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Magnifique

 * * “Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”  * * – Richard P. Feynman * *   via:elaid Venice,  Italy Nicole Franzen Nadja Bender for Elle France, October 2015 Photographed by Cedric Buchet […]

It’s a Dog Day

“Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.”   —Emily Dickinson (poet, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers)     via:browndress The McCartneys Dog Photography via:browndress   “If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them.”   […]

Isn’t it Glamorous?!

“There’s always a glamour of pain even in pleasure.”    ―  Shivam     Oscar de la Renta Black chiffon and lace mermaid gown Photography: Ann Street Studio, NYC Masterpiece Collar glam “Everything is Fair in Love, War and Fashion.”    ― Reiss Field     via:birdcagewalk Oscar de la Renta Dreamiest ivory faille organza and lace vest […]

Elegante’

“Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.”   – Sallust ceiling elegance Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2008. An Interval at the Opera – Georges Jules Victor Clairin 1843-1919 macaroons “She had a passionate longing for the garden, the darkness, the pure sky, the stars.”   – Anton Chekhov, After the […]

Home Sweet Home: Oh so Charming

 * *   “We need a home in the psychological sense as much as we need one in the physical: to compensate for a vulnerability.  We need a refuge to shore up our states of mind, because so much of the world is opposed to our allegiances.  We need our rooms to align us to […]

a little romance

Oscar de la Renta Sorbet silk faille and Chantilly lace. Photo by Billal Taright via:lacarolita Dorothée Gilbert in Études Evening dress by Rahvis, for British Vogue, June 1947, photo by Clifford Coffin via:lacarolita Dior Haute Couture by Patrick Demarchelier for exhibition in Shanghai ‘Esprit Dior’ via:annpetro Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish, 1862-1946) Baby Girl, oil on canvas, […]

Glamorous Life

Starting the week off with a little glamour… because, what else is there? * * Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens in To Catch a Thief (1955) * *   via:kookdoodle  * STÉPHANE ROLLAND Couture Fall/Winter 2016 * *   via:mona-mina * * TO ALL THE LADIES IN THE PLACE WITH STYLE AND GRACE  * *   Red […]