Pas de regrets

via 915

Wise words from Harvey McKay, author of Swim With the Sharks (Without Being Eaten Alive).

Casual Friday: funky detailing

via my blackberry

Friend James always rocks the finer details in the office.  Last casual Friday I enjoyed this beautiful bespoke and very fun (read: slightly schoolboy) jacket with jeans and brown leather shoes.

Sweet smells

via my blackberry

Gorgeous outside aesthetic for the opening of natural candle maker Ecoya's flagship store on Queen Street, Woollahra.  And wow, did it smell beautiful!  You can see more beautiful photos over at 915 blog.

Speaking of being breathless

via Tyler Knott

Crushing on Celine

via Ida's Instagram

I have the most stylish friends.  Check out this gorgeous new acquisition from Ida - I am blue with envy, if that's at all possible.  This is likely DB post of the month.  Love it you stunning, stylish thing you!

Beautiful sentiments

"i fall in love with distances, the hopeful chance you’ll

talk with her. She nests in dark corners wearing soft smiles.

Strays away like an ongoing chase, little questions,

brushing skins, warm blush."

- Rakishi, circ. 1922.

Smart

via Lost in the Moment

Radiance and fire

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Can't believe I've never posted my favourite quote on this website.  Followed closely by Camus.  Also can't help but love these in particular: Hafiz, Kubler-Ross, Nin

Spinning tops, and wide awake

via Lost in the Moment 

Gold, baby, gold

via The Outnet

When searching for jewellery, I get in a spot of bother (or advantage, depending on your outlook) - allergies mean anything that isn't real gold or silver causes a skin reaction. Luckily, one can always find the good stuff on the Outnet.

From top: Monica Vinader mini luna 18k gold vermeil moonstone and labradorite; Oscar De La Renta 24 karat gold plated multi strand necklace; and Yves Saint Laurent gold plated enamel ring.

Divine

via Elle

This is an old shot, from one of last year's runway shows - Lanvin, I think.  Was rummaging through my pictures folder - so much fun to find surprising beautiful things.

A well dressed man: Andrew Garfield

via 00O00

Andrew Garfield rocking the red carpet and photocalls for Spiderman (which I can't wait to see, obviously) in Alexander McQueen, Gucci and Phillip Lim (be still my beating heart - it's just as good for men as it is for women) .  Obligatory photos of the very well-dressed, always girlcrush, Emma Stone.

Girl crush: Nina Dobrev

via Go Fug Yourself

Well documented girl crush, Nina Dobrev at ComicCon.  Don't entirely agree with the blue peep toes with the gold dress.  But I've done it before so I shouldn't judge. 

Shopbop pre-fall

via Shopbop

Love it when Shopbop lookbooks arrive in my inbox.  The top 8 trends for pre-fall 2012 are no exception.  A little late for us, but worth it nonetheless.  My top 3 looks: the pop collar (the above shirt doesn't seem to be available which is a slight outrage), DVF Victor Print Jacket and the Derek Lam three tone sweater (I love a good knit).

Speaking of classic coats

via 00O00

A brushed herringbone wool blend coat is the star of the Burberry Winter 2012 ad campaign - reflective of the divine power of Christopher Bailey and Mario Testino combined.  What's not to like?

Ben Howard, call me maybe?

Not quite as much fun as the Abercrombie & Fitch boys or the Harvard baseball team lip synching Carly Rae Jepsen's (aka Justin Beiber's "protege") annoyingly infectious Call Me Maybe number but pretty damn awesome.  Kind of love this.

Of substance and frivolity

Anna Wintour at the CDFA - anything but frivolous

via From Me to You 

 You’re considered superficial and silly if you’re interested in fashion, but I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity - Sofia Coppola via Fashionista.com

Changing course

What changing course can feel like
via Lost in the Moment

 

"You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you’re not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn’t a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now."

 

- Anaïs Nin

Speaking of cold

via Lost in the Moment

Everyone loves a man in a cardigan.  Recently one of my best friends rocked a Saturday night dinner in a thick,  navy blue cardigan.  Some fun was made, but a cardigan can be the sexiest sweater.  So much that one of the ladies present at dinner presented her husband with one the following week.

Classic cold

Back to winter and I'm struggling to gain a modicum of heat after the NYC summer.  Freezing in Sydney means needing a classic winter coat.  JS obliges.  Everyone loves a man in a classic coat.