Shelly Bromfield

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“I would never go to an event without a necklace. I would walk in the room and feel physically sick. The room would spin. I keep it next to my bed at night.” Shelly Bromfield

occupation: fashion designer and consultant

Shelly loves her jewelry and accessories, with a PASSION, and she comes to the (taste) table with creds. She was the Design/Inspiration Director for Donna Karan for twenty-one years, and began her career working for one of the original department stores, John Wanamaker, in the ’60′s, where she was considered the “crazy assistant buyer running around half naked… in very minis.” At that time, she and Betsy Johnson fell mutually fell in love with one another’s style. Shelly has one of the most drop dead, enviable jewelry collections of some of the most epic designers…

Ansoni

“As an artist there will always be a moment where my attention is interrupted by something around me. These forces in life that are constantly grasping our attention. They take away from our ability to really be ourselves. I try not to let them control me.” Ansoni

occupation: composer and artist

Ansoni grew up in Japan, where the structure of rituals and traditions have played a role in shaping his ideals and his appreciation for the meticulousness of deeply rooted aesthetics. Grounded, like a modern day Buddha, with his warm and dreamy inner smile, he speaks fondly of the Japanese tea ceremonies of his childhood, “they follow the rules religously…certain colors, all the ornaments have to be in the right order.” Ideologies like these helped teach him to look at things holistically, while also creating his appreciation for detail. “I find in myself, whether it is getting dressed or…

Diane Naegel

“I wanted to be anything but what I was. I think that over the years being exposed to blogs, to different people and seeing different types of beauty has really helped me own [my own beauty].” Diane Naegel

occupation: jewelry designer

What has happened, that even in New York City, when Diane wears a black ’30′s cocktail dress with a cocktail hat, people are yelling at her, “it isn’t Halloween?” It does makes you question why we are so dulled out as a society from caring about our appearance and expressing our uniqueness. And why do we need Halloween to let loose or to care about how we leave the house? “It was really strange to me that the place that is supposed to be the pinnacle of style, glamour and indivduality, that someone in 2010 would find it really weird to see someone dressed in evening attire with…

Ariel Adkins

“Some artists that have really influenced my style are Yinka Shonibare, Egon Schiele, Henri Matisse, Kay Hassan, Cindy Sherman, and Nick Cave (an artist who focuses on, “the sound and the effects that a costume elucidates when it’s being worn”). When in need of inspiration, I usually turn to an art book before a fashion magazine, because there are so many ways to interpret art via clothing, and I am able to combine the two things that I love!” Ariel Adkins

occupation: student, blogger and artist

Anyone that has cried over a pair of Marni shoes that were found on the last day of the Barney’s warehouse sale, for 90 percent off, in your size, that were jammed under the shelf, is a member of my tribe. We see completely eye to eye…

Byrdie Bell, Closet Flashback

“I’m not bound to any conventional sense of what’s ugly and what’s not ugly.” Byrdie Bell

occupation: actor

When I showed up to film Bryrdie, it was also the first time I had met her. She answered the door in a terry bath robe, wet-haired and makeup-free, exuding right away her open and willing-to-share all spirit. While she was lacing up her plastic platform stripper boots, it was easy to get drawn into her stories of being an outsider in Greenwich, CT, where the dress code was topsiders only. The key to Byrdie’s impeccable style is how she pairs these clear massive platforms with the sweetest of floral vintage dresses and her hair swept up. When worn this way, the boots go from trash to class, the latter being what Byrdie is all about. She’s currently obsessed with finishing everything off with her new boxy secondhand jean jacket, and…