Whether you are a Netflix lover or you simply don’t want to spend your free time indoors, you’ll have undoubtedly heard of Emily in Paris, the glitzy and glamorous new show from creator of Sex and the City and released in early October on Netflix.

Starring Lily Collins as the titular Emily (a less psychotic Carrie Bradshaw stand-in), the show is so delightfully true-to-life, despite being as fantastical as one would expect from a series called Emily in Paris, because of how blissfully basic its American-Girl-In-Paris protagonist unknowingly is. That, however, must be the result of really good writing, because there’s just no way they could have captured the essence of such basicness if it wasn’t on purpose.

From her mannerisms to her Insta captions, click through for a recap of every embarrassingly relatable thing Emily (in Paris) does in Paris.

Besides , the show is a real heaven of fashion treasures from ZARA to CHANEL and so on…!

Get inspired…!

Firstly who is Emily ?

She’s an American girl , probably in her  22-ish. She’s had enough experience at her company in Chicago to have earned the respect of her boss. She’s a smart cookie and really innovative – and this is not her first rodeo doing what she does. She’s gone to school for this, and she’s completed internships. However, she’s not the person who travelled during college. She was really, really focused on her jobs in the Midwest, and I don’t think she’s been abroad. Basically, she’s always kind of been a big fish in a small pond – and then suddenly in Paris she’s a fish out of water. If she had gone to a different company in Chicago, she would have been taken seriously – but in Paris, she’s not prepared for the cultural shift that she experiences at Savoir. Her only real experience of Europe is through movies and TV.”

The contents of Lily Collins’s LA wardrobe are consistent with her polished brand of girl-next-door charm – from the high-school sweatshirt that inspired her book, to the Levi’s jeans she wore to Karl Lagerfeld’s last Chanel show – but there are some show-stopping pieces, too, namely the bespoke Chanel shoes the French house made for her debut at Le Bal des Débutantes, or the Crillon Ball.

The haute couture is real.

When Emily has to turn model in “An American Auction In Paris”, her Pierre Cardeau dress is in fact an haute couture gown by Stephane Rolland; after filming wrapped, Rolland sent Lily a recreation of the look to keep as a memento.

For Emily’s trip to the opera in “Ringarde”, Field put Collins in a Christian Siriano gown, a pair of Agnelle gloves, a rhinestone-studded vintage purse, some Cosmoparis heels, and head jewels by La Compagnie du Costume – creating the 2020 equivalent of Hepburn’s Givenchy LBD in Funny Face.

Emily is a keen lover of Chanel 

Emily wears a gown by Dope Tavio lifted from Field’s ARTFashion Gallery in New York, then deconstructed and turned into a mini-dress. She  pairs it with a metallic emerald jacket and bag from Chanel’s autumn/winter 2017 collection – Chanel being quite possibly her favourite designer throughout the series. Keep an eye out for her green cotton jacket from the Cruise 2020 collection, as well as her pearl-studded quilted bag from spring/summer 2019.

She builds an entire online brand around being A BASIC AMERICAN GIRL IN PARIS

She puts the words “fabulous” and “French” together unironically , in front of actual French people.

She sends back her food in a restaurant (& makes a really big deal about it)

The only unrealistic part? The hot chef finding her Karen-ass behavior charming.

Terra Nera- the restaurant is re-imagined as a French bistro for Emily in Paris

Of course you can shop  the leading Outfits From “Emily In Paris”  Right Now…!

As is true for any show styled by Sex and the City’s costume designer Patricia Field, the show itself has two narratives — that which lives within the plot, and that which is told by the clothes. Upon arrival in Paris , Emily’s style is certainly chic, albeit sometimes a bit on-the-nose — the mesh Eiffel Tower button-up that made it to her first day of work being a shining example. While picking up some new French vernacular (le plouc, ringarde), Emily absorbs notes on taste from her colleagues, clients, girl-friends, and the greater Parisian beau monde — all while staying true to her exuberant personal style. Pieces from GANNI and Off-White were quick to go viral first, and have since disappeared off the web. That said, there’s still tons of other chic pieces that you can grab right now, ranging from Staud to Veronica Beard.

To browse her best looks from her tour around the Ville de l’Amour , or City of Love, most-all of which feature a touch of Chanel, continue ahead:

After her rendezvous with Thomas, Emily stepped out in an ultra-polished look. Beyond her Chanel shearling bag and Stuart Weitzman boots (both of which are available), her outcoat is from Zara, believe it or not — and it’s available secondhand on Poshmark.

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The windmills Kato Myloi are situated southwest of Mykonos Town – Hora, next to the sea, between scenic Alefkadra and the quarter of Niohori, and impress every visitor with their snow-white magnificence, built in a row, looking to the sea.

Today, seven have been preserved out of ten (once there were more than twenty on the island), which existed here until the first decades of the 20th century and used to grind with the unstoppable power of the northern wind the local wheat. It is the perfect place to start breathing the unique oxygen of the windy island combined with the stunning sea view.

Aegean Blue Villa in Agios Lazaros

Aegean Blue Wedding & more…The fairytale scenery of Mykonos

The Windmills of Mykonos, early processing units, decisively contributed between the 17th and the 19th century to the economic prosperity of the island, which, being a necessary station for the passing sailboats, supplied them with rusk. After  the 1st World War, through the progress of technology they lost their financial value and were finally marked as one of the most popular monuments of the Cyclades islands and, their picture as a trademark travelled all around the world.

Overlooking Little Venice…

Little Venice – Where the most western part of the town meets the sea is the area known as “Little Venice”. Here the buildings have been constructed right on the sea”s edge with their balconies overhanging the water. During the 16th and 17th century pirating was common and it is believed this area was used for the necessary quick loading and unloading of goods.

Mykonos Chora is definitely one of the nicest and most charming towns of the Greek islands, with endless small streets, shops, brandname stores , churches , terraces and  sugar cubed ,whitewashed houses.

A place to wonder around for days and every time find something unexpected. Because of the street layout (intended to confuse pirates) it”s also the perfect place to lose your way.

