Christian Dior

 

Blush coloured pleats & elegant, long leather gloves & embellished necklines; bejeweled bags & cinched waistlines & floaty tulle skirts. . . Smitten with every piece in the Christian Dior Fall 2012 RTW Collection- - many more beautiful images below. . .

Mon Chérie

Dewy

Positively smitten with dewy, luminous skin. . .

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Pillowbook

Can think of nothing more romantic then a bedside diary kept by the lady-in-waiting of a Japanese Empress from a time long, long ago... The Pillowbook of Sei Shōnagon catalogues the years Shōnagon spent in the Royal Palace c. 1000AD & speaks of "moonlit verandas, scented robes, and wistful lovers who part at dawn. . ."

 
Shōnagon was enchanted with beautiful things & making lists--  one of her more lovely lists is 'The Elegant List':

A white coat worn over a violet waistcoat
Duck eggs
Shaved ice mixed with liana syrup and put in a new silver bowl
A rosary of rock crystal
Wisteria blossoms
Plum blossoms covered with snow
A pretty child eating strawberries

  An intimate & bemusing glimpse at this era, am smitten with the idea of scrawling down your last, charmingly beautiful thoughts before drifting off to sleep. . .


 

 


* Excerpt from "The Encyclopaedia of The Exquisite" by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins. . . Images from here // here // here // here // here // here


More information here & here

Flowers

Flowers | deconstructed 

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Happy Note

Soon the days will grow colder, the mornings will become darker & the air will have an autumnal chill-- so, as a little keepsake of summer, will look no further then these 'happy notes'. . .

Happy long weekend,


Joey xx




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The Farewell Summer Lip Scrub | for kissable lips

* 1tsp honey

* 1 tsp olive oil

* 2 tsp granulated sugar

* a few drops of lemon jiuce

* a few drops of your favourite essential oil

1. Place the honey in a small bowl & warm in the microwave for 4 - 5 seconds

2. Add the remaining ingredients & stir to combine

3. Apply to your lips with a q-tip using a circular motion

4. Continue the circular motion for about 1 minute

5. Rinse with warm water, pat dry & apply your favourite lip moisturizer

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