Category: Fashion

paris apartment bathroom marble

I’m so happy that I’m taking off tomorrow to Paris for a week with a couple of girlfriends.  I’m in need of some serious distraction these days and this is the perfect excuse.  As I’m sure you understand, the posts this week will be spare and light for the reason that when you are in Paris you have no other option than submerging yourself in the City of Light.  You can always follow me on Instagram where I’ll be posting places and discoveries along.  au revoir!Jean Touitou apartment Paris apartment

“If you want to be trendy, in the end you lose,” says Touitou to WSJ.  “My design has been uncorrupted for 30 years.”  Jean Touitou founded A.P.C. the eponymous fashion brand in Paris.  The clothing line is characterized by its clean aesthetic.   Although the apartment has minimalistic design the result is warm and inviting.  Much in part for the for the space blond elm paneling.  When we think of a paneling Parisian apartment, the first image that comes to mind is a more traditional ornate paneling but it’s also important to look a different interpretations of classic design.  This is a great interpretation of modern and traditional design which in this case is executed in a very unique way as well.  Just take a look at the laundry room, below for a lesson on subdued elegance.

Architect Laurent Deroo, who has worked with Touitou for the past 15 years on the design of the A.P.C. stores, designed the Paris.  Jean Touitou apartment, Paris apartment living room wood paneling

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I may be going to Paris soon with a couple of lovely girlfriends and I’m so happy that’s the case because just about a week ago I was perusing a few fashion websites and came across these images shot by Steven Meisel for Zara 2019 Fall Winter Campaign and I was instantly sold.  The correlation here is that I’ll be snatching a few of these pieces to take with me to the trip and look expensive and fabulous for a lot less.  As I say all the time, not everyone can wear Prada but we all can wear Zara.

Unfortunately I couldn’t find when some of these pieces will be available for purchase, but there are other beautiful Fall fashion pieces already available on their website.  See a few of my favorites at the end of this post.

zara 2019 fall winter

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Erika Bearman instagram living room

Thanks to Instagram, I have found another fashion icon, Erika Bearman.  Erika is an expert in style; she was SVP of Global Communications for Oscar de la Renta LLC, a position she held for seven years.  Bearman honed her fashion, style, and grace under the company of her one-time boss and beautiful friend, Mr. Oscar de la Renta.  Currently, according to her Instagram bio, Erika has three main passions,  𝒷𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓈𝓌𝒶𝓃. 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓇𝒶. 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓇.  Electra is her beautiful daughter.  If you feel her name sounds familiar, that’s because Erika Bearman was the face and mind behind the popular @OscarPEGirl twitter account. 

Erika Bearman 1 south hampton

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A Fashionable Life will be another regular post of this blog, which I’ll try to post every Friday.  For this initial post, we are all super lucky since we get a glimpse into Lauren Santo Domingo’s Southampton home currently featured in the September issue of Vogue.  I love Lauren’s style in fashion and interiors, and her Southampton home is like a perfect new home that feels old, classic old indeed.  Lauren worked with the distinguished classicist architect Gil Schafer.  Unfortunately, Vogue article only shows the beautiful and magical garden designed by Miranda Brooks and the interiors of the barn decorated by Virginia Tupker.

Lauren Santo Domingo's Southampton home, facade

The facade of the colonial-style home.

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I’ve been obsessed with Ulla Johnson’s clothes for a while now.  I love everything from the printed, ruffled dresses to the more globally inspired pieces.  I recently pre-ordered two pieces from her next Spring collection, and I can’t wait to wear them.  Architectural Digest features Ulla Johnson’s Brooklyn townhouse in the September issue, and the interior design embodies the brand’s chic bohemian style perfectly.  You can read and see more of Johnson’s light-filled townhouse at AD.  For now, I just decided to match some of her dresses and tops to her home.

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As I have mentioned before many accessory companies think they are Hermes as their prices are way too pretentious.  I think I came up with the solution for that, we all want to look stylish but without being fooled.  So until we have the extra cash to spend on a Kelly, the answer is to go au naturel or maybe just classic boho.  You see, these straw or wicker bags don’t just send a feeling of forever summer, but they are also super feminine, and they are highly Instagrammable.

straw bags, jane birkin with wicker bag and baby

Straw bags are as classic as a bag can be and lately, they have been elevated in style, from unusual shapes to the use of appliques, wicker bags are the alternative to looking stylish and yes, classic as well.

wicker bag

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