“GRANDE BALL” Oil Painting by ZsaZsa Bellagio George Hobeika Fall 2016 DRAWING, DESIGN FOR CHANDELIER, LATE 18TH CENTURY via:smithsonian Evgenia Gonsales (Mariinsky Theatre) by Ira Yakovleva Details of bust by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. [photograph taken at Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket.] Boss Women Fall 2016 New York Fashion Week HUIJSUM, Jan van (1682-1749) Still life, details […]
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Vintage, Shabby, French
Fanciful Designs Oooh, shabby-vintage-french- love it all. “Love the look of a beautiful 18th century French silk pillow against the rough, hand loomed linen seat of my humble little chair. A French chanvre/linen with thistle woven in on the seat…my very first purchase from Wendy Lewis of The Textile Trunk. 18th century dresses were routinely […]
Charming Home and Art
Charming and oh so lovely interior and art inspiration. Wishing a wonderful day! Jewel Tone Settee Claude Monet VASE DE PIVOINES This vintage wooden and papier mache headboard in Judy’s North Texas home is absolutely stunning. She found it at a vintage shop and it fits perfectly in her maximalist space. Fabulous Armoire, used for towel storage […]
Ballet Beautiful
Nina Kaptsova in Bolshoi’s Giselle Photo by Damir Yusupov “I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself”. – Mikhail Baryshnikov Photo by Nikolai Krusser Mikhailovsky’s Giselle Photo by Nikolai Krusser Backstage before Arabesque ballet competition Perm, Russia Photo by Marina […]
In the BLUE ROOM: House BLUE-tiful
Beautiful BLUE home and art inspiration today, enjoy and have a wonderful day! TRADITIONAL LIVING ROOM BY NANCY MORTON Glassed in to become a combination entrance hall and living area, a cypress-beamed loggia in a Florida home is paved with travertine by Country Floors. The walls feature trompe l’oeil decoration by Bob Christian and […]
Paris Opera Ballet
Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet in rehearsal for the Jiri Kylian triple bill. photography by Ann Ray Lydie Vareilhes and Josua Hoffalt, Tar and Feathers Alice Renavand and Hugo Marchand, Tar and Feathers Charlotte Ranson, Laetitia Pujol and Valentine Colasante, Bella Figura Alice Renavand and Muriel Zusperreguy, Bella Figura Hugo Marchand and Marie-Agnès Gillot, Symphonie de Psaumes […]
Home CHIC Home
“Katabasis” Chic home and art inspiration to share to day, enjoy. via:decorgolddesigns Beautiful Bedding via:decorgolddesigns Tauba Auerbach (American, b. 1981), J, 2007. Ink and pencil on paper, 127 x 96.8 cm. Photo by Erica George Dines A pristine white bath, becomes tres chic by adding a […]
COOL FACTOR
via:gentle-breez “Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.” – Mark Twain ALEXANDER MCQUEEN SPRING 2017 COLLECTION by Jenny Holzer, MoMA. VERSACE Debuts Book Honoring the House’s Heritage Written by Donatello Versace Saperlipopette by Chantal Thomass “…All beginnings are always, inherently, so beautiful…” […]