Tag Archives: Fendi

By Robert J. Avrech | January 25, 2013

Friday Footwear: Killer Heels

Tweet Dear Seraphic Secret: It’s true, we are depressed that Obama won the election. We are also angry that the Second Amendment is under attack by the commies who now run the U. S. government. But we still love shoes. So what gives, Robert? Is Karen walking around in flip-flops? Come on. Get over it. [...]

Posted in Friday Footwear, Second Amendment | Also tagged Brian Atwood, Chanel Handgun Heel, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, Nicholas Kirkwood, Roger Vivier, Valentino | 20 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | August 3, 2012

Friday Footwear: Cool Tootsies

Tweet Millions of Americans are out of work. The federal deficit is a crime. We are on the edge of a double dip recession. What to do? Fashion designers are banking on happy, unexpected colors to dress up your tootsies. Seraphic Secret has done the hard work of combing through the 2013 footwear collections and [...]

Posted in Friday Fashion, Friday Footwear | Also tagged Charlotte Olympia, Dolce & Gabbana, Gloria Swanson, Jason Wu, kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Nicholas Kirkwood | 15 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 6, 2012

Friday Fashion: The Exodus Edition

Tweet On Passover the Jewish people are instructed to envision that they are experiencing the Exodus from Egypt. During the Passover seder (meal) we reenact—through sacred memory animated by ritual—the passage from bondage to slavery. The Torah tells us that the Jews left Egypt with the spoils of their oppressors—compensation for 400 years of cruelty. [...]

Posted in Friday Fashion, Friday Footwear, Holidays, Passover | Also tagged Barbara Briones, Charlotte Olympia, Exodus, Gio Dev, Glamour, Gucci, Jerusalem, Ma'ayan Ariel, Manolo Blahnik, Passover Fashion, Seder, Shabbat, Stella McCartney, Tory Burch | 3 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | October 28, 2011

Friday Fashion: Bag Ladies

Tweet Freud famously queried: What do women want? Poor Sigmund, he was so wrapped up in his theories (and cocaine) that he was incapable of looking at flesh and blood women and seeing the obvious: Women want shoes and handbags. Usually, but not exclusively, in that order. Here are a few of the latest fashion [...]

Posted in Friday Fashion, Handbags | Also tagged Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Marlene Dietrich, Prada, Proenza-Schouler, The Row | 5 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 23, 2011

Friday Fashion: Modesty Gaze

Tweet Seraphic Secret likes to follow trends in fashion. Our mission is to bypass the slutwear that parades as cutting edge design and focus instead on beautifully tailored outfits that are both flattering, ladylike, and modest. As always, we do not highlight pant suits; they are a crime of fashion. Speaking of crimes of fashion: [...]

Posted in Friday Fashion | Also tagged Barbara Tfank, Burberry Prorsum, Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Fashion Crimes, Giles, Glamour, Jason Wu, Michelle Obama, Modest Fashion | 15 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | July 8, 2011

Bag of Tricks

Tweet In Rear Window, 1954, Grace Kelly’s elegant Mark Cross bag emerges as something of a major character, a twin symbol of desire—Kelly cooly snaps opens the bag, unfurling a fetching neglige—and the domesticity Jimmy Stewart finds so intimidating. Women’s handbags are more than repositories of oh-so-necessary possessions but a reflection of a woman’s priorities [...]