Hothouse Sophistication

Catherine McNeil Vogue Italia October 2009. Shot by Greg Kadel, styled by Sara Maino





{Images via Greg Kadel}

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Martha Does Pets

Who knew that Martha Stewart had an extensive pet section on her website? Certainly not me. Super cute stuff, with a great little section about AKC dog breeds. Obviously I couldn't get enough of the pooch below


{Images via Martha Stewart}

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More French Perfection

Paris Vogue October 2009, shot by Hedi Slimane and styled by Emmanuelle Alt


{Images via Paris Vogue}

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Great (Men's) Style

{Image via The Sartorialist}

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The French Are the Cutest

{Image via Travel + Leisure}

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Thinking Dark and Quirky

{Images via Garance Dore, Le Love, I Suwanee, Altamira, Fffound, The Selby, Empty Spaces, Audrey Hepburn Complex}

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Winter Wear

Spent the better part of today looking for boots just like these. Found them . . . in New Jersey.

Looks like I'll have to travel to Paramus to look like a Swede

{Image via Stockholm Street Style}

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Chewing In Venice

Art installation done by Simone Decker, Venice, Italy, 1999.

Old news but kind of amazing. Can you imagine strolling through a park only to come upon an enormous piece of chewing gum?

{Images via Booooooom}

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Kate Spade Style

Like J.Crew, I have such an obsession with Kate Spade - it's whole culture, products, advertising, absolutely everything - that I'd go to work for them in a hot second. I've been collecting their ads forever, and while sometimes they miss the mark (this year's fall-winter ads were off just a tad) generally I find myself wanting to live in them.

{Images via Kate Spade Ad Campaigns}

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TP's Pick

{Images via Vogue Paris, December/January 07.08}

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Shelter Gone Digital

Lonny magazine is finally up and running! The name, a mix of "New York" and "London," was created in part by Michelle Adams, a former domino editor whom I also had the pleasure of working with (and happen to know is one of the sweetest girls around.)

Here are a few photographs from her personal blog of some of the work on the new online shelter magazine. Pretty great, I think. Looking forward to seeing more

{Images via M.A. Belle}

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Caramel Craving

Wanna look just like this for autumn - camel and fur and bangs and all

{Image via Elle}

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Glamour Puss

{L'Wren Scott Spring 2010}

{Image via Cathy Horyn's blog On The Runway}

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It's All in the Details

So this decor is a little intense, true, but look at all those wonderful details! Rounded doorways, herringbone hardwood floors and molding, molding, molding. The more molding the better in my book - and the results speak for themselves

{Image via Cote de Texas}

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Lettuce-Edged Nymph

This photo was on the cover of WWD today and I had to make a copy of it to keep in my clip books. The model is being fitted for Nina Ricci's Spring 2010 collection, and I (predictably) love the dancer-like qualities she's exhibiting here. . . soft, romantic, and absolutely stunning.

{Image via Women's Wear Daily}

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The Genius of Norman Parkinson

In the same vein as the great Sam Haskins, here are a few photos from Norman Parkinson. A photographer for many fashion magazines who also served as a reconnaissance photographer for the Royal Air Force in WWII, he was especially renowned for his work in Vogue.

According to these photos, glamour, glitz, and all that was the name of the game, and thank goodness for it


{Images via Norman Parkinson}

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Happy October!

Here's to a brisk month, full wonderful decorations and gob-smacking costumes. Though I'm not much for dressing in costume myself, October is my favorite month of my favorite season of the entire year. . . so many festivities (and, let's be honest, candy corn and pumpkin spice lattes)!

{Image via Country Living}

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