Although this ad pub­lished some time ago, I couldn’t help but rekin­dle the love I have for the ever so care­fully designed ads of Marc Jacobs. There just some­thing about the ran­dom­ness potrayed in every ad that seems to make me stop, put down my cof­fee and think “what the heck am I look­ing at?” But calm takes it course when I imme­di­ately rec­og­nize the style, imag­ing and pho­tog­ra­phy of one of life’s most fas­ci­nat­ing designers. All is well because it’s Marc Jacobs at his best. Por­tray­ing not only the images of life, but the most unfil­tered hap­pen­ings that seem to take place, or have taken place at some point in our unpre­dictable lives.

Not sure if it’s the fact that when one ad posts a lady hang­ing over the side rail­ing of a con­struc­tion site with noth­ing but painted graf­fiti in the back­ground that just seems to revive the mar­ti­nis I had the night before.…or per­haps that kick-​​back to days past with bright red painted lip­stick and fero­cious eye­brows. But some­how, only Marc Jacobs can do ads just this way…and it works tremendously!

Oh how I love it!

This hand­bag I came across while shop­ping at Dillard’s. I LOVE how col­or­ful the spring col­lec­tions are. A great acces­sory that stands out and brings life to your outfit.

By: Patrick Hazel­wood, Fash­ion Correspondent

Here is a rec­om­men­da­tion in what is fast becom­ing my sec­ond home, Miami. There is a new spot that came HIGHLY sug­gested by Man­ager Ovy Anghel, we were at din­ner with friends on Espanola Way, and he insisted on tak­ing me for a look-​​see of this new super chic spot, CAVIAR KASPIA. We took off and headed down Collins to this clas­sic Art Deco hotel, entered, and I was imme­di­ately taken by the inte­ri­ors. The archi­tects had man­aged to build on the Land­mark sta­tus floor­ing, and mod­ern­ize it in such a way that it cre­ated a sump­tu­ous and inti­mate ambiance…all deep choco­late walls, and aqua accents.

I was taken up to the rooftop out­door lounge to have a look…also stun­ning, a small and cozy space which, unfor­tu­nately due to the cold weather, was closed but I could still get a sense of what an extra­or­di­nary place this would be on a gor­geous South Beach night. We returned down­stairs, where Ovy gave me the his­tory of Caviar Kaspia -“The place was designed by the peo­ple from Trussardi and is a branch of the famed Caviar Kaspia in Paris, France. The loca­tion here in South Beach incor­po­rates a high-​​end sports­wear selec­tion of cloth­ing on the ground level, while the 2^nd story houses pri­mar­ily high-​​end ready-​​to-​​wear..

The place is already a secret respite for the super-​​chic, model crowd, ubiq­ui­tous fash­ion­istas, bold-​​faced names such as NAOMI CAMPBELL and SERENA WILLIAMS, as well as the most influ­en­tial char­ac­ters in The Miami-​​Dade area. As it was close to clos­ing, Mike, the bar­tender who I had inci­den­tally met on sev­eral cast­ings while in town mod­el­ing last sea­son, topped up our cham­pagnes and we called it a night, agree­ing that I would come for brunch the next day.

I gath­ered two of my well-​​traveled mates and we enjoyed a superb brunch and a chance to see the oper­a­tion in full swing. I had the Croque Made­moi­selle, a twist on the French clas­sic com­prised of beau­ti­fully smoked salmon, gruyere cheese, nes­tled between two slices of chal­lah bread and topped with a poached egg and caviar…DELICIOUS!!! Man­ager Ovy over­saw the pro­ceed­ings and insisted I have one of their twice baked potatoes…in a word…SUBLIME!!!! Even down to the peel, beau­ti­fully flavoured. Every­one was over-​​the-​​moon with their choices, so much so that we barely noticed the pint-​​sized Phar­rell as he entered the room with two glama­zons, and sat across from us. The ser­vice was impec­ca­ble, dis­creet, yet atten­tive, all the offer­ings arrived per­fectly gar­nished, and the cock­tails potent and plen­ti­ful. Mr. Anghel runs a tight-​​ship and it shows.

After fin­ish­ing up our last of numer­ous del­i­cate Bellini, we decided to see their sar­to­r­ial offer­ings. Both floors had a well-​​thought out col­lec­tion of fine cloth­ing that was oh-​​so-​​perfect for South Beach…the jacquard print tuxedo jacket by Tom Ford, the curly lamb motor­cy­cle jacket by Yves Saint Lau­rent, the tuxedo slip­pers with the larger-​​than-​​life mono­gram, all spoke to a per­fect swanky night pool­side in the “Fool’s Par­adise”. Even the sports­wear had a super sexy, yet con­fi­den­tially lux­u­ri­ous mes­sage to express.

Labels included APC; ACNE, BALENCIAGA, BALMAIN, BAND OF OUTSIDERS, GIVENCHY, NEIL BARRETT; JIMMY CHOO: VIKTOR & ROLF, and SPURR to name but a few. Hav­ing been a model for years, I have been for­tu­nate enough to have been exposed to and dressed in some of the finest cloth­ing in the world both on the run­way and for appear­ances (a shout out to my favourites Dsquared2!) and I can tell you that the buyer here did not just cull some “clob­ber” (as they say in Eng­land) but assem­bled a well curated collection…BRAVO!!!

So, next time in South Beach, be sure to pay a visit for a full-​​experience. Tell them I sent you!

Caviar Kaspia at The Web­ster 1220 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida.

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