need a vacation?

here

friseur

Via Liza Corbett's lovely eye

and 1stdibs. John Derian.

mobility and fairy tales

Shedworking makes me happy.

It just seems to always make me happy.

thought for the day:

don't ever discount the luxury of a smaller

place and a light suitcase. mobility: nice.

(granted, the fairy tale above is somewhat of

a fixer-upper. but it is crazy sweet, nonetheless.)

swimming pool

went to visit their amazing

blog this morning, and this quote

made me (as swissmiss says) smile.

they have a truly great eye. a charming

sense of style. & the requisite dollop

of humor one needs to just get by.

in short: brilliant.

art by the magnificent ardizzone

household

engineering

the school for cats

Esther Averill

wrote and illustrated

The School for Cats

[what a delicious cover...

could it be any better?]

somehow

it was one of those weeks

[have always found this image haunting

(how could it not be?); it was posted

today by the always-inspiring Rooms

which included a link worth reading]

and one more time: thanks

Today, someone whom I respect (greatly) 

reminded me of Louis Slobodkin. 

And I thought of

The Hundred Dresses

written by

Eleanor Estes

 and illustrated by

Louis Slobodkin

And I thought of Wanda. 

That girl could draw.

What an inspiration.

(thanks, Everyday Musings, for the Slobodkin link)

via englegaard

more

heaven

...he says he's just the curator

BibliOdyssey

Claremont Fashion Plates

Peacay, from Sydney, says (in his profile) "To me, the content of this site (wonderful things made by other people) far outweighs my own pedestrian talents. I'm just the curator." It's a beautiful site (as most people know, already); what really stuns me, though, is the humble attitude he's put forth. Consider the amount of work he does, collecting and curating these images. All in all, don't you think it displays great generosity of spirit? An atmosphere that pervades the entire enterprise. Amazing. Thanks, Peacay from Sydney. 

the work of edward ardizzone

ardizzone

"...He is also particularly noted for having not just

illustrated the covers and contents of books but

inking the title text and author's name in his own

hand, giving the books a distinctive look on shelves..."

wiki

incredibly flattered

that gorgeous swimming pool likes us!

above, from our esoterica post

what more could you want?

ancient industries now has a shop.

really. what more could you want?

what? yes: heretic, then, if you must...

you're really busy, and probably don't have an extra seventeen minutes to spare. but, if you do, this is something you might want to see. sheepwalkers need not apply: it won't make any sense to them, anyways. thanks, swissmiss & thinking aloud for sharing.

the selby: julia roitfeld

at home

back to alice

yeahyeahyeah

i know i am always sending you over

to alice in wonderland, but sweet

alice saga has pointed out this about

mr. meisel and vogue italia and i just

thought you oughta know. more here.

alice says: contact michel mallard

at mallard.janvier@gmail.com 

and specify your country of residence

and it looks like the meisel book can be 

yours for a pretty terrific price: 49 Euros

three hundred seventeen and counting

steven meisel

good fortune: given

here: a charming story

[funny, isn't it, how someone can

change your life. just a little or a lot.]

...from refreshing wrenny bird

sunfish, crappies, perch: while she waited

for the fish to bite

m. b. goffstein

[as ever, click on the book for pure delight]

Miss Millay

the red-head from Vassar

.

"Kids Know. Masks are too transformative to trust."

Where The Wild Things Are Focus Group #1

from Spike Jonze's We Love You So

via quite wonderful all plaidout

[title: quote, from comments, by Simon Goetz]

Julien d'Ys and the Model as Muse: Get thee to the Met!

The Model as Muse

At the Met

Cabine of Christian Dior

& this you must see:

Behind the Scenes with Julien d'Ys

("I like to dream. I like to make people dreaming.")

Exhibition made possible by Marc Jacobs