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.

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."