kate spade Archives - LUXE AND LUCID

STEALING BEAUTY

We’re embarking on a new year (a new decade actually!) and you’re ready to make some changes

to chez vous. Where to start? Everyone, even professional interior designers, need a jumping off point,

a focus, a raison d’être. It’s called inspiration. And without it, you’ll spend the next six months going around

and around in circles trying to figure out “what’s my style???” So take a little time during this holiday break,

grab a stack of magazines (remember those?) and start tearing. Don’t think about it, just rip out what you like.

Fashion layouts, jewelry ads, interiors, food features … whatever speaks to you. When you’re done, pull aside

the two or three that say “THIS IS ME!” and file the rest away. Yes, steal some beauty and allons-y!

Dolce & Gabbana’s Fall ‘09 campaign and a beautiful Payard feature from Town & Country Travel magazine.

Confectionary images to inspire the interiors of the girly-girls out there.

A room by designer Anne Coyle.

If you could live inside the Fall Gucci campaign or the latest Gorsuch catalog then you

respond to texture, layering and luxury and should book a trip to St. Moritz immediately.

Tom Scheerer’s Kip’s Bay Showhouse bedroom.

Maybe you’re a traditionalist with a saucy side. Like these ladies captured by Kate Spade and Slim Aarons.

Think vivid colors, floral prints and vintage accents with a little leather thrown in.

A Miles Redd bedroom from Domino.

Are you drawn to sleek, sexy, fashionable images?

Then let David Bowie and Marni’s 2008 collection be your inspiration.

A Chicago installation by Kara Mann.

Let the dark side of life be your muse. Like these images from 1992's Dracula and the blog Tedore.

The current vampire craze could inform a dark, dramatic space.

Anthony Gianacakos’ East Harlem bedroom from Lonny magazine.

Luxe & Lucid was on hiatus last week. My home laptop was corrupted by a virus (good times),

so I wasn’t able to blog. Here’s a quick post until the next in-depth Luxe & Lucid installment …

Although it breaks my heart to watch so many shelter mags shutter their production, I am happy to report

that one forward-thinking and stylish girl has come to the rescue in our time of need. Michelle Adams has

launched LONNY, a new online design magazine. Currently into its second issue, the “e-zine” is winning rave

reviews and already has 10,000 fans on Facebook. I am beyond impressed with its stylish content, beautiful

photography and easy-to-use web format. It takes A LOT to impress me, so let me assure you that this is one chic

periodical and well worth a bookmark. I’ve “torn out” some of my favorite pages from Lonny - volume 2 below.

The Cover

Every page is printable, email-able, blog-able.

A gorgeous spread on the Hotel Keppler. A definite contender for my next trip to Paris.

The article on uber chic Haus Interior is a showcase for the magazine’s slick, stylish photography.

I pretty much love everything in their Gift Guide.

This is a dressing room in J. Crew’s upper east side shop.

It could have been a Huntley & Co. design!

A detail from Kate Spade on 5th Avenue.

I don’t know what I’m looking at, but I love it.