true.
The process of honing, decluttering, cleansing you go through before and while packing is deep and intense and it may be helpful to anyone, come along with me to It's a Fashion Life and join the convo. Have you ever played a minimalism game?