the day after

Love, these days its seems, is no longer red hearts and pink flowers - at least thats not the way it was demonstrated at NY Fashion Week. As Suzy Menkes described, the designers added a grungier, edgier feel to their collections, which were paraded to the soundtrack 'Addicted to Love'.

If fashion has taken on a paradoxical exterior, a combination of delicate and harsh, then perhaps we too have changed our perception of love. Are we trying to become less Brangelina and more like the couples from The Kooples ads? Those couples who somehow manage to avoid the haze of Valentine's day, not out of complacency but rather out of appreciation for the understated, the raw moments, the simple aspects so often overlooked.

Keep it real with the small details;

rose tea

for singles or doubles

simplicity