There is nothing I love more than luxurious linens so I was very excited when Julia B came on board as a sponsor. Julia Berger started Julia B in 2008 to provide a custom product of fresh design and exquisite quality at an accessible price. What’s great is that Julia had the education and experience […]
As Candy Pratts Price so succinctly said it in The September Issue, “September is the January in fashion.” September is the when all the magic happens and the guidebook for the entire season is the September issue of Vogue. Halle Berry is the lucky cover girl and she and the interiors of her shoot by Mario […]
Hermès has created a fun new website J’aime Mon Carré which translates to I Love My Scarf. It is full of chic girls, and some boys, in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo wearing Hermès scarves tied in a myriad of ways. There are more ways to wear a scarf that just around your neck […]
If you are a designer, and maybe ever if you’re not, you’ve probably used Bungalow 5 in one of your design projects. They offer a great selection of furniture and finishes, as well as lighting and accessories. In September, you will be able to check them out in their new showroom at 251 West 30th […]
I had the pleasure of attending the Autumn/Winter 2010 preview at Smythson recently and I suggest you start saving your pennies because I saw a lot of chic accessories that you are definitely going to love. I don’t have an ipad yet but the new Smythson ipad case makes me want to go out and buy […]
Model Stella Tennant is the granddaughter of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire and it looks like she learned a lot from her chic grandmother. Stella and her husband live in a beautiful home on a farm in Berwickshire, Scotland featuring de Gournay and Cole & Sons wallpaper and even a tepee in the backyard. Stella has also […]
I should have mentioned in my last post about the Chatsworth House attic sale that my follow up would be about Deborah Mitford, The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire. Without her guidance, Chatsworth House would not have become one of the finest English manor homes. She was instrumental in its restoration and created the Chatsworth Farm […]
When I first heard about the upcoming Chatsworth House attic sale at Sotheby’s a few weeks ago, my heart skipped a beat. I could only imagine the treasures that would be available for sale. At that time, not many photos were available and I’m very grateful to Sotheby’s for sending them so I could share […]
“It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.” – George William Curtis
The first wave of September magazines are out but I’m still enjoying the August 2010 issue of Vogue and this chic spread of Raquel Zimmermann and a horse named Ollie. I can’t even imagine what the tourists on Sixth Avenue thought when they saw them walking down the street. I’m also swooning over the fall […]
If you haven’t already visited Spanish interior designer Isabel López-Quesada‘s website, then I encourage you to give yourself plenty of time once you do. I could spend hours looking at all of her fabulous interiors and exteriors. If Elle Decor hasn’t already featured her, I highly suggest they book the next flight to Madrid because […]
A big thanks go out to Christina at Full House for letting me know that the bookshelves I posted yesterday were from Nuevo Estilo and to Gracia who completed the puzzle by letting me they were designed by Isabel López-Quesada. I absolutely love the blue sofa and mirrored wall just as much as the lacquered […]
I was honored to be one of the bloggers and editors asked to style a model in Tory Burch denim last night at the designers chic Meatpacking District store. My look along with the others are now up for view on the Tory Burch Facebook page where you can vote for your favorite look. Needless […]
I have been trying to ignore the feeling that I might be coming down with something in the hope that it would go away but no such luck. Since I am a little under the weather, I thought I would ask you to do more of the work today. Tory Burch recently posted a fun […]
One of my readers asked if Bunny Mellon ever wrote a gardening book. While she hasn’t, I can recommend the book The Surprising Life of Constance Spry. Ms. Spry (1886-1960) was a floral designer and business woman at a time when most women weren’t working outside the home. She also wrote books not just on […]
Remember that fabulous Provence farmhouse where Marion Cotillard was languishing in the July 2010 issue of Vogue magazine? Well, turns out that it’s really a hotel called La Bastide de Marie. Not only can you languish there but you can also relax at the spa, walk the gardens and enjoy the haute cuisine. We not be […]
I was hoping that Vanity Fair would post the Jonathan Becker photos of Bunny Mellon’s gorgeous garden at her Oak Spring estate in Upperville, Virginia and today I was rewarded. There is something about a garden that immediately makes me wish I could sit in one reading and relaxing all day. Bunny Mellon has been […]