If you have shopped recently at Louis Vuitton’s New York flagship you may have noticed the strange detour taken in order to get to the top floor.

Jared Gadbaw is no stranger to Michelin-star restaurants with tenures at Eleven Madison Park and Marea, where he honed his culinary chops.

Although New Yorkers have been grumbling, complaining about the retailer’s rush to gussey up their stores for holidays right after Halloween— guess what?! There is not stopping them now. The holidays are upon us.

For some Christmas can’t come fast enough for others, cries that retailers should pay fines for dressing up their stores in their Christmas finery just as children take off their halloween costumes! But that’s not going to happen, after all this is a free country.

Bulgari, the Roman based jeweler whose client roster reads like a Hollywood who’s who, held a soiree Italian style at their 57th Street flagship on one of the most expensive real estate corner’s known to man.

Professionalism and good manners come easily to the 28-year-old Super Bowl champion and budding fashion icon, Victor Cruz.

Vincent Piazza’s memorable portrayal of Lucky Luciano on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire left an indelible mark and had people wanting more.

David Watkins, the innovative founder of Adopted which fuses fashion and function with their sleek cell phone covers and co-founder of Caeden—the luxury audio brand, talks to Haute Living about his New York favorites.

If the departure of Raf Simmons of Dior last week didn’t rock the fashion world enough, this afternoon, The Business of Fashion reported that Alber Elbaz is stepping down as Creative Director of the luxury fashion brand, Lanvin. Mr. Elbaz is credited with transforming the French house in 2001 to a thriving business that changed the course of fashion in the ensuing years. His designs celebrated beauty and women.
Mr. Elbaz released this statement to WWD:

The Central Park Conservancy had their annual Fall Luncheon at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel last week with a well appointed group of hosts including Donna Karan and Linda Wells, the founding editor-in-chief from Allure magazine.