Banquet Journal

Death and beauty

bronze + brass + gold lamé

a scattered slice: it's all in the mix: sequins + pleated gold lamé + sneakers. a blond mane helps. the one that got away, namely a largish 1920s cast bronze model of mount fuji, at erie basin. ...

more malachite

a malachite and brass belt buckle -kind of oddly perfect.  

gloria

gloria vanderbuilt must be freaking out over givenchy's resort collection... (note especially the lacquered patchwork floor)

givenchy

  what a gown. givenchy resort 2013. here.

doughnuts + euphorbias = good

  i had a perfect saturday morning. it started with four super-fine ladies and the desert plant society's annual succulent sale and show at van dusen botanical gardens, and concluded with coffee an...

edouard vuillard

i keep thinking about the vuillard show we saw at the jewish museum while we were in new york. his murals, and early work with les nabis, and especially his mix of patterns. it was so unexpectedly...

Glade Bar at Sketch in London

vintage rattan + emerald with fluoros + decoupage mural + neon light fixtures. carolyn quartermaine and didier mathieu for the glade bar at sketch in london. the mural was inspired and adapted fro...

tattoo party

almost forgot to share this perfect picture of our tattoos, from lizzy. i keep spotting them on friends and family and out and about, and let me just say it kind of makes my day! we are almost out...

scattered

i need to work. it is piling up. instead, i will finish my coffe and share with you: a mix i love in this traditional russian dress from the amazing site finnish museums online. a czech poster f...