{fallen leaves}

{Pania Rose for Swedish Elle via Creative Archive}

It has been a little overcast for the past few days, and today the sun shone warmly and brightly, taking a bit of the briskness out of the Autumn winds laden with fallen leaves.

And there's nothing like warm mustard tones and pretty flowery patterns to lift the gloom on those dreary days . . .

{Lily Donaldson, British Vogue October 2008}

{editorial: Sunday Girl, British Vogue, February 2005, photography by Carter Smith}

{Lily Donaldson, British Vogue October 2008}

{Lily Donaldson, British Vogue September 2008}

{lavender & gold}

Had been trying to configure an artful arrangement of all my favourite paintings, photographs, and artwork, that is, until I happened across the simplicity of this exclusive arrangement of fashion illustrations. The uniform gold frames against the deep lavender adds a beautifully luxe and elegant element to an otherwise perfectly simple grouping.

{see also:}
> purple reign
> Jessica Stam's pretty NY apartment

{image: H&H September 2008, photography by Angus Fergusson}