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ONE OF THE fashion world’s most beautiful and enduring platonic love stories was almost never to be. As the story goes, in 1953, while filming Sabrina, Audrey Hepburn paid a visit to French couturier Hubert de Givenchy's studio in Paris to discuss the possibility of his designing the dresses for the film.
THE DAYS HAVE FINALLY begun to warm up and getting longer a little each day. It feels as if spring is on its way and some of the trees have already begun to blossom, and it is the most wonderful sight after these rather rainy and overcast past few days.
WE HAVE HAD A LONGTIME love affair with Atelier AM, the Los Angeles-based interior design/architecture firm run by husband & wife team Alexandra and Michael Misczynski.
Courtney Allison‘s California home may not be an actual French country cottage, but it certainly looks the part. The blogger describes her style as “a little bit shabby and french country with a touch of cottage mixed in”.
CHEVRON FLOORS in Parisian spaces, marble fireplaces and gilding, chandeliers and tufted chairs — here are a few favourite interiors in shades of linen, wood and chocolate…
THERE HAS BEEN much soul-searching these past few weeks, and a taking stock of sorts, as is the kind of thing that always seems to happen at this time of year. There is something about the month of February that always brings about a desire for spring cleaning, whether things no longer needed, or even those in our lives who we’ve grown apart from; to begin again and keep only those things filled with good intent and a spirit of generosity and overwhelming positivity. There is a quote by Marcus Aurelius that have been falling back on quite a bit lately as we embrace this new year and all of the promise it brings: “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
This week’s links include a mansion in the Marais and white dresses for spring, an interesting recipe for Activated Charcoal Pancakes With Lemon Coulis and much, much more.
