a sensational collaboration

I just read about the super talented stylist/curator/creator Emma Freemantle in the Nov. issue of World of Interiors (they've got a sweet story about her charming London houseboat.)  Her sense of style is so totally up my alley that I was compelled to visit her website, where there are lots more gorgeous images like the ones below.  These were published in (the now defunct?) Trace, and are a collaboration with another super talent, photographer Gisela Torres.  I mean, just, wow:

Dip dyed

This is my favorite tree on my jog--I think it had a bad encounter with some lightning, but I just imagine it dipping its branch like an arm into a pot of india ink.

 

These shoes kinda remind me of it, like I just kicked my toe into a can of red paint:

taking it from someone who knows

Refinery29 interviewed the legendary Norma Kamali about her company's history and her secrets of success. Talk about graceful(anti?)-aging! I may become a devotee of her regimen:

R29: You are 66, but you look 30 years younger! You must tell us about all your beauty secrets.

Norma: I feel 30 years younger, so that is good! I use olive liniment for my body as a moisturizer and olive pureed soap...yup just olives pureed to a creamy consistency that we call Olive Only Soap. I use an all-natural self-tanner as a makeup base and a raw-food lipstain. I have cucumber juice and chlorophyll everyday. No pills, unless you count vitamin D3 mega doses and fish oil. I love massages, especially Thai massage, and I work out everyday—and on Sunday!—for two to three hours. I am starting a full series of acupuncture facelifts with Dr. Yang. After the first one, you look refreshed! I think it's a great thing to do if you have a wedding or special event, but I'm trying the series of 12. I believe if you feel good about yourself, physically, mentally, and emotionally, you are truly empowered, and you can always feel female no matter your age!

A working lunch, Vreeland style

"At Vogue, we were always so busy.... We always seemed to be working on the Christmas issue. I had a bridge table brought in with my lunch on it--a peanut butter and marmalade sandwich. And a shot of scotch."

-Diana Vreeland, in D.V.

couture

Giambattista Valli is a real artist. What a show--and the headbands are so fresh--made me miss my black hair.

[via style.com]