Author: Judie Schwartz
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Style Matters: The fashionable Citizen of the West Dinner
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How many parties have you attended where you were greeted by a pair of very polite, very gorgeous and well-accessorized Rodeo princesses? There could only be one event in Denver like that and it’s the jewel in the crown (or should I say bolo around the neck) of the National Western Stock Show: the…
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Style Matters at the Denver Art Museum Cartier Exhibition
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First, a disclaimer. Style Matters loves jewelry, any kind. I will stop to peruse Target’s jewelry department. I think the new JC Penney jewelry cases at Park Meadows are worth inspecting. The first place I go to when visiting a new city is its museum jewelry display. So, you can imagine my anticipation for…
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Style Matters is a citizen of the west for one evening
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Last Monday found Style Matters pulling on a pair of sequin and beaded blue cowboy boots in preparation for the annual Citizen of the West dinner, the traditional kick-off of the National Western Stock Show.The dinner capped off quite the week for the city of Denver and the state of Colorado. First, we had…
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Penne Baguta and the closing of an institution
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While my love of shopping is well known, fewer people know what Mr. Style Matters likes to do. Well, its camping and mountain biking, specifically in Moab, Utah, with good friends and our two sons. The night before each trip, Mr. SM stops at Strings and buys a quadruple portion of his favorite dish…
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Hair today….
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The last time hair made a splash was when Jennifer Aniston debuted “the Rachel,” on the hit show “Friends.” The “Rachel,” named after Aniston’s character, was the perfect hair style. Google it and you will see what I mean. It looked flattering on everyone. Cut “piecey” (as my stylist described it) and layered at…
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Spring Fashions, 2013
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Nancy Sagar, public relations doyenne of Neiman Marcus, rushed into the tony Edge restaurant in the downtown Four Seasons hotel last week, minions and models following in her wake. I knew immediately that something was very wrong. Now Nancy and her staff dress in black, always black. It’s their uniform, and if they should…
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STYLE MATTERS: Exploring Gift Shops at Denver’s Cultural Institutions
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Last issue we visited the museum stores at the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Style Matters was even more impressed with their inventory than we had hoped to be. Looking for the unusual, the unique and the one of a kind? Denver’s gift shops have them all. Figuring…
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STYLE MATTERS: Great Fashion Moments at the Denver Art Museum’s “Becoming Van Gogh” Gala
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The Denver Art Museum is on a roll. The institution has been staging one stellar exhibit after another. On the stiletto heels of the Yves Saint Laurent exhibit (shown only in Paris, Madrid and… Denver) to Madeleine Albright’s unusual collection of pins commemorating her diplomatic career, the DAM now brings to Colorado “Becoming Van…
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Women politicians and their fashions — the messages they send
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Many citizens of this country admit to being embarrassed that the United States, the leader of the free world, has yet to elect a female vice president or president. Veep, an HBO vehicle for Seinfeld alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus, will do nothing to allay their concerns. Even the name of the show evokes a wince…
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STYLE MATTERS: Madeleine Albright: “Read my Pins”
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Instead of “Read my Lips,” Madeleine Albright, the first woman secretary of state, prefers “Read my Pins.” Over the years Albright collected hundreds of pins, each with a symbolic message and an anecdote. A selection of her favorites is currently part of an exhibit at the Denver Art Museum called, “Read My Pins, the…
