16 November 2013

VINCETTA NYC // ss14 launch + show

DESIGNER DEANNA ANSARA INTRODUCES VINCETTA SS14

VINCETTA NYC LAUNCHED ITS
FIRST SPRING/SUMMER 2014 READY TO WEAR COLLECTION ON 14 NOVEMBER AT THE 
SEE | EXHIBITION SPACE.

THE DESIGNER, DEANNA ANSARA,
INTRODUCED HER COLLECTION
BY PLAYING A FASHION/DANCE FILM
CALLED "LIBERTANGO,"
AFTER THE PIAZZOLLA TANGO CLASSIC.

OF HER DESIGNS, ANSARA SAYS:

"I FIND MY AESTHETIC TO BE CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC WITH AN UNDERLYING FEELING OF MYSTERY AND DARKNESS."

THE EVENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, AND THE DESIGNS IMPRESSIVE, WITH LOOSE-CUT TROUSERS CONTRASTING PENCIL EVENING GOWNS.

MY FAVORITES OF THE RTW COLLECTION 
ARE ABOVE.  THE BEAUTIFULLY CUT WHITE TROUSERS IN THE SECOND PHOTO IS MY FAVORITE PIECE OF THE COLLECTION -- ELEGANT & MEDITERRANEAN.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE VINCETTA WEBSITE.

13 November 2013

THE LITTLEST THINGS // 13 nov. 2013 CE



DESIGN:
1.  MUJI INCENSE TRAY.  
2.  ORIGAMI CRANE. 
3.  FAMOUS ROSEBUD SALVE [REG. US. PAT. MARCH 10, 1908].
4.  GREEN TEA INCENSE.

07 November 2013

SKI SEASON // at hermes


A WINTER-READY WINDOW DISPLAY
AT HERMES PARIS

IN NEW YORK

THAT HAS ME LONGING FOR
THE SWISS ALPS.

THOSE BRISK DAYS IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND THOSE LONG DINNERS BY THE FIRE.

WHERE DO YOU GO TO, MY LOVELY?

05 November 2013

READING MATERIAL // alt saglio + the cat in art


1ALT/SAGLIO COURTESY OF KELLINA DE BOER OF "I WANT TO BE AN ALT."

2. ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER NOTEBOOK.

3.  THE CAT: 3500 YEARS OF THE CAT IN ART.  GIVEN TO ME BY A FRIEND.

01 November 2013

COMFORT // 1 nov 2013 ce


THE ONLY THING ON MY OCTOBER WISH LIST
WAS A COZY BLANKET - 

THE KIND THAT YOU CURL UP WITH
ON THE COUCH,
A POT OF TEA
ON THE STOVE
AS YOU LISTEN
TO THE THUNDERSTORMS
OUTSIDE.

AND BECAUSE I WANTED IT TO BE MINE
THE IDEA OF A MONOGRAM THROW 
APPEALED TO ME.

IT'S WARM AND SOFT AND JUST THICK ENOUGH - 
WHICH MEANS MY CAT ADORES IT.

AND BECAUSE IT ONLY ARRIVED TODAY:
HAPPY NOVEMBER!

(PS - THIS IS COMMON ERA'S 100th POST!  HOW AM I DOING?)