Month: May 2013

 This is an entire modern-chic ensemble.
Dear ladies, what would be of the world if we didn’t wake up every morning wanting to look pretty and chic in our own skins, wearing the pieces that we delineate as our individual defined-style?  Style is, at any given moment of the day, everywhere and it’s an endless source of inspiration.  These uplifting images here represent only a handful of what is for me modern and chic.  Enjoy!
 Stylish and sophisticated.
 Very personalized and unique outfit.  I love it!

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To many people, the thought of a canopy bed would give them the creeps. Not to blame them if the first image that easily slips into our minds is a frightening postcard from The Jacobean period style.  A heavily carved gilded bed with a heavy cornice, swags hanging from the canopy and so much fabric enclosing you is for sure a recipe for rhinitis.  Today’s canopy beds couldn’t be farther from that and you don’t need a four-poster bed to create one.  Anyone with a regular bed can build one with curtain rods and fabric securely hanging from the ceiling.  Check out YouTube for some cool tutorials or head over to Lonny Magazine where Michelle Adams documents how she made hers.

Whichever way you decide to make one, a canopy over the bed is one of the most romantic ways to decorate your bedroom.  The design of Modern Canopy Beds nowadays is a far cry from the times of its origins.  Back then, the design of the Four Poster beds was heavily carved dark wood and always enclosed with heave curtains. As life got easier and lighter with times so did the Canopy Bed hence their posters are slimmer with cleaner lines. They are easier to decorate with than many people think due to their unique dual design advantages. Surprisingly these particular beds can make a small room look taller and bigger while they also can complement beautifully bigger and higher ceiling bedrooms.

Four-poster beds also come in mirror for those looking for glam. Enjoy this round-up of modern canopy beds in case you are in the hunt for one and while you are it, take a look at the many canopy bed ideas.

    

easy canopy bed ideas, Jean Louis Denoit via belle vivir blogA modern canopy bed by Jean Louis Denoit

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 “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. “  Abraham Lincoln
 “Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.” Sophocles
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” Robert Browning
Ada Kokosar in a Stella McCartney dress and Kira Lillie necklace

You could say I have an ada-diction for Ada Kokosar’s personal style.  She is a stylist and a fashion consultant whose style renders me feeling ashamed of my still-in-progress-style.  Her style is everything I want to have, minimalist, modern, sophisticated with the right amount of masculinity that sets her apart and above many other fashionistas.  Reading more about her in the Telegraph I found out we like the same designers and for the same similar reasons.  This only makes me admire her more.  Enjoy!
From Telegraph, interview by Ellie Pithers
Who are your favourite designers?

Nicolas Ghesquière for his talent for looking forward
and making the most sophisticated, modern look; I love his structural
shapes, sleek overcoats and statement shoes. Riccardo Tisci for his
vision – I’ve known him since he started and he has achieved so much.
His woman has a very unique, strong personality and a mysterious allure.
Phoebe Philo for her effortless, relaxed modernity. Marc Jacobs because
I really appreciate his styling talent. Raf Simons for his search for
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 Love the detail of the pockets in her skirt
Allure
Unexpected color combinaton.
Adore those booties.
Perfect!
 That skirt
 Another unexpected color combination.
 Masculine shoes and an Hermes belt.
 Too much clothes for you so far?  Don’t worry she also does sexy but just on the little side.
 Diane Von Furstenberg dining room

The ease of city life; convenience, fast pace and unlimited access to restaurants has taken a toll on family time at the table.  Seldom, families get home at  the same time to enjoy a warm diner together.  Most likely kids eat in front of the TV while parents eat well probably also in front of the TV if not in front of the computers.  I know this because we’re guilty of this due to our lack of a dining table.  Yes, we’ve been living here for 7 months… I haven’t come across anything that blows my mind besides, I normally take this long to find what I want anyway.  We all have our flaws don’t we?!  Luckily, we were used to sitting together for dinner like real people while living in the States and I kind of want to have that back soon hence the these dining room inspirations.

 Lauren Santo Domingo’s Paris apartment.

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 Dakota Fanning faultless at The Met Gala in Rodarte. 

The red carpet at The Met Gala sure gives the Oscars’s red carpet a
run for its money.  And for all the good reasons.  It’s an event hosted
by Vogue which each year celebrates an exhibition displaying
costumes from The Met’s Costume Institute Department.  The Ball marked
the opening of this year’s theme “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” 
And designers rocked it, literally!  Here are my favorites and my bests
who shined the night by wearing their own, I mean their designers own
interpretation of Glam Punk!

Loved the back of the dress.
 Alexa Chung wearing Erdem
 I love this outfit.  Anja Rubik in Anthony Vaccarello

 Daisy Bevan.  Don’t know who made her dress but I loved this dress.  The shoes not so much though

 Jessica Alba wearing Tory Burch
 Kerry Washington in Vera Wang
 Gwen Stefani
And last but not least,  Gwyneth Paltrow in Valentino.  Not too punk but always beautiful, stunning.