There is a staggering selection of glasses available. How to choose a pair that best reflect your personal brand & style? Because that is what you want…to be sure the glasses you choose reflect your personality and highlight your personal stye and beauty. Although this post was originally published some years ago, knowing how to choose glasses that suit your personal style……

Defining your personal brand is about creating parameters to help you gain clarity. This is best explained by the architect Frank Gehry, talksing about the his horror job. He was asked to build a home for a client and asked what the client what she wanted.  The answer....do whatever you want. Mr Gehry explains that with no restraints it was his most difficult ever job.

I first posted this in 2013...and believe that five years on the photos are as timeless and creative as ever. The first photo is from Scott Schulman of The Satorialist. It remains one of my all time favorite style photos. I think she looks smart, wise, full of joy...and like she loves taking time to get dressed up.  When you accessorize boldly as she does, you cannot hide from the world …

It was a blessing in disguise that Milan was booked out for the furniture fair, Salone Mobile, two weeks ago. It meant I stayed an hour outside Milan in Bergamo. I love observing the way Italian women in smaller towns translate fashion items into their own style language. After a delightful first coffee with a view of Citta Alta, the old city on the hill, I strolled down via Borgo Palazzo….

Sophistication hits us...and BOOM, we know we are in its presence. The photo of Shala Monroque draws our eye to the complexity of black textures. Fascinating us by how simply the outfit highlights her. Wendy Dagworthy's portrait shows a worldly sophisticated woman. The harmony between hair and jewelry makes her immediately present. And clearly she knows…..

This quote by Mary Lou Cook fits perfectly to my experience of Gucci Garden in Florence. I experienced Allessandro Michele's freedom to experiment, break rules and have fun. This colourful inspiring place felt immediately quite familiar, like wandering into an Berlin second hand shop....where clothes and furniture rest side by side.