GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAFY

Though we have certainly visited a number of beautiful wintry destinations, from elegant train tours and exquisite St.Petersburg, to romantic wintry gardens in England and enchanting ice hotels, often the promise of warm sunshine calls us away from home for an escape from it all . . .



. . . an escape away from snowy slopes, boots and layers upon layers, to endlessly blue waters and an indescribable golden sky, to Bora Bora, Tahiti . . .



Here, beautifully warm and languorous days await.




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"September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret."

. . . after spending yesterday afternoon at the beach, completely technology-free {as one should be when surrounded by sand, blue skies and magnificently crashing waves} due to a dead iphone battery, have been having a bit of a time getting back into all things work-related, especially since it is {unbelievably} already august and it feels as if, at any moment, summer could slip through our fingers . . .



{image: kim cloutier by leda & st. jacques for elle canada, june 2010, via la maisonette}

"At the beach, life is different. Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun."

. . . keep coming back again & again to this stunning chaise -- the watery hue and luxurious sheen . . . what is it about tufted velvet that captivates so?


{image: vt interiors, the cherry blossom girl via seaside dreams}

. . . with these blustery days and tousled hair, it is very possible that dreams may fall out . . . early sunday morning and the golden september sun has filled the air with a million possibilities and it is in these quiet moments, between sleep and awake, that dreams and thoughts intermingle and a new adventure is about to begin . . .

hope you're having a wonderfully magical weekend and that it's beautiful where you are,
xo

{a few lovely links:}
* tabletop: pretty, pretty plates
* design: custom for your bicycle
* at home: gilt mirrors & chandeliers
* fashion inspiration: trench coats & polka dots
* perfectly lovely: striped awnings
* more to come after brunch . . .

{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* décor inspiration: seashells & leopard print
* fashion inspiration: a little romance
* two lovely things: luxurious textures
* hello: queen anne's lace & marigold capelets
* runway: sophisticated seventies
* colour inspiration: gold & lilac
* fashion inspiration: let's go out tonight
* interior designer: tom scheerer
* for autumn: gold lamé & black velvet
* travel: paris, london, italy, new york

{& new for the weekend:}
* artist: carly waito, oil on masonite
* runway inspiration: j. mendel
* at home with: fashion designer jennifer nicholson
* two lovely things: mirrors & chandeliers

{image: a glamorous little side project & a previous post}

. . . hello! how we arrived at friday again is a beautiful mystery, but another wonderful week filled with enchanting things has come and gone and hope it's sunny where you are,
xo

{p.s.} such lovely, lovely comments, tweets & e-mails recently -- thanks so much!

{and quite exciting:} a visit from hervé pierre, creative director at carolina herrara, in response to this post -- always fun to think of who might be reading . . .

{image: studded hearts}

. . . soon it will be sunny afternoons on red sandy beaches and summer evenings dancing in the moonlight; but for now, it's the weekend and nearly spring, and much delighted by the thought of slowing things down, just a little, even if only for a few lovely & languorous days . . .

have a beautiful, beautiful weekend, everyone!
xo

{a few lovely links:}
* daydreaming: florals + lace
* animal bookends: one & two
* runway: pom poms & feathers
* diy: wire and mirror inspiration boards & silk flowers
* like a fairytale: ballgowns & treetop chandeliers
* spring things: heath ceramics
* photography: pretty polaroids
* fantastically french: one & two
* diy: cross-stitch pendant lamp
* photography: underwater

{as always, a few things you may have missed:}
* inspiration: spring blossoms
* modern classics: wine decanter & water carafe
* two lovely things: paper & lace
* runway inspiration: chloé
* dreaming of: pink ruffles + vintage chandeliers
* photography: hèrmes & sparkling things
* a weekend away: montréal

{image: chanel}