“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” – Aristotle . ✨ . More like a wild goddess . ✨ . . . . #solitude #thinkingtime #deepthoughts #readjusting #life #moor #vibes #gratitude #homesweethome #mydesk #chicliving #peace #love #sunnydays #springiscoming #wednesdaywisdom #lovely #afternoonvibes #soquiet #mood #luxebeauty #dior #victoriabeckham #diptyque #voluspacandles #fromthedeskofcapitoldebeaute https://www.instagram.com/p/CqY3aHkrtkz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• Just released #FGICommuniqué Day6 curated highlights, inspirations and creativity from #NYFW #Fall2023 collections! Visit us FGI.org for full report. Curators @nicolefischelis @mintmodanyc @sharongra @gary_wassner Designers featured: @puppetsandpuppets @rodarte @burkindy @alejandraalonsorojas @sonjungwan @josephaltuzarra @brandonmaxwell @bachmai @michaelkors @annasui @collinastrada @toryburch @ragandbone @marcjacobs @ullajohnson @terrysingh @puppetsandpuppets @carolinaherrera @alexanderwang @jahnkoy #melkeny @eckhaus_latta @viviennetam @ullajohnson @katebarton @jasonwu @dionlee @rentrayage @ashlyn @Khaite @fromwhere @lafuari_outthere@vicrtoriamaiden Production: Executive producer: @fginyc @mgrisz Writer: Sharon Graubard Editor: Melanie Woodroffe @capitoldebeaute Web: Luis Rivera @luis_riverav Graphics: Gabriel Ayala @gaarte @fginyc (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/Covxx0JLLng/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• Just released #FGICommuniqué Day5 curated highlights, inspirations and creativity from #NYFW #Fall2023 collections! Visit us FGI.org for full report. Curators @nicolefischelis @mintmodanyc @sharongra @gary_wassner Designers featured: @puppetsandpuppets @rodarte @burkindy @alejandraalonsorojas @sonjungwan @josephaltuzarra @brandonmaxwell @bachmai @michaelkors @annasui @collinastrada @toryburch @ragandbone @marcjacobs @ullajohnson @terrysingh @puppetsandpuppets @carolinaherrera @alexanderwang @jahnkoy #melkeny @eckhaus_latta @viviennetam @ullajohnson @katebarton @jasonwu @dionlee Production: Executive producer: @fginyc @mgrisz Writer: Sharon Graubard Editor: Melanie Woodroffe @capitoldebeaute Web: Luis Rivera @luis_riverav Graphics: Gabriel Ayala @gaarte (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CotdPaBM6m6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• Just released #FGICommuniqué Day4 curated highlights, inspirations and creativity from #NYFW #Fall2023 collections! Visit us FGI.org for full report. Curators @nicolefischelis @mintmodanyc @sharongra @gary_wassner Designers featured: @custobarcelona @dionlee @rodarte @burkindy @annasui @collinastrada @ragandbone @marcjacobs @ullajohnson @terrysingh @bibhumohapatra @carolinaherrera @alexanderwang @jahnkoy #melkeny @aknvas @viviennetam @laquansmith @brandonmaxwell @christiansiriano @coach@adeam @rodarte Production: Executive producer: @fginyc @mgrisz Writer: Sharon Graubard Editor: Melanie Woodroffe @capitoldebeaute Web: Luis Rivera @luis_riverav Graphics: Gabriel Ayala @gaarte (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoqlTs4LKZK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• Just released #FGICommuniqué Day3 curated highlights, inspirations and creativity from #NYFW #Fall2023 collections! Visit us FGI.org for full report. Curators @nicolefischelis @mintmodanyc @sharongra @gary_wassner Designers featured: @custobarcelona @dionlee @rodarte @burkindy @annasui @collinastrada @ragandbone @marcjacobs @ullajohnson @terrysingh @puppetsandpuppets @carolinaherrera @alexanderwang @jahnkoy #melkeny @eckhaus_latta @viviennetam Production: Executive producer: @fginyc @mgrisz Writer: Sharon Graubard Editor: Melanie Woodroffe @capitoldebeaute Web: Luis Rivera @luis_riverav Graphics: Gabriel Ayala @gaarte (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CooPRL1usk6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just released #FGICommuniqué Day2 curated highlights, inspirations and creativity from #NYFW #Fall2023 collections! Visit us FGI.org for full report.  