Givenchy Joy

Bless Barneys heart. Bless Givenchy's heart. This is one of my favorite color combinations. They've got some gorgeous bags going on right now; great neutrals and fab pops of color like the Lucrezia duffel pictured above. The gold midsole pumps are perfection. There are several color choices, and the hint of gold makes them special. Here are a few of my other faves!

Givenchy Antigona Duffel

Givenchy Large Pepe Pandora Messenger

Let's Go To Palm Beach

As many of you in this area know, we are super lucky to have some extremely talented home decor tastemakers in close proximity-whether you are looking for deco, Euro, retro, classic, contemporary-I could go on, but my point is we have some fantastic resources for furniture and home furnishings. But, that does not stop one from e-stalking and admiring. My great friend L turned me on to Palm Beach Regency, in guess where? Florida! Their website is a pleasure to surf through. Let me pinpoint the style: if you are looking for a ceramic elephant stool, bamboo anything, and fabulous Hollywood/Regency style chairs, you want to go there. Y'all they have black panther lamps. Lamps that are black panthers. The animals. I can only imagine. (I have dreams about the pendant lights pictured above-they're sold. Whomp.) Many of their pieces are not refinished or "done", but have gorgeous bones and are ready for what could be. I believe that many of us are laquer-holics, and will see endless potential and opportunity. They've just got some gorgeous, and really unique pieces if this is your style. Thought it best if I shared with you! And please, if you need a list of fabulous furniture folks in the North Carolina area, I am happy to help! 

I ♥....

I'm sooo sorrryyyy I've been away for so long! (I'm sure you care.) It's that time of year: weddings, parties, distracting sunshine and warm temperatures. I thought you guys might enjoy this little number from the Stella McCartney Resort '14 collection? I ♥ it. (Get it?) It's a fun look, and each piece is great on its own. Click here to peep some of the other resort looks. The one here comes from Capitol in Charlotte (swoon), via The Nearby. I hope you heart it too..

P.S. can you believe we are talking about Resort '14??? I can't. Speaking of which, I should soon be able to present you all with the first collection of Ramey Rhodes-for Fall '13!!! We are inching ever closer guys, ever closer.

Art And Auctions

Had a lovely Saturday night at one of my favorite places, the NC Museum of Art, lending a helping hand for the Art of the Auction event. The event featured both silent and live auctions to raise money for our beautiful state museum. I was the "bodyguard" for the beautiful collar necklace from Carole Tanenbaum, which was a hot item in the live auction. I also really adored "Pink", a painting by artist Annie Wharton. What I felt was super chic about this piece was that the canvas was wrapped in this gorgeous orangey-red vinyl, which almost made it look as it the canvas was lacquered. The picture does not do it justice. I wore this most exquisite Lela Rose dress from Vermillion, you may remember it was one of my faves. I also had this gorgeous blingy bracelet by Palm Beach Vintage from Fleur (people kept asking if they could bid on it)! See above for some of the other new jewels at Fleur-I considered taking them all and making a break for it. Are those yellow earrings not perfectly rad????

More short hair and me in Lela from Vermillion

Palm Beach Vintage from Fleur

My gold and silver Sam Edelman Allie heels (on SALE!)

Stunning collar necklace from Carole Tanenbaum, via Vermillion

"Pink" by Annie Wharton

Inside the live auction

A Lost Pony

OK folks, after much Pinteresting and internal debate, I got a hair cut. Above is my murdered ponytail. But good news-there was enough to go to a program at Locks of Love. I also went a decidedly different direction with color-as in, there is some now! Look for a post soon featuring a discussion with Dawn of Glam Lounge re: finding the right blonde. I'm getting used to both the length and color-I have been doing phantom hair-tossing. My bun is a tiny knot atop my head now. I still may be a little pale for blonde (and now, as I write at the beach, there's a tropical storm warning #awesome #vacation). 

Beforeeeee

Afterrrrr

Sale Armageddon

RUN, do not walk...Moda Operandi is having some insane sale, it's like someone really drunk started marking things down. These snakeskin Rockstuds from Valentino are essentially half-off. I don't know what is happening. My suggestion is to click on the sale link and just work your way back. I'm talking, Missoni swimsuits for $100, Suno shorts half-price, tons of Clover Canyon for under $100, Tibi! I could go on. 

Tibi Faille Peplum Top

Precious Metals

I had a wonderful weekend celebrating one of my most special friend's big day. It was nothing short of spectacular, thank you very much. I had a lot of compliments on my footwear-these gorgeous gold and silver sandals from Sam Edelman. As usual with Sam Edelman, there are several color-ways, AND, they're on sale!