pencil on paper

sketches by fashionable palette

"fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions." - coco chanel.

keep calm and carry chanel

image: created by fashionable palette

chanel bag illustration: created by cathryn of cathryn's designs

be sure to check out her blog, as well as her etsy site for more delicious fashion illustrations

onward and upward

images: 1. patrick demarchelier for harper's bazaar july '93 2. elements of style 3. rosie hardy photography

4. ira glass quote 5. iris apfel for mac

goals for the new year, as inspired by the above photos:

1. look up (literally and figuratively)

2. wear more color (I feel so safe with my blacks, whites, and grays!)

3. explore the outdoors more (I'm not very outdoorsy)

4. live by this quote (this should be interesting)

5. don't be afraid to stand out (connects with #2)

until it isn't

images: all via weheartit.com

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." - Sylvia Plath

fools day

all images via weheartit

recent aquisitions

images: 1. chic muse 2. photography by nathaniel goldberg 3. home in australia, photography by nathalie krag, found on this is glamorous via design shimmer 4. backstage at chanel 5. this is glamorous 6. designer's block

Lives in a shell

Wears a gold bell

Black tea every day

Puzzled a certain way

the way i remember it

images: 1. courtney wotherspoon's home via designsponge 2. unknown 3. photo by mario testino in vogue feb. 2007, scanned by dressdesigndecor 4. elena perminova via jak & jil 5. la doleur exquise 6. the selby

soft billows of smoke

images: 1 & 2. unknown 3. rachel ashwell chandelier via lonny mag 4. kate bosworth in rodarte 5. thedrifterandthegypsy 6. chanel art, unknown

I can't get enough of this color scheme -- soft pinks, peaches, and beiges.

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