* “My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” — Langston Hughes * Museo dell’Ara Pacis, Roma. * Paolo Sebastian | Autumn/Winter 2016 * Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance: the car show of car shows Photography: Ann Street Studio, New York * Giambattista Valli S/S 2019 Couture Phantom Thread (2017) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson * […]
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The Elegant Life
“That is beautiful which is produced by the inner need, which springs from the soul.” — Wassily Kandinsky Vasily Vasilyevich Kandinsky) (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 – 13 December 1944 Langley Castle, 14th century, Northumberland (North UK). By natureandculture1 Alessandra Rinaldo This fairytale princess ball gown is covered with French […]
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Poppies *She is so soft, so wing, so gone, so love. — César Vallejo Selected Writings Footsteps tr. by Clayton Eshleman * Breakfast at Tiffany’s * Romantic Soft Colours & Gilded Boiserie in Paris Instagram page of Cara Fitch @trillefloral * The Disguiser via:inkxlenses * Princess Yue Saiid Kobeisy Fall/Winter 2018 * Richard Peake the Elder […]
Elegant Life
“The moment was all; the moment was enough.” — Virginia Woolf, The Waves Model wearing a hat by Rose Valois and jewels Boucheron. Photo by Georges Saad, 1962. Gioia Guistino ZsaZsa Bellagio Lambert Floral Studio “We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of all […]
Elegant Life
via:zsazsabellagio “Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.” — Alice Walker greylikesweddings 1884 Roses et Rosiers Prints by E. Donned Source:bowtieblaines Manuscript of Chopin’s Polonaise in F Minor, Op. 71, No. 3, ca. 1828-29. Nicole Atieno by Richard Phibbs for Harper’s UK December 2018 […]
Elegant Life
Elegance, always. Alvear Palace Hotel Buenos Aires, Argentina Photography: Ann Street Studio, NYC Pearl, diamond and topaz necklace and earrings, set in white gold. via:rolin “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” — Victor Hugo by Andrea Genti Rodin Museum Paris France Photography: Ann Street Studio, NYC […]
Elegant Life
“… autumnal minutes greet me, with a rustle, almost silent.” Osip Mandelstam, from Silentium: Poetry of Osip Mandelstam Serge Ivanoff Downton Abbey Guo Pei | Fall/Winter 2018 Couture Robert Polidori- Versailles Valentino Michael Moons Bookshop Two notebooks used by Kelsick Wood a provincial Ship builder from Maryport from c1835 onwards […]
Beautiful White
“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ― Coco Chanel , Chanel via: zsazsabellagio HyunJi Shin at Giambattista Valli Couture Fall / Winter 2018 mysecondhandlife.com “He just wanted to stand close to […]