on the other side

images: 1. quote, source unknown 2. rodney smith photography 3. lanvin flats 4. house in sydney (i love the landscaping) 5. daria in dossier mag 5. vintage hermes clutch

Just finished Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and I highly recommend it. Wilde writes with wit and humor and is a pleasure to read. The novel is full of memorable quotes...

"It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances." - Wilde's amazing creation, Lord Henry

the faces we know in the colors we love

images: 1. gisele for muse 2. anna on the cover of the premiere issue of industrie 3. via facehunter 4. new and adored face bambi 5. kate wearing balmain jacket 6. ali macgraw

a story of two hot pink chairs

images: 1. vintage chrome tufted chair ($1400.) via pieces in atlanta 2. gracie chair by savvy ($560.) via fyndes
Which do you prefer? I keep going back and forth, but they are both amazing, no?

we will all laugh at gilded butterflies

images: 1. tablescape via lonny mag 2. the mark hotel 3. diane von furstenberg's home library 4. st. martins lane hotel 5. pretty office via elle decor 5. anna spiro

I have always enjoyed well organized desks and spaces. Places with order and purpose that are at the same time beautiful.

Notice the gold chair in images 3 and 4 -- (a favorite chair of mine) works amazingly well in both a more old world traditional and a cleaner romantic space.

something red, something white, something blue

images: 1. miroslava duma via hanneli 2. bonfim bracelet 3. hoss intopia 4. alexander mcqueen spr 10 rtw 5. ralph lauren spr 04 rtw 6. christian dior

...some random images from my library that fit the bill of red/white/blue. Enjoy and happy 4th of July!

soft spoken, hard boiled

1. desiretoinspire 2. unknown 3. trouvais 4. fendi puff 5. valentino lemon silk organza dress via net-a-porter 6. chanel ballet flats

it's in your head

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat. "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."

"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.

"You must be," said the Cat. "Or you wouldn't have come here."

better a witty fool than a foolish wit

1. kate, unknown 2. via beautiful things to share blog

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1. martin margeila 2. slow and steady wins the race 3. slow and steady wins the race 4. kokon to zai and linda farrow

wisely, and slow. they stumble that run fast.

1. fendi 2. chrissy morris 3. chanel 4. chanel. 5. alaia