PICASSO: AS CLASSIC AS A PAIR OF KHAKIS

ITEM No. 0086: THE PICASSO BLOUSE IN TOILE (BLEU)

ITS AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE, A TREASURE FROM MY FIRST EVER COLLECTION, THE PICASSO BLOUSE IN 100% FRENCH COTTON TOILE.

WE LOVE A LITTLE TOILE IN THIS CORNER (HAVE YOU SEEN THE JOUY TROUSERS?),  AND THE IDEA OF FRENCH COUNTRY UPHOLSTERY REPURPOSED, REFASHIONED AS A GARMENT. (NOT TO MENTION LOADS OF 'THROW IT ON APPEAL'; ESPECIALLY FABULOUS WITH ROLLED UP KHAKIS AND A PANAMA HAT)

100% COTTON ARTIST SMOCK, WITH MANDARIN COLLAR AND GATHERED SLEEVES WITH CUFF. MACHINE WASHABLE AND MADE TO ORDER IN SIZES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE.

AVAILABLE IN TOILE BLEU AND PONY PRINT

$265.00 

DARLING ELIZABETH WITH HER DOG IN NEW YORK WEARS THE PICASSO.

FILM: THE BIG NIGHT

I AM CONSTANTLY REMINDED AND CONSISTENTLY ENCHANTED BY THE NOTION OF LIFE AS A BANQUET (THANK YOU AUNTIE MAME).

AND REALLY, WHO BETTER TO DEMONSTRATE SUCH A TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE AS A DELICIOUS DINNER THAN STANLEY (TUCCI) AND THE ALWAYS PROVOCATIVE ISABELLA (ROSSELINI) IN THIS CULT CLASSIC:

SCENES FROM ANOTHER KIND OF BIG NIGHT; A BIG BIRTHDAY FETE FIT FOR A PRINCE, UP ON THE ROOFTOP:

WEEKS WERE SPENT HAND CUTTING AND STITCHING YARDS AND YARDS OF WHITE BUNTING, WHICH FLAPPED OVER A FEAST OF ARANCINI, ROASTED TOMATO PORKLOIN, SAFFRON PAPARDELLE AND CHOCOLATE CAKE. SURELY PRIMO WOULD  APPROVE. 

BOHEMIANS: DESTINATION PUGLIA, ITALY.

WEDDING DRESS, ITALIAN STYLE:

SHE WAS THE BEST KIND OF BRIDE: UNFUSSY, UNPRISSY, DELIGHTFULLY NATURAL AND UNDONE: SO SUSANNA. THE PERFECT HOSTESS AND A  LITTLE HIPPIE WHO DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY IN SILVER K JACQUES AND A FLOWER HEADDRESS TO CELEBRATE HER MARRIAGE.

WE MADE HER TWO DRESSES ONE WEEK BEFORE HER WEDDING- WE COULDN'T DECIDE WHICH ONE WE LIKED BETTER. THE GRECIAN SWISS DOT CONFECTION WON, PAIRED WITH A LITTLE LA PERLA SLIP (FOR MODESTY) AND AN ARMFUL OF COLORED BRACELETS. NOT A CORSET, NOR MERINGUE, NOR BIT OF TULLE IN SIGHT.

SUSANNA'S WEDDING DRESS: 100% COTTON SWISS DOT GRECIAN DRESS, WITH CINCHED SHOULDERS AND LACE TRIM. AS ALWAYS, HAND FINISHED THROUGHOUT, AND MACHINE WASHABLE.

THE MAKING OF CAMELIA

RIBBONS AND THINGS

THESE VELVETY BITS REMIND ME OF THE COLORS OF VENICE: OCHRE, BURNT SIENNA, SAFFRON, GREIGE, APRICOT AND COCOA.

THIRTY ONE FLAVOURS

THESE ARE TOTALLY CHANNELING THE NANTUCKET WOVEN BELTS OF MY CHILDHOOD. I LOVE HOW A REAM, A BIT, A YARD OF GLORIFIED STRING CAN CONJUR A MEMORY, INVOKE A FLAVOUR.

TREASURE: LOOK WHAT I FOUND.

MARKETING: COLOR STORIES

THE PAN DRESS CAME OUT AGAIN TODAY (COMPLETE WITH PURPLE BIRTHDAY RIBBON HAIR BOW), ALBEIT IN A MUCH LESS GLAMOUROUS CIRCUMSTANCE (AMIDST CARDBOARD SALVAGE IN SHEUNG WAN). THOUGH SHE WAS TIRED FROM THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, SHE INSISTED ON COMING ALONG TO SEE THE NEW SWATCHES FOR SUMMER. 

WORN WITH DEAR TARRA'S BONE SKULL AND WING NECKLACES

PAN DRESS AND ME, HAVING A RELIGIOUS MOMENT AMIDST THE CHIFFON AND SILK PRINTS. GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH, THE BEAUTY TO BEHOLD:

NEWLY ACQUIRED DAISY CHAIN LACE- JUST ONE OF THE NEW SWATCHES FOR THE PAN DRESS.

ITEM No. PD_0033 THE PAN DRESS IN CHIFFON

SHE'S LIKE HER SISTER CAMELIA BUT LONGER, SO YOU CAN TIE HER UP WITH A BELT OR SCARF OR WEAR HER LOOSEY-GOOSEY. I NAMED HER 'PAN' BECAUSE SHE REMINDED ME OF PETER, AND MOVED AND FLOATED LIKE TINKERBELL. CHIFFON  DRESS WITH GATHERED NECKLINE AND SLEEVES; HANDFINISHED AND BOUND SEAMS.

SIZES SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE

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BIRTHDAY WHIRL

I NEVER MET ONE I DIDN'T LIKE.

ORIGINAL I AM NOT, IN MY ADORATION AND COLLECTION OF THE SAILING STRIPES (HAVING A FROG MAMAN PREDISPOSED MY LOVE FOR THE FRENCHIE CLASSIC)

 AND THOUGH THEY HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE TOO MUCH FACE TIME (BRETON WOULD BE ASHAMED), THEY STILL HAVEN'T LOST THEIR APPEAL. A CLICHE OF SELECTION STRIPED MOMENTS, BOTH PERSONAL AND ICONIC FROM HERE AND THERE: