Kirsten Chilstrom
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Raised on the rolling plains of Texas, Kirsten entered life’s fast lane when she moved to New York City to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology. With her tastes and style well-honed, she gained a passion for editorial work at Vogue while interning for their coffee-table anthology, The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places. In the years since, she has played an integral role on the launch team for Vogue’s online database, “Voguepedia,” and the recently launched Vogue Archive. When not jetting back and forth across the Atlantic, Kirsten spends her time filling her home with flowers and art, raising her quickly-growing Labrador retriever, and hosting get-togethers for her family and friends.

Blog Entries by Kirsten Chilstrom

Celebrity Photographer Uli Weber's Portraits Come to New York

0 Comments | Posted April 2, 2012 | 11:16 AM

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Until April 14, the Ten 43 gallery in Manhattan is featuring the work of acclaimed European photographer Uli Weber. His work for the exhibit, which concentrates on his signature creative portraiture, was celebrated last week at an opening party where Weber and Vogue Photo...

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My Swiss Spa Day

0 Comments | Posted February 27, 2012 | 6:00 AM

Fondue, mountains, chocolate and expensive watches: these are the things that come to the forefront of people's minds when asked about Switzerland. If you're finance savvy, you think of the ever-strengthening Swiss franc and when will it drop.

For members of La Réserve, a Swiss spa and health...

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A Visit to Holmes & Yang (PHOTOS)

1 Comments | Posted February 21, 2012 | 4:22 PM

Jeanne Yang, stylist to the stars and co-owner of Holmes & Yang, believes in three things: pairing denim with diamonds whenever possible, keeping her purse off the floor, and having her fashion line manufactured in New York City. While the former rituals are more personal matters-of-the-heart, the latter is strictly...

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The Need to Obsess

1 Comments | Posted February 1, 2012 | 6:12 PM

Fashion people today are obsessed with the word "obsession." I get it -- it's over-the-top, extravagant hyperbolic to a tee. According the dictionary tool in my Microsoft Word, the word means "uncontrollable persistence of idea." Its synonym, infatuation, is a slightly less-exhausted word, and therefore, I'll use it in this...

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Chanel: A Lion in Tweed

0 Comments | Posted January 5, 2012 | 9:31 AM

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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's headstone in Lausanne, Switzerland


While on a Chanel high (see my previous Pin Code piece), it is only fair to pay equal respect to the woman and legend behind the brand that has single-handedly made quilted bags...

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Pin Code: The Eighties, East Village and Coco Chanel

0 Comments | Posted January 3, 2012 | 11:56 AM

Receiving gifts (especially this time of year) is on my list of favorite things in life. For me, the best ones add value to the most important aspects of my life -- those being my work and wardrobe. This year, while visiting the Chelsea apartment of my former boss and...

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New Year's Resolutions

0 Comments | Posted December 28, 2011 | 9:03 AM

In 2012, I'm really determined to do a few things, call them resolutions if you will. Before setting out on what is usually considered to be a tragic path-to-failure, I've penned guidelines, in hopes that it will help me to make realistic goals.

1 - the words "gym," "workout"...

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