SFLuxe is mad for the frisky kitten style of one of San Francisco’s most enthusiastic fashionistas, Angel Susinzo.  Ms. Susinzo originally came to our attention when she showed up at the Prada opening in the very latest Prada look — and totally pulled it off.  We then noticed that she has a blog where she writes about some of her favorite things, which includes these amazing YSL shoes.
“The heels are 10.5″, which is supposed to be really hard to walk on,” she says, “But since there are a couple of …

We checked in with vintage clothing dealer Ricky Serbin and found out he recently attended the Lexus Fashion Preview at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in the beautiful Monterey Peninsula! He was there with Vogue’s Sally Singer, host of the event.  We’re so jealous!

Sally Singer and Ricky Serbin
“The fashion show was great, stronger than usual. I think after three years they are really getting the show to super, Vogue-worth perfection,” says Ricky, who is the only west coast CFDA member to go to the event each year (the CFDA is …

Today we’re excited to give you a preview of a few fabulous items that will be exhibited and sold at SF20, the San Francisco 20th Century Art and Design Show & Sale, which will premiere September 10th through the 14th at the Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center.

The Kay Fisker wine decanter, Danish, from 1927 (exhibited by Decodence)
The exhibition and sale will feature 50 of the most prominent 20th century decorative and fine arts dealers from across the United States and Europe, including from London, New York, Paris, Moscow, Budapest, Chicago, …

As my friend Laura Albert recently commented: “Something has been surpassed, and there’s no turning back.”
She was referring to the cultural shift that has taken place since marriage equality for the LGBT community has started to become a reality across the state and beyond, beginning in this very city.
Indeed, throughout San Francisco in recent months, one notices a renewed enthusiasm among gays and lesbians.  You could see it, for instance, at the packed screenings of Geoff Callan’s film “The Pursuit of Equality,” at the beginning of the year.  Then, in …

As we always enjoy seeing Ludmilla Eggleton, we were so disappointed that we couldn’t make it to her recent birthday party at Cassis.  We’re told that the French food was delicious, and the company divine!

Magdalene Chan (the artist), Ludmila Eggleton, and Conchita Applegate, who is running for the California State Assembly, District 12.
There were more than 40 guests at the celebration, including folks such as Alan Malouf, Beth Townsend, Tanya and Henry Phillips, Xenia Stepanidou (the Consul General of Greece), and Conchita Applegate with her banker husband Bill Applegate.

Ludmilla with …

2008 San Francisco Opera’s BRAVO! CLUB Opening Night Gala
Il Porto Antico
Please join BRAVO! CLUB’s 17th annual Opening Night Gala for the kick off of the San Francisco Opera’s Grand and Glorious 2008-2009 season with a night of fantasy and Mediterranean glamour at City Hall, transformed into Il Porto Antico, the ancient port quarter of Genoa.
This magical evening begins with an exclusive pre-performance cocktail reception featuring delectable appetizers.
Maestro Donald Runnicles then conducts Verdi’s unforgettable masterwork Simon Boccanegra at the War Memorial Opera House, featuring superstar Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the …

There’s an intriguing profile of yogi Cameron Alborzian in this month’s “Elle.”  One of the major male models of the ’90s (he even appeared as Madonna’s muscled worker drone in the “Express Yourself” video - see below), he now travels the world teaching yoga and Ayurveda.

Cameron is truly an international man.  Born in Tehran (Iran), schooled in Ayurvedic medicine in Kerala (India), and currently maintaining residences in Madrid, London, Los Angeles, New York and Paris — he will be in San Francisco this month for an appearance at the Green …

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the home of Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn has been put on the market for $15 million.
The Penns bought the 2.2-acre property, located at 7 Laurel Grove Avenue in Ross, for $2.1 million.  They spent two years renovating the 1933, the Spanish-style house, according to their Coldwell Banker broker John McGeough.
The Journal says that “The 10,000-square-foot house was designed with hand-hewn wood-beamed ceilings and floors, stone fireplaces and hand-painted tiles in the bathrooms and kitchen. The two-story home has five bedrooms, a …

Orkut Buyukkokten’s “I (Heart) Prada” shirt said it all — and he wasn’t the only one. Politicians, tech titans, philanthropists, fashionistas, the newly pregnant, the about-to-be-married, the just-divorced, new money, old money, hardly any money at all… they all crowded into the big, gorgeous new Prada store on Maiden Lane last week to show their love.

Orkut Buyukkokten with partner Derek Holbrook
There were the ladies brave enough to wear Prada to a Prada opening, and the ladies brave enough not to wear Prada — confusing, we know, but that’s fashion …