I put together two Google Maps for the ACL faithful. One is a men’s shopping guide, and the other is a reference to where to drink and dine in the city. The restaurant/bar map is an adaptation of a friend’s very well made map of the same subject. I owe many of the well researched [...]
The Details team seems to be dedicating more space to the front of book news pages these days. I noticed the new look in March but I didn’t get a chance to go over it here. I was impressed with the improved section from the April issue. The art direction has been cleaned up [...]
This week I’m doing press appointments to show our new AW08 collections. Olch is showing ninety-four styles of ties this season, almost twice as many as last season. Out of those ninety-four, one bow tie has garnered the most attention from editors. It is made of a very soft Alpaca fabric and some are skeptical [...]
I like to join things merely for the sake of membership. The more obscure the group the better. Two organizations that I think are endearing and worth joining are the Letter Writers Alliance and the Corduroy Appreciation Club.
The Corduroy Appreciation Club
The Corduroy Appreciation Club is a social club which wishes to cultivate good fellowship by [...]
New York is the capital of the service universe. If you have a crazy idea for a company, New York City is the one place that has enough people with the disposable income to make it a success. With everything in the world being “luxury” these days, companies have to work hard to find new [...]
Las Vegas never fails to amuse me with its outdoor advertising. I remember on one of my first visits in the nineties seeing the signs for the 1-800-DNA-Test companies that help you figure out who fathered your child. Ridiculous. The trend continues with the amazing - Las Vegas style Swiss banking vaults. These Private Vaults [...]
At Your Service is a weekly round-up of helpful and interesting service journalism. Inspired by the “ultimate in service and style” Vitals magazine. I follow the media and keep you in the know. *(And yes, technically none of these are actually “charticles” but who is keeping track)
For the first installment of AYS, I take [...]
|
