Image and Etiquette

This Summer, Accessories Rule

Not just one specific thing, like the Pashmina craze that recently swept across the planet.  I’m talking about every single accessory category a girl could crave, with the possible exception of millinery. The timing is perfection itself – great news in a season of closely trimmed clothing budgets.  All these accessories provide a much-needed boost [...]

Umbrella Etiquette Matters

For years, I‘ve questioned backpackers’ rights to bulldoze through the urban landscape.  Call them rucksacks, knapsacks or book-bags, these bulging carryalls interfere with the general ebb and flow of pedestrian traffic and often have the power to knock an innocent transit rider to the ground. But on a recent rainy day, in the heart of [...]