sofia coppola

“keep it simple” is always the best advice, non?

via ledomino

don’t you hate when you fall in love with something online but when you go to try it on at the store  it looks like poop? yeah, me too. i was dying over this blazer from a store (that i will not name). i had pinned all my spring/summer dreams on this blazer. i was going to get it in two different colors because i loved it so. but yes, it looks terrible in person and even more terrible on my person so i need something to take its place. some serious recon needs to happen. i need to get some sort of new blazer before its get too warm to wear it. yes, i know i have no real problems. but whatever…you get me. i know you do.

linda mccartney and her daughters: heather, mary and stella

i know that i am one of those very fortunate people that has a wonderful mother. when i was younger i feared i would grow up to be exactly like her, only because i didn’t know any better. but as i am getting older i am not only comforted that i am becoming just like her, i am elated. my mother has always been such a lady. she is a girl’s girl, keeping friends for years and years. she is strong willed, highly intuitive and extremely self possessed. she knows who she is and doesn’t take shame in what she isn’t. of course, there are days when i want to strangle her because she annoys me. but when i don’t hear from her i call her immediately demanding to know why she hasn’t called me. she is everything i hope to be and more. all my life my mother has shared little tidbits that i carry with me. i posted these last year but they are timeless little pearls that i need to share again. enjoy….

 * chic before sexy. no matter what the weather or circumstance

*  you can’t buy breeding and elegance isn’t monetary

* don’t use seven words when four will do

* loneliness hurts a lot less than heartbreak

* its okay if people don’t like you. its more important to like yourself

* if you advertise your kind acts then they aren’t truly kind

* moisturize twice a day. everyday. for the rest of your life. no exceptions.

thank you, mommy. you were totally right.

via wwd

i had the pleasure of attending fern mallis’ fashion icons at 92Y with guest tom ford the other night. tom isn’t a designer that is interviewed a lot so it was a privilege to be part of the evening. he was so totally captivating, extremely funny and had total self possession which i love. confident, kind people are hard to come by in this world and even harder to find in the fashion industry. tom has managed to become one of the titans of industry by totally reshaping the landscape of the gucci groups holdings. all of this while designing collections for gucci and yves saint laurent simultaneously (16 collections a year!), maintaining a long term relationship (25 years to richard buckely) and the life that goes along with being a major icon in his field. he recognizes that he is a mainstream fashion designer (“i will always design a jacket with two sleeves, not three or five”) and that he is in the business of making clothes. no bullshit, no fluff. plus, he was freaking funny as hell. i walked out swooning harder than when i walked in. love him.

raf simons on the cover of i-d

i am buying no less than 10 copies. watch me.

via daydreamers

i not only respect this a lot, i do this a lot. silk scarves are my loves and i wear one everyday.

yeah, i’m going to need all of this. right away. not joking.

adam yauch

i grew up on hardcore music and hip hop. i was a dirty little tomboy that skated and lived for bad brains and the native tongues. the merging of rock and hip hop was a beautiful time in my youth and no one exemplified this amalgamation more than the beastie boys. today, we lost one of the greats. from his unique lyrical skills to his political activism and fight for human rights, adam yauch’s imprint on this world is massive  and will be felt forever.  i am honored to have his legend happen during my lifetime. you will be missed. rest, dear boy.

via dapperdean

i have some brown oxfords that i love but its been hard for me to wear them lately. they feel a little clunky and loathe a clunky shoe. but i do love them and they are adorable. this picture gave me hope.