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ru_beauty

Lady of The Paper Castle Visits Danny from Igor & Andre HQ

So I am at the maestro's house! It's incredible! Everyone should always be so lucky.
Here I am bigger than life size on a wooden board being coated in oils. Magnificent.
Danny's studio is amazing: I have been having a sleep over while I pass through LA on route to Australia,
watching CNN all day on a giant flat screen, getting kinda high off oil-paints, drinking milk and way too many Halloween chocolates.
You know, I have never experienced the magic of a Baby Ruth before,
but was drawn in by its reference to The Sandlot Kids - obviously. Legend in a chocolate!!

The Pellegrino is flowing, inspiration is booming, Neko Case is swooning from giant speakers,
paintings are looming over me from all four walls and dimensions. Did you know Danny can do 3D paintings?
One painting is wearing real clothes. The apple I am holding in the picture below remains uneaten, I don't know why, but I am eyeing it off,
along with all the old LIFE magazines from the 60s with covers declaring the first man on the Moon, the Kennedy assassinations,
Martin Luther King, even Batman, Superman and the Marquis de Sade wait patiently.
I feel like Peach from Mario Kart in a multicolored universe of many dimensions: A bowl of cereal at her feet,
coffee and compliments delivered daily by the beaming inhabitants of this magical land.
If I have shared even a fraction of the greatness it is to be here, I hope you feel it:
Danny's paintings hold magic in them. And every morning I wake up having dreamt amongst them,
having been spoken to by the beautiful women in ink that surround me. If I was a flat-lander in a 2D universe,
I wouldn't mind being one of Danny's imaginary creations, just to live in this studio and watch him work all day. What a cool dude. Great life, great-ness.
- Sophie

Sophie Ward Charcoal Sketch

Hello my friends. Good morning!
How are you? My friend Sophie is here for a few days.
I started a portrait of her the other day. i hope you like it.
I think Sophie is going to write something for yawl today.
Hope you enjoy. :)

add a little bit of sparkle

garance doré

{tartan + flowers}

{Stam, tartan and Autumn flowers -- a spectacularly beautiful combination}

Have an extravagantly lovely weekend, everyone!
xo

{p.s.}
> all in a day's work: The Sartorialist casually shoots Natalia in Rio . . .
> for those of you who have never seen snow . . .

{shot by Solve Sundsbø for Vogue Italia; via notcot and trendland}

{a swedish lovestory}

A few readers asked about this photo {above} from this week's {creme puffs and meringue} post, and have happily discovered, through Glamorous reader Stina, that it is from Swedish blogger underbaraclara's actual wedding, and whose completely romantic photos can be seen {here}.

{p.s.}
It is also from this blog that I have rediscovered the beauty of winter . . .

{winter wonderland}

It is entirely possible that I may begin to see winter in a whole new light . . .

{images: underbaraclara}

wanna see what's in lanphear's bag? howabout a close up of her jewelry?

jak&jil + superfantasticpicturetime

you're so rock and roll

ru_beauty

like red wine, with some time, i'll be fine

quote from no doubt song: "under construction" :)
image from flickr

North Beach for a Coffee

I was just finishing my morning coffee...

She was rolling her bicycle so as to position it near one of the outdoor tables. She ended up taking one by the door. Then she sat, ordered her latte, pulled out a book. This is such a North Beach habit....coffee, an outdoor table and your favorite read.

She had the best argyle socks on in shades of gray and a little bit red which looked so good with her gray toned pumps.

introducing my new blog...

LE LOVE

^click it^

This is a blog dedicated to romantic, lovey dovey, sexy, heart fluttering images.
Hope you like it ♥

Thanks guys for the feedback and support! I saw some positive responses so I decided to start the love blog :) I wasn't sold on the name at first, but I just went with it.
xo

For the person who asked how i run so many blogs and if i stay online all day...

No I am not online all day, lol. I am extremely busy with college, working, interning, volunteering and applying to grad school. I just love blogging and want it to be a part of my life, so I make time for it. Truth is Le Fashion, Le Smoking and now Le Love are quick and easy to keep up with. I just upload a few pics a day, which takes me about 15 minutes to update those. Olsens Anonymous requires a little bit more work, but still only about a half hour.

how i long for these burberry beauties

thefashionspot

{a new day}

Happy Thursday, everyone! Apologies for the rather sporadic posting -- positively swamped this week, and also have been having a dreadful time putting together a particular post, that, when complete, will {hopefully} be lovely, lovely . . .

{image: Rose Uniacke via desire to inspire}

In to the Elephant Cave

Hey everyone,
How have you been?
Life for me has been busy but exciting.
Been working on some fun projects lately.
Oh, and i get to pick up my good friend, Miss Sophie Ward, tonight at the airport.
She's going to be here for a few days.
It's going to be really fun. i'm sure there will be some pictures from our adventures. :)
Hope you're having a great day!

Vintage Bicycles .... Girls Want Them!

Here is what Chung Pai of Landmark Vintage Bicycles had to say in this article by Lauren Murrow for her piece in NYmagazine...

"What kind of customers do you get?

It’s a hip, young crowd. I get a lot of twentysomething girls who act like they’re shopping for a vintage dress: “Oh, it has a basket for my purse, and it has a cute bell, and the color is pretty.” It’s not just a bike, it’s a fashion accessory."

There is more to the article so read it all here. Chung has lots to say about vintage bicycles.

Agyness Deyn ... Vintage Bicycle

photosource: animal talk

Agyness Deyn, supermodel...with a nice vintage bicycle. And Inspirational as usual.

Not sure what make, model and year this bicycle is. But it has all the right lines, sleek and of course the wicker basket makes it super utilitarian for shopping in 'your hood'.

**** For more on Vintage Bicycles getting even more chic check out this out...

"But the cool cats are going vintage, such as Chloe Sevigny, who has colour co-ordinated her Seventies bicycle with the green wallpaper in her hallway."

Read the whole article. Also congrats to Caz Nicklin of London Cycle Chic. She has made some great comments for the article "Cycling Goes Girlie".

Vote Day ... remembrance

gorgeous! the scarf, the coat, the jewelry!

thesartorialist

sweet love ♥

theselby

i am thinking of starting another blog with love inspired shots like this...

what do you guys think?

ooo baby baby: Karlie Kloss for TopShop

thefashionspot

anja struttin it

thecobrasnake

almost lovers

bardot ♥

found this over at fashionsquad and i just had to share

{creme puffs + meringue}

Lately have been feeling festive and finding myself drawn to yards and yards of tulle -- there's just something about the wonderfully fine netting that's incredibly romantic and reminds me of daydreams and ballerinas and softly diffused light streaming through billowing curtains . . .

{images: 1 - Jessica Stam in Harpers Bazaar February 2007 by Solve Sundsbo; 2 - Giambattista Valli Spring 2009 RTW via style.com; 3 - via loveology; 4 - telegraph uk}

Red Dress

Walking the bicycle in the crosswalk...

MIA: welcome to the jungle

ontd

slashed lady legs

thecobrasnake

A Little More

Well, there is definitely a learning curve with this oil painting thing...
i sure hope i can fine tune it and pull it off..

Sydney Body Art Ride: road.edge fashion show

Thanks to ...... Sydney Body Art Ride: road edge fashion show

{favourite things}

If you have not had a chance to check out Simple Lovely's wonderful series, Blogger's Favorites, you must. And despite my list being terribly late, Joslyn still managed to post it before the weekend, complete with a lovely introduction . . .

{click here for a few of my favourite things}

{images: top - Ballet II by Alcholado on deviantART; bottom - desire to inspire}

yummy look