GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAFY

. . . lately have been falling back on the always classic and utterly elegant french dots for design inspiration, on sheer white blouses and bed linens, on legs, and certainly on pretty table tops, made for lingering on late-summer nights . . .


{image: style me pretty via patterson maker}

. . . and while on the topic of spending the rest of these summer days outdoors, dining by sun & stars, a sunny yellow table setting to brighten things up even more . . . pass the champagne, please!





{image: southern living via the ritzy bee blog}

. . . after one of the most relaxing weekends ever, overflowing with excitement for a new week, and over time, have begun to fall in love with mornings over late evenings, for their hazy early light and their miles and miles of new hours yet to be filled, and have always, always adored new weeks for this very reason, and for all the promises of new and undiscovered things . . . and this week is lovely projects, meetings and appointments, unruly inboxes and long lost letters, and little things that will comprise, at the end, enormous and enormously life-changing events in a few months' time . . . and so, for now, a pair of elegant wide-legged jeans, a chic carry-all, a chignon, and today's paper, and it's back to work . . .

happy monday! it's lovely to see you again & hope your week is off to a perfect start, roséline xo


{images: les composantes via pretty stuff}

. . . have been a little obsessed with wallpapered cabinets for as long as can remember {recently here & here}, and even came across an extensive china cabinet that was papered and cleverly reconfigured as a display case for shoes, and ever since, have fallen more in love, and so, utterly delighted to come across interior designer amy, from the blog maison decor's, beautiful makeover of a french provincial china cabinet . . .



{p.s.} didn't it turn out beautifully? and also: a secretary repainted in paris grey


{images: all photography by amy at maison decor}

. . . crazy for the perfect styling, by london-based fashion stylist fer decartaya, in these hopelessly lovely shots by photographer xavi gordo -- high-waisted and romantic lace shorts paired with structured handbags, stylishly messy side-braids and thick-rimmed glasses, delicate seafoam silk chiffon blouses cinched with ultra-thin teal-coloured belts, and the beautiful layering of tartan and ruffles, . . .






{alexandra vittekova by xavi gordo, styled by fer decartaya via miss at la playa}

. . . would never dream of being over summer until it has undeniably passed, but early this late-august morning, there was a nearly brisk and intoxicating freshness in the air, whirling and tousling strands of hair sexily about, and for just a moment, was falling for fall . . .

{images: domino magazine, apartment therapy via the city sage; anna dello russo's milan apartment photographed by tommy ton for jak&jil via the neo-traditionalist; anouck lepere by pablo delfos for elle belgium, september 2010 via oh & kate arends}

. . . whether on floral and lacy bed linens, a favourite novel in hand, or in the garden and sunlit breezes, a bottle of vintage, antique crystal goblets and good company, happily soaking up every last beautiful moment of these, the long and breathless days of summer . . .

{images: 1 - scan by this is glamorous, photography by jeff macnamara for victoria october 2001; 2 - style me pretty}