Photography by Chris Saunders. In Collaboration with Elle Magazine South Africa.
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Showing posts with label Elle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elle. Show all posts
JOLIE-LAIDE, SJP& DV by way of EEE
Jolie-Laide
Etymology: French
good-looking ugly woman :
woman who is attractive though not conventionally pretty.
from mr. webster
I am a fan(a big one) of EMILY EVANS EERDMAN'S blog & this particular post stuck with me-JOLIE-LAIDE The Beauty of Imperfection. Read the entire post here.
I think SARAH JESSICA PARKER fits the bill, as you must know from my little augury quote:
There is no excellent beauty
that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Sir Francis Bacon(1561-1626)
I say Thank the gods for women like her in this day and age.
excerpted here: all words are Emily Evans Eerdmans'
It is much more interesting to look at something that is slightly imperfect, slightly askew - whether it be a room (MC would purposely pull her curtains off one or two hooks) or a face. And who else but the French would come up with a term for this? "Jolie-laide" or "pretty-ugly" is hard to define, and perhaps, like many French expressions, isn't meant to be.
...the 1963 cover of Harper's Bazaar by Richard Avedon
model Danny Weil
model Danny Weil
"Mr. Worthington sent me the 1963 cover of Harper's Bazaar (top photo) which apparently caused quite a stir: "Only recently it occurred to me that there was an elaborate insider's joke going on~ Richard Avedon was channeling Diana Vreeland with this model's navy blue hair, makeup, cigarette holder (inside the magazine, the same model wore a snood). Then, Walter Winchell ran a squib which implied that the model was in fact not a real woman at all! It was never verified and has intrigued me ever since." (again from EEE)
Whether this be so- the resemblance is distinct- as are the gestures.
Of course! DV's world-always on our minds-was just reimagined in a recent HARPER'S BAZAAR featuring SJP as DIANA VREELAND. Read the story here.
Why don't you just dress up like DV? I am certain she would be highly diverted!
Why don't you just dress up like DV? I am certain she would be highly diverted!
SJP channeling DV
Too bad Bazaar missed the opportunity to explore the DV-SJP likeness on its cover. Surprising? NO. Disappointing? YES.
Come now-Tell me what you think? JOLIE LAIDE? Who would you add to this beautiful LIST?
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when Tory met Billy & Matisse
Don't we all love Billy Baldwin? I do. What about Tory Burch? I know many of you do. Though I don't wear her clothes consistently like many of my stylish clients- Burch is a stylish woman and I do like the fact that she will step right out in another designer's creations in a heartbeat. Say Stella MaCartney? The clothes she designs feel a smidgen young for me- though I have picked up a couple of her tunics and a beaded jacket-But the clothes are good looking and the shoes are particularly- great shoes- and her accessories- I would have them all just like that!
What has always intrigued me is the lady's taste. It is good, even great.
Burch is now appearing in the new September Elle- showing off her jewelry, but more intriguing for me- is her Decor. Photograhed by Paul Costello and edited by Miranda Purves- the article,TORY DAYS, is in Elle's ELLELIVING segment of the magazine. It's an upbeat fast paced peak at the lady's entertaining style, her secret sources, even a recipe. I may try those Roquefort Grapes-very doable looking. The piece also contains the ubiquitous things she can't live without- better called here by Purves- List For Life: Burch's Basics. I like all her basics too.
But, the Decor. Her designer is Daniel Romualdez and a number of his Burch rooms have been seen just about everywhere- in Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People that shows off Burch’s 9,000 square foot Manhattan apartment. How could they have missed this room? Is it newly done up? And-How could she go wrong with Billy Baldwin's ARBRE de MATISSE, through Quadrille. She and Romualdez have used it extensively in a banquette area, on sofas, walls, and curtains.
I wonder where this glorious room will turn up next?
& it is Just Glorious Tory.
Arbre de Matisse shown on the front jacket of Billy Baldwin Decorates
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