Le Shopping de Noël

Confession: I cheated, I went Christmas shopping the day before Thanksgiving.  In my defense, I didn't buy anything. (I was too busy drooling over the glorious displays.) My pal Steff and I went down to Paris' most renowned grands magasins, Printemps and the Galeries Lafayette, to see how they've decked their halls. 



At Printemps Christian Dior has adorned one of the store's celebrated

Designer Dish: Ronaldo Fraga

For those of you who don't keep up with the happenings south of the equator, São Paulo Fashion Week officially kicked off yesterday in a tent in Parque Villa Lobos (for once I am NOT at all envious of the attendees - it is WARM here, and I can only imagine the heat got kicked up a couple notches in an enclosed, sun-exposed space full of people) and one of the featured designers amongst today's