At JFK, on the way back from a recent trip to Japan, I found myself chatting to the customs officer about uniforms when he asked me if as a fashion designer there was anything I could do with his uniform, plucking at it disdainfully. Actually, I told him, I find uniforms an inspiration. For the nth winter now, leather leggings have been a staple in my wardrobe, my uniform. A uniform of a sort for each season is the stylish womens approach to fashion. For me leather leggings comprise the basis of my uniform every fall /winter season for many years now .They are the simplest most practical ( washable ) reliable, versatile, comfortable, sexy and irreplaceable item I own. Each year, I wear...
In 2005, behind closed doors, Dick Cheney, former CEO of Halliburton, exempted the Gas and Oil Industries from the Clean Air and Clean Water Act. Clean air and clean water is a basic human right which no one has the right to take away from another. This action was knowingly carried out in order to create the unregulated situation we are in today, where these industries are free to poison our air and inject toxic chemicals into the earth through Hydro Fracking and other extraction techniques. If it cannot be done safely, it cannot be done at all. That's why I created a petition to The New York State House, The New York State Senate, Governor Andrew Cuomo, The United...
NOV, 17th. 10.00pm. Marching over the Brooklyn Bridge with the 99% this evening was a great and visceral experience, comparable to a great night/ day dancing at Body and Soul. The energy of the people was positively palpable. Traffic from both directions was honking in support of the protest so although there were 32,500 people marching, there were many many more showing solidarity. Projections on the side of the verizon building said '' WE ARE WINNING, '' "DO NOT BE AFRAID", "LOVE" along with other slogans chanted as we walked over the bridge. At the end of the bridge in Brooklyn, people were diverted onto one path down a staircase, I asked one policeman in riot gear why...
Depending on the support it receives from the nation, it could be either, but positive polls and well attended web organized events are saying this is a movement. People are relieved and buzzed by the feeling that we, the 99%, are not in fact powerless. I was anxious about appearing as a protester wearing Daryl K, and I was ready to respond, that I too am part of the 99% and a working mother of two, but I didn't have to justify my presence.I had a gorgeous model/friend with me, also in Daryl K, and nobody wanted to talk to anyone but her. One businessman looked her up and down, unable to understand how such beauty found its...
