lagniappe No.11

well. it's official.

mom & b. are moving.

i'll miss you 

grosse 

pointe.

photo: slim aarons

all that is gold

does not glitter,

not all those 

who wander

are lost.

--j.r.r. tolkien

wander in style...

photos:

1 & 2: globe trotter

3: goyard

4: dell'ga via j.crew

5: louis vuitton for darjeeling limited

6: hermés

port o' call

port eliot

st germans, cornwall

is the kind of place you want to be in the fall.

with 100 rooms and only 11 radiators 

there's no pretending.

you just have to get out the hard stuff & the blankets

and settle in to make a fire...

  peregrine eliot, 10th earl of st germans 

& his wife catherine 

(perhaps looking for firewood)

photos:

 vogue living 2007

henry bourne: london telegraph

lagniappe No.10

tavi gevinson

wears

"batman capes and oversized hats".

she was the star of fashion week.

her blog the style rookie

is a sensation & the new yorker

just did an 8-page interview with her.

she's 13.

fall fast forward

while everyone else goes on and on about the loveliness

of fall --

(richard are you making your voyage to see 
the "colors" again this year?)

my instinct is to run --
run
as
fast
as
i
can.

you can keep your cable-knit sweaters & crisp air.

i'm going to where it's always warm

&

i'm 

always 

happy.

to a little town called hopewell

and a little place called round hill

time to book the flights


photos:
1. tim walker, iris palmer and her suitcases, london, 1997, italian vogue
2. adele astaire at round hill
3-6. round hill, jamaica
7-8. our map & kids by el jeffe

welcome to the dahl house

a few years ago i got into a conversation about

roald dahl with a man who thought he knew a thing or two --

he told me he wouldn't let his children read dahl's books and  

went on to make disparaging remarks about him.

well, not only did i not want to have

 THAT conversation 

with him

but i never wanted to have another conversation or

see him again for the rest of my life.

that's how much i adore roald dahl.

september 

is mr. dahl's birthday month 

&

world of interiors 

just did a spread on his beautiful little 

writing hut 

it seems that his talent trickled down to his granddaughter

sophie dahl --

i just picked up her cookbook

miss dahl's voluptuous delights

and can't wait to try out the recipes

& i l-o-v-e her kitchen...

take the money and run

louise: he'd have the gang 
over for a meeting 

and I'd put out a little tray 

of pretzels and bullets...

 i had to --

 he's my husband. 


bank teller #1: oh, i see. this is a holdup? 

i think i'll pick up one of these burglary kits for

 el jeffe when we're in new york. it's always good to have one handy.

you never know.

some other essentials i'd like to pick up at

partners & spade:

partners & spade

is not only a wonderful storefront i'd like to visit,

but is also the brains behind

some of my favorite ad campaigns:

from the incorruptible green of the camphor tree

two notes, an interval of a major third.

the cuckoo, not the screech owl, i told you;

but in the meantime,

with a jerk,

you had jammed down the accelerator.

--eugenio montale

ph: tom palumbo

there's something about the 

beginning of fall 

that makes you want to revamp

 your look.

 i spent many a night flipping frantically through

teen vogue making BIG plans about the upcoming school year --

i had the same feeling when richard forwarded me

 a look 

she thought would suit me - 

i was thinking more along the lines of this:

 i wish i could go 

old-school

and get my hair "done" every week.

you know, all set up in rollers --

if only i had 

a kenneth 

or a javier

 around the corner

but if i really had my way i'd look like:

1 & 2. kate moss
3. katherine ross
4. eva green
5. jean seburg

6. signora antonella agnelli, vogue 1966
7. jane birkin
8. charlotte rampling
9. audrey tatou
10. olatz schnabel