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.

j. mendel

what a collection! there is not a look that I don't like...but these are some of my favorites.

I love the emphasis on rich materials, and the neutral color palette is right up my alley.

j. mendel fall 2012 via style.com.

at home

beautiful song; equally beautiful video...by crystal fighters

"lift me off the ground and take me to the garden of paradise"

choupette

image via rdujour

article via wwd

karl lagerfeld's new kitten, choupette, who was a christmas gift.

chambers of blue

images: 1. house beautiful 2. candia fisher's apt in elle decor nov 09, photography by ricky zehavi

3. pamplemousse design 4. sandra morgan interiors

now if only i had a horse

images via style.com

Riccardo Tisci...right on point again with the Givenchy pre-fall 2012 collection.

The footwear is beyond amazing...as style.com notes, "instant collector's items."

givenchy becomes her

images: Rumi, better known as fashiontoast, in head-to-toe Givenchy while in Florence.

She entitled her post "ice cream colors." I call it her best look...ever.

...and I've been a loyal follower for years.

I couldn't help but repost this look.

toujours

image: carine roitfeld by karl lagerfeld for visionaire 60 via fashion copious.

amazing photo.

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)

truly bloody



images: 1. via traditional home 2. scalamandre fabric 3. via atlanta homes

4. mk olsen in givenchy at met costume gala 5. clandeboye estate in ireland

oxidized

images via david derksen design

...shows "the beauty of the natural oxidizing process of mirrors"

beauty, indeed.

singing silhouettes

image: my inspiration board for my latest studio project.

inspired by memories.

photo by the young and talented masha sardari

beyond

image: via fashionista

more than a bit surprising, this is the first Vogue cover for both MK and A,

and how well-deserved it is.

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