Fashion Love Stories

This is part II of Gloria Vanderbilt’s fairytale and dramatic life. What an inspiration she is! There is so much, so many facets of her that we need several episodes to talk about her contributions to style, art, fashion, culture and society… never mind to NYC’s image and glamour. Here, I am speaking about her personal style and her fashion business. There is so much to her story, so many facets, chapters, books… etc… that she left for us … so many life lessons… I will be back with more episodes about her as I find her fascinating, inspiring and very interesting! xxxSusanna

Inspired by the recent successful and trending story on FX series, Fued: Capote vs the Swans, it’s now Gloria Vanderbuilt’s (one of Truman Capote’s swans, or beautiful, swan-like influential, rich, stylish and glamorous “it woman” of the 1950s/60s era) turn to inspire and influence us. This is just an introduction to her story, there is more style/culture influence to come… xxxSusanna

Well, Fall 2O24/25 fashion month is over and I must say it was a success! Beautiful collections! What an abundance of designs, superb creativity and fabulous styles! I am very excited about what was presented! I loved the majority of the collections! I will be discussing my favorites on the next few episodes. For now, I am giving you my predictions and highlights of the trends that were very prominent. Tell me your thoughts. xxxSusanna

Known for her intellectual curiosity, impeccable taste and influential collaborations with leading designers, Marella Agnelli, wife of famed Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli, was one of Italy's most illustrious tastemakers and influencers. Here, I share with you insights into the life and legacy: The Last Swan.

The fashion month for Autumn/Winter 24/25 is not over yet, yet I still see so many looks and collections that I absolutely love! Retro styles or classic, timeless styles (quiet luxury) are very much on trend and I absolutely love them! I feel they are smart, empowering, chic and sophisticated. Glad the younger generation is embracing them! Here, I am giving you my thoughts about the trends and sharing my personal opinion about styles that shouldn’t be trending and why. Stay beautiful, stay classic my darlings… classic with an edge that is…. -S

Inspired by the recent FX series, Capote vs the swans, that is so successfully trending currently, I am discussing here the topic of inner-circles and social exclusions. Is is right, is it toxic? Is it discriminating? I, for one, am a believer of the necessity of inner-circles by limiting our interactions with very few, trust-worthy, time-tested and high-quality individuals as a form of self protection and self love. Life is very complicated and we have to use boundaries and limit our interactions and trust in order to protect ourselves and allow the right people in. In my opinion it is OK to have an inner circle, the very few friends or family that you call your tribe. It’s not about discrimination, exclusions or toxicity. It’s about the right human connections where by having the right people in your life you survive and thrive towards a more elevated/spiritually higher existence. - Susanna

Babe Paley, officially named Barbara Cushing Mortimer Paley (July 5, 1915 – July 6, 1978) was an American magazine editor and socialite and Truman Capote’s favorite swan. Affectionately known as Babe throughout her life, Paley made notable contributions to the field of magazine editing and style influence. In recognition of her distinctive fashion sense, she was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1958. Her legendary life story is discussed here, inspired by the current FX series: Fued: Capote vs The Swans -S

Retro styles and attitudes are currently trending. From fashion, to cinema, to tv, to fashion shows for winter 2024… to home decor even… this 195O’s, 6O’s, 70’s etc…aesthetic is influencing/inspiring our society. I am not the only one loving the current FX series Capote vs The Swans where the glamorous NYC socialites were dressed to perfection and influencing everyone to obsession. The retro look is trending my darlings… even furs and smoking… and the rich housewife appeal… glamour is back… even on the NYC runway for fall ‘24. Apparently, models were glamorizing cigarette smoking again…

Inspired by the current FX series, Feud: Truman Capote and the swans, I am a sharing with you my darlings, some lessons that we can all learn and extract from this contemporary, modern-day drama. It is dramatic, it has to do with ugly human relationships involving human suffering, betrayal, disconnect, and ugliness…pain and suffering…How can we learn from this experience watching this dramatic story (which is real by the way), and elevate ourselves and become closer to the Divine and closer to a more elegant existence?