Sporty Audrey

picture source: various

R.I.P Daul Kim

One of my favorite Models and fellow blogger Daul Kim was found dead in her Paris Apartment yesterday.
I met her a few times and she was a so inspiring to talk to, a real quiet force and trailblazer in the fashion industry.
I loved her personality, her fearless approach to fashion and style, intelligence as well as her beauty.
Her blog was a powerful collection of what inspired her. She was open and fearless.
www.iliketoforkmyself.blogspot.com
I will miss her.

Me and Friends on style.com for ARTWALK

WHY – Wally Hermes Yacht

No man’s an island – no more. This ‘moving island’, built by Wally’s President and CEO Luca Bassani Antivari as well as Hermes artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas allows man to travel with unsurpassed comfort and spaciousness. It has been described by the former as having the ‘freedom of the yacht with the space of a property’. Perhaps another one of the many compelling reasons to own this yacht is that it is environmentally friendly. The Wally Hermes Yacht (WHY) is equipped with state-of-art sustainable technology and it uses recyclable thermal energy, making travelling on the WHY guilt-free.

The WHY which is 58m x 38m wide is delineated with continuous fluid lines that perpetrates a strong sense of fluidity and flow. The interior decoration primarily uses sustainable wood in nude, neutral shades that contrasts with the heavily tainted roof of the vessel. It has a master space, a guest space, a common space and a 50m pool located at the top deck. The master bedroom has a retractable roof that opens to unravel a breath-taking sight of the expansive sea. Unlike most cruise ships, this WHY is meant to travel; it is capable of going up to 14 knots. Well, I suppose it’s not just a mere island.

This beauty leaves us in sheer wonderment and saying WHY not.

Text By Nabil Aliffi.
Picture Via Dailymail Uk.

Louise Goldin for Topshop

Picture from Carolina at Stockholm Street Style

Indian Aristo Beauties

Maharani Sita Devi
Princess Pretiva of Cooch Behar
Jind Kaur, last queen of the Punjab
Maharani Sita Devi

Maharani Brinda Devi
Maharani Bamba
Princess Nilofuer (she was turkish)
Maharajkumari Ourmilla Devi of Kapurthala wife of Lt. Col. Rajkumar Birendra Singh
Maharani Catherine, Bamba & Sophia Duleep Singh

Hommage

Madrid... a way of Life

I have been in Madrid for the past week and I adore this town.
All these great small businesses within 2 blocks of each other and that is just a small selection.
Food is unbelievable, people love life and I am seriously considering moving here part-time.
Let's be honest, morale back in the US has been really low and this is such a welcome break.

Grace Kelly

So chic! I wonder how she would dress in 2009 instead of in the 60's.

Eyebrows are back - at least for me

After seeing these pictures, I am growing my eyebrows out. Sick and tired of plucking, waxing, threading etc.


Picture source unknown

Getting older, looking better

For everyone that sometimes feels sad about getting older...here are some celebrities we all know, the way they look today and when they were much younger below.

Jane Birkin and her Basket

The Birkin bag that came to the market in 1986, is a design inspired by the encounter during a trip between the fifth president of Hermes Jean Louis Dumas and the French acctress Jane Birkin.
When the president of HERMES at that time met with the Franch singer Jane Birkin on the airplane, she complained to the president that it was hard to find a big tote bag which was exquisite in workmanship as well as practical. Therefore, the president has specially designed this handbag for her, which was also named after her. Birkin bag is developed on the basis of Kelly bag, and with a larger size and without the cover; Birkin is perfect for trips and serves as briefcase. What’s more, Birkin has a more casual style than Kelly and a richer choice of materials and colors as well.
Turns out that, according to Wikipedia, Jane Birkin herself had to pay for the now famous Hermes bag that was first made for her. Cheap french!
She was later reimbursed with a 10% discount on all Hermes products.

The Artist and her Studio - Tracey Emin

I am blown away.
In a good way.

Sophia Loren at Home 1964

Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

Models behaving badly

I know, I sound like an old lady, but I hope they were joking.
Picture by Terry Richardson

Neon Signs by Tracey Emin

The artist and her work. She is one cool lady.

Gypset Style

I came across this book by Julia Chaplin for Assouline today and couldn't put it down, so very inpirational.
Gypset: fusing the ease and carefree lifestyle of a Gypsy with the sophistication of the jet set, author Julia Chaplin coined the term "Gypset" to refer to an international group of bonvivants, artists, and designers. There counterculture forebears include: Victorian explorers, the lost generation of hippies, and beatniks.

hardcover/jacket

180 Pages

7 1/4 x 10 3/4''

20 x 28 cm

150 Illustrations

ISBN - 9782759403967

Bold Catherine Deneuve by Helmut Newton

Fantasy Dinner Guests

Richard Avedon, Gloria Vanderbilt and Sidney Lumet
And as my fellow blogger www.edwinsraisin.blogspot suggested, Sophia Loren and Jayne Masfield should be invited as well, for comedy value. Perfect!

Me at the Whitney Museum Art Gala 2009

left: Zani Gugelmann, middle: me, wearing Oscar de la Renta; right: Annie Churchill