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. . . airplanes and altitudes aside, it is proving a little more difficult than anticipated to properly get back into things after a week away, especially while feeling a little under the weather from a sudden late-winter cold, but after a few deadlines, projects and social obligations, {including dinner reservations with family from out-of-town}, perhaps a little repose and an inordinate amount of beauty sleep, and things will be as they should . . . for tomorrow, a very exciting announcement, and later in the week, a few glimpses of the past week in paris . . .

{images: the french village, belleville, paris by madelene lindqvist of le portillion}

. . . another whirlwind weekend has fluttered by breathtakingly, and positively filled with friends and laughter and very late nights, and despite the recent {& completely unintentional} week off, a million thank you's for coming back to visit, and most of all, for the amazingly spectacular warm welcome home! there's so much to tell you and it's so lovely to see you again . . .

hope you've had a beautiful, beautiful weekend & that your week is off to a perfect start,
xo

{a few lovely links:}
* spectacular: parisian fireworks
* at home: wood & white
* art: fumio watanabe
* spent dreaming: lazy sunny afternoons
* thoughts: on summer days & winter months
* travel: bright lights, big city
* at home: caramel
* collection: castles
* from the archives: at home with alexander wang
* just in time for spring: fantastical florals
* colour inspiration: black & cream

{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* spring collection: sessùn
* storage inspiration: on display
* moments of repose: lost in daydreams
* home again & hello

{images: matt clayton photography via patterson maker; tumblr}

. . . one of my very favourite things is to catch pretty glimpses of personal affects -- perfume collections and sequined clutches, bouquets and bangles, and most of all, glittery necklaces artfully displayed . . .

{images: s.r. grambrel via simply smitten; flybutter on flickr via sacramento street}

. . . lace with stripes, polka dots and pretty ruffles, the new spring collection for sessùn is pure sunny day perfection . . .









{sessùn spring/summer 2011 collection via mustard & sage}

A favorite look from the new season!

This look is also our favorite

Okay, another favorite...

Favorite!  Simply apply this comment to all pictures in this post...

We hope you are excited as we are to see the new Spring 2011 Carine Gilson collection!  Just when you think you have seen her best work, she blows us away with a fresh interpretation of her luxury intimates.  For instance, this season we see the addition of new shapes such as the satin romper and jumpsuit.  There's also the new flirty silk half slips (one of which looks like it can tied so that it can be worn as a wrap around the shoulders or around the waist). We have a feeling many of you will love the 1940s-inspired emerald green robe, which is certain to help you channel your inner Rita Hayworth (or Veronica Lake, who Carine has said is an inspiration of hers)!
We have posted 20 of our favorite looks here, but you can see the entire collection (all 48 images) on Carine Gilson's website.  We recently saw a limited number of styles from this season while shopping at Barney's (the Madison Ave. location), but unfortunately didn't see any of the more interesting loungewear pieces shown here (same case on Net-a-Porter).
For any of you traveling to Abu Dhabi or Moscow in March & April, Carine is hosting a trunk show with her new goodies!  Also, for those of you who don't quite have a Carine Gilson budget (= loads of money), she does offer a diffusion label called RITUEL (which simply translates to 'ritual').  Carine has done a diffusion line in the past (we recall seeing one about 3-4 years ago in Paris) but tends to be a bit more on the down-low about those collections.  In fact, she will not let stores carry both her diffusion line and couture line at the same time so as not to confuse customers about her branding.  The RITUEL line is pretty much a collection of Carine's basics (we recently saw their Fall 2011 catalog) and may be best-suited for the person who simply wants to wear a Carine Gilson label without the usual Carine Gilson price!