Gorgeous backstage photography of the dancers from The Cape Town Ballet by photographer Lar Rattray. * Photographer Lar Rattray: “I know I’m not alone in saying that I’ve always been drawn to what happens ‘behind the velvet curtain’. It’s one of those inexplicable childlike fascinations… so I literally leapt at the chance to go backstage with a friend […]
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“Sometimes I touch the things you used to touch, looking for echoes of your fingers.” — Iain S. Thomas Thimble Hall, Derbyshire, England Henri Matisse’s illustration for Baudelaire’s poetry collection, Les Fleurs du Mal. via:openculture via:domus-aurea2 “It is so much safer not to feel, […]
French Home Fabulous
PRIVATE HOUSES OF FRANCE: LIVING WITH HISTORY Author: Christine de Nicolay-Mazery Photography: Francis Hammond * * by Jennifer Boles: The Peak of Chic * “Moving on to France…. I’m an ardent fan of author Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery, whose books give readers an insider’s view of life in aristocratic French residences. Although the concept of her […]
Victorian Romance on the Runway
GILES FALL WINTER 2015-16 COLLECTION via:forlikeminded * *
It’s all GLAM
“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” – Amanda Cross CHANEL Ann Street Studio via:cardashians “My grandfather, Frank Lloyd Wright, wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!” – Anne Baxter * so […]
SIMPLICITY
“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.” ― Leo Tolstoy * Roset . via:loveminimalstyle “SIMPLICITY IS THE KEYNOTE OF ALL TRUE ELEGANCE.” – COCO CHANEL frosya “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” […]
Ballet Beautiful
Beautiful photos of the Paris Opera Ballet dancers rehearsing La Sylphide. © Anne Deniau *
HAUTE COUTURE UNIQUE
It’s kind of like, “I don’t how to put it all together?!” No worries… anything goes. Just piece together however – in any which way – and here you go, Haute Couture. (wink) MAISON MARGIELA ARTISANAL FALL 2015 HAUTE COUTURE PARIS FASHION WEEK I […]