http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/style/ en robin@misstropolis.com Copyright 2010 2010-01-06T15:40:36-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/bedroom-basics/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/bedroom-basics/#When:15:40:36Z Because right now the one thing everyone needs more than anything else is a good night’s sleep, we’ve re-posted this piece from a little while back. Pharmaceuticals aside, there’s nothing like a witty duvet cover or a locally made, organic mattress to assure a good night’s sleep. Misstropolis Sleep Smarts 101.Sometimes smarter means knowing what no one else knows. And if there is anything worth researching, it’s how to have the deepest, comfiest, most glamorous night’s sleep possible. We scoured the globe (on our digital flying carpet) for the best in bedding, beds and bedroom wall art. style 2010-01-06T15:40:36-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/erica-corsano/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/erica-corsano/#When:15:36:08Z In anticipation of a festive week of fashion right here in Boston, Misstropolis chats with Stuff Magazine’s very own fashionista, Erica Corsano.Erica Corsano is one of Boston’s most visible and beloved bon vivants. She somehow seems to be out everywhere and chained to her desk editing the new and improved Stuff Magazine style 2010-01-06T15:36:08-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/12-days-holiday-gift-guide-drink/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/12-days-holiday-gift-guide-drink/#When:20:06:00Z From Fort Point’s dark streets, Drink beckons. The barely-there sign on the door, the sunken staircase, the din of conversation coming from inside entice. Drink’s reputation precedes it, like all Barbara Lynch’s places, so one usually already knows not to expect visible bottles or drink menus and to expect bartenders who are wizards of mixology rather than Coyote Ugly tap-pullers. Crafting cocktails is an art at Drink. One only need mention tastes, curiosities or favorite flavors to send the expert to work pouring something delicious. With high end bar food also available, it’s the perfect spot to see friends before the holidays and 2009 are just a fond mix of memories.There are times for the delicacy of understatement and times for telling it like it is. In critique of my work, well, I appreciate an understated approach; but in matters of sustenance I prefer a direct approach. That is why I appreciate the clearly stated intentions behind Barbara Lynch’s Fort Point bar, Drink. No one wonders why they are there. style 2009-12-18T20:06:00-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/win-a-sondra-robert-handbag-for-free/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/win-a-sondra-robert-handbag-for-free/#When:20:31:34Z There is always always a silver lining. We love the way poet Percy Bysshe Shelley reminds us “O, wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?“ In fact it’s not far behind, as far as it may seem and as many events will come before it. So - in the spirit of embracing winter and also in hopes of escaping to thoughts of warm weather in our future, we’re giving away a Sondra Roberts spring/summer bag. We received a ton of responses to our giveaway challenge. All the letters were intriguing - some in different ways than others… But one stopped us in our tracks and made the decision rather easy in the end. Read on to hear Dominika Kielbasinska’s story.Along with our Twelve Days Holiday Gift Guide, Misstropolis has teamed up with cult-status New York designer Sondra Roberts to give away a luxury handbag to one of our readers.  style 2009-12-11T20:31:34-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-12-days-holiday-gift-guide-woodward/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-12-days-holiday-gift-guide-woodward/#When:18:20:43Z Morgan’s Hotel Group opening a boutique hotel in Boston is exciting in and of itself, adding a restaurant run by nightlife impresario Seth Greenberg and chef Mark Goldberg is downright electrifying for our increasingly hip city. Thus all the hoopla about Woodward in the Ames Hotel.  For today’s installment of our 12 Days Holiday Gift Guide, John Ross has scoured the city for ideas for the men on your list, inspired by Woodward and it’s financial district location. His gift choices, like the restaurant, evoke the rich traditions of our city with a quirky, elegant edge. 1. Nom de Guerre Cardigan ($695) Since the Ames is located in the Financial District and the look of the Woodward is supposedly inspired by Gentlemen’s clubs of yore I wanted to include something a modern day gentleman might wear after hours.  Available here: http://shopstels.com/shop/mens/by-designer/nom-de-guerre/chunky-shawl-cardigan.html 2. Bar of Gold ($79) I’m sure there are already plenty of these in the Financial District but I like that this one is marked with the date women were first allowed to enter the London Stock Exchange which was, shockingly, 1973!  This gilded piece is meant as a doorstop but I’d place this center table for all to ogle. Available here: http://www.conranusa.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=19056&cid=TechnoBoy&language=en-US 3. Pinstripe Linen Scarf ($102) For a man or woman who likes a classic power-suit fabric minus the power suit.  Trimmed with a batik print for a dash of color and reconfigured as a perfectly rumpled soft scarf.  Available here: http://www.patchnyc.com style 2009-12-04T18:20:43-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-12-days-holiday-gift-guide-no.-9-park/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-12-days-holiday-gift-guide-no.