It has two harbours where you can just sit and have a drink or something to eat, while enjoying the views and the people that walk by, and another harbour where the ferries depart. Some ferries however dock at Tourlos, which is a half an hour walk away from Mykonos town itself.

Behind the harbour front you will find endless (and very clean!) shopping streets with high end boutiques ,  souvenirs ,  jewellery stores and numerous art galleries.

I never skip to visit Linea Piu, the small Chanel  kingdom of the island…, where there is a big variety of beloved pieces.

Iris Villa at Fanari

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Town  hotels and guesthouses,  and many, many  restaurants. Most ticket offices for the ferries are on the main boulevard.

Mykonos Chora is quite large for a Cycladic town. All the houses are painted white and have brightly coloured shutters in front of the windows, mostly blue, green and red. The village goes steeply up the hill with roads and also with stairs on some places.

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3. IRIS VILLA AT FANARI MYKONOS, AEGEAN’S WELL-KEPT SECRET

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MEET THE ABSOLUTE MYKONIAN STYLE WITH PREMIUM LUXURY AT THE PASIPHAE VILLA

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The narrow streets close to the harbour buzz with activity. They are filled with attractive small shops, Bougainville trees in purple bloom, small cafes and chapels and that usually end up at a square with a terraced restaurant and a church, or at the harbour front with its colourful fishing boats, the row of windmills and a pelican or two.

Dressed up people mingle with the ones that don”t care so much  and if there is not too much wind (because the “meltemi” can blow from day to day) they all end up in the harbour where the majority of the big restaurants are.

Saint George’s Chapel in the center of Matogianni, is one my favorite points of  the island. Although at night time is too crowded, a visit during the day is simply gorgeous…! I adore the place…!

Some of the nice, pleasant and cheaper restaurants can be found in the small streets behind the harbour front though.

The island was quiet and peaceful until it was discovered by shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who brought Jackie Kennedy to the island. Since then, owning a house on the island has been considered a status symbol by wealthy Athenians.

Mykonos is also the place that Shirley Valentine came to and “found herself”. It is also home for Petros the pelican. He was one of a flock which flew to Mykonos from the mainland in the 1950″s.

Unlike most island ports, the main town is built not on a hillside but spread out over a flat plain. The harbour area is split between the fishing quay, with its small boats beached on the sand, and the main port where the ferries pull in and tarmac and concrete make up the view.

Most traffic is banned from the waterfront and new building is confined to the outskirts so the only way to explore is on foot, getting lost in the maze of streets.

On a once-fortified spit of land stands Panagia Paraportiani,

probably the most photographed church in Greece. It is, in fact a cluster of chapels fused into what was once described as “an organic masterpiece of accidental architecture” and there are also the trademark quartet of windmills on the hillside above.

Actually this is my favorite church in Greece  and I never skip to pass by , despite the fact that I have never managed to get  inside , because it is always locked…

Take a (possibly choppy) boat ride to the fascinating archaeological site on Delos islet, the ancient Aegean’s main religious centre. Back in Mýkonos Town, the Archaeological Museum’s ancient pottery collection may not sound wildly exciting at first, but this one really grows on you.

I like Ornos Beach with Kuzina Restaurant and the latest Pasaji,

but don’t just flop on the beach afterwards – take the plunge off of the island’s more sheltered south coast at Paradise or Kalafáti coves’ legal scuba-dive sites. If you would like something alternative,  Agios Sostis Beach in the north of Mykonos is  one of the nicest and most relaxed beaches of the island. The beach is named after a nearby church which stands above it. The place there  is pretty uncultivated, that’s why  it’s mostly quiet.

Principote at Panormos is also very famous , nice location , protected from the winds , in a delightfully relaxed and elegant environment.

Don’t anyone miss Scorpios  , it is surely  the best place to Be on the island …!

Nested between the bays of Kavos and Paraga, the  organic stretch of coastline is a welcoming place where horizons of blue mix with yellows, golds and pinks born of the generous Cycladic sun.

It is an amazing place,  really atmospheric in bohemian style. Gorgeous food & Cocktails are served .The venue is  ideal for sunset time & night parties. Don’t skip a Sunday afternoon party..! A super must of Mykonos! I highly recommend it..!

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We highly recommend:

1. VILLA PHOEBE, THE DEBONAIR HIDEAWAY IN MYKONOS

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2.

Aegean Blue Wedding & more…The fairytale scenery of Mykonos

3. IRIS VILLA AT FANARI MYKONOS, AEGEAN’S WELL-KEPT SECRET

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4.

MEET THE ABSOLUTE MYKONIAN STYLE WITH PREMIUM LUXURY AT THE PASIPHAE VILLA

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My Mykonian look :

Jumpsuit : Zara

Bag: Chloe’ 

Watch : Rolex

Sunglasses : Rayban

Shoes : Jessica Simson

Kaftan : Handmade , Unique piece  by Local  Boutique in Mykonos

photos:  Themis Iakovakis  Mykonos

The Glamorous Kate met the Chic Letizia, Queen of Spain last night at Buckingham Palace at  a State Banquet in honor of the King and the Queen of Spain.
Queen Letizia look amazing on her red gown with her fleur de keys Tiara but The Duchess of Cambridge was stunning as always in her Marchesa gown and the Lover’s Knot tiara, the favourite tiara of her mother’s in law,  Princess Diana.

Last night’s looks, worn for the state banquet in honour of Spain’s king and queen, couldn’t have been more different.

and the Duchess of Cambridge, the Lover’s Knot tiara, a diamond and pearl design, which was once owned by Diana, Princess of Wales.

