Showing posts with label Caroline Vreeland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caroline Vreeland. Show all posts

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Gentlemen, lock your closets.


A pin-thin leg is undeniably chic. Always has been and always shall be. I love the look of a girl with bedhead, last night's Atwoods, an oversized cashmere sweater and the skinniest of black pants. So here is a tip: While leggings and tight skinnies are easy to come by, I want to clue all you ladies in on where to get your cashmere. The boys! Menswear may have been previously deemed shapeless and yawn-inducing but I am telling you they've got the best sweaters. So ladies I am advocating a little rifling through your boyfriends and best friends closets -"borrow" that XL forest-green V-necked cashmere! Let the men "lend" you their Calvins! I'm in total awe of the dizzying array of cashmere sweaters my sister has accumulated. Taupe with a crew neck, black and nubby in cardigan style, sheer and off the shoulder dove gray. Girls, even if it is 78 degrees without a single gust of wind, tell him you're chilly and help yourself to his sumptuous Maison Martin Margiela...you know the one with the chic dark leather elbow pads?

xx til next,
A

Picture: Caroline Vreeland takes a page from The Borrowers. I would say the lashes and Cristal only enhance the delicious feeling of cashmere on bare skin, don't you think?

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Things I just adore.

In my life, I love to focus on beautiful things...Botero and Champagne, Party Frocks and Rigaud Candles, Sushi at Matsuhisa and Waterford Crystal. But some of life's most exquisite pleasures are simple and easy to attain. Here are some everyday things I definitely adore. 

1. Second day Mascara.
2. Trader Joes' Pinot Grigio.
3. Impromptu Facebook photo splurges.
4. Tealights.
5. Our fabulous new throw pillows- just 10 dollars on Melrose. Turned our IKEA couch into a Marrakech mirage. 
6. Theory tanks. Truly the most amazing second skin. 
7. Driving on Fountain Ave with Caroline, listening to Razorlight's Golden Touch. 
8. Sunday morning coffee on Larchmont.
9. Perfect penmanship, all caps architectural. 
10. AXE on Abbot Kinney for the most simple, incredible Bolognese in the world. 

xx til next, 
A