OFTEN DESCRIBED as the quintessentially American photographer, Irving Penn used simple monochromatic backdrops to portray his subjects—often women of inimitable beauty—wearing Cristóbal Balenciaga coats or Christian Dior gowns.
...the last day of august and how it has arrived so quickly is a mystery, and while the early morning air has become a little cooler...
One of my favourite things about Spring is running out the door in a light trench — whether paired with a favourite pair of jeans or a cocktail dress, it is one item that always makes me feel hopelessly stylish and effortlessly put together . . .
A waifish figure and large, brown, doe-like eyes; a tiny, cinched in waist and sweet, elfin features; a willowy dancer’s body, slight but strong from years of ballet training—always graceful and ever ladylike—it is difficult to believe that this beautiful woman, both inside and out, would wait almost her entire life to find true love but—when she did find it, it was truly great . . .
“Paris is always a good idea.” ~ audrey hepburn . . . hello! . . . things have been rather...
{some fun places to visit over the weekend:}> paris by night> then & now: lauren hutton> beautiful BCBG campaign via...
. . . it may not be a for few months yet, before there is a little time off for a much-anticipated holiday, but until then, have been fancying a perfect night in -- striped pyjamas and tea for early in the evening . . .
. . . had been planning to publish this recap earlier in the week, but things are evidently still in holiday mode around here, with guests just leaving, and dinner guests on new year’s day, and have fallen a little behind . . .
KNOWN AS MUCH FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPHY as for his diaries that expressed those thoughts that couldn’t be captured in a photograph, Cecil Beaton was a vibrant personality.
[slideshow above] Finding VIVIAN MAIER is the story of a remarkable photographer who led an unremarkable life. It was only after...
A waifish figure and large, brown, doe-like eyes; a tiny, cinched in waist and sweet, elfin features; a willowy dancer’s body, slight but strong from years of ballet training—always graceful and ever ladylike—it is difficult to believe that this beautiful woman, both inside and out, would wait almost her entire life to find true love but—when she did find it, it was truly great . . .
TODAY is Audrey Hepburn‘s birthday–the stunningly beautiful British actress & humanitarian would have been 85. And so, a few very favourite photographs to celebrate her birthday and the elegance of her life . . .
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.
. . . and it has been nearly and only one week since have been home, and it has already...
IT'S BEEN A WHILE since we've covered the Met Gala—2014, in fact—(here and here), and once again in 2018. Of course, it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, but this year, it was brought back and there was so much social media coverage of it, it's clear that everyone is relieved to have some happy distraction to report on for a change ...
