Suzanne Weinstock Klein is a freelance writer and editor specializing in fashion, travel, business and lifestyle. She believes in the power of content to build brands and grow companies.
Elle.com: Q & A: Reed Krakoff Boutique Opens
The Coach creative director and designer of his own eponymous brand, is opening his boutique at 831 Madison today. Elle talks to the fashion polymath about his newest style child
Culture: Outsmarting the Smoking Ban
The days of celebrating the close of a deal with a cigar and scotch are nearly gone. But a small handful of New York City establishments allow you to indulge. Mortgage Observer has outlined a helpful cheat sheet of bars and clubs where you can still legally smoke a cigar....
Summer Hangouts for the Hamptons-Phobic
For many New Yorkers, summers are synonymous with the Hamptons, Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard. These summer standbys all have famous restaurants, massive homes, lovely beaches . . . and the same crowds as New York. But the Northeast is chock-full of underappreciated towns just as suitable for summer respite. This...
Golf Courses Where You Can Close a Deal
There’s a long-standing tradition of closing a deal over a game of golf. Of course, amid the towering skyscrapers of Midtown and the Financial District, this venerable rite can seem elusive. But in fact, there quite a few excellent courses to close a deal on nearby, some private (requiring a...
SIMONE ROCHA - THELAST MAGAZINE
Sweet yet subversive, Simone Rocha’s Spring 2013 collection delves into the idea of “youth, in all its purity and unruliness.” It was a fitting inspiration for a designer still in the throes of youth herself. The 26-year-old Central Saint Martins grad began her creative journey as an artist but soon...
PARSONS MFA - THELAST MAGAZINE
“When you write a program, it’s a theory—one you hope will work—but after that you’re in the hands of the students who have to lead it,” says Shelley Fox, director of the Parsons MFA in Fashion Design and Society, which graduated its first class in June. This was no small...
Aslaug Magnúsdóttir On Leaving Moda Operandi and Re-Inventing the Fashion Business
"All these women had told me, ‘I love that runway piece, but I can’t wear something that’s so short.’ Or, ‘If it only had some sleeves or if only it were in a different color or without that peplum......
Fresh Heir - Avenue Magazine
The merging of illustrious families via marriage has a long and storied history. But in a day and age when even the British royals have eschewed this long-standing tradition, it’s a rare and precious occasion when such unions still occur. Such is the July marriage of American hotel heiress Nicky...
COCO ROCHA IS ALL ABOUT THE POSE
Voguing would have been an appropriate entrance for a model dubbed the “queen of posing” for her extraordinary ability to strike a seemingly endless series of creative poses in record time—now immo......
Beth Buccini Takes Her Business to the Hamptons - Avenue Magazine
Style icon Beth Buccini talks about her flagship shop, her family, and her new Hamptons location....