It was announced yesterday that Chris Benz was appointed the new creative director of Bill Blass. CHris is one of the nicest and funniest people I know so I could not be more happy for him.  He recently closed his fashion business and had been focused on renovating his new house. I was wondering if […]

I’m going to attempt to recap each day at the Spring 2013 shows at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.  We’ll see how far I get due to exhaustion and lack of time.  But I can tell you what happened on Day One.  I missed my first two shows for various reasons.  I managed to get some […]

I decided to ask Chris Benz some silly questions as part of my interview in my earlier post.  By the way, don’t you just love how his hair coordinates with his chartreuse Hermes notebook?!  1. Favorite book? Metropolitan Life –Fran Liebowitz 2. Who’s your dream client? Carol Channing3. iPhone or BlackBerry? BlackBerry4. Favorite color? Mustard Yellow5. Favorite […]

I’ve made some lovely connections through Twitter and one of my favorites is fashion designer Chris Benz.  He was sweet enough to invite me to his very fun fashion presentations and also to visit his chic showroom and studio.  As soon as I saw the gallery wall of art, I knew it would make a […]

So I went to the Chris Benz spring 2011 presentation yesterday and a reality television show broke out.  I’m teasing but only slightly.  Presentations are different from fashion shows in that the models stand on raised platforms and the guests walk past them to admire the clothes.  That is, if you can see them behind […]