It’s Wednesday morning and I’m having what’s left from my cup of coffee. It’s time for the next Zoom meeting. As we all wait for everyone to tune it, I notice something peculiar. All of us women, including myself, wore a different version of a striped shirt. We did not arrange this beforehand. It’s not so weird at all! Here’s why: To this day the striped top is within the most popular pieces. There are SO many variations of it that they can make your head spin! The first iteration of Breton („from Brittany“) sweaters was designed with tightly knit local wool to protect fishermen from biting winds and water.…
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Style Icon: Audrey Hepburn
Audrey… Every time I think about her I gasp and start reminding myself how beautiful, chic and talented she is. I can proudly say she is my ultimate style icon. Her signature striped shirt with a boat neck or her turtleneck black sweater, or her big cateye sunnies, her pearl earrings, her eyeliner, her ballet flats, her ankle-crop trousers, her black totes, her coats (especially the ones designed especially for her by the French designer Givenchy)… I can keep talking about her clothing items for ages, but that’s not the point today. What is important is that her style has remained timeless although she lived in the previous century. The…
