Pink Petals

via my Blackberry

Never fail to brighten my day.



Godly

via Sunflower79

DB hits 11,000!

via Lost in the Moment

As DB reaches a second big milestone and  passes 11,000 hits today, and I reflect on the joy you get out of doing something you love, it's a timely to remember the words of Steve Jobs (yes, they've been overused, overimaged on social media and quite frankly sometimes, the best are left out - so remember to check out his Stanford commencement address): don't settle.  Keep looking, kids.  Keep looking.

But most of all - thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading! nd x

Social curation: are you a tastemaker?

Fascinating article on the FT about the rise of overnight tastemakers via Tumblr, Pinterest et al: March of the Tastemakers

As a Pinterest and Tumblr user myself, it's super interesting to read about the rise of what this article labels "social curation".  You've all seen your FB newsfeed overwhelmed with updates on such and such joining Pinterest.  It's been around for a little while, but had 18m visitors last month (almost 50% up on the previous month).  I know many of you have indeed become tastemakers overnight as well.  The article poses the interesting question: is this merely a passing fad?  As I posted on a status update the other day, I simply feel exhausted by all the tumbling, pinning, twittering and blogging.  Could it be that soon other people will feel overwhelmed too?  My guess is Tumblr will reign supreme, at the top of the list (such as been the love it's felt from teenage girls) and Pinterest will stay steady with the mid-crowd.  Though I'd be keen to see the data on number of users for each site.

In the meantime, I hope you'll continue to use Devour Beauty (which is my very own social curation site) as a source of your own tastemaking - pin, tumbl away! nd x

Metallica

via Saks

Maison Martin Margiela lace up metallic leather oxfords.  Smashing.  Available here.

L'Homme: Gucci

via 00o00

Liam Hemsworth in Gucci at (one of the many) Hunger Games premiere.  Team Gale all the way.

Love the questions, live your way into the answer

via Cherry Blossom Girl

"You are so young, so much before all beginning, and I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

There is just life.

via Me, Myself and I

There are no deadlines, no set path. There is just life.  And it's magnificent.



Coveting: Boxer

Photo credit: Saks Fifth Avenue

I've been coveting the Reed Krakoff boxer tote for over a year now (since I first spied the version up top).  Now I am loving the vibin' yellow for spring (ok, if I was in NY) and the new metallic gem via Saks Fifth Avenue where you can also find it in python, linen, denim and all sorts of other fun colours.

Elie Tahari: favourite blues from Fall 2012

via Elie Tahari and The Glamourai



A style staple of my glamourous and oh so chic sister-in-law Stephanie, Elie Tahari is a must-have for your wardrobe. Check out the sea blues, and beautiful mulberries of Fall 2012 here.  I am digging the coat above (picture by Kelly Frammel, The Glamourai).

Missing Marc (and NY)

via Phil Oh's New York Lens at Saks

Perfect.  Wishing I was wearing in this in the New York spring.

Rooney Mara: some retrospecting

via Sydney Morning Herald



Divine.  Far better than the Oscars dress.

New York, I love you

via Musings In Femninity

Impeccable

via Elle

I've done it again.  I've refused on principle to blog Olivia P frequently.  But sometimes I can't help myself.  Impeccable.

Feathery

via OscarPRGirl

Loving this styling by the LA Times.  Also, what a find is Laura Kranitz - divine neckpiece!



All this talk of red carpets

via OscarPRGirl

Gorgeous shot by James Nord.



Sharing your confidences

 

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence

- George Washington

via MusingsinFemininity

Sleeping to dream

Beautiful.

Red carpet roundup: The Oscars

I've been remiss on blogging the red carpet this awards season, but so long as we don't leave out the most important night of the year, then all is forgiven, no?  I was pleased to see so much colour on the carpet this year. Thanks to Boch, and Simmo for bantering back and forth on this one.  In the words of Simmo:

"Let 'em have it - they're stars, they know the world is watching, they have stylists, they have money, they have designers throwing free stuff at them - they deserve and can handle a critique and have no excuse to look bad!"

xx

All photo credits: hollywoodreporter.com and Red Carpet Fashion Awards

Gwyneth in Tom Ford.  You win.  As the Boch said - so many points for that divine cape.  Simmo's future wedding dress perhaps?

