Posts from December, 2010
Holi-hair
December 25th, 2010Greetings from Southern California, where I write this post! Like most of you I imagine you’re busy running around between households or sprucing up your roost for out-of-town guests and doing last minute shopping and recipe hunting and all the stuff that makes the holidays the holi-DAZE.
I’ve been catching up on magazines and blogs and the latest Real Simple on happiness has really got me thinking. I’ve also been loving cupcakesandcashmere’s “things that make me happy,” plus I’ve been eyeing Jonathan Adler’s new tome, Happy Chic Colors decorating book, so happy is the buzz word for me as I enter the new year.
But first, the parties! As the classic song goes, What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
I’ve got this beautiful and simple hairdo (below) on the brain. It may just be the one I rock on NYE! From Martha, nach.
But even BEFORE all that New Year’s talk: Christmas!
Merry, merry everyone.
Taylor Taylor Taylor
December 13th, 2010I first caught sight of Accessories Director Taylor Tomasi Hill in the Web pages of The Sartorialist and since then, have been utterly bewitched. Preppy classic with a punk edge and very decidedly downtown. It’s a look I aspire to.
So when I caught up on Martha Stewart Weddings online, I had no idea that when I clicked on a thumbnail of a redhead in a ’20s coif kissing her man at her wedding reception that it would turn out to be… Taylor!
There’s something about fashion industry girls who get married that I love. They’ve got the fashion part down pat, but it always intrigues me how they turn that sartorial aptitude into couture wedding candy. (See Jenna Lyons, Jessica de Ruiter and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.) The bride wore two J. Mendel dresses and a prized pair of Alaia sky-high heels, natch.
A vision in red.
Taylor on the street:
Taylor on her wedding day:
All Tied Up
December 8th, 2010Sometimes the obvious can slip right by us. Luckily, Martha never misses. For the how-to, go here.
Mister + Missus
December 7th, 2010
You + Me
December 6th, 2010Super clever Save the Date from Etsy seller cheerupcherup.
Elizabeth Dye 2011 Collection
December 3rd, 2010My love for Elizabeth Dye’s dreamy bridal gowns continues to grow and grow. Ever more with her 2011 collection. While I have my favorites (hello, “Oysters and Pearls”) I do love the vintagesque simplicity and quick hit of olive at the waist on the beauty, “Tempest.”
{photo by Lisa Warninger}
Bicycle Thursday
December 2nd, 2010I love that the whole wedding party is outfitted with bikes! From this wedding.
{Photo by Bryan and Mae}
At First Blush
December 1st, 2010I’m really into the subtle tone-on-tone colors I’ve been seeing this fall and are starting to creeping into winter now. Leave it to Ashley Olsen to pick up on the trend… and leave me to find some vintage gowns that pick up on the same vibe, below….
Chiffon from the 50s, found here:
Sherbet fantasy, here:
