21 May 2011

Closed




I'll be back in June. See you then!


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Georgia O'Keeffe's hands and thimble
by Alfred Stieglitz
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Silver fingernail jewellery



Travel


Diana Vreeland
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I'm leaving tomorrow. Time to pack!


20 May 2011

Question



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Dear visitor, I know you stop by every now and again, my statistics tell me so, but I have no idea who you really are. With my blog up and running for about three months now, I would like to ask you for some feedback. Who are you? Why do you visit my blog? What do you like about it and what could be improved? Do you only stop by to look at and collect images or do you actually read the words as well?  Do you get inspired? Please, if you have some time, I'd love to hear from you.


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Frozen (wandering series) by photographer Katie Baum
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Popsicles by photographer Laure Joliet
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Point of view


Supervisions, work by photographer
and artist Andreas Gefeller
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Kitchen by designer Rainer Spehl
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Knowlton School of Architecture 
by photographer Ian Allen


Kimono love





Vintage Japanese kimonos



When I was four, I was given a real (tiny) kimono by my uncle, who worked in Japan at the time. It was red and gold and I wanted to wear it all the time: as a dressing gown, as a costume for carnival, as a coat or just as a dress in summer. When the moment came to say goodbye, when its silken threads had almost disintegrated, I cried and mourned its loss for months. When my first pay-check came, eighteen years later, I knew exactly which item of clothing I would invest in and started my search for my second kimono. I found it in a little shop selling vintage Japanese objects. It was perfect: black with hot pink and soft pink blossoms. It serves as a dressing gown in Summer, but most of the time, I hang it on my bedroom wall, so I can just look at it. I recently came across this website, which sells vintage kimonos and it sent my heart aflutter. Wouldn't it be nice if I could pick a kimono for every day of the week?


18 May 2011

The sun also rises


Marie Helvin on Vogue UK's 1974 May cover

Necklace by artist Katy Krantz
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And I quote ...



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Soluble


Adam Smith
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Black iceberg n° 1, 2008
by artist Leslie Shows



Interior love








All images by Laure Joliet



I'm an avid follower of Laure Joliet's blog. She's a photographer who also works as an interior designer. Above, some images of the house her father is building for himself in Mexico. I could move right in. Check out Laure's website for more of her work.



Maxi dressing




Stewart Brown Marrakech dress
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The perfect maxi-dress for languid Summer evenings. Also really nice, and perfect for upper-arm paranoia is J. Crew's Doria dress. I was thrilled to find an almost identical vintage dress at the Oxfam Boutique I volunteer at. Hurrah for recycling!

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Summer reading


Tina Berning for the NY Times
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Travels with my aunt
by Graham Greene

The heart is a lonely hunter
by Carson McCullers

Quiet chaos
by Sandro Veronesi

Lucky break
by Esther Freud

Her fearful symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger

Great house
by Nicole Krauss



Even though - officially  - it's still Spring, I'll be creating my own private Summer next week. On Sunday, I'm heading off to the Côte d'Azur for a blissful week of R&R. A perfect time to catch up on some reading. These are the books I'm taking with me. What is on your Summer reading list?


17 May 2011

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Paint colour trends for Fall 2011
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Irving Penn, Italian Still Life,  1981
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16 May 2011

Colour story


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Sky blue and apple green. After all those oranges and hot pinks, a new take on colour blocking.



Peony season


Bloom magazine
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Photographer Don Freeman
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My favourite flower, only available for a few weeks a year. It's peony time again!


15 May 2011

Copper



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Tom Dixon lamp
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Braided


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14 May 2011

Chinatown


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Bic art ballerina's by Belgian artist Jan Fabre
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Scribbles


Ballpoint pen art by Il Lee
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Spray paint
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13 May 2011

Pleats please



Alistair Trung
Rosemount Australian Fashion Week
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