Makes Me Want to Picnic

There’s this cool little clique in LA. When you look at one Instagram account you will find exactly one degree of separation with the next. You can get lost for hours in this pretty-young-things network, jumping between all these groovy profiles of girls and… READ MORE

March 31, 2015 / 5 Comments

Valley Girls

It’s been almost two years since I visited Diane Von Furstenberg at her home in Connecticut. She gave me free reign of her vintage archives and let me create a magical story to support the relaunch of Tales of Endearment…. READ MORE

March 24, 2015 / 5 Comments
Like a movie... #osman

The #LFW Outtakes

I left New York early to attend a lecture by Dr. Norman Doidge at the London School of Economics. When I finish his second book I will write a post about the theory of neuroplasticity. It’s beyond fascinating. The research and… READ MORE

March 18, 2015 / 4 Comments

Desert Sessions, Volume I & II

The plan was to drive to Joshua Tree in the morning on the 28th of December, shoot all the funny vintage pieces I had pulled from Sielian Vintage and The Way We Wore, spend the night, and wake up in the middle of… READ MORE

January 13, 2015 / 9 Comments

Ms. Crusoe

What you will appreciate about Playa Majahuitas, and about glamping in general, is the secludedness, the closeness to nature and the feeling of community. We felt stranded, like two seals introduced to a new colony. The only way on and off… READ MORE

December 25, 2014 / 1 Comment

Glamping

I warned the lady from the get-go. I said, “Lady, the first and last time I went camping I was 17-years old. For two weeks straight, I was confined to a medium-sized bungalow tent on a camping ground in Biarritz with four… READ MORE

December 23, 2014 / 1 Comment

Belly Buttons in October

It was terribly un-French to wear American varsity in Paris, but it had to be done. I’ve developed an insatiable obsession with 70s flared pants and crop Ts and the only thing I could find that worked with my Milanese purchase… READ MORE

October 7, 2014 / 3 Comments

The Magic of Sintra

I didn’t have much time to visit Sintra – like I said, there is way too much to see in Portugal to do it all in one go – but I crammed it in anyways, at the end of my… READ MORE

September 22, 2014 / 2 Comments

Unchartered Territory

Portugal is one of those countries that’s always been there, but never tickled my curiosity, not as a European, nor as a woman of the world. You could ask me about famous landmarks, the tourist attractions or even just the… READ MORE

September 15, 2014 / 8 Comments

Like Royals

When you walk through the maze of rooms at the Pestana Palace, you feel a little bit like royalty, or at least you could pretend to be. Though not as shiny as it should be, it’s easy to imagine the riches and… READ MORE

September 11, 2014 / 3 Comments

I Spent One Night in Rome

Try jogging in Rome. It’s impossible. Not because of the cobble stones, or the heavy tourist traffic, or because you’d much rather eat pasta instead. That’s just half the challenge. The real issue is that anywhere you turn, from the smallest… READ MORE

August 29, 2014 / 2 Comments

Italy’s Best Kept Secret

I needed just to hear the words “lake” and “house” and I had pretty much booked my ticket, packed my bikinis and sprayed on the sun block. I didn’t know anything about Lake Bolsena, or Lago di Bolsena as the… READ MORE

August 28, 2014 / 8 Comments