The Legendary Cambridge Lover’s Knot  tiara , was commissioned from Garrard in 1913/1914 by everyone’s favorite magpie, Queen Mary. She modeled it off of a tiara owned by her grandmother, Princess Augusta of Hesse, the Duchess of Cambridge. It wasn’t a unique design to begin with; several others exist that are quite similar. The piece passed from Princess Augusta to her daughter (also named Augusta), who became Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Swinging pearls hang from 19 diamond arches capped with lover’s knots in this tiara. The piece was composed of existing jewels Queen Mary had in her collection: the dismantled Some Ladies of England Tiara plus the original pearl uprights from the Girls of Great Britain & Ireland Tiara and pearls off of a couple brooches belonging to Mary which were ultimately returned. Originally, the design included upright pearls on top of the arches, but Mary had them removed eventually.

Tiara: Cambridge Lovers Knot Tiara;
Necklace: Ruby and Diamond Floral Bandeau;
Earrings: Diamond and Pearl Earrings

The Queen loaned the Cambridge Lover’s Knot tiara to Diana, Princess of Wales as a wedding present in 1981. Kate first wore it at the 2015 Diplomatic Reception.
The diamond and pearl earrings the Duchess wore were a wedding gift from Collingwood Jewellers to Diana and they are part of Diana’s private collection.
The Ruby and Diamond Floral Bandeau Necklace was one of the Queen’s wedding gifts from her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; the Queen has not worn the piece since the early 1980s

But, while the Duchess’s regalia stopped at a diamond and ruby necklace, which once belonged to the Queen Mother, Queen Letizia attached a traditional blue-and-white sash to her gown, complete with badges of honour.

As the Duchess let her guest take centre stage in a heavily-beaded, off-the-shoulder burgundy gown by Spanish brand Loewe, she showcased one of her most transformative formal looks to date.

Her plunging Marchesa gown in muted, scalloped guipure lace and tulle was a departure from the conservative necklines she usually favours for evening events, and all the more striking thanks to the ruby boucheron bandeau that trailed down her décolletage.

The Duchess, and stylist Natasha Archer, instigated a relationship with the brand earlier this year, when she wore a full-skirted red Marchesa Notte (the brand’s concession line) to London’s opening night of 42nd Street. Last night’s custom-made design aligned with the brand’s bridal looks, for which they are highly regarded.

As the Duchess took the opportunity to add a new designer to her catalogue of trusted formalwear brands, Queen Letizia played the diplomatic card in Loewe, which is currently headed up by Ireland’s award-winning J.W. Anderson. If the banquet was a sign of the Duchess throwing out the rulebook and instigating a healthy dose of competitive state dressing, it will be interesting to see how the royal visit unfolds for the final two days. Bring it on.

source : British Vogue

Big Thanks !

Jackie Kennedy is often associated with homes. The Georgetown townhouse where she and her husband once lived, the Hyannis Port compound where she and her young family often vacationed, and of course, the White House—which she extensively redecorated. But even before the Camelot years, the former Jacqueline Bouvier was well accustomed to gracious and gorgeous interiors.

When Jackie’s mother married Hugh D. Auchincloss, a Standard Oil heir, she and her daughters moved into his McLean, Virginia, home.

Jackie Kennedy with  her mother Mrs. Janet Hugh D. Auchincloss

The Georgian-style mansion, known as Merrywood, featured nine bedrooms as well as views of the Potomac River and nearby steep hills. The estate, which was first built in 1919, is 23,000 square feet, with indoor and outdoor pools and 11 full bathrooms. And now, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, the home is currently for sale through Sotheby’s. But beyond its storied past it’s an architectural gem. With its original moldings still intact, and a garden designed by famed 19th- and 20th-century landscape architect Beatrix Ferrand, it’s as breathtaking as a historic home.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis‘s childhood home is located in the affluent suburb of McLean, Va., the hefty price tag makes the property, called Merrywood, the most expensive in the region.

The estate, which is currently owned by American Online co-founder Steve Case, was home to the former First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier, in the 1940s. The seven-acre property and 23,000 square-foot, Georgian-style mansion sit on the banks of the Potomac River outside of Washington, D.C.

If sold at or near its asking price, the property would set another record, according to Mark C. Lowham of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, who is managing the listing. The same property set the record for most expensive property in the area back in 2005, when Case bought it for $24.5 million.

The sprawling property includes a number of luxurious amenities including formal gardens, housing for the property’s staff, a lighted tennis court, a swimming pool, an indoor lap pool, an indoor fitness center and indoor parking for vehicles. The mansion has nine bedrooms and 11.5 bathrooms, and an elevator services all four floors of the house. Just the master suite includes two separate dressing rooms, a private study, a fireplace and a gym.

The entire Merrywood property is enclosed in gates and fences and also has a security system.

“I always love it so at Merrywood — so peaceful…with the river and those great steep hills,” Kennedy wrote as a teenager about the property in 1944, according to Town & Country.

source : Time & Vogue 

Big Thanks !

Show compassion

Did you know that Michelle Obama was officially more popular than hubby Barack when the duo left the White House in January? The former First Lady was hailed as a role model for women everywhere during her eight-year tenure in The White House, focusing on issues such as women’s rights, public health and racism. Far from your typical first lady, Michelle was more than just a passive bystander to her husband’s operations, spearheading a number of philanthropic initiatives herself including Let Girls Learn, which funded education projects led by young girls on poverty and leadership skills. Many Democrats are believed to be encouraging her to run for presidency in 2020.

Don’t overwork yourself

“It’s our collective delusion that overwork and burnout are the price we must pay in order to succeed” – Arianna Huffington

Famed for having survived for years of her professional life on just three hours of sleep a night until collapsing from exhaustion and waking up in a pool of her own blood, the Huffington Post founder is a strong advocate for self-care. “By helping us keep the world in perspective, sleep gives us a chance to refocus on the essence of who we are”, she wrote in her best-selling book The Sleep Revolution, which was published last year. “In that place of connection, it is easier for the fears and concerns of the world to drop away”.

Be Daring

“Fortunes does favor the bold and you will never know what you are capable of if you don’t try.” –Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

Being successful, means you are prepared to make changes, you are prepared to deal with your fears.

