March 2010

Photos: L’Eau Serge Lutens

March 31, 2010

We’ve all been there — days when the brain hits overload from too much input: morning traffic, talk radio, co-workers complaining in the break room, a loud stereo next door, one too many police sirens screaming past, a cellphone that never stops ringing. So adding a big, heavy, multi-layered fragrance to the mix seems like [...]

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Ormonde Jayne Spring Giveaway: The Winners!

March 29, 2010

Despite my complete and utter absorbtion in “the dress” for the past nine days, I haven’t forgotten about all of you and your dates with the Ormonde Jayne destiny train. I was hoping that expanding the number of entries for winners might cover the majority of people who responded in the comments section, but there [...]

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In Progress (Day 9): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress (or, “The Day the Dress Was Done”)

March 28, 2010

I hesitate to say it (because I can hardly believe it myself), but the dress is . . . finished!? *gulps nervously* I’m sure I’ll have a few touch-up moments in the next couple of days, but once Louise tries it on this Thursday and gives it the thumbs-up (or down, whichever the case may [...]

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In Progress (Day 8): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress

March 28, 2010

I didn’t post any photos yesterday as the progress that was made on Day 7 was mostly fill-in and very tiny detail work that, while contributing towards the finished product, didn’t really register visually as a marked step forward. But today I managed to complete a large section of the upper back, plus a lot [...]

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In Progress (Day 6): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress

March 26, 2010

I spent most of the day working on the small circles and squares in the upper portion of the dress today, and I finished the front: Though I still have quite a bit of work left to do on the back: Tomorrow will likely be spent poring over all those tiny little squares. Hello, bedlam! [...]

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In Progress (Day 5): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress

March 25, 2010

Forgive me for not posting about anything else this week, but (and literally) coloring in the Berber Soepboer dress is pretty much all I’m doing (besides eating and sleeping and checking my email and doing the laundry and . . . you get my point).

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In Progress (Day 4): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress

March 23, 2010

I’ve now worked on the dress for four days — Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday — so I’m posting a few extra photos to show the continued progress toward completion. The first two photos were taken Monday evening, this one of the small progress I’ve made on the top portion : And this one of [...]

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In Progress (Day 3): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress

March 22, 2010

Do you remember that black and white, retro-60′s print dress I ordered for Louise from the Netherlands . . . that came with its own pack of bright textile markers for coloring? You don’t? Here, let me refresh you on the topic: From Berber Soepboer’s website: “The Colour-In Dress’ is a simple dress with a [...]

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Luxury Industry News: 03/19/10 (Does the Global Luxury Industry Have an Image Problem?)

March 19, 2010

Over the last week, a blow-up over fashion photographer Terry Richardson and his apparent lack of scruples and boundaries on his photoshoots has fanned out across the internet. Models have come forward to confess how they felt manipulated and pressured into posing for provocative photos, with Danish model includes fashion designs from Victor & Rolf, [...]

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Bulldog Gin

March 17, 2010

Louise gave us a bottle of Bulldog Gin as a gift. I love the packaging — the studded “collar” around the bottle’s neck; the steel dog tag; the clean, bold font. So I thought I’d share: I visited the website today, and it looks like they’ve already changed their bottle design from the opaque black [...]

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