Curators @nicolefischelis @mintmodanyc @sharongra @gary_wassner  Designers featured: @philliplim @dionlee @rodarte @area @annasui @collinastrada @ragandbone @marcjacobs @crosseyemoose @heron @puppetsandpuppets @prabulgurung @alexanderwang @dereklam Production: Executive producer: @fginyc @mgrisz Writer: Sharon Graubard  Editor: Melanie Woodroffe @capitoldebeaute Web: Luis Rivera @luis_riverav Graphics: Gabriel Ayala @gaarte #nyfw #fashionweek #fgicommuniqué #fashion (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/ComazwlOeg5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just released! #FGICommuniqué Day1 #NYFW Fall2023 collections! Link in bio! Curators @nicolefishelis @mintmodanyc @sharongra @gary_wassner Designers featured @terrysingh.ny @csiriano @a___potts @therealphiliplim @rodarte #libertine @ateliercillian @collinastrada @victordesouzan @fginyc @fgiglobal #nyfw #fgicommunique #fashionreport Link in bio @fginyc • (at NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coi741wrdcI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The rising sun of the last day of 2022 brings out a lot of emotions for me & my Family. 5 deaths in the Family in one year, including my sweet Shihtzu of 22 years….you would think it would have broken us to pieces, but our lifetime union has been a bonded, strong one, so it just made us so much closer and perfervid. My Mother lost her two younger siblings, so her children turned to putting every effort into her well-being and survival. I say this a lot, but how lucky am I to have won the family & friend lottery. So very grateful of those so close every single day. Thank you @nedratawwab for writing all the perfect words that help others every day. They all resonate what this final day of 2022 holds & how to prepare for 2023 knowing it could be similar, better and beyond. Who knows, right? . Prepared with prayer & positivity, let’s all forge forward with hope in our hearts. Happy New Years Eve, make this day and all your days beyond the very best they can be. Remember, deep breaths and prayer do work & forming unions that are solid and supportive definitely help get you through your hardest days . Peace and blessings to you all. 🙏🏾✨❤️ . Godspeed, Melanie . . . . #nedratawwab #newyearseve #lastdayof2022 #2022 #prayers #blessings #hope #godsgirl #capitoldebeaute #fromthedeskofcapitoldebeaute ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨❤️ . https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1QSRCLbw0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Gratitude Post Incoming!! 🙏🏾✨❤️ . Epiphanies arrive just when you are at your wit’s end & through this year’s navigation of grief, I am acutely aware of the presence of God & the power of prayer & faith in the unknown . Even though 2022 has been a year; my family, close friends & the abundance of blessings & goodness in my life, I am honestly so appreciative. Here’s to better days ahead. . . . #griefjourney #griefawareness #gratitude #godisgoodallthetime #resilience #prayerworks #capitoldebeaute ✨✨✨✨✨✨ 🙏🏾 . (at Capitol de Beaute) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGn_K9rOM-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• That’s a wrap on #NYFW! Our last communiqué is now live on FGI.ORG 🎉 Link in Bio @fginyc! . #swipeleft Curated by @nicolefischelis and @sharongra of @mintmodanyc and #OneToWatch by @gary_wassner of @hillduncorp. Designers featured: @tomford @michaelkors @lapointe @carolinaherrera @batshevadress @adamlippes @dereklam @iamjhibby @gabrielahearst @the.peterdo @nililotan @frederickanderson_designer @dennisbasso @maryam_nassir_zadeh @theophilio #fginyc #fgicommuniqué #fashiongroup #nyfw2022 #newyorkfashionweek (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CijBphELp6t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• NYFW Day 5: flounces get big and bouncy, black-and-white evolves, all bodies are celebrated, and yellow is the color of the moment. The latest #FGICommuniqué is here! Subscribe to our daily runway report at FGI.ORG #swipeleft . Curated by @nicolefischelis and @sharongra of @mintmodanyc and #OneToWatch by @gary_wassner of @hillduncorp. Visit FGI.ORG to subscribe to our daily runway reports! Link in Bio @fginyc . Designers featured: @adamlippes @frederickanderson_designer @adeam @badgleymischka @31philliplim @laquan_smith @tommyhilfiger @bibhumohapatra @sergiohudson @priscavera @durdoux @glemaud @barragan @coretalouiseofficial @whodecideswar @snowxuegao @alejandraalonsorojas (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CifAsxCuOkt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• Live from day 4 of #NYFW! Our next #FGICommuniqué is here! . #swipeleft . Curated by @nicolefischelis and @sharongra of @mintmodanyc and #OneToWatch by @gary_wassner of @hillduncorp. Visit FGI.ORG | link in bio @fginyc to subscribe to our daily runway reports! Designers featured: @eckhaus_latta @sandyliang @prabalgurung @alex.s.yu @khaite_ny @studiooneeightynine @tommyhilfiger @marrisawilsonny @barragan @ullajohnson @fendi @altuzarra @apottscollection @loveshackfancy (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cibg6bSrM-E/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