-9-park/#When:14:08:27Z I simply love No. 9 Park. A warm repository of fond memories punctuating my grown up life in Boston, Barbara Lynch’s classic French restaurant on the north border of the Boston Common has never stopped seducing me, no matter how many times I visit. For this installment of our 12 Days Holiday Gift Guide John Ross takes us to Paris and beyond, inspired by No. 9 and his recent travels to the city of lights.Romance, quality and tradition are the hallmarks of Barbara Lynch’s No. 9 Park. There is something about the scale, the setting and the muted color palette of the interior that transports me directly to Europe every time I walk in the door. style 2009-12-02T14:08:27-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-12-day-gift-guide-day-1-pomodoro/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/the-12-day-gift-guide-day-1-pomodoro/#When:16:57:10Z If pressed to choose the two things we love most about the holiday season we would have to say eating and shopping. Ignore the fact that this is true most of the rest of the year as well. Both get us out and about in all areas of the city, both fill us up and keep us warm when the weather is frightful, and both are best when shared with good friends or family. The calorie incinerating pursuit of finding the very best gifts deserves to be rewarded with a great meal. And all the people on our list seem better suited to some restaurants than others. With that in mind, Misstropolis teamed up this year with writer/stylist John Ross, designer and co-founder of PATCH NY to bring you a gift guide which combines these holiday pleasures, making your holiday shopping easier and more delicious than ever. We begin our guide with a tiny gem in the North End, the romantic, cozy Pomodoro owned and operated by Siobhan Carew. Enjoying a meal at Pomodoro in the North End is like digging into the best homecooked meal - if, of course, your Mother happens to be amazingly skilled at crafting delicious Italian food with a twist. Oh, and your family home is stocked with a major wine cellar. Siobhan Carew, the owner of the cozy, nine table Hanover Street restaurant, always impresses me with her incredible warmth and hospitality. She makes every guest feel special and seems to do it all so effortlessly, a true gift knowing how much work it is to be a perfect host. Siobhan is one of the hardest working people I know, so I have tremendous respect for her. And yes I also have tremendous respect for her calamari, her baked cod fillet and her seafood fra diavolo! As the name implies, the red sauce at Pomodoro is nothing short of magical, so really you can not go wrong. Best of all she has that laugh and smile and wicked sense of humor…key word: wicked. I could go on and on. style 2009-11-23T16:57:10-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/daniela-show/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/daniela-show/#When:18:45:05Z Boston-based designer Daniela Corte staged a show on the last night of Boston Fashion Week that proved Boston has what it takes to be a world class fashion hub. The collection the Argentinian born Corte sent down the runway was as vivacious and colorful as the designer herself. Now, in anticipation of a move down the street from 93 Newbury to 211 Newbury in January 2010, Daniela Corte Studio is planning a massive sample sale. (Just in time for the holidays!) Check out the photos of the show, then head to the studio to get some for yourself. On the last night of Boston Fashion Week the local fashion-crazy crowd was ready to celebrate. It had been a winning week by any measure, exceeding even intrepid BFW founder Jay Calderin’s expectations. Turnout had been tremendous, many events were either full or sold out, and the media had taken to the week’s festivities like Arianna Huffington to a political headline. On October 2 Daniela transformed an industrial space in the South Boston A Street Lofts into an urban oasis of ambiance, attitude and style. style 2009-11-05T18:45:05-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/nymph-nile-by-dava/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/nymph-nile-by-dava/#When:02:27:21Z A new jewelry line designed by Matsu’s Dava Muramatsu, captures the essential paradox of Egyptian treasure. Ancient, distressed, unrefined jewels discovered in tombs and dug up from the ground are as - if not more - valuable than new ones found in luxury stores. Reacting to a market saturated with mass produced, disposable stuff, and a society obsessed with the new, Muramatsu debuts Nymph “Nile,“ a jewelry line inspired by the river than runs within.Dava Muramatsu is going with the flow. Not long after her psychic told her to stop “bending the water,“ disrupting her natural path, she surrendered to an impulse she says she’s been aware of for many years. “I have always been into jewelry, even before it was a thing,“ she says, “I was piling beaded bracelets on my wrists years ago as an ethnic statement.“ Now she is making her own jewelry, called Nymph, laden with meaning from her ancestry, her passions and her experience. style 2009-10-21T02:27:21-05:00 http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/dark-wave-disco-with-sam-mendoza/ http://www.misstropolis.com/index.php/arts/dark-wave-disco-with-sam-mendoza/#When:20:29:27Z Boston-based wunderkind Sam Mendoza transformed the Liberty Hotel and the Boston fashion scene Tuesday night with his Dark Wave Disco-inspired show.  With fabric flowing from featherweight dresses, models paraded an impressive collection of fresh looks. Pictures and video from the evening put you in the front row with the most stylish patrons of Boston Fashion Week. Read on!Jay Calderin’s ever-evolving Boston Fashion Week has offered a full schedule of events to keep resident fashionistas busy this year. Everyone I’ve spoken with agrees this has been the best BFW yet, kicked off in high style last Friday with the getsugar, Misstropolis party at the Beehive and the Fashion Boston party in the South End hosted by the W and fabulous Jack Yeaton.  But Boston has never seen anything like Sam Mendoza’s show at the Liberty Hotel on Tuesday night. style 2009-10-01T20:29:27-05:00