How could I not love? A jacket and blouse over skinny jeans is my uniform, and they even have the deshabille I usually don as well. Grey blue color palette, some shine, and cool new waistlines were all up my alley.
I loved the long flowy looks of Chloe for this season. Sheer and silky, subtle striping and pleating, a dreamy palette all had me craving for the lightness of spring. I especially LOVED the coppery metallic shoes.
I spent some time digging into the archives of Spring 2012 shows to identify my favorites for the upcoming season. I kick off the spring fashion series with Burberry Prorsum.
Oh how I love thee, Burberry Prorsum.
You are on my list every season.
I wish I could just buy one of everything, and always look so awesome!
This year I loved the color combos. Deep purple with teal. Smoothie green with tangerine! As always, one of my favorite things about Burberry Prorsum is the long lean silhouettes. I am loving the below the knee a-line skirts. And then there are all the textures! They made a trench out of raffia. What interior designer doesn’t NEED one of these?!
As an interior designer I am just a “fabrics” girl at heart, and the weight and sheen of the sateens in the Miu Miu show were so lovely. Not to mention the awesome muted color palettes with interesting punches of bright red, turquoise, etc. These outfits were done like rooms, carefully styled to juxtapose velvet with lace and sateen. The prints added interest without being too over the top bold. The off the shoulder capes with a-line skirts felt like an update of a classic silhouette, and the swathe of high midriff made it modern.
Aadi wanted to go to New York City for for his 4th birthday recently, so we planned an outing to the new location of the Children’s Museum of the Arts on 103 Charlton Street. We took a few friends for the morning and then took a quick walk up the street to the super delicious Spunto Thin Crust Pizza at 65 Carmine Street. We paid a small fee to bring in cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery with us. The entire thing was just so perfect and fun, and gave the kids a bit more of the city vibe than an in-house party at the museum would have done. We played one of Aadi’s favorite songs on the ride in: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind.”
I’ve already sketched out scale floor plans for a custom-built dreamhouse Michael and I would like to build someday. Of course, the plans for the decor are already coming together too. The “dreamhouse diary” entries are like my clip file of all the things I love and want when the day comes!
Key pieces are:
1. antique settee on firstdibs.com. 2. curved front chest by hickory chair. 3. antique marble table with bronze inlay on firstdibs.com. 4. whimsical mirror by made goods.
We’ve decided to launch our own color of the year, called “Smoothie Green.” This is inspired by the yummy Avocado Apple Kale Smoothies I’ve been making with my new smoothie blender. My 4 year old son loves these served as pictured here in a French juice glass we inherited from Grandma Stewart.
Here is the recipe:
Add the following ingredients to a blender and blend on high for 30 seconds.
Taste for sweetness! Add more water to thin if desired.
The experts at Pantone have named Tangerine Tango the color of the year. This deep shade of orange has been a color I’ve always loved, but you’re not likely to see me in an orange dress or painting walls tangerine. It just wouldn’t feel like me! Here’s what I will do to work this beautiful shade into my interior and fashion palettes. Start with a range of creamy, golden off-whites, add denim or wood to keep it real, metals for some shine, and then layer in tangerine pieces with other warm brights, like vermillion and deep fuchsia.
Credits:
Over the holiday I was intrigued by the amazing outfits worn by the ultimate anti-hero, Shah Rukh Khan, as Don in the new Bollywood film release Don 2. The dark uber-cool meets campy vibe reminded me of the image of Ben Stiller’s living room featured some years ago in Elle Decor. I left craving black sofas, dark walls, and the release of Don 3.
