banquet

saguaro

here.

gloria

gloria vanderbuilt must be freaking out over givenchy's resort collection...

(note especially the lacquered patchwork floor)

truly outrageous

i was sorting some papers yesterday and discovered an envelope of forgotten cut-outs, probably from when i was working on this typeface.

(i remember the phrase, but i really don't remember much else of this...)

felted carpets

marie taglioni

Reading this:

In the 1840s, when Marie Taglioni went on pointe for a few seconds in La Sylphide, her momentary weightlessness became an icon of the transcendent power of ballet. A pair of her shoes sold for 200 rubles and was cooked and eaten by her admirers.

from kottke.org

Reminded me of this:

In the winter of 1835 the carriage of Marie Taglioni was halted by a Russian highwayman, and that enchanting creature commanded to dance for this audience of one upon a panther's skin spread over the snow beneath the stars. From this actuality arose the legend that, to keep alive the memory of this adventure, so precious to her, Taglioni formed the habit of placing a piece of artificial ice in her jewel casket or dressing-table drawer, where, melting among the sparkling stones, there was evoked a hint of the atmosphere of the starlit heavens over the ice-covered landscape.

Joseph Cornell in View, from Joseph Cornell (1980)

 

 

maisons de vacances

since it is technically the last day of summer vacation, i thought i would post these images from a thrifted copy of hachette's la décoration: maisons de vacance.

what i find most remarkable about this 1964 book is how contemporary so many of the images feel (but i also brake for world of interiors...)

rock

beautiful chromolithographs from cabinet of treasures, including minerals and stones...

auntie mame

 

how much do i love this movie...

bloom magazine

the only failing in having access to the bloom magazine archives is trying to credit the contributors -

any ideas?

postscript: Amira Fritz!!!

molly

from cat party via flashes of her

and now that i've gone super short again, i found these to covet. kingfisher feather? get out of town...

and lastly, thanks for the shout out erin!