the only constant

images: via marin dearie

artist / designer marin dearie's "shades of change"

such lovely graphics and interesting facts. 

I can't help but love these, perhaps because they remind me of my color gradation studies from school. 

"Aprils never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring." - Truman Capote

his heart was a purple castle

images: all via my instagram

1. building on 2nd St, Philadelphia

2. 30th St. Station, Philadelphia

3 & 4. vintage typewriters

5. 7-9 East 72nd St, Manhattan

6. 9 East 72nd Street, Manhattan

7. closeup of door: 9 East 72nd St, Manhattan

8. The Lotos Club at 5 East 66th St, Manhattan by Richard Howland Hunt

Note on 5, 6, 7: -- for more information on what I believe to be one of the most beautiful homes in Manhattan (7-9 East 72nd St.), click here and here. Originally two separate homes -- each a masterpiece in its own right -- they have since been joined to form the largest private residence in NYC. (There's quite a history in between, as you might expect.) These two gilded age beauties were designed by different architects. The Jennings home (the "smaller" one on the left) was designed by Flagg & Chambers, and finished in 1899, whereas the Sloane home (right) was designed by Carrere & Hastings, and completed in 1896. Both are examples of the Beaux-Arts style that reigned during this time...and leaves us with some of our most beautiful architecture to date.

"I didn't want to disturb the silence around it, I suppose, or betray it by turning it into a story."

- Nicole Krauss

cut it out

images: "instant" via style.com by alessandro garafalo

alexander wang spring '13 rtw 

one of the most anticipated shows of NYFW has officially walked. 

and delivered.

the essential black and whites.

crisp silhouettes chock full of cut outs and geometric undertones.

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself,

than to be crowded on a velvet cushion."

- Henry David Thoreau

primrose path

collage: created by fashionable palette

images: clockwise from top left 1. david hamilton 2. park and cube 3. laura zalenga 

4. the very missed daul kim, unknown source 5. unknown 6. rosie hardy

playing around with the grid system and filling the spaces with inspiring photos

...does anyone else find this process therapeutic?

dew washed morning

collage: created by fashionable palette

...some inspirations for the ever nearing Fall

"Don't look at me in that tone of voice." - Dorothy Parker

leave a mark

A discovery that I had to share with my readers:

original literature-inspired illustrations by New York City based designer Evan Robertson. Check out his etsy website here for the full collection. Each illustration is 13"x19" and only $24. 

I'd love to see Robertson's take on two of my favorite lines from Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise: 

"They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered."

or

"I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want to pleasure of losing it again."

table talk

the "tablescape" -- a term attributed to the late British designer David Hicks (1929-1998) -- is the art of arranging beautiful objects beautifully...on a table, that is. Above are some tablescapes that please my eyes.

images: 1. (in)decorous taste

2. kelly framel of the glamourai

3. emese szenasy, director of global communications for diane von furstenburg, via the coveteur

4 & 5. photographer claire swanson frank for vogue

6. the coveteur

7. carolina engman of fashion squad

8. interior designer david scott

"Ah, good conversation -- there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing." - Edith Wharton

blank stares all around

collage: created by fashionable palette

1. alexander mcqueen off-the-shoulder cotton poplin top via net-a-porter, $1,085.

2. brooks brothers elasticated woven braces via mr. porter, $88. 

(marketed for men...but definitely a garment for us females, too.)

3. diptique candle (a classic) via barneys, $60.

4. karl "abbey" faux pearl collar via net-a-porter, $115.

5. rabbit wrap vest by temperly london via net-a-porter, $1860

6. oatmeal saddle soap via jayson home, $16.50.

7. earrings via sue fisher king, $649.

8. kelly hoppen's picks for seek and adore, price unknown

9. ambrette no. 9 perfume by le labo via lucky scent, $145.

...because white is a year-round color.

a quoteless evening...enjoying the Olympics closing ceremonies.

welter skelter

images: all photographs by cathleen naundorf

...the very talented German artist known for her haute couture fashion photography

her medium: (most often) the polaroid

one of her techniques: long exposure times

result: the beauty above

"some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." - c. s. lewis