BOO! I wish you all a Happy Halloween! I hope that you get grade-A candy and not the sketchy orange and black ones. You know which ones – the candy in the waxy unmarked wrapper. If you plan on passing that stuff out to the neighborhood kids, you might as well make a sign that says “FEEL FREE TO VANDALIZE OUR HOME AND CAR”. Oh and PS, candy corn and those cute pumpkin candies are grade-A in my book.
Kim Gordon’s Chronicles Vol. 2 available online at Nieves.
A couple years ago, I read this article about this guy who had the ultimate dream job. I think that the article mentioned dream job in the title which is probably why it caught my eye. He got to travel all around the world and stay at the best hotels, eat the best food, and take advantage of all the goodies and amenities – so that he could write about it. That’s basically what Anthony Bourdain does now. I love that man. I’m not sure about what type of hotels he stays at but- I doubt that he is in anyway roughing it.
Well, I just read an article in the Times today that makes my mouth water. It is about Meridith Baer (above). She is a home stager. Let me clarify. Just saying that she is just a home stager is kinda like saying that a SubZero is just a fridge. (Let me apologize for the fridge comparison. An obscene amount of food storage information has been poured into my skull this week.)
She has no formal training in art, real estate, or architecture. The former screenwriter has the ability to project a narrative in a space. In her case, very large and extravagant spaces. She has a strong vision and a sharp eye. Even with the best schooling, you can’t teach someone that.
She imagines the type of character who would inhabit the space in detail. She scours estate sales, flea markets and buys beautiful things. She has a large crew of employees ready to help create the vision. 
After the team finishes staging the home in the video, she says, “I don’t want it to look staged. I want it too like someone just ran and answered the phone and they’ll be right back.” I like that. This should be applied to personal style as well.
These are random pictures that I filed away from Apartment Therapy and Desire to Inspire. Lately, I have been toggling back and forth between streetstyle and home blogs. I have a long to-do list written up for today. Brian and I went refridgerator shopping yesterday and by the grace of God we ended up agreeing on one that we both loved. We ended up choosing a Samsung.
Appliance shopping is no joke. I learned more about fridges in the last four days than I should ever know. Everything from fake stainless steel (real feels cold), crappy wire racks, condensers, gaskets, bad repair companies, and so on. And oh yeah, don’t ever buy an LG fridge.
Anja Rubik in Peintures de Guerre courtesy of Vogue Paris.
I discovered this wonderful photographer at random. Her photography was gleaming among a wallpaper of unsorted thumbnails on Dripbook. Barbara Vidal is her name, and the series that I laid eyes on titled Maria (Into the White) was shot in Palma De Mallorca, Spain. I picked out a few of my favorite to share.
I will be the new proud owner of the boots above, and they will only cost me around $20. They retail for 1090EU. Amazing. I visited the J.M. Weston site and they are serious serious about shoes. The company began in 1891 in Limoges, France. The company site features a section with Beauty Secrets (for your footwear) and a video on the Art of Shoe Polishing and Glazing.
Boot season is here, and I think that everyone should have a guide to keeping their shoes beautiful. I have a basket of shoe polishing supplies. It contains different colored waxes, various brushes, suede spray, you name it. Let’s just say I really enjoy taking care of my leather goods. Also, I have restored many beat-up leather bags and wallets to a darker hue with just a pot of polish. Think of it as an investment because it is.
According to the site, you should should:
The new line is featured at INTERSECTION le magazine du style en mouvement.
I am a very neat and orderly person. I always have multiple to-do list going, and they are never in one place. Yesterday, I started a list of my inspiration focus for new work and the only thing that I wrote was Raymond Pettibon. I like the narratives in his work. I very much like the imperfect handwritten lines of copy that float upwards. I am attracted to all things chaotic right now which explains why I am so attracted to this photo of Isabelle McNally’s messy bedroom.
Images from November 2009 Dazed & Confused featuring Dakota and Lily Cole.
The November issue of Vogue Deutsch features Claudia Schiffer in an editorial story that I adore. The art director for the shoot obviously has a sense of humor. I love the Copperfield pose on the 2nd page and um, the disappearing broom trick.
(Above) She gave up her cello for the guitar so we have decided to disown her for she has brought deep shame to the family.
Miley,
Please reopen your Twitter account. And for the love of GOD, no more rapping.
Available at Etoile Boutique in Orlando, FL right now.
I read in the NY Times that Jonny Johansson, the man behind the ACNE label, recently met up with French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld to expand the brand. In the article, Jonny says the most optimistic thing right at the end:
Very little of the fashion in its editorial features comes from Acne, which helped persuade contributors that it was not a promotional catalog. “I think the purity of it was appealing to photographers,” Mr. Persson said. “I think it’s cool to take these people into a fashion concept, not to go to the names, but to go to the knowledge.”
Mr. Johansson also prefers to keep the big names at a distance. So much about fashion is driven by a network of insiders, he said, that everything begins to look the same. Style in Tokyo looks much the same as it does in Paris or, for that matter, Stockholm.
“Sometimes you feel like you have to be in the fashion world to do good fashion,” he said. “Today, I think it is the opposite. You have to be local.”
Every month, I try to file and organize all of the pictures that I discover and clip online. Here are some of my favorites right now. I hope that you see something that you like. I hope that it ignites that creative spark that’s in all of us.
Courtesy of 10 Magazine. So lovely. So so lovely.
I love magazines. I love finding them, reading them, hoarding them, tearing them apart, and filing them away on my shelves dedicated and designated for periodicals. I have an unhealthy obsession with magazines. With all that said, here are some nice covers for your enjoyment.
