Kelly Gray

In store: Celine now open on Rodeo Drive

2013-04-03 17:43:00

The Celine store opened on Rodeo Drive last weekend not with a shout, but with a whisper, which is appropriate for the LVMH-owned fashion brand that helped usher minimalism back into fashion under the direction of press-shy designer Phoebe Philo....

Marie and Kelly Gray's new collection Grayse

2013-03-31 00:00:00

Mother-daughter designing duo Marie and Kelly Gray are back in business together with a new label called Grayse, eight years after stepping down from their day-to-day duties at St. John when a private equity firm bought the company and cleaned house in...

New Miss America Mallory Hagan plans career in cosmetics

2013-01-14 08:47:00

Mallory Hagan, crowned Miss America on Saturday night, is a Brooklyn resident who is studying at the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in New York. Her goal is to become a cosmetics executive. [New York Times] Stars flocked to Los Angeles for...

Robert E. Gray dies at 86; co-founder of women's clothier St. John Knits

2012-03-02 00:00:00

Robert E. Gray, co-founder and longtime chief executive of women's clothier St. John Knits, died Tuesday at his Orange County home after a long illness. He was 86. Gray and his wife, Marie, started the company in a San Fernando Valley garage in 1962 on a...

Last-minute Christmas shopping? St. John brings temporary concept pop-up to Melrose Place

2010-12-22 16:32:14

St. John ads get rid of a (Kelly) Gray

2010-01-08 21:32:12

Planning your trip to North Carolinas mountains

2008-03-09 00:00:00

THE BEST WAY From LAX to Asheville, N.C., Continental, Delta, Northwest and US Airways have connecting service (change of plane). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $418. WHERE TO STAY Squire Watkins Inn, 657 Haywood Road, Dillsboro; (800) 586-...

In thrillers, the city is a vital character

2009-03-08 00:00:00

Thriller writers log thousands of miles in search of the best places for their characters to misbehave. Whether a story is set on the streets of Bangkok or in a small Southern town, authors travel widely to find the right location for the latest...

3 classic mountain towns in North Carolina

2008-03-09 00:00:00

Dillsboro, N.C. These days, helicopters can deposit travelers at places that off-terrain vehicles fear to tread. After viewing killer wildlife on an African safari, you can celebrate with caviar and Champagne in a preassembled tent suite. Close your...

Appalachians' Blue Ridge Parkway a majestic meander

2008-03-09 00:00:00

You can't hurry on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The speed limit on the main artery through the southern Appalachians is 45 mph, and it was built for meandering. Along its 469 miles, drivers will find hundreds of detours from the road: scenic overlooks with...

North Carolina hotels where you can live like the Vanderbilts

2008-03-09 00:00:00

As back-to-basics as a North Carolina mountain vacation can be, modern luxury is not lost. Here are a few places where you can kick back in style. HIGH HAMPTON INN In the picturesque town of Cashiers, the inn is on a 1,400-acre estate. Its guest rooms...

St. John and its faithful

2007-05-06 00:00:00

IT'S been two years since the palace coup, since faceless corporate executives seized control of the beloved St. John empire, drove out its royal family and attempted to drag it into the 21st century. But the patent-pump brigade wasn't having it. And...

A fireball rises from a train derailment last week west of Plevna, Mont., where 15 rail tankers filled with ethanol left the tracks. At least eight of the cars caught fire, including four that exploded. The train originated in Aberdeen. Photo by Kelly Gray, courtesy of Billings (Mont.) Gazette

2012-08-14 05:42:00

Kelly Gray

2011-08-14 17:08:54

MESHING: Nikki Sixx, left, and Kelly Gray formed Newport Beach-based Royal Underground. Its clothing includes $100 T-shirts and $900 cashmere sweaters.

2006-08-10 14:19:50