STRATIS VOGIATIS - INNER WORLD

these are hauntingly moving photographs with incredibly saturated colors. love them. here

HIDDEN LUXURY

i love what chanel said about the concept of luxury for oneself. "invisible perfection". in clothing it would be what is underneath the clothes. my old favorite (i used to design it), lingerie.
from here



more hidden perfection. from here




and here



and here





here





for me that extends to all my designs including this from here

“Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.” ~coco chanel

MLLE CHANEL'S FLAT 31 RUE CAMBON

thank you nysha for alerting me to this great story told by susan stamberg on npr. here



when i visit 31 rue cambon, i want to stay at the ritz paris here



or maybe here in the elton john suite

RHODIA

I fell in love with Rhodia products many years ago in France. I just treated myself to new pads from here.

Hair Bow or Band or Necklace?

i love this modern take on a chanel hair bow by gabriela artigas

Coco Chanel

hair bow alert! COCO CHANEL



scene from coco before chanel



chanel look from the sartorialist




i finally saw Coco Before Chanel. audrey tautou was superb. chanel was such an incredible influence on fashion and on me in particular. she believed in comfort. she loved androgyny. even the CHANEL logo is a masterpiece of branding. simple, elegant, perfect.



contemporary CHANEL influences abound. here from the sartorialist in nyc.









here from j.crew


a sexy menswear look at martin clothes



j.crew jeans which leads me to...



a vintage classic revived- the 501
here


these levi 201's were found in an old mine and sold on ebay for $36,099. read about it here

and more great japanese men's fashion


workers

FAIR TRADE

i traded this Day for Night clutch from MARIE TURNOR for...



... this beautiful porcelain bowl and these gold earrings from KHW jewelry


and then i bought these porcelain garden labels too



this is my haul. fair? yes. very.

hair bows

yes, i definitely feel it coming - hair bows! this is from the sartorialist in tokyo.

David Mellon

1971 by david mellon

my friend, david mellon painted these. i love them.



this is one of my favorites. the colors are fantastic.





david mellon is having a show on saturday, may 15 at poverty not gallery 6 - 9pm 1111 montana ave. santa monica, 90403
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simple beauty

there's this shaker table...
and there's this table from japan here. clean, simple, beautiful.


i want a drying rack that looks as beautiful as this. from here

i love the simplicity and elegance of shaker craftmanship. the swallowtail or dovetail joints
I wish my dog was small enough to fit into this shaker dog bed.



shaker boxes from hancock village