If you are not happy with your 9 to 5 job, if you feel you don’t make any progress there, start looking for new opportunities think out of the box and maybe even look for a new business to start. It might be scary at the beginning but thinking of a fulfilled life, thinking of rewards you might get will help you to overcome fears which are holding you back.

Overcome adversity with grace

“Life is never perfect. We all live some form of option b. Even in the face of the most shocking tragedy of my life, I could exert some control over its impact” – Sheryl Sandberg

The world-renowned COO of Facebook wrote her best-selling book Lean In empowering women in the workplace shortly before the sudden death of her husband. “When I wrote Lean In, some people argued that I did not spend enough time writing about the difficulties women face when they don’t have a partner. They were right. I didn’t get it. Now I see how insensitive and unhelpful this was to so many single mums. My understanding and expectation of what a family looks like has shifted closer to reality”. Her latest book (also a best-seller), Option B, written with professor Adam Grant, teaches resilience in at work, using her own experiences to offer practical advice on battling life’s inevitable challenges without compromising your career.

Go out of your comfort zone

“Do one thing which scares you every day.” Eleonore Roosevelt, first Lady of The USA, 1933 – 1945

You feel fulfilled only when you grow. And the only place to grow is the place outside of your comfort zone.

Learn new things, learn a new language, go on and improve your selling skills even if you were told that you can’t do it or you think you can’t do it. Learn maybe new internet skills no matter how old or young you are. Just go for it!

You will see that doing things you have never done before will enrich your life and you will feel and be successful again.

Use your femininity to your advantage

“Women should not try to be men. Men and women are two entirely different animals. They don’t do anything the same, right? So why should they lead in the same way?” – Diane von Furstenberg

The Belgian-born fashion designer has made billions making clothes that accentuate and champion the female form. The famous wrap dress, created to reflect the powerful independence of women, proved to be a global best-seller. In addition to being one of the world’s most successful designers, Von Furstenberg sits on the board of Vital Voices, an NGO dedicated to empowering and providing aid to female leaders and entrepreneurs across the globe. Despite her exceptional business acumen, she maintains that motherhood is her greatest achievement: “children are my greatest creation”, she said.

Be tough when you need to be

“We can take off the crocodile skin” – Christine Lagarde

Appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund in 2011 after a stint as the first female finance minister of a G8 economy, French-born Lagarde is undoubtedly one of the most powerful women today. When asked at the annual Women in the World summit last year to offer her advice to aspiring businesswomen, she explained that women must be thick-skinned in their approach to climbing the ladder: ““I regret to say that the crocodile skin is unfortunately a sine qua non for a period of time”. However, Lagarde then explained that once a woman has proven herself, this impenetrable facade can and should become somewhat loosened, explaining that women “can take off the crocodile skin and become a normal human being, without having to shield against horrible attacks and below the belt punches”.

Maintain a life outside of work

“I’ve always loved baking. I’m a businesswoman first and foremost but my hobbies actually make me better at work. They help me come up with new and innovative ways of looking at things”

– Marissa Mayer

Aged just 37, Marissa Mayer became CEO of Yahoo in 2012, the same year she fell pregnant with her first child. Previously the Silicon Valley magnate made a name for herself at Google, where she was one of the first employees. As one of tech’s most powerful players, Mayer’s advocacy for sustaining a humble work/life balance is a true reflection of how success is about more than just a ruthless work ethic.

Be Philanthropist

“One life on this planet is no more valuable than the next” – Melinda Gates

After working for many years at Microsoft, where she met husband Bill Gates, Melinda launched the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, which tackles a wide range of global challenges from poverty to improving technology in developing countries. As of 2015, the pair had reportedly donated $36.7 billion to the non-profit organisation.

Be passionate

“Passion is energy. Feel the power which comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Ophra Winfrey, entrepreneur and public figure

There is no real successful person who is not passionate about what he or she does.

Why is passion so important?

When you come across some challenges in your life, when you need some extra power to overcome some obstacles on your way to success, your passion will help you to make this extra step needed.

If you haven’t found your passion yet, don’ wait for it.

Start looking at your hobbies, start doing new things and when you find it, make your passion into profession.

Never let it be about the money

“The reason I’ve been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money.” – Oprah Winfrey

One of the most successful women of all time, Oprah Winfrey is nothing short of an entrepreneurial unicorn. Despite a troubled childhood that saw her running away from home aged 13, Winfrey fought against the odds with gravitas, launching one of the most successful talk shows of all time in addition to heading up a string of TV production companies and an eponymous lifestyle magazine; she’s also a passionate philanthropist and an Academy Award-nominated actress. With a reported $3 million fortune, she is one of the wealthiest people on the planet, however, Winfrey insists that financial gain has never been a driving motivator for her, merely an incidental bonus. With “The Oprah Effect” being a legitimate term to describe Winfrey’s monumental influence on public opinion and consumer habits (Tory Burch credits her entire career to an appearance on Oprah’s show), clearly this is a woman who knows what she’s talking about.

Be unstoppable

“What you spend years building, it can be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.” –Mother Theresa, philanthropist/charity worker

Big obstacles are part of any (successful) life. Things don’t always work out as we want to. Yes, you might fail on your path of success. Maybe not just once, maybe twice, 3-, 4-, 10- times. It doesn’t matter how many times you fail what it counts is how many times you get back on your feet again. Just remember that failing is part of succeeding.

Treat others how you’d like to be treated

Patricia Altschul born April 16, 1941 is an American socialite, art collector, and personality on the reality television series, Southern Charm. She is the widow of Arthur G. Altschul, a former Goldman Sachs partner and prominent art collector and philanthropist. Mrs. Altschul has been a director or trustee of several nonprofit organizations including the New York Historical Society and Historic Hudson Valley (the Rockefeller Family properties). In 2012 Altschul was given a Woman of the Year award by the Police Athletic League of New York City. In 2013 she received a Carolopolis Award from the Preservation Society of Charleston for her renovation of the historic Isaac Jenkins Mikell House in Charleston, SC.

The historic 1854 Isaac Jenkins Mikell House is said to be “one of the finest pre-Civil War residences” in Charleston, according to the Preservation Society.

