I LOVE these videos. Please keep them coming VB + Lou! watch the new ss10 video here.

kinda love it.

I love the subtleties and soft colors of this spread, and the lack of fear of pairing pretty with interesting. So many editorials seem so formulaic these days, take super expensive clothes from the same maybe 4 or 5 different brands, add ugly element x, then maybe some crazy hair..it gets boring fast. This spread is beautiful without a lack of character and newness. Images from Another Magazine.

Been busy working.. back soon!
image from Mary’s incredible Unchanging Window

I rarely post articles, but this one was super inspiring. From the newest issue of ANP Quarterly, this Rodarte interview by Aaron Rose is perhaps the most insightful and honest I’ve read about them yet. (Still waiting for the new New Yorker article to arrive!) It’s also a beautiful spread of images. If you’d like to read the article I have some bigger images here.

Although may sound nice, it definitely isn’t a good idea to just have macarons and champagne for dinner, not that I’m complaining, it was délicieux! It was not intentional but sometimes you just follow where the evening takes you. Mine started early and led me from an opening with little chairs and little kids, then a little movie screening and live music, to the first evening of a series of parties in the new André apartment space in Paris. He shared his vitamin water, champagne, and his macaron collaboration, in an André designed tin, made by a “very famous baker, do you say baker?” They are red caramel au beurre sel and they are AMAZING! The salt is particularly strong on the outside and adds a really nice contrast to the traditional caramel macaron. Since they were sitting there all night I may have gorged myself on them a bit, meanwhile so many people were wandering around this small space.. Camille Bidault Wadddington! Vanessa Bruno! Jean Touitou, Oliver Zahm (whose photographs lined the walls of the space), Irina Lazareanu… and of course André, who was a very nice host. Above are some dark and blurry photos of my “dinner”.

A couple little videos with her here and here.
merci lili!

A special code just for Scout Holidayers from Hansel from Basel to help keep your feet warm. Enter: gobble gobble for additional 25% off on all products.
photos by Nicholas Haggard.

stay warm

2010 sounded so far away and yet here it is! Spring’s shows gave us a peak into a start of a new direction that is not quite there yet but hopeful all the same. While many designers played it safe with very wearable/sellable collections, some chose to not let the economy hinder their creativity and really let go, but I think it’s going to be a couple more seasons until we really start to see things change. Fashion is pretty stuck in it’s ways right now. Hopefully the start of the change will be with the magazines! Let the editorials be free from the chains of advertising!! Let there be more creativity and style!!!!!
Photos from style and Garance

L to R: DRIES VAN NOTEN, VANESSA BRUNO, CHARLES ANASTASE, PREEN, JIL SANDER, SOPHIA KOKOSALASKI, PREEN, ACNE, RACHEL COMEY, JIL SANDER, LANVIN, KENZO, VANESSA BRUNO, VPL, JUNYA WANTANABE, ANNE VALERIE HASH, LIMI FEU, TIM HAMILTON, VANESSA BRUNO, 3 AS 4, BOTTEGA VENETA, KARL, JIL SANDER, TIM HAMILTON, LANVIN, RICK OWENS, ANNE VALERIE HASH, DRIES, WUNDERKIND, PREEN, ACNE, KENZO, RACHEL COMEY, FENDI, CHLOE, BALENCIAGA, JIL SANDER, RACHEL COMEY, DRIES, ZERO BY MARIA CORNEJO, UNDERCOVER, BOTTEGA, ZERO BY MARIA CORNEJO, RACHEL COMEY, BOTTEGA, VPL, CHARLOTTE RONSON, ORGANIC BY JOHN PATRICK, JIL SANDER, FENDI, VENA CAVA, WUNDERKIND, TIM HAMILTON, MARNI, FENDI ROLAND MOURET, LANVIN, CHRIS KANE, CDG, ISABEL MARRANT, ALEXANDER WANG, 3 AS 4, VANESSA BRUNO, BALENCIAGA, CDG, BRUNO PIETERS, GARETH PUGH, VICTOR & ROLF, CDG, MARC JACOBS.

My profile on The Considered Ensemble today!

More from Paris, LA, Celine by Cedric Rivrain. Hooray for the return of Pheobe Philo!

Bonne Année!
Images from ACNE PAPER via FGR

Love these collages by Rosie Roberts for Paris,LA magazine.

