Simple simple dressing.

The focus is on the person, not the clothes.

An understated, rich accessory seems key.

Color and textiles matters.

All from Sartorialist,

except the berry hues from Hanelli

I've made a few delicious things recently.

Here they are before I forget.

Bright cabbage salad

Warm cabbage salad

Swiss chard tart

Stone fruit couscous

The secret to all these recipes is in the combination of fresh herbs, toasty nuts, either spices, onions/shallots/scallions, or cheese, plus a sweet (cabbage, egg, apricot). They are all surprisingly easy for the amount of flavor.

Photo is of the sort of triple creme cheeses I've been craving lately. Best so far is Pierre Robert.

YVES SAINT LAURENT

In fashion, he did it first.

Russian furs and rich fabrics,

Khaki and tunics,

Huge bows,

Red and fushia,

Modrian color blocking,

Black lace backs.

His inspiration came from art

and Morocco and the sparkling

glamorous jet set scene.

He wanted to make women feel

beautiful and confident.

He was also very sad and shy.

I love his glasses.

He loved his hair.

And his idea of heaven was

being in a big bed. L'Amour fou.

RAY EAMES

was a painter.

She understood colors and shapes

to make something

lovely and friendly

yet also modern and sophisticated,

so well.

Black, pale pink, blue, red, white.

Contrast.

Happiness.

She added the bird.

It's perfect.

Look at those patterns!

The friendliest combination of

lines and dots.

Food

From Fiskebar in Copenhagen Denamark

Nature does colors best

Selby

This is boring

- gray and black, oversized sweater and skinny jeans -

But I like it

- comfy, sexy, messy hair, chic -

Even though I wouldn't wear it

- black and gray with black hair is morbid

those heels do not look walkable

the bag is not a bag-

Maybe if ...

I subbed ballet flats

and the color palette was

a rich cranberry plum or forest green

I do love the marled knit look

Photo by GD.

PENN

... 's self described style is 70s camp counselor. Her favorite color is olive green (the color of her eyes) and her clothes are a little tomboyish.

... She prefers her jewelry gestalt. Like her Lizzie Fortunato bracelet made of sharp angles in metal and felt, wooden ring the shape of an oversized knuckle, and set of three brass bangles that look vaguely African. A big, chunky statement piece that adds the camp, the tacky to her otherwise 85% classic look.

... Penn brings a studied bit of bright I Love Lucy and Monty Python vaudeville to an otherwise perfectly composed (think the daughter of an impeccably dressed mother who wears soft cashmere sweaters and wool slacks in the winter, flats and a shirt dress in the summer, and bright red or blue rag and bone skinny jeans with a white tee-shirt in Jamaica) existence.

... She likes collages, Rauschenberg, Miro, and heart shaped red velvet cakes smothered in cream cheese frosting.

Only hearts Japanese knotted silk robe

Soutine cake

Lizzie Fortunato collage

Rauschenberg, Untitled, 1955

Looks I like for spring.

Night out, every day, evening with adults, the park.

T by Alex Wang and Steven Alan lookbooks.

Araki

Sleeping or shutting everything out?

Celebrating

Welcome 2012

(visually not so different from 100 years ago)

Vie Parisienne 1916 and 19__

Heidi Slimane 2011

Escape to Shek Oh and Big Wave Beaches

Oh sun, water, and soft sand

We had a milk tea and pineapple cake picnic

Merry Christmas

from Hong Kong

Poinsettias are starting to flood the flower market

for Christmas

The red flowers start on the street, pavement

in huge abundance

and end up in tall vases or covered in ribbons

in the fanciest hotels and shops around Hong Kong

looking very precious and exclusive

Color bordered by gray concrete

Color saturated by the cloudy morning

and wet from the night