Six feet three in her stocking feet, LWren Scott was every inch a great lady.

I started collecting couture when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and the very first piece I bought was a Balenciaga suit from 1962.

I have Tom Ford, Gucci, Saint Laurent, McQueen, and odd pieces that Ive just acquired because I happened to have come across them and felt they have some historical resonance.

Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.

My childhood memories seem to be wreathed in the twin and far from harmonious olfactory sensations of patchouli oil and caustic soda.

Six feet three in her stocking feet, LWren Scott was every inch a great lady.

I literally in the New York flea market - just when I was despairing of ever having a great serendipitous find - found a 1926 Chanel.