On “Southern Charm” Patricia plays “the resident madcap grande dame” according to a profile in Architectural Digest.”Pat quickly became a fan favorite last year and has even drawn the affection of celebrities like Lady Gaga who claimed ‘that looking at Patricia is like looking in a mirror'”, commented TV critic Christine Lo in her blog.

Patricia Altschul, the resident grand dame on Bravo’s Southern Charm, is a force of nature. Based in the idyllic city of Charleston, the reality show follows eight cast members as they navigate their way through the trials and tribulations of living life in the Holy City. With galas and polo matches to attend, confessions of unrequited love, and hatchets that seem as though they’ll never be buried, Altschul serves as a much-needed den mother of sorts, dolling out advice and the dry one-liners to the younger set in the series.

Having been to the Met Gala more than once, married three times, and lived up and down the East Coast, she certainly has the life experience to draw upon.

It also doesn’t hurt that she serves up a mean martini—or any other libation you could ever want—on a silver platter via her butler Michael to friends who come a-knocking on the door of the Isaac Jenkins Mikell House, a Greek Revival mansion she restored with the help of architect Lewis Graeber and iconic decorator Mario Buatta when she returned to her roots and moved south of the Mason Dixon line in 2005.

1. Don’t forget to put your face on!
Today, women run around in their sweatsuits. Their hair is uncombed, and they look just ghastly. When you look like you’ve just been shot out of a cannon you can’t be attractive to the opposite sex, or any sex for that matter.

2. Makeup is important, but you need a light touch.
You don’t want to look like the Whore of Babylon. In case you don’t know who she is, the Whore of Babylon was “the mother of harlots and abominations of the Earth” in the Bible’s Book of Revelation. Apparently, she was a flashy, overdone sort, with tacky makeup and loud clothes—not someone you want to emulate.

3. Plastic surgery certainly isn’t off the table, but only make subtle improvements.
Some plastic surgery can be a boon, but you don’t want to look as if you’ve been through a wind tunnel, where everything is stretched so tight you’re begging for slack. Cosmetic surgery and injections should not make a person look like a reject from the cast of La Cage aux Folles.

4. Nothing beats a million-dollar smile.
If you are making an investment in your appearance, put your money where your mouth is. Clean, white teeth will always make you look pretty and young. It is so important to take care of your teeth. Explore straightening, bonding, whitening . . . anything you can do for a better smile.

5. There’s something to be said for keeping the same hairstyle.
Truman Capote said that if a woman maintains the same hairstyle over the years, she will never age. This philosophy applies to hair color, too. If you were a brunette, stay with your natural color as long as you can remember it! Too many women drift into being blonde or redhead as they get older, when their skin tone is screaming for a more authentic shade. If you’re not a natural blonde, think twice about adding too many highlights; they can strip your hair and make it dry and brittle.

6. Curate your wardrobe.
Don’t buy trendy clothes. Instead of having an excess of lesser “options,” add one really good piece to your collection every year.

7. Refuse to wear ripped jeans.
They make a woman look as if she has been dragged through a thorny hedge backward.

8. Get a good tailor.
Most people don’t know this but a good tailor can make a garment look as if it were made for you. Simple alterations—a slight pad to offset uneven shoulders, a hem adjustment, a seam taken in or let out—can make all the difference in the world. Bulges and pooches are never a good look, so buy the correct size and then let a tailor customize your clothing to minimize your flaws.

9. Don’t schlep.
Evening bags should always be small—a little clutch, for example—holding lipstick, money, keys, and if you can squeeze it in, a cell phone. Just the essentials.

10. Know the news.
Always stay up to speed on current events. I believe in Southern belles, not dumb belles, wherever they’re from!

By the way …

Season 4 of Southern Charm returns to Bravo on Monday, April 3 at 9:00 p.m. / 8:00 p.m central time.

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That was not the first time.  She wore Lauren’s black pussybow  jumpsuit to the last debate and then an asymmetric version of the look in white on election night.

She looked more than amazing in her powder blue skirt suit, matching gloves, neat clutch, and stiletto shoes, which all of them recalled the elegance of Jacqueline Kennedy at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961. The shape of the suit was certainly a nod to ’60s sophistication: The cocoon-like jacket with 3/4 sleeves and the to-the-knee hemline, paid tribute to Oleg Cassini, a Kennedy favorite.

Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs;  April 26, 1970; germanized to Melania Knauss  is a Slovene-American former model and the First Lady of the United States.  She is married to American businessman and 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.

Born in Slovenia, she became a permanent resident of the United States in 2001 and a citizen in 2006. She is the second foreign-born First Lady of the United States, following Louisa Adams in 1825.

Melanija Knavs was born in Novo Mesto in the southeast of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, part of Yugoslavia, on April 26, 1970.  She is the daughter of Amalija (née Ulčnik) and Viktor Knavs, who managed car and motorcycle dealerships for a state-owned vehicle manufacturer.  Her father was from the nearby town of Radeče.  Her mother came from the village of Raka, and was a patternmaker at the children’s clothing manufacturer “Jutranjka” in Sevnica. When later working as a model, she changed her Slavic-sounding last name Knavs to the German-sounding Knauss.

She began modeling at age 5 and first commercials at 16, when she posed for the Slovenian fashion photographer Stane Jerko. At 18, she signed with a modeling agency in Milan, Italy. She was named runner-up in the 1992 Jana Magazine “Look of the Year” contest, held in Ljubljana, which promised its top three contestants an international modeling contract.

After attending the University of Ljubljana for one year, she modeled for fashion houses in Milan and Paris. She then relocated to New York City in 1996.

After moving to New York City in 1996, Melania met her future husband Donald at a Fashion Week party in New York City in September 1998, while he was still married to, but separated from, Marla Maples;Donald attended the event with another date, Celina Midelfart, and Melania initially refused to give Donald her phone number.  Melania broke off the relationship shortly after it began, but the couple reconciled after a few months. Their relationship gained attention after a 1999 interview on The Howard Stern Show.

