Happy Summer!

June 24, 2011Leave a comment

I’ve spent the past six months wishing for summer and now I can’t believe it’s here. I love everything about it: the sun, the heat, the late nights, balmy weather, pool time, flimsy dresses, tan lines, fresh fruit…This one is especially special – it’s the summer of love.

Stacey Brandford Photograph

Have a terrifically lovely summer weekend. Click pictures for sourcing.

Maria Dueñas Jacobs Roman Wedding

June 23, 2011Leave a comment

Maria Dueñas Jacobs is the accessories editor at Glamour Magazine. She was featured on Into the Gloss this week and I was immediately drawn to her natural look and easy beauty routine. A quick google took me to her wedding which was featured on Martha Stewart’s website. So, duh, I had to share.

Art Collecting (Viv Strauss)

June 22, 2011Leave a comment

The Party. Limited edition print.

I came across the art of Viv Strauss via A lovely being and immediately fell in love. I like everything about her work from the price to the color to the characters and I thought you would too. Check out her shop here.

Shuffle off to Buffalo. Original watercolor painting by Vivienne Strauss. Chapel Hill Beauties from the Class of 1930. Original painting by Vivienne Strauss. None of the girls would dream of missing Evangeline Boatwright's annual Holly Golightly party. Limited edition print of an original painting Iris H., Incognito. Limited edition print of an original oil painting by Vivienne Strauss. The Art of Flower Arranging. Limited edition print of an original watercolor painting. Nora Edmonds takes her dogs for a stroll. Limited edition print of an original watercolor painting Masquerade. Original watercolor painting by Vivienne Strauss. Saturday night at Club Havana. 11x14 limited edition print of a watercolor painting. Frank and Florence Rose spend every Sunday in bed reading their favorite books. Original painting. Madge Was Supposed to Have Met Shirley at Bloomingdales Over an Hour Ago and Couldn't Imagine How She and Jeffrey Had Gotten Lost. Limited edition print of an original painting

Beyoncé

June 22, 2011June 22, 2011Leave a comment

Beyoncé covers W this month. While I don’t always love what she wears. I almost always love what she does. She has the ability to influence pop culture in a way that very few people/women do. Down at the bottom, she shared the seven looks that shaped her career.

Crazy in love

Deja Vu

Sasha Fierce Cover

Single Ladies

Telephone

Why don’t you love me

Run the world (Girls)

via W Magazine

That’s Amore

June 21, 2011June 21, 2011Leave a comment

My love affair with Italy continues with this editorial featuring the ever-stunning Natalia Vodianova in Venice.

Photographed at Grand Canal at the Palazzo Papadpoli Venice by Mario Testino for Vogue US, July 05, Stylist: Grace Coddington, Model: Natalia Vodianova via DJA

Idyllic

June 17, 2011June 17, 2011Leave a comment

I love it when editorials tell a fun story with the setting as well as the fashion. This one looks like a couple played dress-up all weekend and took pictures in and around their home. Sounds like a fun weekend to me!

I’m also loving the model’s name: Millicent.

Photographer: Hugh Stewart, Stylist: Jane Roarty, Models: Millicent Lambert and Fionn MacDiarmid for Marie Claire AU May 2011 via DJA

Atlantic-Pacific

June 16, 2011June 16, 2011Leave a comment

The super-stylish Blair Eadie lives in San Francisco and blogs at Atlantic-Pacific. She’s almost always wearing sunglasses and has mastered layering and accessorizing. I love to see what she puts together! She was also featured on the (brand new) glitter guide website today.

all images from Atlantic-Pacific

Backless

June 15, 2011Leave a comment

What’s not to love about a backless dress?

via Pinterest

M is for Monogram

June 14, 2011June 14, 20112 Comments

While I do have a few preppy tendencies, I wouldn’t consider myself or my style “preppy”. Why then am I tempted (attempting) to monogram everything from beer glasses to bed sheets?

Monogrammed DuraClear® Pitcher, Triple Initial

I’ll tell you why, because it’s adorable. Annnnd I might be a little excited about our monogram: PBR.

Monogrammed DuraClear® Large Tumblers, Multicolored, Triple-Initial, Set of 6

via Erin Ever After and Williams Sonoma

On Holiday

June 13, 2011June 13, 2011Leave a comment

I love this editorial. It looks like a honeymoon, which sounds lovely right about now. The soft palette and gorgeous swimwear has me ready to jet to Acapulco (where this was shot) right now.

Shot in Acapulco. Photographer: Pasquale Abbattista, Stylist: Kathrin Seidel, Models; Sophie Holmes & Lucien Thomkins for Elle Germany May 2011 via DJA

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