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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Inspiration: Audrey

While reading our recent book club pick (- the unanimously adored) GRACE, by VOGUE stylist, Grace Coddington; this excerpt stayed with me:

"...Audrey Hepburn, too, was so chic and adorable in her skinny pants and little pumps. I loved Audrey, not only through her films but because of some reportage photos I saw in the magazine Picture Post that struck a chord. She was shown happily riding around on her bike and cooking in her tiny apartment. Everything was so clean and shiny. I aspired to live in exactly that same perfect way."

Of course I found myself on a googling marathon to find and inspect the original editorial, and then voila! Grace (per usual) was 100% correct in adoring and emulating the darling domesticity of Audrey's teeny, clean, simplistic, "perfect" home style. I especially love the idea of having such spare and dainty garbage- that you could actually get away with newspaper lining your bin. We recycle, we feed scraps of veggie and fruit detritus to our bunny... but never in a million years, could I get away with a newspaper-lined bin! I mean seriously... gorgeous, graceful, humanitarian, sweetheart- and apparently even her garbage was lovely.

Could Audrey Hepburn have been more dreamy?!

Audrey forever.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

$250 shopping spree... YOU CAN WIN THIS!

Hey you guys, have you entered the AMBIANCE shopping spree contest yet?

DO IT! The contest ends today! I'm a big believer in contests, and I've won two in the past two years. That might not seem like a lot... but what if I told you that I've only entered 4 in the past two years? Seriously! Anyway... AMBIANCE is giving away a $250 Free People shopping spree

and it takes about 30 seconds to enter. 30 SECONDS!

The odds of winning are worth 30 seconds.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER NOW!

What would you get at AMBIANCE with $250?

I'd snag this pair of wildflower print Current Elliott stilettos - in a heartbeat!

GOOD LUCK!

I'm not allowed to enter, so I genuinely hope YOU win.

{Jeans photo via Colette Paris}

Saturday, July 14, 2012

I secretly wish...

I secretly wish today was August 14th. Wanna know why?

Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Just Tell Me That You Want Me is due out August 14th!

First of all, here's something you should know about me... I love love love cover songs. LOVE them. Ask Jeffrey, it probably drives him crazy. If there's an obscure cover to be found, I will seek it out. Here's the thing... I kinda feel like cover songs are special because it's not just the original artist's experience we're hearing- it's an entirely separate person's reaction to that song as well. And as any music lover can attest, songs are powerful- they resonate, posses, and attach themselves to people, places and events. So many songs have become auditory memories in my life. I feel like a truly great cover song conveys double the passion and experience of the original. Granted those are few and far between, and most covers just fall flat- but when they're good, they're amazingly good and I'm a big fan. I've got a good feeling about the covers on this album.

For this compilation, I'm especially psyched about Karen Elson's gritty Gold Dust Woman, Lyyke Li's haunting Silver Springs, Storms by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie "Prince" BIlly, and Antony's Landslide. I also really like the Best Coast rendition of Rhiannon, it sounds somehow lighter; a slightly bubbly version of the original.