A Girl’s BFF

I’ve got a bunch of stones set in earrings and pendants and rings of yore which I’m wanting to get re-set into skinny rings like so:-

gotta love her

Q: What do you find boring?
A: Mediocrity.

I WAaaaAaaantt!

images 1 & 2 from MissyPixie

all other images from Cassis Room

Style-Notes To Self

1) Shop in the men’s department for demin and rock em’ jeans like this:-

2) When and if I land a Birkin, wear it ever so casual-chicly:-

How did these GUYS get so sophisticated?

Sometimes life gets really mundane – zero inspiration from anything. at. all. Negative motivation to do. anything. at all.

and then. something pops up!

The impeccably stylish Bagaholic Boy says of his latest featured character:-

The other featured people on Bagaholic boy have the most drool-worthy stuff like Birkin bags, Leica cameras and Vertu phones. Also, they all seem to make men’s shoes appear quite beautiful! How did that happen to the beat-up, black leather, worn daily, one-of-a-total-of-4-pairs-of-footwear-owned shoe?

I somehow get the impression that these style-conscious guys subscribe to the ‘quality over quantity’ principle. They seem to know exactly what they like and they splurge on it. Isn’t such simplicity much better than what us girls tend to do – have 50 pairs of shoes which were all on sale, slight off-size, not entirely desired but affordable etc

Another thing is, these guys all seem to know exactly what the good stuff is!

image 1 – killspencer.com | images 2, 3,4 – Bagaholic Boy

Have a good weekend!

How difficult is it to paint a SHOE, OMG. Help.

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I came across this quote on Design Crush and found it to be quite touching.

I was wanting to paint an elephant, only, which I had envisioned to be in bright pops of colours. But the only ready-stretched canvas I had was really too big for just a singular elephant and I somehow decided to incorpoate bits of the quote above. Ta daa!

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I read the whole of Siddhartha within 24 hours of getting it from a friend. It’s left haunting and long-lasting impressions. I like this book, a lot. Fit current frame of mind exactly.

And now I’m onto Fear of Flying and it’s definitely one of the better reads I’ve had of late:-

“Really, I thought, sometimes I would like to have a child. A very wise and witty little girl who’d grow up to be the woman I could never be. A very independent little girl with no scars on the brain or the psyche. With no toadying servility and no ingratiating seductiveness. A little girl who said what she meant and meant what she said. A little girl who was nether bitchy not mealymouthed because she didn’t hate her mother or herself.”

“…tried to explain how dishonest I felt for always using seductiveness to get what I wanted from men.”

“Women using sex appeal to manipulate men and suppressing their rage and never being open and honest.”

“When I look back on my not yet thirty-year-old life, I see all my lovers sitting alternately back to back as if in a game of musical chairs. Each one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about-face, a rebound.”

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Really. How do the Japanese churn out such style, in such voluminous treasure-troves we call magazines.

File for future reference. Mental Note for when I do start learning and playing golf!

Oh My Marais!

Like the rest of the world, I can’t wait to get my hands on some of these!

All pictures Marais USA

The need to be expressively creative

I’m so very pleased with my sewing accomplishments. Have completed 2 (proper & orthodox) skirts, so far, in class, the second of which nearly killed my eyes, being a linen herringbone, making the weave very tough to work with for a beginner like myself. My ignorance of fabric really did me in when I had to stitch up the whole hem by hand. *emerge cross-eyed*. Today I signed up with a friend for acrylic painting classes which begin later this week. Can’t wait!!

I love this pic; note the red lipstick

Inherently Stylish

I think Michelle Obama is inherently stylish and has got this subtle but always-present awareness of aesthetics. I love checking out her outfits; always classic but never boring and promises a burst of colour every so often. She doesn’t attempt to be dramatic and is ever so natural and appropriate. She’s 6″ tall and has a Harvard law degree and it shows on her face that she’s intelligent, strong and capable, yet she doesn’t come across as big, fierce and scary.

“large pattern houndstooth short bolero jacket with a large pin over a black turtleneck dress”

Love the blue belt.

Belt look familiar?

Belt look familiar?

Can’t say the same of the husband though.

All images above from Mrs O.