Gorgeous green

Hedy Lamarr looking fabulous in green
This post is dedicated to the lovely Alex who's favourite colour is green.  I'm always looking out for green things for her on Ebay.
I rarely wear anything green although I love it as a colour.  I love brightly coloured make-up and I wear an Urban Decay emerald green glittery eyeliner a lot.

I own one dark green dress which I wore last week.  It's quite

The most amazing daybed

Photography by Arthur ElgortChristy Turlington
Isn't this the most amazing daybed?  I am always on the look out for one for my TV room.  I think this is really is quite something!  This is extravagant even for my tastes, but it's wonderful in this very grand room.
I did a post on looking for a daybed a while back.  To see it and my homemade attempt at one, which consists of a mattress and a

Pictures I love

Photography by Roxanne LowitLinda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell

Photography by Roxanne LowitLinda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington

Photography by Roxanne LowitNaomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista

Photography by Roxanne LowitKate Moss
I love Roxanne Lowit's work.  She takes behind-the-scenes shots that not many other photographers are

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part forty seven

Photography by Horst P. Horst
"It is the unseen, unfortgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure"
Coco Chanel(1883-1971)



"It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions"
Voltaire(1694-1778)


Photography by Patrick Demarchelier
"I love fashion, but I'm not obsessed with it"
Christy Turlington(b. 1969)


"You don't learn

My favourite photographers - Ellen von Unwerth

'She Disappeared After This'from Ellen von Unwerth's book Fraulein
I alway's loved Ellen von Unwerth's work.  Her pictures explore the themes of beauty, fashion, fantasy and fetishism.  She has photographed some of the world's most beautiful women (and men).  If you're not familiar with her work, here are some of her pictures.  I have had to post the safer ones due to Blogger's adult content