Reason #215 why Daphne Guinness is a genius

"Guinness, no stranger to the gothic flourish, outdid herself on Thursday night with an unusual display at Jay Jopling’s grand Georgian townhouse, posing in a silent and dramatic tableau. Dressed in a whisper-thin, one-piece Alexander McQueen bodysuit, she lay on a long slab with an antique-looking veil covering her petite body. Just one arm was exposed, and encased in a one-of-a-kind gold and diamond glove."

Via this inimitable source...whatever it may be.

Virginia Woolf's suicide letter to her husband, Leonard Woolf

The Gospel (According to Diana Vreeland)

1. Red Nails: "All my life I've pursued the perfect red."

2. Champagne: "Rinse your blonde child's hair in dead champagne to keep it as gold as they do in France."

3. Violet: "Why don't you wear violet mittens with everything?"

4. Chutney: "It is marvellous, I'm mad about it, it's very imperial."

5. Red Lipstick: "Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it would be like becoming bored with the person you love."

6. Blue Jeans: "They are the most beautiful things since the gondola."

7. Lettuce: "It's divine, although I'm not sure it's really a food."

8. Balenciaga: "In Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed."

9. Smoking: "After work she'd invite me to dinner and after dinner we'd sit up drinking Smirnoff's neat with a twist and smoking Lucky Strikes." (Alfred A Knopf on Vreeland)

10. Leopard: "I've never met a leopard print that I didn't like."

Found in 10 Magazine Winter 2011.

Catherine Baba

Out of this world. I can't even express how much I adore this woman.
So I must away to Sydney for the weekend to work some, play some and look at things.
Love to you all, and have a great weekend. I'll see you on Monday.
xo

Taylor Tomasi Hill

I google her. A lot.

Grace

Grace Coddington for Vogue UK, August 1969. Photograph by Barry Lategan and styled by Bernard Nevill.

Via Sighs and Whispers.

Doutzen Kroes' hairdo in Flare Mag.

Can't think of much that makes me feel happier than an epic beehive. Reticence toward hairspray is just confusing.

Tulle and Corsets

You know, tulle and corsets may not be the answer to world peace, but they sure do make life more fun. I own a number of corsets, my favourite is this little vintage waspie with lace and really long peach colored ribbons. I've also got a black one (which tends to leave some fairly intense indentations on my back when I wear it), and a super sweet cream one (latest purchase, covered in much lace). Thing is I have to work out like a superhero to get into them - so its off to do the river loop, then back to the desk to throw around a few more grandiose claims about the legitimacy of my thesis. Ho hum. Happy Day to all! xo

Gemma Arterton in Louis Vuitton

!!

Muse of the Week...

"La Marchesa" by Dior Couture.

Joanna Newsom in Lula 10.

Forgot who the photographer was - sorry!