FASHION AND CULTURE REMAIN INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED in the house of Valentino, a fact proven at the elaborate set up of the Fall 2015 couture collection. Not only were guests treated to an alfresco fashion show in the legendary Piazza Mignanelli — where Valentino himself would set his fashion shows, with locals peeking from their windows and the sunset painting the square in a golden light — but the whole of Rome was transformed into a museum of the fashion house...
PLEATS AND GILDED HEADDRESSES, tulle and lace, the Valentino Fall 2015 Couture collection was an ode to Rome and the designers’ Italian...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] FASHION MONTH just wrapped up, and if you haven’t had a...
“YOUR EYES ARE THE EYES OF A WOMAN IN LOVE” says an inscription on one of the collection’s flame red gowns....
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] THE SPRING CAMPAIGNS are beginning to arrive, and so far, Valentino...
[slideshow — if gallery does not advance, click here] This week’s Five Things to Look Forward is the first of the New Year,...
[Slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] WHILE THE WORLD HAS BEEN caught up in a flurry of...
“Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever” … describes perfectly the mood of the past days & weeks, with so many things happening, seemingly all at once. We have, happily, finally completed a few major projects and have already begun new ones and making travel plans and holiday plans.
[slideshow — if slides do not advance, click here] It’s the weekend! and yesterday felt like summertime, so filled with sunlight and...
[slideshow — if arriving from bloglovin’, click here] “In this moment when everything is synthetic, digital, and flat, you need...
LOOKING AHEAD to the month of September, the drop in temperature often comes with the changing of leaves, cashmere scarves and...
[slideshow — if arriving from bloglovin’, click here] IT SEEMS THAT everyone is talking about style blogger, Rach Parcell, of Pink Peonies lately, thanks...
THE WEEK HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN, and already it feels like we’re running behind; a parcel was delivered this morning with exciting new items for the shop, but not all things came as designed, and so we’re in the midst of problem-solving and salvaging the situation...
VALENTINO WAS THE MOST IMPOSSIBLY PERFECT collection one could ever wish for. The first looks glowed with beautiful simplicity, and shapes—rhombi,...
GILDED CROWN MOULDING, crystal chandeliers, gold-embroidered lace evening gowns and butterflies around the world — just a few things in thoughts and daydreams on this late-January Friday . . .
