In 1775, a Swiss watchmaker named Pierre Jaquet-Droz visited King Louis VI and Queen Marie Antoinette, in Versailles, to show off his latest creation: a “living doll” called the Musician. She was dressed in a stiff rococo ball gown and seated at an organ...
THIS WEEKEND was a classic homebody one with slow mornings and late evenings. P stopped by the local delicatessen for a fancy loaf of bread for brunch and contemplated making Fideuà ...
As we patiently await warmer days, it is only natural that we start thinking of our next destination away. Luring us away this month is Marie Claire Australia’s lavish March 2014 editorial. Starring the vibrant streets of Peru, model Nathalia Oliveira wanders along arched walkways and narrow streets dressed in colourful designer couture. A bold kaleidoscope of cultures, clothes and fashion, stylist Jana Pokorny paired a matte red lip and side-swept hair with rich tones of tapestry-inspired crimson, airy pastels and wispy whites.
HAVE FEATURED THE instagram photographs of Amanda Shadforth from Oracle Fox here before, but it’s been a while and she’s in Paris, where powdery blossoms flirt...
THIS STUNNING 18-CENTURY riad, or courtyard house, in the fishing town of Essaouira, Morroco, was an impulse buy and renovation project for New...
SOME MAY ALREADY be acquainted with Aynhoe Park, a private home in the Cotswolds, an hour from London. With 15 bedroom suites and...
. . . and the month of august always feels a little bittersweet, as if it were the beginning of...
. . . and this weekend has been breakfasts on terraces and raspberries & cherries; the farmers’ market on saturday afternoon for mangos & strawberries, and surprise bouquets of roses from p in rapturous shades of delicate white and palest pink . . .
. . . bits and pieces of this home have appeared in many places, but not until happening upon the...
. . . happened upon these dreamily moody photographs of italy last week, and was reminded of all the photos...
. . . a graceful archway and inlaid floors, a grand piano and classic chignons — a few beautiful thoughts...
. . . and on the topic of wool tartan dresses and caramel-coloured suede, early autumn also invokes wonderful thoughts of softly glowing fireplaces and luxurious faux fur throws, the romance of candlelight and evenings spent cozy at home . . .
. . . carerra marble and graceful archways, floods of light and artful chandeliers, elegantly panelled walls and bits of...
{two lovely things}: whether elegant yet striking with a 1960′s abstract expressionist painting by al held hung above a louis...
