{trinity table}

Creative Flair Chic sent me this beautiful waterjet-cut Corian Trinity table for my {laced with style} post {thanks, cfc!}. The table was designed by Danny Cheung and exhibited during Sydney Design Week.

{laced with style}

{image: "newcastle" by wildquaver8 on flickr}

While I can appreciate the sheer prettiness and femininity of lace, I never imagined it coming back into fashion . . .

The history of lace dates as far back as the fifteenth century, when Charles the Fifth required lace-making to be taught in the schools and convents of the Belgian provinces. At this time, lace was solely based in fashion, mainly to replace embroidery as a means of transforming dresses to follow differing styles of fashion, since, unlike embroidery, lace could be removed from one material and placed on another.

Many styles and techniques of lacemaking have developed since, and almost all of them in these very Belgian provinces, making it known as the birthplace of lace.

The use of lacy patterns in design is not new (Marcel Wanders' 1996 Knotted Chair immediately comes to mind, or Thomas Paul's Gothic Dinner Plate Set). Below are a few examples of modern interpretations of this very old and very beautiful artform.

{A new use for the lace doily by Paul Lowe, via Emma's beautiful blog}


{A tear-sheet of an old Chloe advert, most likely from British Vogue}

{Lacy lamp at Glamchic}

{Window in the Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur by Shilpi Singh}

{Pretty, lacy accessories from a tear sheet from (most likely) Gotham}

{Marcel Wanders Studio Crochet Chair, hand-crocheted and coated with a fibre resin--via Maison Lunatique}

{The amazing Gothic Excavator sculpture on the Belgian coast by the often controversial, always thought-provoking Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye}


{Renovated terrace house in Melbourne via All Things Bright and Beautiful}


{Lacy architectural features via Desire to Inspire}

Sand-blasted white carrera marble console via Maison Lunatique}

{Windowsill in Lanark, Scotland, taken this summer}

{spring ahead, fall back}

Now that it's officially Fall with the arrival of brisk, blustery days and our clocks falling back to give us an extra hour in our busy schedules, it's time to dress the part, which means layers, and I'm crazy about this season's layering socks over tights (above) and pairing them with stacked-heeled pumps or Mary Janes. Some designers have taken the look one step farther, by incorporating the layered look into the design of their Fall footwear collections for complete style and practicality that's sure to make you the cutest girl playing in the fallen leaves.


Marc for Marc Jacobs stacked- heeled pump boots (available at Bergdorf Goodman).

Marc for Marc Jacobs Mary Jane boots (available at Bergdorf Goodman).

Fendi boots (available at Holt Renfrew).

{images: h&m, Bergdorf Goodman (2&3), Holt Renfrew, Bergdorf Goodman, Holt Renfrew}

{venetian art glass lamps}

These beautiful lamps have had a bit of press recently, and I'm writing about them because I really liked the e-mail Ed and Doug sent me today, and because I love their story. They also happen to have an extensive collection of original Venetian Art Glass Lamps--an entire east coast warehouse full, to be exact. The business partners recently acquired all the remaining inventory of the Edward P. Paul Company (BALBOA Lamps), purchasing hundreds of pairs of "these beautiful art pieces and had them rebuilt with safe new UL Certified hardware and we are now selling them to the public for the first time since they were packed away in their original shipping crates for nearly 50 years."

They also recently opened a boutique showroom in Dallas.




For more information, contact:
Ed Sexton & Doug Taylor
Swank Lighting
512-448-2688

Showroom:
Debris Antiques
1205 Slocum Street
Dallas, Texas 75207