In 2000, Melania appeared with Donald while he campaigned for that year’s Reform Party presidential nomination.  Their relationship gained additional publicity after the 2004 launch of Donald’s business-oriented reality television show, The Apprentice. Donald described their long courtship in 2005: “We literally have never had an argument, forget about the word ‘fight’ … We just are very compatible. We get along.”

After becoming engaged in 2004, Donald and Melania were married in an Anglican service on January 22, 2005, at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida, followed by a reception in the ballroom at Donald’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

The event was attended by celebrities such as Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Rudy Giuliani, Heidi Klum, Star Jones, P. Diddy, Shaquille O’Neal, Barbara Walters, Conrad Black, Regis Philbin, Simon Cowell, Kelly Ripa, then-Senator Hillary Clinton, and former president Bill Clinton. At the reception, Billy Joel serenaded the crowd with “Just the Way You Are” and supplied new lyrics about Donald to the tune of “The Lady Is a Tramp“. The Trumps’ wedding ceremony and reception were widely covered by the media. Melania wore a $200,000 dress made by John Galliano of the house of Christian Dior.

On March 20, 2006, Melania gave birth to Barron William Trump. Melania suggested his middle name, and her husband suggested his first name.As an infant, Barron reportedly occupied his own floor in the Trumps’ apartment in Trump Tower in Manhattan, but often slept in a crib in his parents’ bedroom. He plays golf with his father and is reported to be fluent in Slovene. He is said to like wearing a suit and tie, and Trump’s nickname for him is “Mini-Donald”.

Jacqueline Kennedy at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.

Melania Trump, at the inauguration of Donald, John Trump, 20 January 2017.

We wish her all the best with her new duties !

We welcome the Melania Era !

Welcome Melania Trump…!

Starting her life in the spotlight as a preppy student, her look quickly evolved as her status soared and the ‘Kate effect’ became quickly apparent; who could forget the royal blue Issa dress she wore to announce her engagement, that subsequently sold out within hours, or the flurry of Reiss dresses that kept sparking sales surges?

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (Catherine Elizabeth “Kate”; née Middleton) born 9 January 1982 and she is the most brilliant future Queen of England.

The Duchess in Her fabulous Issa dress  blue dress during the announcement of Her Engagement.

The Duchess grew up in Chapel Row, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, England. She studied art history in Scotland at the University of St Andrews, where she met William in 2001. Their engagement was announced on 16 November 2010 before they married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on 9 January 1982 to an upper-middle-class family. She was christened at St Andrew’s Bradfield, Berkshire, on 20 June 1982. 

Kate in Burberry trench coat.

She is the eldest of three children born to Michael Middleton and his wife, Carole (née Goldsmith), a former flight dispatcher and flight attendant, respectively, who in 1987 founded Party Pieces, a mail order private company that sells party supplies and decorations with an estimated worth of £30 million.

The family of her father Michael has ties to British aristocracy and benefitted financially from trust funds which they had established over 100 years ago.

Her Middleton relatives were reported as having played host to British royalty “as long ago as 1926”.  She has a younger sister, Philippa “Pippa”, and a younger brother, James.

She loves Alexander McQueen… and this Champagne lace dress is one of Her Best…!

Michael Middleton worked for British Airways (BA), in Amman, Jordan, from May 1984 to September 1986. In Jordan, Catherine Middleton went to an English-language nursery school before returning to their home in Berkshire.

Another amazing coat by L.K Bennett, one of Her favourite English brands.

Following her return from Amman in 1986, Middleton was enrolled at the age of four at St Andrew’s School, a private school near the village of Pangbourne in Berkshire. She boarded part-weekly at St Andrew’s in her later years.  She then studied briefly at Downe House .

She was a boarder at Marlborough College, a co-educational independent boarding school in Wiltshire,  and graduated in 2005 from the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, with an undergraduate MA (2:1 Hons) in the history of art.

In November 2006, Middleton accepted a position as an accessory buyer with the clothing chain Jigsaw,  where she worked part-time until November 2007.

She also worked until January 2011 at Party Pieces; her role within the family business included catalogue design and production, marketing and photography.

In 2001, Middleton met Prince William while they were both students in residence at St Salvator’s Hall at the University of St Andrews.

Kate in one of Her most stylish coats, by  Alexander McQueen

The couple began dating in 2003, although their relationship remained unconfirmed. On 17 October 2005, Middleton complained through her lawyer about harassment from the media, stating that she had done nothing significant to warrant publicity.

In April 2007, Prince William and Middleton split up. The couple decided to break up during a holiday in the Swiss resort of Zermatt. Newspapers speculated about the reasons for the split, although these reports relied on anonymous sources.

Prince William and Catherine Middleton became engaged in October 2010, in Kenya, during a 10-day trip to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to celebrate Prince William’s passing his RAF helicopter search and rescue course.

Clarence House announced the engagement on 16 November 2010.  Prince William gave Middleton the engagement ring that had belonged to his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

The couple married in Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011 (St. Catherine’s Day), with the day declared a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. Estimates of the global audience for the wedding ranged around 300 million or more, whilst 26 million watched the event live in Britain alone.

On 3 December 2012, St James’s Palace announced that the Duchess was pregnant with her first child.

The Duchess was admitted to St Mary’s Hospital in London in the early stages of labour on the morning of 22 July 2013 and gave birth to a son later that day. On 24 July 2013, Kensington Palace announced the baby’s name as George Alexander Louis.

The Duchess’s second pregnancy was announced on 8 September 2014. On 2 May 2015, the Duchess gave birth to a daughter. The baby’s name was announced on 4 May 2015 as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.

In March 2011, the Duke and Duchess set up a gift fund held by The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry to allow well-wishers who want to give them a wedding gift to donate money to charities they care about instead.

The gift fund supported 26 charities of the couple’s choice, incorporating the armed forces, children, the elderly, art, sport and conservation. These causes are close to their hearts and reflect the experiences, passions and values of their lives so far.

