Yes to polka dots, yes to pleats, and yes to dramatic, dangly earrings. There’s nothing I don’t love about this outfit. I imagine this shoe, and an invitation to dance under a full moon and one hundred pink parasols.
Posts from August 2018
Future Now
August 3, 2018
Iris Van Herpen is a Dutch designer who brings digital technology to the world of artisanal craftsmanship to create pieces that are time-defying and utterly otherworldly. Just imagine a dress crafted from laser-cut acrylic mesh, silicone, metal, transparent photopolymer or resin. More sculpture than frock, many of the couture pieces are barely wearable, unless you’re Lady Gaga or Tilda Swinton. Nature inspires almost every design –– a mass of black snakes, a splash of water, skeletons and smoke –– and exciting collaborations broaden possibilities. Von Herpen is only 34, but already so dynamic, sophisticated and daring. I can’t wait to see what comes next. Transforming Fashion is at the Royal Ontario Museum until October.
table of contents
August 2, 2018
I love this dining room table, it’s organic shape, that it’s neither a rectangle or a circle. I like the heaviness of its three legs. Of course, it helps that it’s in such good company. The chairs! The banquette! Oh, and that the surrounding room is just so damn lovely.
pink villa
August 1, 2018
Paola Angoletta’s home in a valley of the Veneto mountains is utterly charming. Maybe it’s the many shades of rose that pull me in, but I’m smitten. There are so many jaunty details –– copper pans, vibrant textiles, flowers and whimsical chandeliers –– throughout the house. Plus, a claw-foot tub and vintage beach chair is a winning combination.
into the forest
August 1, 2018
This beautiful bedroom, at Arniano, the Italian villa of interior designer Camilla Guinness, feels like you’re in an enchanted forest. Guinness collects textiles, and all the bed linens are sourced from antique shops and markets in Tuscany and beyond. Such simple, sinuous elegance in the iron bed frame. Have a gander around the rest of the house. It really is dreamy.
summer streetsyle
August 1, 2018
High waisted shorts, check. Button down camisole, check. Plain Jane hair, sans maquillage, check. I like it all, head to toe. I can’t see her shoes, but I am picturing these.
