The Tale of Tali

Tali Lennox’ bedroom is on the top floor of a townhouse in Holland Park. It’s on one of those pretty, tree-lined streets you see in movies, with white column doorsteps and burgundy rose bushes. It’s a quiet neighborhood. So quiet… READ MORE

April 7, 2011 / 14 Comments

An Oosterdam

Can you believe I had never been to Amsterdam? I grew up a two-hour train ride away, across the border from Holland and not once made it there. I guess the city never really had a strong appeal to me…. READ MORE

March 30, 2011 / 9 Comments

She’s bubblicious

I meet Susie on a Saturday at her apartment in North London. The building is a cool block of cement with a metal staircase and a communal wooden deck. The morning sun is gleaming and fills the living room with… READ MORE

March 22, 2011 / 21 Comments

With love from Paris

I can’t say I remember any Fall Paris Fashion Week being as pleasant and sunny as this one. Ten days of blue skies, crisp temperatures and not a drop of rain. For once the flock of fashion show crusaders had… READ MORE

March 11, 2011 / 20 Comments

Rebel with a hat

“Strangers always asks me if I am rockabilly or a dominatrix,” answers Ashley when I ask to describe her style. “But I am neither. I guess I do borrow from those looks but I don’t really ‘own’ either of those… READ MORE

February 22, 2011 / 22 Comments

Brillapalooza

You’d think that the good citizens of West Palm Beach were a spending people. I imagined them carting and cruising around the clock, in between daily tanning sessions and catered garden parties, splurging on luxury goods and indulging in blissful… READ MORE

February 10, 2011

Harper’s Bazaar

“My friend calls it dirty dish water!” laughs Michelle as she takes a sip of her third glass of Zico coconut water. “I’m obsessed with it. It’s delicious! And hydrating!” Most of the statements Michelle Harper makes are lucid, high-pitched,… READ MORE

February 3, 2011 / 41 Comments

It’s a London thing

The area around Portobello Market is still the best place to shop for vintage in London. Though it was freezing cold and wet when I visited back in September, my muse-for-the-day Clara Paget and I managed to get two incredible… READ MORE

January 20, 2011 / 11 Comments

La Gantoise

I grew up in a beautiful, provincial town in Belgium called Destelbergen. Only fifteen minutes outside of Ghent, Destelbergen is best known for its numerous residential castles, thick forests, ponds with swans and its simple, quiet life. We moved to… READ MORE

January 13, 2011 / 8 Comments

Take Schelter

Kate Schelter’s Gramercy Park apartment is cozy, warm and delighfully charming. Watercolor paintings, delicate drawings, mood boards, photos and calligraphy place cards are artfully strewn across the walls. Memories and souvenirs are very important to Kate, so she makes sure… READ MORE

January 4, 2011 / 12 Comments

Poppy Madness

Director/Photographer Poppy de Villeneuve is no stranger to vintage. Her mom, Jan Ward was a well known model in the early 70’s. She worked with some of the great photographers of her time, like Norman Parkinson and Bill Gibb and… READ MORE

December 17, 2010 / 9 Comments

The Miami Art experience

I don’t particularly have much to do with art, nor am I particularly enthralled by it. I took an Art History class in high school and in university, so I can appreciate a soft paint stroke or a nicely shaped… READ MORE

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