The Duchess has a number of patronages: The Art Room, National Portrait Gallery, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice, Action on Addiction, Place2Be, Natural History Museum, Anna Freud Centre, Sportsaid, and The 1851 Trust. The Duchess is joint Patron of 100 Women in Hedge Fund’s Philanthropic Initiatives, along with Prince William and Prince Harry.

In New Zealand , in a perfect Sky Blue Alexander McQueen coat again.

She is also a local volunteer leader with the Scout Association in north Wales.  In October 2012, the Duchess gave her royal backing to the M-PACT programme (Moving Parents and Children Together), one of the only UK programmes to focus specifically on the impact of drug addiction on families as a whole.

Her perceived impact on British and American fashion has been called the “Kate Middleton effect” in the media,  and in 2012 and 2013, She was selected as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time magazine.

The beautiful Duchess became prominent for her fashion style and has been placed on numerous “best dressed” lists. She was selected by The Daily Telegraph as the “Most Promising Newcomer” in its 2006 list of style winners and losers.

Another fabulous lace dress by Temperley London.

 Tatler placed her at number 8 on its yearly listing of the top ten style icons in 2007. She was featured in People magazine’s 2007 and 2010 best-dressed lists. Kate was named as one of Richard Blackwell‘s ten “Fabulous Fashion Independents” of 2007.

Her outfit is by Alexander McQueen too.

In June 2008, Style.com selected Kate Middleton as their monthly beauty icon.  In July 2008, She was included in Vanity Fair‘s international best-dressed list.

Kate in Dolce & Gabbana

In February 2011, She was named the Top Fashion Buzzword of the 2011 season by the Global Language Monitor. In January 2012, Kate was voted ‘Headwear Person of the Year.

Kate Middleton was number one on Vanity Fair’s annual Best Dressed lists in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; She also appeared as the cover star in 2012. In June 2016, She took part in her first magazine shoot for Vogue‘s centenary issue appearing on the cover of the magazine.

Christmas morning 2016 with Princess Charlotte.

She is an Amazing and Inspiring Woman. She is Beautiful and Cultivated  but the most important her pure and sencere smile reflects her inner Beauty.

We wish Her Majestry All the Best and we are looking forward to see Her as the Future Queen of England.

The Duchess recorded the message in her role as patron of the children’s mental health charity Place2Be. In the video, released by the charity, Catherine sits at a table with four young pupils who have been helped by Place2Be, discussing their experience with the charity, as she also speaks of the situation faced by young people today.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge talks to young schoolchildren about Place2Be in her video message for children’s mental health week. Place2Be

She explains that many issues in adulthood stem from unresolved problems experienced as a child:

“Many of us are incredibly fortunate that the issues we face in childhood are ones we can cope with and learn from. But for some children, learning to cope with life’s challenges can be a struggle.

“While we cannot always change a child’s circumstances, we can give them the tools to cope, and to thrive. With early support they can learn to manage their emotions and know when to seek help.”

Kate, mother to Prince George and Princess Charlotte, has campaigned for early intervention since taking on patronages related to addiction and family breakdown, realising these are two root causes for such issues. This year’s focus centres upon the importance of building resilience during childhood, and having ability to cope with life’s stressful situations.

Statistics show that one in 10 children aged five to 16 suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder, and 72% of children in care have behavioural or emotional problems, while 95% of young offenders have a mental health disorder.

In her video message for children’s mental health week, Kate discusses her work with addiction and mental health. Place2Be.

“By ensuring every child is given the emotional support they need, we are giving them a firm foundation for the happy healthy future they deserve,” Kate said.

Place2Be trains teachers and works in more than 250 schools with vulnerable children. Art is often used as a way to express feelings. The youngsters in the video have been helped by the charity.

Ryan, aged 10, told the Duchess: “Place2Be has helped me a lot. If it wasn’t in the school I don’t think I’d be able to cope as much.”

“Every child deserves to grow up feeling confident that they won’t fall at the first hurdle – that they cope with life’s setbacks,” Catherine said.

“This resilience, our ability to deal with stressful situations,  is something we begin to learn in childhood, as we respond to each challenge and problem life presents.”

“Through my work in areas like addiction, I have seen time and again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood frequently stem rom unresolved childhood issues. This needs to change,” the Duchess pleaded.

“William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.”

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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, R.E. (née Mary Elizabeth Donaldson; born 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, which means that at the time Frederik inherits the throne, Mary will automatically become  Queen consort of Denmark.

The couple met at the Slip Inn, a pub in Sydney, when the prince was visiting Australia during the 2000 Summer Olympics. Their official engagement in 2003 and their marriage the following year were the subject of extensive attention from Australian and European news media, which portrayed the marriage as a modern “fairytale” romance between a prince and a commoner.

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born the youngest of four children of mathematics professor  Dr. John Dalgleish Donaldson  and his first wife, Henrietta (née Horne), both Scottish.  She was named after her grandmothers, Mary Dalgleish and Elizabeth Gibson Melrose. Henrietta Donaldson was executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania. In 2001, four years after her death, John Donaldson married the British author and novelist Susan Horwood.

Donaldson was born and raised in Hobart. During her childhood, she was involved in sports and other extracurricular activities both at school and elsewhere. She studied piano, flute and clarinet, and played basketball and hockey.

In 1974, Donaldson started schooling in Clear Lake City Elementary School in Houston, Texas (where her father was working) and moved to Sandy Bay from 1975 to 1977. Her primary education, from 1978 to 1987, was at Waimea Heights with her secondary schooling being at Taroona High School (1988-1992), and at Hobart Matriculation College.

Donaldson studied at the University of Tasmania from 1989 to 1994,  completing a combined degree in commerce and law and graduating on 27 May 1995. Between 1994 and 1996, she attended a graduate program and qualified with certificates in advertising from the Advertising Federation of Australia (AFA) and direct marketing from the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA).

