One of things that makes me happy are all the wonderful comments and emails that I receive from my readers everyday. A lovely note came on December 31st from one of my readers in France who said, “I love the way you write about other designers without any jealousy, au contraire, you are always so […]

One of my readers mentioned magazines as something that makes them happy and I have to agree! Right now, the March 2010 cover of ELLE DECOR is making me very happy! Those blue walls are gorgeous and I can’t wait to get the issue see the rest! UPDATE: I was overjoyed with excitement when I […]

I was catching up on my fashion magazines while I was at the hair salon last night and I kept noticing articles about happiness. This has been a been a big topic of conversation among my friends this year since we all believe that having a positive attitude is the key to happiness and also […]

The dune buggy photos of Jude Law in the Dunhill advertising made me think of The Thomas Crown Affair. Not the 1999 remake with Pierce Brosnan and Renee Russo, although I like that one too, but the 1968 original version that starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. While most of Faye’s costumes and hairstyles look […]

Looks like chic advertising isn’t just for the girls. Dunhill snapped British actor Jude Law for their Spring/Summer 2009 advertising campaign. So it’s a year old, I still have boys on the brain from yesterday’s post and who doesn’t enjoy a little man candy on a Monday morning! I’d much rather look at him than […]

One of my absolute favorite rooms at the Traditional Home Hampton Designer Showhouse last summer was the masculine bedroom suite designed by Bradley Thiergartner Interiors that I never actually posted! Sometimes as a blogger you get sidetracked or another event happens soon after one you are covering or you have paying clients that require your […]

I think it’s funny that Sophia Coppola’s line for Louis Vuitton debuted in March of last year and I’m just now noticing the advertising! I’ve seen a few images here and there and just found all the rest. I love how they don’t hit you over the head with the product. I wish all advertisements […]

My friends and I often joke about different stores in New York where we would love to live. Bloomingdale’s is usually not on that list but that was before Eddie Ross got his hands on their windows! In case you haven’t heard, Bloomingdale’s is sponsoring a Big Window Challenge and Eddie has been tapped to […]

A Fashionable Life is my favorite feature in Harper’s Bazaar but since they are a fashion magazine and not a shelter magazine, the actual home photos tend to be a little on the small side. They also don’t publish all the rooms or show enough details to satisfy my curiosity. One home that I hope […]

One of my readers recently asked me for more information about the chair shown in designer Veere Grenney’s bedroom and Veere’s office was kind enough to share the source. I was afraid they were going to tell me that it was vintage or only available in the UK but it turns out the Bella Chair […]

Love Story author Erich Segal died this past Sunday. He wrote the rich boy falls in love with a poor girl novel while as a professor at Harvard. The movie version is one of the all time great tear jerkers. Just hearing the Henry Mancini score makes me want to cry! Sniff sniff. Although, it […]

While I appreciate Anna Dello Russo’s over the top outfits during fashion week, she works for Vogue Nippon after all, it’s her fashion assistant’s style that I really admire. Viviana Volpicella makes even a simple outfit of pants and a blouse look chic and stylish. Then again, you could probably put her in a paper […]

In honor of the Golden Globes, I’ve put together a collection of some of my favorite uses of gold. I am like a magpie when it comes to anything shiny and gold especially shoes but I am also using it more and more in my design work. I’m not tiling entire palazzos in Italy like […]

I wasn’t sure if I should be posting about the Queen of Clothes or the Golden Globes right after posting about a benefit for Haiti but sometimes we need a little diversion. It doesn’t mean we don’t still care. And as the saying goes, the show must go on. I can’t think of a better […]

I know a lot of you have already donated to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts via Twitter but just in case you have more to give, I urge you to attend my friend Eleanor’s fundraiser this Sunday night at the Soho Grand Hotel. A $20 donation gets you complimentary cocktails from 6:00-8:00pm with 100% of […]

I happened to pick up the December issue of Spanish AD this week and was left swooning over the London apartment of designer David Collins. Of course, I can’t read a word of Spanish so I can’t help you with any of the details but I think the photos speak for themselves. Mr. Collins has […]

I was looking through old tear sheets again when I found the page below from the November 2008 issue of Vogue. It was shot at interior designer Veere Grenney‘s London home and it was the first place that I became acquainted with him and his work. It is also still one of my all time […]

I’m being a busy little bee working on my client projects getting quotes so I hope you’ll forgive me for a short post. After seeing the photo of me in Paris yesterday, I thought it might be fitting to post an apartment in Paris. Hamish Bowles is an Englishman living in New York working for […]

Kate of the NEO-Traditionalist has created a new series called Plucky Pioneers that will feature a “pioneer girl on the design frontier” every Monday. I was very honored when she asked me to be her first participant! You can read my profile on her fabulous blog today and then tomorrow, you can read my “cheat […]

Of course, Carolina Herrera’s home looks just as chic as the designer herself. I just wish there were photos of it online! I did find some good ones on The Peak of Chic that came from a Dutch design magazine but it doesn’t seem like it has been published in an American magazine in quite […]