Fashionista in Aspen & Nantucket

Last night’s CCAH (Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities) benefit for the public schools in Carbondale was a big success!  Students who receive only 45 minutes of arts education in their limited curriculum will now be able to receive after school art classes due to the generosity of the hundreds of attendees at this vibrant and most spirited fashion show and auction at the Carbondale rec center…a gym!  They strutted, they danced and we cheered!  It was a well-staged, choreographed event that surpassed most of the staid, emotion-less fashion shows I have ever seen….read more about it in my article in yesterday’s Aspen Daily News ….http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/152220

  Even for locals, like myself, the to-do list in Aspen is endless!  But for you visiting fashionistas….there is something that must be on your list….besides skiing!  http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/152006

As we all know, the X Games finished up in Aspen two weeks ago, and the Super Bowl was last Sunday.  But as your fashionista and tireless Burberry consultant  in Aspen, I can’t help but observe all the athletes wearing the classic, yet chic English designs around town.  I spotted AJ Eeds, linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts, donning his size 58 trench coat in the tony bar at the premier Little Nell hotel in Aspen during the X Games.  He certainly fills out the roomy raglan sleeves very well!

Next, Super Bowl winner Reggie Bush stopped in our store to pick up a coordinating wool muffler for his stunning charcoal grey peacoat, to keep him warm and toasty,  as he was reporting for ESPN as spokesperson for Red Bull, during the chilly late night wrap up for another thrilling X Games, as Shaun White took home yet another Gold Medal in the Superpipe, wearing his animal print pants, that our own seamstress at Burberry had to alter, to allow him the needed flexibility to accomplish his high-flying performance!  Bravo AJ, Reggie and Shaun!

It’s fun being one of the only fashion writers in the Rocky Mountains at moments like this, when the greatest, most well-known snowboard X Games and Olympic champion, Shaun White, creates as much of a stir….and stir it up he does… not only for his high flying feats on the Superpipe, but for what he wears doing it!  Read about it in today’s article.

Shaun Whiteat press conference before the games

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/151645

   The winter fundraiser for the Aspen Art Museum, known as the Dennis Basso Freestyle, held on December 28, delivered the one-two punch to the already well-established championship season known as the holidays in Aspen…read about the glamorous details http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/151201

Without a doubt,  Aspen is the place to be for Christmas holidays….or anytime for that matter!    Read about one of the newest events of our 12 Days of Christmas celebration held around town…..  http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/150983

Once again, the Winter fundraiser for the Aspen Art Museum, known as the Basso Freestyle delivered the one-two punch to the already well-established championship season known as the holidays in Aspen, Colorado!  A trip to the Emmys in Hollywood for 28K,  A Taste of Tuscany…in Tuscany! …..for 25K and my favorite, an excursion to Milan Fashion Week for 55K!  Of course, the piece de la resistance was the last lot, and far from least….an original full length sable coat, designed by the maestro, himself, Dennis Basso, which he had to produce two of…since one bidder challenged another to buy one if he did.  Voila….another $200k for the Art Museum, which is building a new home right in the center of town.  The fashion show followed…with Basso’s collection of glamorous, lux-y furs and gowns strutting

down the ice-white runway…to take our breaths away.  One of those creations could certainly keep me warm all winter long….. Bet you wish you were here….come next year!  Happy Holidays!  xo gio

Souchi cashmere

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I’m still finishing cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving, and now I find that Christmas is only one week away.  There’s so much to do, as always, but my readers come first.  I am delighted to tell our Aspen locals and visitors all about the new stores that are ready and waiting for you to explore and purchase that perfect present for friends and family on “The List.”  http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/150724

Even though I attended my first New York Fashion Week last month for the Spring/Summer collections 2012, visions of nubby wools, luxurious textured coats and formidable leather boots filled my thoughts… http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/149852

It was such a whirlwind, that it took me a while to digest it all…here’s a re-cap….and some more events since then….New York Fashion Week 9 – 11- SS 2012 – my summary(unpublished)