While studying in Tasmania, Donaldson reportedly had a joint business interest in a company called Kingcash, with Brent Annells, with whom she had a seven-year relationship in the 1990s. 

She worked for Australian and global advertising agencies after graduating in 1995. Upon graduation Mary moved to Melbourne to work in advertising. She became a trainee in marketing and communications with the Melbourne office of DDB Needham, taking a position of account executive.

In 1996, Mary was employed by Mojo Partners as an account manager. In 1998, six months after her mother’s death, she resigned and travelled to America and Europe. In Edinburgh, she worked for three months as an account manager with Rapp Collins Worldwide; then, in early 1999, she was appointed as an account director with the international advertising agency Young & Rubicam in Sydney.

In June 2000, she moved to a smaller Australian agency, Love Branding, working for a short time as the company’s first account director. However, in the (Australian) spring of 2000 until December 2001, she became sales director and a member of the management team of Belle Property, a real estate firm specialising in luxury property.

In the first half of 2002 Mary taught English at a business school in Paris but, on moving to Denmark permanently, she was employed by Microsoft Business Solutions (5 September 2002 – 24 September 2003) near Copenhagen as a project consultant for business development, communications and marketing.

Mary Donaldson met Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at the Slip Inn  during the 2000 Summer Olympics on 16 September in Sydney. He was not identified by her friends as the Crown Prince of Denmark until after they met. They conducted a long-distance relationship by phone, email and letter and Frederik made a number of discreet visits to Australia.

On 15 November 2001 the Danish weekly magazine Billed Bladet named Mary as Frederik’s girlfriend. She then moved from Australia to Denmark in December 2001, while she was working as an English tutor in Paris. On 24 September 2003 the Danish court announced that Queen Margrethe II  intended to give her consent to the marriage at the State Council meeting scheduled for 8 October 2003.

Frederik presented Mary with an engagement ring featuring an emerald-cut diamond and two emerald-cut ruby baguettes, which are similar to the colour of Denmark’s flag.  The couple became officially engaged on 8 October 2003.

Mary Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederik married on 14 May 2004 in Copenhagen Cathedral, in Copenhagen. Mary wore a wedding gown designed by Danish designer Uffe Frank and had a small bridal party.

The wedding  was celebrated in Copenhagen and at Fredensborg Palace. The couple reportedly spent their honeymoon in Africa. 

The Danish Folketing (parliament) passed a special law (Mary’s Law)  giving Mary Donaldson Danish citizenship upon her marriage, a standard procedure for new foreign members of the royal family; she was previously a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom.

Formerly a Presbyterian, Mary converted to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark upon marriage. Shortly before entering the royal family, Mary signed a marriage agreement similar to those of her father-in-law and her former sister-in-law. The agreement was subsequently updated in late 2006. The details of these have never been made public, but it can be assumed that they concern financial matters, royal status and custodial rights to the children in the event of a divorce.

The Crown Princess and her family currently reside at Frederik VIII’s Palace, one of the four palaces that make up the Amalienborg Palace complex. From May 2004 they have also resided at The Chancellery House, a building in the park at Fredensborg Palace.

Mary is an active patron of Denmark’s third-highest-earning export industry, the fashion industry and is Patron of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit.

She has been named one of the world’s most fashionable people in Vanity Fair’s annual International Best-Dressed List and has posed and given interviews for magazines including Vogue Australia (where she used pieces of foreign designers, such as Hugo Boss, Prada, Louis Vuitton or Gaultier, and Danish designers, as Malene Birger and Georg Jensen), Dansk (Danish Magazine, dedicated to Danish fashion), German Vogue (where she was photographed between pieces of Danish modern art in Amalienborg Palace). 

Mary also posed for other magazines during her life as a royal, such as Women’s Weekly Australia magazine (to which she spoke in several occasions about her life as a royal and her family) and Parade Magazine.

Her elegance was praised by designer Tommy Hilfiger.

Since 2004 Crown Princess Mary has steadily worked to establish her relationships with various organisations, their issues, missions, programmes and staff. Mary’s patronages range across areas of culture, the fashion industry, humanitarian aid, support for research and science, social and health patronages and sport (golf and swimming).

The organisations for which she is patron have reported positive outcomes through their relationship with Mary and there are various reports in the Danish media and on some of the websites of the organisations themselves about Mary being quite involved in her working relationship with them.

Mary is currently involved in supporting anti-obesity programs through the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe.

Mary’s current patronages include cultural organisations,  the Danish fashion industry humanitarian aid,  research and science, social, health and humanitarian organisations  and sporting organisations.

Crown Princess Mary is also an Honorary Life Governor of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute based at the Garvan Institute/St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, a member of the International Committee of Women Leaders for Mental Health and a member of various sporting clubs (riding, golf and yachting).

In June 2010, it was announced that Crown Princess Mary has become Patron of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, “to support the agency’s work to promote maternal health and safer motherhood in more than 150 developing nations”. 

Mary lends her support to a number of other ‘one-off’ Danish causes, industry events and international conferences. In 2011, the Westmead Cancer Centre at Westmead Hospital in Sydney was renamed the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Care Centre Westmead.

On 11 September 2007 Crown Princess Mary announced the establishment of the Mary Foundation at the inaugural meeting at Amalienborg Palace. The initial funds of DKK 1.1 million were collected in Denmark and Greenland and donated to Frederik and Mary as a wedding gift in 2004. Crown Princess Mary is the chairwoman of eight trustees. The Mary Foundation aims to improve lives compromised by environment, heredity, illness or other circumstances which can isolate or exclude people socially. In 2014, Mary received a Bambi Award.

Her official title in Danish is Hendes Kongelige Højhed Kronprinsesse Mary af Danmark, Grevinde af Monpezat.

Mary has been Crown Princess of Denmark since her marriage and also Countess of Monpezat by marriage since 29 April 2008, when Queen Margrethe II granted the title to her male-line descendants. She also holds the rank of lieutenant in the Home Guard.

She is really inspiring and lovely…!

We wish Her all the Best !

Georgia Papadon & team