{inspiration board: modern seventies style}

. . . upswept hair, a leopard print dress and a few cups of coffee later, and it's on the way back to the city, leaving you with beautiful inspiration and fondest thoughts on this autumn afternoon . . .

trench: a.p.c. | shoes: brian atwood | lipstick: tom ford | bracelet: s|bella
handbag: chloé | vintage photographs: vogue archive collection
brass kaleidoscopes: kelly wearstler

à bientôt, lovely friends! {see you soon},
xo

{p.s.} more seventies inspiration:
* wide-legged jeans & denim trenches
* blouses & blazers
* scarves & pencil skirts
* fedoras & leopard print
* stripes & secretary blouses
* turlenecks & tweed

{also: silver mercedes, bridge & burn discovered via creature comforts; gold & rhinestone bracelet discovered via the neo-traditionalist}

{happy weekend!}

. . . this weekend is windswept hair and toes in the sand, picnics on the beach and the city behind us . . . ahead: the last golden days of summer . . .

Have a beautiful, beautiful weekend, everyone!
xo

{p.s.} a few lovely links:
* fun, fun, fun {via here}
* seeing hearts
* rock 'n roll chic fall collection
* back to school
* video: friends forever

{interviews + guestposts:}
* summer musings at automatism
* question & answer with sesame magazine

{images: 1 - Chloè Spring Summer 2007; model: Trish Goff; photographer: Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin; 2 - Yves Saint Laurent’s Paris duplex on the Rue de Babylone; YSL original logo hand-lettered by graphic artist Cassandre, 1961; photography by Pascal Chevallier, Vanity Fair}

{fashion inspiration: always chloé}

. . . would never, in a million years, wish away the hazily romantic and dreamy days of summer, but the new chloé fall 2011 rtw collection is so charmingly laid-back, couldn't resist a tiny peek and it's now back to lounging poolside . . .

{images: a glamorous little side project}

{a charming mix of things}

. . . lately have been receiving many lovely e-mails inquiring about the things that inspire and thought it might be fun to compile a beautiful list of current inspirations, of the things that enchant and captivate and the thoughts that turn into daydreams and the things that flutter, flutter through the imagination -- and so, a charming mix of things . . .


. . . poems on mirrors {via felicity}


. . . natural wonders {one & two}



. . . always, backstage photos {via definitely golden}

. . . topknots {via scout-holiday}


. . . amazing crystal caves {via all the mountains}

. . . a room with a view


. . . smokey eyes & upswept hair

. . . side by side {via pink wallpaper}

. . . origami hearts


. . . gold & glass {via apartment therapy}


. . . chloé {via haute design}

. . . velvet chairs & herringbone floors {via felicity}

. . . and still, socks & heels

{p.s.} wednesday already! how the week has flown -- hope it's wonderful where you are,
xo

{images: 1-3 - souvenirs via julia}

{runway inspiration: chloé}

. . . shimmery silk blouses and high-waisted trousers, clean lines and soft shapes, and a warm and pretty palette at chloé . . .

{chloé fall 2010 via style.com; more & details of this collection at the side project}