Inspiration: Glam and Grunge and the Return of the Nineties

Celine bags that could hardly be called "luggage"

Tumblr is still blowing up over these really really ridiculously good looking Celine bags called the "luggage tote." So I thought I would post a few photos of them looking extra cute so we could all drool over them together. You're welcome.

Tom Ford = Master of Cool

This is the first time I've ever seen a part of Oprah's foray into her own (pun) network and it's AMAZEBALLS. This is from the series Visonaries: Inside the Creative Mind. In this excerpt Tom Ford shows how smart and loveably betchy he can be. I love him talking about being a hilariously particular child. Watch and enjoy! I can't wait to find the rest of the series to watch!

British Fashion Awards

Recently been catching up on the designer parties and decided to showcase my favorite looks from whos who at the British Fashion Awards. Everyone looks incredibly glamorous but my favorites are Kate Moss, Charlotte Dellal, Lara Bohinc, and Olivia Palermo. Moss wasn't getting the best reviews of her edgy Stella McCartney ensemble but I think she looks fantastic and very current. Dellal, of course harkened to her retro roots which always appeals to me; Lara Bohinc, jewelry designer went with a striking and minimal ivory number that I found so delicious; And Olivia Palermo stunned in a to-die-for feathered Matthew Williamson number. Not a bad crowd!
















Photos from Fashionologie

Recent inspirations

Some things I've been collecting from everywhere. Quite colorful. I think I'm dreaming of summer...

Whenever you get around to giving me that $24481.00 that you owe me...

I'll buy this.






from Balmain's s/s 2012 collection.

HOLIDAY PARTYING (classily)!

I know I know, I've been a very bad blogger lately. But it's the holidays and things always get kind of ridiculous around these merry times. However, yesterday I had a little holiday swaray and I wanted to share with you some photos from the event's decor! Seeing as the party was a post-Christmas dinner party, I wanted to make sure it didn't reference the recently passed holiday too much, but still wanted to have some glitz of the season. I used a cool turquoise/green scheme and silk hydrangeas from Michael's created a focus. A ring of votive candles and smaller tea candles created sweet ambient light and I scattered antique medicine bottles for a rustic, anthropologie-esque feeling. The china I used was my great-grandmothers and I love the slight wear on it, showing years of love and use for these treasured antique dishes. The napkins, I discovered, were something my mother had collected in Germany. I love using and digging through all of the ridiculous amounts of things my family has acquired over the years and using as well as cherishing them. It is always such an interesting mix of old and new, thrifted and heirloom. I love having people over and getting everyone together. Cooking and decorating are some of my favorite hobbies also so this event combined all the things I love AND the friends I love as well!