GIOVANNA BATTALIA

she is my style icon of late

girl friend (last i heard) of vladimir roitfeld.



gorgeous

so cool
not too many women could wear this.

shades of coco chanel

she has impeccable, elegant, but off beat style. i wish i were 27 and had her wardrobe.



editor vogue pelle (leather) and vogue gioiello (jewelry)

love the yellow and grey

FUNNY MAPS OF FRANCE

france as seen by a parisian


france seen by sophisticated americans


france as seen by fox news watchers. more here.

1AM

cool from here in san francisco naturally.

i have plenty to say but no time to talk. suffice it to say i found coach boots that look like these at marshall's for $200. i'm ready for ny.

EMBRACE REALITY

this is crystal renn she used to be an anorexic model. now she's a spokes person for healthy body awareness.

she has a very successful career as a normal sized model.

she is, of course, catagorized in plus-size instead of straight size.

crystal shot by ruven alfonador. her book called HUNGRY is here

doutzen kroes, another model who has been called fat, modeling bathing suits for victoria's secret (i think).

from v magazine, the size issue here


christina hendricks, the epitome of sexy curves on the cover of ny magazine

as joan in mad men. apparently they were going to cast a mousey waif-like type and then they met christina.


lauren hutton, eternally beautiful model whose age shows gracefully

and of course the talk of the model industry kristen mcmenamy showing off her gorgeous grey hair here. i want to see more grey hair. (and i want that coat.)

redecorating

step one: new natural linen slipcover on the old sofa.
i am trying to minimize and go for a sort of scandinavian simplicity.
more to come...

8.5.10

isabel marant seems to be rockin' eddie murphy circa 1985 with these. from here.



from delirious

but actually, once an outfit is put together, it has a cool 60's breathless vibe.



jean-luc godard's film has been restored and re-released for its 50th anniversary. here

TREEHOUSE REPS

photography by my talented friends ted & debbie
ted & debbie


beautiful photography by harten
my fave by harten
beautiful
by illustrator alessandra olanow. all here.

WUBET

wubet is a line if hand woven textiles and bags. i covet the scarves and shawls. check out the lovely videos on the website.

CORAL

this is coral in australia. look, but don't touch. i's alive.


a bracelet from honolulu chinatown. not actually coral(agate?,jade?), but i love the color.

a vintage coral necklace. this kind of branch coral is nearly extinct due to over harvesting for jewelry. the coral that is sold now is usually dyed.

i like coral for my nails too.


vanessa bruno ss11

CARMEN

one of my favorite fashion shots by richard avedon of carmen in 1957

a shot i styled for living fit magazine a few years ago. she was an incredibly interesting, charming and frank woman.

she lost her life savings (for the second time) with bernie madoff. read an interview here
i love her hair.

VANESSA BRUNO

vanessa bruno opens a boutique in l.a. on melrose. exciting! thanks nysha.