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| I was trying out some new hairstyle.... |
Sunday, May 29, 2011
XO ~ Best Friends Forever
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Vintage Map – Plan de Paris by Turgot, 1739
This post is not about the Christian Dior dress but about the vintage map from 1739 by Turgot you see in the background. I have seen them a few times and I can spend hours looking at it and marvel at the detail and sheer size of the print.
When I have my own house, this is the first thing I will buy!
Louis Bretez and Michel-Etienne Turgot's monumental 1739 map of Paris during the reign of Louis XV. Michel-Etienne Turgot, Louis XV's PrĂ©vot des Marchands, commissioned this plan in 1734 from Loius Bretez, a sculptor, painter and perspective specialist, who used the conventional bird's-eye representation. This was the last major example of this type of plan and is an important record of the architecture and gardens of Paris at that time. Turgot's plan of Paris is possibly the most ambitious urban mapping ever undertaken. Shows the whole of 18th century Paris and offers a wonderful perspective on the city prior to Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann’s 19th-century redesign.
Turgot, who held the mayor-like office of Prévôt des Marchands de Paris, commissioned Louis Bretez and Claude Lucas to produce this map in 1734. Oriented to the east on an axonometrical projection, this map is best understood as an aerial view where in every building, window, tree, shadow and park is shown. It took the team nearly five years of exhaustive sketching and surveying to assemble this masterpiece. In order to produce the thousands of sketches and surveys required to complete this map, Bretez was issued a permit to enter every building in Paris. The completed plan which consists of twenty individual sheets, can be assembled into a massive and striking display roughly 8 feet by 10 feet.
(via map-fair.com)
When I have my own house, this is the first thing I will buy!
Louis Bretez and Michel-Etienne Turgot's monumental 1739 map of Paris during the reign of Louis XV. Michel-Etienne Turgot, Louis XV's PrĂ©vot des Marchands, commissioned this plan in 1734 from Loius Bretez, a sculptor, painter and perspective specialist, who used the conventional bird's-eye representation. This was the last major example of this type of plan and is an important record of the architecture and gardens of Paris at that time. Turgot's plan of Paris is possibly the most ambitious urban mapping ever undertaken. Shows the whole of 18th century Paris and offers a wonderful perspective on the city prior to Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann’s 19th-century redesign.
Turgot, who held the mayor-like office of Prévôt des Marchands de Paris, commissioned Louis Bretez and Claude Lucas to produce this map in 1734. Oriented to the east on an axonometrical projection, this map is best understood as an aerial view where in every building, window, tree, shadow and park is shown. It took the team nearly five years of exhaustive sketching and surveying to assemble this masterpiece. In order to produce the thousands of sketches and surveys required to complete this map, Bretez was issued a permit to enter every building in Paris. The completed plan which consists of twenty individual sheets, can be assembled into a massive and striking display roughly 8 feet by 10 feet.
(via map-fair.com)
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| The map at Antony Todd's Store in NYC |
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
My trip to the Garden Center
The Garden Center is my favorite place in the world....
whatever you buy, it's always money well spent.
pictures by UvZ
whatever you buy, it's always money well spent.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Esprit d’Oscar ~ A new Scent !
Design house Oscar de la Renta gets its perfume license back and announces a new fragrance named "Esprit d’Oscar".
"Esprit d’Oscar" is the updated and modern reinterpretation of the debut fragrance Oscar from 1977.
Retaining the original oriental – floral character, the new composition begins with citrus notes of Sicilian lemon, bergamot and citron, leading to the floral bouquet heart of Egyptian jasmine, orange blossom and tuberose.
The base is oriental, creamy, smooth and very long-lasting with musk, heliotrope, tonka and vetiver.
Perfumers Frank Voelkl and Ann Gottlieb collaborated to create this marvelous composition.
The perfume bottle design is also an update of the original version,
with more elongated shape and the glass stopper resembles a flower.
The fragrance is available as 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
Photo: Moises de la Renta
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Style Inspiration ~ Francoise Hardy
"There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her."
picture corbis
Friday, May 20, 2011
Listen
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
~ Henry Ward Beecher (1813 -1887)
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Magnifique!
Some of Christian Dior's most beautiful Dresses featured elaborate floral embroidery. This example is called "Vilmorin' (detail shown), from the Spring/Summer 1952 collection and features delicate Daisies that seem to grow from an organza ground.
photo by Sacha
Monday, May 16, 2011
Beauty Inspiration ~ Coral
Coral is a color that suits most women, it's perfect for Spring and Summer and reminds me of holidays in Italy. I always loved matching nails and lips, it looks so fresh and polished.
source marie claire, france 1971
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