Michelle, oh Michelle you have redeemed yourself!  The more I look at this the more I love it.  Louis Vuitton.  She looks as radiant as she did in that yellow number with Heath.

Stone, you do no wrong in our eyes.   Commentators have blasted the excess of material, the big bow, but I can't find fault in this.  Giambattista Valli Couture.

Glenn Close rocking Zac Posen.  This rocks my world.  The tuxedo blazer cover up?  Genius.

Gary Oldman, I LOVE YOU.

Oh Meryl, I love you because by go you can ACT woman, because you have wrinkles, because you wear glasses at the Oscars at the same time as you're wearing Lanvin, and because you look FEROSH in gold.

Rose Byrne, why do you look so sad with such bangin' bangs and a killer Vivienne Westwood dress?  Particularly when you looked so much better than Anna Faris.

So I want to dislike this because of the material.  But Keibler gave this Marchesa a good shot for the last night of plus one stardom.  We can't wait to see who George makes over next season.

I know everyone is sick of Ange in black. Same, same, same is all I'm hearing.  But i have to say I'm am digging the drama of this one.  Close up her makeup and hair are killer.

I want to love this JChas; it's McQueen and it's embroidered.  But it looks just like what Blair Waldorf wore to prom, and she looked better.

Viola Davis loves to make a splash with colour.  I can't talk about how i feel about this Vera Wang, because I love her and want to be supportive.  I give her props for going without the weave.

I want to, but I can't - it's sort of darling, but I just can't abide by wearing polka dots to the Academy Awards.  It's the OSCARS.  You're dripping in diamonds and POLKA DOTS?  No.

Loving Cameron's dress and normally I like a good bob but she's looking a little like Ellen Barkin in Ocean's 13 at this point.

So I want to dislike this on principle because KWig needs to learn that this colourless trend of hers just will not do.  BUT it's J Mendel, and it's actually a pretty gorgeous dress.

In the words of Amy Winehouse, I said JNo, No, No.  They tried to make me wear a real dress and I said JNo, No, No.  JLo - you ain't an art deco building (thanks Boch), nor are you a fan, or a Venetian blind.

But for the hair, this might have been cute.  She's meant to be the Fashion Police and then she rocks that hair do?  The lilac was fun when it was chic, but put a comb through it sweetheart.

I know many a lady who likes the Milla, but I'm just a bit bored by this.

Like she's a present from Tiffanys.

Judy Greer, this is not the Emmys.

 I don't even know who this woman is, but she looks like a canary in lace brocade.

Someone said this made Penelope Cruz look like a Disney Princess.  A very well dressed Disney Princess. We've seen it all before.

Oh Princess Charlene, you still look as sad as you did on your wedding day.  And like you may be off to play tennis, though your dress is a little long.

Rooney, you started so well, but I feel like you peaked early during the Dragon Tattoo press tour.   This just doesn't do it for me.

There is nothing good about this.  How can such a beautiful woman, sometimes get it so right and sometimes get it so wrong.  The cut is just all wrong.  Why does Marchesa make women look so old?

Valentino aside, a little matronly no Shailene?

Stylish to cover up sexy

So a number of you have heard me waxing lyrical about the pure sex that is my new iPad - I'm reading the Steve Jobs biography at the moment, and decided that with my love of all things Apple, design and tech I couldn't bear to be left out of this part of history.  Now that I have this delicious new toy, I need something stylin' to keep it safe.  (I have a penchant for scratching new, expensive toys within the first week of acquiring them.)  I've been lusting after this DVF design in a laptop case for months now - lo and behold I found it also comes as an iPad cover - you can check it out/buy it for me here.