{halloween inspiration: orange}

a little more halloween inspiration in shades of saffron and paprika for an afternoon of carving beautiful hand-stenciled monograms into bright, late-autumn pumpkins . . .




{p.s.} also:
* a perfect combination: grey + coral
* at this moment: hermès orange

{images: 1 - editorial - saffron days, lakshmi menon by jean-francois campos for vogue india may 2009 via tumblr; 2 - styling by kevin hertzog; 3 - vignette - top + bottom left - martha stewart; vignette - bottom right + below - editorial - dressed in innocence, lily cole by carter smith for vogue nippon march 2006 via porcelain beauty + lace & tea; autumn in paris via flickr}

{inspiration: vogue paris}

Vogue Paris is inspiring me to spend the summer with smokey eyes and windswept hair. . .

{image: editoria: Florilège; Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier; Styled by Véronique Didry; Model: Isabeli Fontana; Vogue Paris June/July 2009}

{as in a fairytale}

Ever since coming across the graceful gilt swan faucet in a Sofia Coppola for Louis Vuitton ad campaign {above}, have been rather fascinated with these brilliantly ornate fixtures that have an almost magical quality, as if taken from the pages of a fairytale . . .

{ritz, paris}

{p.e. guerin, new york}

{images: 1 - from a previous post; 2 - flickr; 3 - via apartment therapy}

{divine idylle}

What better way to begin a new year than with a little romance? And after all the rather eventful holiday celebrations and New Year's festivities, was drawn to the cool, laid-back glimpses of a day in the idyllic life of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis shot for French Glamour . . .

{p.s.}
And while we're on the topic of romance, have you seen Joanna and Alex's wonderful engagement photos?

New Year's resolutions: try to be much better with answering e-mails and to find more time for languid lounging . . .

{images: glamour paris, august 2008 issue; photography by chris craymer via flora's box}