Serene and Green....

The fabulous and famous green dress that Kiera Knightley wore in "Atonement" was voted best film costume of all time apparently....and I can understand why. She did look absolutely stunning in it and it is the kind of dress that just takes your breath away....quite incredible....

If you haven't seen "Atonement", I recommend it.....I loved it....James McAvoy was wonderful in it too.....and visually the whole film is gorgeous....

Picture perfect....and so peaceful....

Just look at the size of those windows....fabulous!

Armani Prive....

I do love these enormous doors that you often find in Europe....you always wonder what hides behind them don't you....

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!

This would be a good sized garden for many London houses....I would love it!

Beyonce....looking fabulous in Zac Posen....

Autumn in Paris....

SJP.....LOVE this!

Reese Witherspoon in Valentino....

January Jones.....best dressed at the Emmys 2009....

A Kilkenny cottage, Ireland....the Emerald Isle....

Tracy Pollen looking wonderful....Emmys 2009....

Eva Mendes in Balenciaga....

Tagallalang, Bali....

Jennifer Connolly in Balmain....

Kiera in that dress again....

Antrim, Northern Ireland....stunning....

Jennifer Lopez in Valentino, Oscars 2003 - voted best and worst dressed! I like it....

{colour inspiration: sea green & summer white}

. . . a kelly green cashmere cardigan from a lifetime ago aside, not often drawn to shades of green -- that is -- until happening upon these serenely elegant rooms overflowing with prettily patterned chaises and ruffled bed linens, elegant topiaries and cascading bouquets -- and suddenly -- the shade is as a fresh the summer air just before an early august thundershower, and believe am now quite enamoured with this perfect shade that hangs somewhere just between chartreuse and the leaves of gardenias . . .

{p.s.} more inspiration:
* spring greens
* chartreuse & velvet
* green & white stripes

{images: photography by casey sills for veranda, july/august 2001 via mrs. blandings -- thanks ever so much, felicity!}

{two lovely things: bits of green}

{two lovely things:} . . . whether lacy white linen and beautifully etched glasses, or intricately arranged along the top of a luxurious and stately bath, such astonishing elegance in bits of green, dashes of huntington and buckingham gardens, and especially when combined with crisp summer whites . . .

{p.s.} more {two lovely things:}
* light & lavender
* cool august nights
* mirror, mirror
* indoor swings

{images: 1 - photography by matt armendariz; 2 - the diversion project}

{colour inspiration: shades of citron}

. . . whether on floral and lacy bed linens, a favourite novel in hand, or in the garden and sunlit breezes, a bottle of vintage, antique crystal goblets and good company, happily soaking up every last beautiful moment of these, the long and breathless days of summer . . .

{images: 1 - scan by this is glamorous, photography by jeff macnamara for victoria october 2001; 2 - style me pretty}