Style & Living

The biggest shopping day of the year is still a month away, but this past Tuesday crowds had come out to get an early look at one of the biggest New York retail openings of the year: a Nordstrom flagship in New York City. Nordstrom has given New York City a celebratory shopping experience within their seven-floor store located at 57th Street. It’s as if Nordstrom is trying to convey that the terrain of failed retailers has paved the way for a new and exciting model in purchasing, which resembles a visit to a Disney park.

The week of Chol Hamoed Sukkot I threw a soirée for my girlfriends that I proclaimed to be a “Simchat Beit Nekeivah.” Since theme-based sukkahs are all the rage, I channeled my creative side and selected a butterfly and crystal interior with tabletop selections from Altoona, Amazing Savings and all the dollar stores I could find! Of course, I couldn’t come near the creativity and execution of my dear friend Shevy Shanek, event planner extraordinaire, but I gave it my best effort to set the tone for my wonderful, accomplished, iconic collection of female superstars of medicine, real estate, law, education, matchmaking, and Torah – all of them queens in their own right.

The New York Times describes Tzuri Gueta’s jewelry as “blur(ring) the lines between craft, fashion, and art.” In truth, that’s a small statement with a very large translation.

When I was given my first Barbie I thought she was a miniature version of my mom. Playing with Barbie dolls is probably part of every women’s life experiences since the late ‘50s. Certainly “looking like a Barbie doll” is somewhat of an unobtainable body image that probably shaped our perception of perfection. Nonetheless, she was the image of the perfect woman until recently, when she was altered and updated to include different body shapes. However, this week, Mattel, the makers of Barbie, introduced an altogether new doll of a non-specific gender, neither male nor female.

The first Jewish princess in Disney’s history is ready for her royal introduction. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler confirmed that a Chanukah-themed episode of Disney’s widely popular children’s TV series Elena of Avalor will feature a visiting princess from a Latino Jewish kingdom who will be voiced by the former Sopranos star.

This past week marked the conclusion of Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020 in New York City. This event, known as New York Fashion Week (NYFW), held in February and September of each year, is a semi-annual series of events (generally lasting seven to nine days) when international fashion collections are shown to buyers, the press, and the general public. It is one of four major fashion weeks in the world, collectively known as the “Big Four,” along with those in Paris, London, and Milan. The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) created the modern notion of a centralized “New York Fashion Week” in 1993. NYFW is based on a much older series of events called “Press Week,” founded in 1943.