grammings, part deux

all images by fashionable palette

1. the elkins estate outside Philadelphia, architecture by Horace Trumbauer

2. rings and reading

3. the union league in Philadelphia, architecture by Horace Trumbauer

4. bracelets and coffee and reading, oh my

5. new balance sneaks - a great vintage find in my mother's closet

(nowifonlytheyfit)

6. gothic architecture on penn's campus

7. a Rittenhouse gem

(ihearyouknocking)

"If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two." - Marcel Proust

stumble into the spectacular

collage: by fashionable palette

1. cow skull art print (guilty - this is not stationery, though it should be) via society 6 

2. personalized stationery by katie derksin via minted

3. personalized stationery via charmandfig

...and a fabulous DIY from while the sun shines

"Only those with no memory insist on their originality." — Coco Chanel

a blindness that touches perfection

collage: by fashionable palette

all products via calypso st. barth

1. skull rabbit pillow by maison de vacances, $345.

2. gardenia bougie parfumee by calypso, $45.

3. faux fur throw by calypso home, $350.

4. vice versa throw by maison de vacances, $350.

5. glass skull flask by love this planet, $30.

6. the little dictionary of fashion, $20.

a colorful story

collage: by fashionable palette

1. tim ryan fringe jacket via browns

2. stella mccartney top via net-a-porter

3. felder felder belt via browns (on sale!)

4. j.crew denim via net-a-porter

5. avec moderation slippers via browns

some colorful picks for summer

...because sometimes it's okay to look like a rainbow or a scarlet macaw,

even better, a scarlet macaw sitting on a rainbow,

eating a funfetti cupcake.

behind the reveal

images: all photography by the great Paolo Roversi, all sourced from tfs.

1 & 2. "dream sequence" - W Oct. 2009

3. "family circus" - W Dec. 2010

4. "sound of silence" - Vogue China Apr. 2011

5 & 6. "powerful heads" - Vogue Italia Supplement Mar. 2005

7 & 8. "a white story" - Vogue Italia Apr. 2010

Roversi's work has a fairy-tale like quality and timelessness that draws viewers in.

It's easy to get lost in his photographs...

Now if only he'd make a short film...

grams of instant

all images taken by fashionable palette through instagram

loafers by charles philip shanghai 

pretty architecture around philadelphia

elysian fields

hospes lancaster: a gem of a hotel located on the champs elysees...discovered on this is glamorous.

all images via hospes.

pencil on paper

sketches by fashionable palette

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

be careful what you pretend to be

day of fools

images: 1. audrey hepburn 2 & 3. elena perinova 4. jason wu by tommy ton 

5. pneumonia white 6. sasha pivovarova and maryna linchuck

7. mk olsen photographed by terry richardson

"be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be." - vonnegut

"april is the cruelest month." - t.s. eliot

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

starry nights

images: 1. st. patrick's cathedral in manhattan 2. 30th street station in philadelphia

both by fashionable palette

nightly architecture, knightly architecture...

eternities of dark ribbon

images: 1. unknown, via my pinterest 2. tom ford lipstick in pink dusk 3. unknown

4. roland mouret fall 2012 rtw via style.com 5. clutch via bengt fashion 6. sconces via marjorie skouras

7 & 9. jil sander fall 2012 rtw via style.com 8. christian dior fall 2012 rtw via style.com

10. elsie de wolfe quote, unknown source...I can only hope to accomplish half of what she did.

still loving the blush color...and soft tones, as always.

and the rest is rust and stardust

images: 1. rundales castle in latvia via alexis lozano's pinterest 

2. cody young by alice rosati for please magazine

3. gucci fall 2012 rtw via style.com (a beautiful, dark collection)

"and the rest is rust and stardust" - nabokov

happy march.