The RANDOM INSPIRATION: Entre nature

The spring season always brings to me a sense of romance. Here are some entre flores pictures, straight out of a fairy tale. Woodsy settings, crystal and tulle covered gowns for an enchanted afternoon. 

The CHARME POUDRE ~ Iris Apfel

This month's issue of Architectural Digest pays tribute to the fashion guru, decorator and cofounder of Old World Weavers, Iris Apfel. Here some pictures in the New York City apartment she shares with her husband, Carl.The octogenarian grande Dame's apartment boasts all the delights of a well-lived life. Here her eclectic fashion sense in some bold and playful ensembles from her extensive wardrobe (Photograph courtesy of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). "Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form" says Apfel. 

The RANDOM INSPIRATION: Seaside

The weather has been acting pretty weird these past couple of days. Yesterday it was hailing and this morning it was raining... Not exactly perfect weather conditions for a relaxing Sunday by the sea. Instead, here are some random seaside pictures I love!

The PHOTO ~ Kate

"There's only one thing the world loves more than a beautiful girl, and that's a beautiful girl who's a little bit bad".

The ART ~ Agnieszka Kurek

The perfect view, 2008, oli on canvas, 140x200 cm

Born on 1984 in Cracow, she now lives in Bassano del Grappa close to Venice. A degree in Fine Art from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Caracow and a scholarship from Painting Faculty of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. With individual exhibition at ’Salotto Fiorentino’ in Florence, ‘Raven Gallery’ in Cracow and Paris, she's an emerging artist to have eyes focused on.  "While painting, with the very classical medium of the oil paints, I'm creating an extremely esthetic spaces, situations, recently landscapes, or portraits, or just selected fragments of reality. The world in canvas is described with perfect, precise lines. Colours are always intense, contrasting, and saturated.Ultra esthetic paintings suddenly become minimal with surrealistic poetic. 

The MUSTHAVE ~ Walk the Line!

Bold stripes are in for spring. The creations of Prada, Jil Sander, Stella McCartney, Celine, Marc Jacobs and others brings some graphic appeal to the warmer season. Broad or slim, vertical or horizontal, très français or nautical style this season is an highlighting of stripes. There is absolutely no excuse to be looking drab and plain this season, when all of our favorite designers have given us the green light to go. Be bold in the most graphic pattern of the season wearing it head-to-toe.

The PHOTO ~ Lui & Lei