…Printfresh, a favorite of mine for its cheery, colorful patterns on loungewear and apparel, has recently introduced its luxe velvet and satin sleepwear collection, including this Big Cat Energy reversible quilted velvet robe. Plush and warm, it’s designed to make…
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…velvet, a little costumey. Think the Tudor, the Medici and the Borgia women swanning around in their cold castles swathed in velvet from head to toe. The season’s favorite fabric is particularly well-suited for holiday wear. A great-fitting velvet jacket…
Tags: fall fashion 2016
…silk-velvet Tigre print ($469 as a lumbar pillow; $439 if the back side is plain). A less-expensive fabric for these wovens is viscose-and-acrylic velvet. Should the Antelope velvet capture your heart, Scalamandré also makes a dog bed (small for dogs…
Tags: decorative accessories, home furnishings, Nancy McKeon
…suggestions below for how to mix shiny, sparkling, sheer and velvet textures to nail your holiday look. —Janet Kelly LEFT: A velvet jacket makes anything you wear more festive. And we’ve noticed they’re selling out quickly. Vince’s double-breasted Velvet…
Tags: holiday, janet kelly, winter fashion
…that twinkle all over it. It’s $298 at The Yes. LEFT: Velvet and holiday season go together like—well, you know. Take Johnny Was’s Cora Leopard Velvet Mandarin Shirt, which shows off the brand’s signature rich colors and playful prints. If…
…the holidays, wear it with denim. $260, netaporter.com. Wear Racil’s burgundy Orion tailored velvet jacket with tassel waist belt atop slim black trousers. $905, matchesfashion.com. Kate Spade’s velvet-backed hematite and cubic zirconia brooch will dress up your silk blouse or…
Tags: fall fashion 2016, holidays, janet kelly
…for the first state dinner of the Biden presidency. Guests, including celebs like Juila Louis-Dreyfus, who wore a Monique Lhuillier black velvet floor-length sleeveless halter-neck dress and Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who dressed in vintage Chanel, accessorized with lots of shiny…
Tags: holiday, janet kelly, shopping
…The pieces are available in a chunky pale Sorrento Corduroy (shown) and dark brown Avalon Velvet. Ellison’s Muse Sofa and Huggy Chair are similarly round and huggable. By Nancy McKeon THE SAME CURVES that made the Mazda Miata and…
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…—Nancy McKeon From Del Toro, the food trends of the moment . . . underfoot. Left: embroidered “Avocado & Toast” slippers. They’re $425, exclusive to ModaOperandi, and come in pale blue or black velvet. Right: the embroidered “Dumpling Slipper,” in…
Tags: Nancy McKeon, summer fashion 2018
…sides, Tom Ford opted for filmy turtlenecks under ruby and shocking pink velvet blazers with jewel-tone satin pants. At Ralph Lauren’s runway show, a black sequined evening gown—okay it was long, but it was styled as a polo shirt—got a…
Tags: janet kelly, winter fashion 2019
…velvet neck tie. Left, H&M’s interpretation of the lacy blouse with a stand-up collar, buttons at back and long sleeves with wide cuffs. ($49.99, hm.com). At right is Amy Smilovic’s runway lace blouse for Tibi fall 2016. Left, Frame’s silk…
Tags: fall fashion 2016
…Blazer, $325; slim trouser, $165, ayr.com. Gucci’s velvet-trimmed polka dot cotton and wool blend blazer paired with matching pants, a cheeky reinterpretation of the traditional suit, gucci.com. Lafayette 148 New York’s crepe jacket ($598) and crepe pant ($298) come from…
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…sculpted caldera. By Janet Kelly PLUSHY velvets, adorable Mary Janes, fab faux furs. Perhaps you’ve noticed my latest posts on gussying up for a busy holiday season—in the midst of Christmas doings, remember Hanukkah begins tomorrow, Dec. 7. If you’re…
Tags: handbags, janet kelly, shopping
…my feet, I’ve noticed the great slipper divide. Plush slides and mules with fluffy faux fur or shearling from the likes of Sorel, Apparis and Emu Australia feel most at home indoors. Beaded mules from Anthropologie and ones with velvet…
Tags: janet kelly, shopping, what we want, what we want to buy, what we want to have
Artist Frank O. Salisbury painted this portrait of Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton in 1934. For the portrait she wore a silk satin ivory dress with a red silk velvet drape trimmed in white fox. / Courtesy Hillwood Estate, Museum and…
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…$235, netaporter.com. Go for the contrast in a shocking-pink, floral-print satin blouse and wide-leg black pants. $328, dvf.com. Velvet and holidays go together. We like this burnout velvet one from Diane von Furstenberg because of the color and the festive…
Tags: holiday fashion 2017
…Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, seated with crown and two scepters, are replicas of Prince Philip’s red velvet and white ermine (left) and Queen Elizabeth’s gold mantle worn for the occasion on June 2, 1953. / Photo Winterthur. Left:…
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…more modest by wearing a bra—or maybe she had the bodice modified. Either way, it added another element to an already busy frock—velvet, lace, placket buttons, a velvet ribbon at the neck, a belt at the waist, net-lace panels in…
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