{runway inspiration: luca luca, new york}

. . . pretty prints and delicate fabrics, soft silhouettes and romantic upswept hair, fluttery sleeves and coral lips -- utterly adore luca luca's spring collection, which feels like cocktails by the water's edge at sunset . . .

{images: luca luca via style.com}

{late summer, early fall}

. . . intricately panelled walls, juliet balconies and elegant fireplaces, floods of dusky and romantic light and stunning chevron floors -- if one could describe the beautiful and all too fleeting moments between late summer and early fall, perhaps it would as this . . .

{p.s.} more perfectly ornate walls:
* happily ever after
* gilt & chevron

{also:} a corner fireplace

{images: b&b italia via marcus design, haute design & a previous post}

{shoes, shoes, shoes}

. . . has been a while since the last beautiful installment of {shoes, shoes, shoes}, and couldn't dream of a better pair to begin again with than these intricately lovely and summer-perfect sergio rossi cut out sandals, so delicate and lacy, can imagine them with a summer dress from the recent stella mccartney resort collection for a leisurely afternoon at the gallery . . .

{p.s.} previous shoes: valentino | mugnai | chanel | lanvin | louboutin

{image: sergio rossi scalloped cut out sandal from here via mrs. lilien}

{shoes, shoes, shoes}

. . . if had thought ahead, perhaps these stunning italian high-heeled sandals might have arrived in time for tonight's dinner reservations, as have fallen completely in love with every last perfect detail on these exquisite shoes -- the elegant shade of champagne and delicate ankle strap, the wonderfully romantic linen rose and luxuriously rich wood platform, and most of all, the captivatingly beautiful lucite heel . . .

{p.s.} previous shoes: chanel | lanvin | louboutin