• Live from Day 3 of #NYFW! Our third #FGICommuniqué is here. Curated by @nicolefischelis and @sharongra of @mintmodanyc and #OneToWatch by @gary_wassner of @hillduncorp. Visit FGI.ORG to subscribe to our daily runway reports! Designers featured: @eckhaus_latta @supima @marni @sergiohudson @ullajohnson @friedrice_nyc @privatepolicyny @dionlee @elenavelez @fenoel @altuzarra @prabalgurung @anonlychild @jasonwu Repost from @fginyc (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiZ_7OuLfHk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

❤️💔 🇺🇸 💔❤️ . • September 11th, 2022 : I can never forget. ❤️ The story never changes, and the heart will never heal ...........❤️💔❤️ Three weeks before September 11, 2001, I stood in the window of my brother Dan's office at Brooks Brothers located on Church St. at One Liberty Plaza, directly across the street from the Twin Towers waiting to have lunch........ . On September 15th, 2001, I stood along with my brothers, Lex & Daniel, and good friend, Betsy in the middle of the street wearing a Con Edison environmental hazard mask along with the NYPD, NYFD, Clergymen & women, lined up empty ambulances, armed Military, FBI agents, the ATF, mountains of unused medical supplies, hills of plastic water bottles, amid tons of paper shifting in the wind, various small office supplies scattered everywhere, pieces of cloth, hundreds of stunned & displaced people {most sobbing and many on their knees}, piles of dust & ashes, smoke, an acrid smell, bent metal & broken glass, scorched earth, wood & brick and looked up at a perfectly beautiful blue sky.......... . Still #speechless.......... #neverforget {Brooks Brothers became a temporary morgue for the victims} #alwaysandforever #remembering #september11th #911 #911memorial #rememberance #neverforget #america #unitedstates Repost from @capitoldebeaute (at World Trade Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiXSwPOOlp2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

NYFW Day 2! . 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 . @fginyc • Highlights from day 2 of #NYFW: Giant flowers, pretty grunge, faded jeans, highlighter greens & the craze for crochet. Our second #FGICommuniqué is here—curated by @sharongra & @nicolefischelis of @mintmodanyc and #onestowatch by @gary_wassner of @hillduncorp. Visit FGI.ORG to subscribe to our daily runway reports! Designers featured: @katespadeny @lelarose @m65studio @collinastrada @altuzarra @bubblehaus @agjeans @proenzaschouler @apottscollection @bronxandbanco @tiaadeola @oneof_ny (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiXPFJJu8kM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

🤩#swipeleft! . Coming at you from day 1 of #NYFW! @fginyc seasonal #FGICommuniqué report is here—curated by @nicolefischelis & @sharongra of @mintmodanyc and #onestowatch by @gary_wassner of @hillduncorp. Head to the 🔗 in our bio @fginyc to read the full report! Designers featured: @csiriano @monsemaison @luchen_ny @officiallibertine @doubletakewm @terrysingh.nyc @byronlarsbm @seanewyork @zeromcornejo @maria_mcmanus_ @tanyataylor @m65studio #repost #fginyc #fgiglobal 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥂🥂🥂✨✨✨🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 (at #NYFW) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiTvrAcrKUW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Pre-coffee . . . ☕️☕️☕️ . . #hellonewday #vibe #mood #homeoffice #homeofficedecor #freshflowersarethebest #gladiolus #flowersofinstagram #desklife #workflow #capitoldebeaute #fromthedeskofcapitoldebeaute (at Capitol de Beaute) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPtgFCLXdV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=