Discovery of the day, online magazine Work For Free which features new/small artists and designers including Wonder Wonder who led me to this discovery.
work featured above by Jacqueline Kari Bos, Wonder Wonder, Paul Wagenblast, Lahaina Alcantara and Work For Free.

the beat of the city..
images via JJJJound

Off to London for the Holidays! Back soon. images from Wild at Heart.

First winter in Paris.

Just checked out the new Contributor Magazine and discovered among many other great things, this behind the scenes look at a shoot Wes Anderson did for a commercial. Love that he always has his crew with him.
Unrelated to Wes, but I’m very jealous of this photo from Contributor mag.. I could go for a stack of pancakes at the Chateau right now.

Walking through the Marais I came across the Slow and Steady Wins the Race Noel pop up shop. A beautifully currated small space, where in addition to being able to find some of Mary Ping’s goods, there are also surprises and pieces on display by artist’s Miranda July, Terence Koh, Tauba Auerbach, and many many more. I love the pine tree branches everywhere and the fake fox stoles are so cool!

Open until December 24th at 78 rue des Archives 75003 Paris

I just came across this site called Studio Too Good, and was completely transfixed! I should have realized sooner by the style as well as the name that Faye Toogood is behind it. Blowing my mind! I love it all. via Hello Sandwich.

Things I’ve had my eye on.. Confetti System banner, Arielle de Pinto necklace, Postalco raincoat, Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar 2010 calendar, bottles of Sofia (can’t find it in Paris!!), lavender happy tape, Sabrina Dehoff necklace, Prism glasses, Margaret Howell Houses book, Repetto flats, opalescent rock, Sunshine and Shadows tie dye necklaces, Society for Rational Dress leather backpack, Opening Ceremony knit turban hat, The Little Prince audio recording, Rachel Comey boots, gold id bracelet, MMM sweater, Linda Farrow sunglasses, Charles Anastase swan tote, Vanessa Bruno heels, Le Creuset dutch oven, Anthropologie feather ornatment, Christopher Wool book by Taschen, Vanessa Bruno gloves, Loeffler Randal Yvette cut-out bootie, green striped notebook, Acne Awesome shirt, tin of Mariage Freres tea, army short suit, Green Porno Isabella Rossellini book, Lena Corwin + Mociun pillow, more happy tape, Vanessa Bruno purse, vintage Issey Miyake leg warmers, Jas MB leather belt bag, Totorro cake by Chez Bogato, Cavern lavender t-shirt, micaela greg skirt, harlequin notebook, Lyell blouse + shorts, Fredericks and Mae arrow.

Just discovered a beautiful new collection of clothing by Stanard Finery. Makes me want to run back to Jones beach in NY, and wish the winter away. These relaxed, sans sloppyness pieces are the missing links in my wardrobe.
via Marais USA.

New in the shop are these flag pins, previously exclusively sold at Colette, each one is unique, hand painted, and will automatically increase the insanity of any outfit.

Phoenix – 1901 – A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

I love these take away concerts, the way that they capture the spirit of a moment while a band wanders through the city, and there is something particularly nice about this one being a band that sells out stadiums still being able to play outside near the eiffel tower, and still capturing that same spirit.
Being sick all week has been terrible! I’ll be back soon with new items in the shop.

I love these beautiful cakes I came across last weekend for Dorade magazine at OFR. They looked too good to eat. Who knew among all the other things that go on there, they have tea and cake on Sundays. David has been creating some vignettes of their events recently that you can view here.

Attempting my first pumpkin pie made from real french pumpkins today..

Sometimes you need to check in a little more often and dig a little deeper, look at these little treasures I discovered from Stella and Lula’s sites..
Recently exploring the Stella McCartney site, I discovered Stella’s flicks, which includes inteviews, behind the scenes clips, and some short arty films made for the brand with some very beautiful imagery worth checking out here.
From flickr I found these images below on Lula’s scrapbook, a sort of blog for Lula magazine featuring images sent in from specially curated guests.


Also don’t miss this interview with Hope Sandoval. I missed her concert here in Paris while I was in LA. I heard the projections were amazing!

In addition to weaving, making incredible ceramics and more!, Beatrice is also now making shoes. Check out Beatrice’s beautiful simple leather shoes and sandals here.