But Then again

....now I can do this

photo: modelizer

feeling whistful sometimes....

Sometimes I miss the ability to do this to my hair

erin wasson
source: the fashion spot

Day To Night

I learned today that I suck at taking snapshots - its harder then it looks to get a good shot - especially when a girl is in a rush! I am just running out the door and don't have time for a redo so you will have to take what you can get. I thought I would take some shots of what I am wearing today - I am popping out to a quasi-business lunch and then have cocktail and dinner party event planned for later this evening. I have to go straight from one to the other so its a good post to show how I do a day to night look when I know I cannot get home in-between events. I am not wearing a ton of vintage today, but as usual I do have one piece on!

DAY LOOK

Gucci silk print dress, vintage 1970s jacket, black tights, Marni platforms & Birkin

NIGHT LOOK
Same dress & shoes, ditched the blazer and changed to Jimmy Choo Leopard print bag I will probably throw on a few big gold pieces from the 1970s too just to add some pop

I love how the red print silk of the dress play off the leopard print.
I will need a brighter lipstick then this when I actually go out later

And did you notice that I went just a touch darker again?
I think I like it better - though I still am tempted to go just a touch shorter in length.
I am really starting to like this short hair look now that I am getting use to styling it.

I saw this picture today of Jean Seberg and I think my next haircut (and night time event - don't you love the short hair with the girlie girl dress??) will get's its inspiration from this picture!

Renovations

In the midst of running Shrimpton Couture we have undertaken to do a series of renovations in the house. For me to open a proper (albeit temporary) studio here till we build one next year we had to rethink the flow of the house and decided to make some changes. Its a big old house that rambles a bit, and the entire second floor requires a full gut to get it to the point where it is really something livable and fabulous.

I have one guest bedroom almost done - will post pictures of that in the near future - but the big project this month has been the bathroom on that floor. We gutted it to the bare walls (and I mean the wood frame) and ripped out the (pink) toilet and sinks and took the space that had been a closet in the hallway and incorporated into the new space to make this bathroom larger.

So now we are at the point where we have walls (hurrah) and lights that work. And plumbing which is important in a bathroom. The tub/shower is tucked in behind the wall you see in the first picture. The new (white) toilet will go in that nook - you can see where the drain is in the floor.

The walls are painted in Sesia, by Ralph Lauren paints - its a great sort of putty color and i was really impressed with the RL paint. It was my first time to use that brand and its a touch pricier then others but I had to have the color and I was impressed with it once it went on the walls so now I am a fan. I decided not to do tiling in this room, other then the floor, becasue I want the freedom to change the color down the road if I decide to do updates - plus this is a guest bathroom so I am going for a high-end hotel feel. The sconces, fixtures and cabinetry are all Restoration Hardware and I am very happy with how they look. I did but everything for this room while they gad their yearly bathroom sale though. I saved a lot and after sale price it really was not much more then going to Home Depot. They are very substantial looking and where worth the extra bit it cost. I threw a part of one cabinet in the space for this picture, just to see how the color would work with the tile I picked. All the cabinetry is dark, dark wood so plays off the lighter floor and walls.

My Guy and I went out last night with the intent to buy a porcelain tile that we had already scoped out a few weeks ago but while at the store we spotted this insane stone tile that comes in all these different sizes and shapes to give an almost cobblestone feel. It's real stone and normally would cost a fortune but we completely scooped it for an insanely low price - it was less then the porcelain tile we had originally chosen! Its hard to see with just a plank wood floor as a backdrop but its killer! Its exactly the texture the room needed to keep it from being to "perfect" know what I mean?

I went with a grout that is a shade lighter then the wall color.
Its all going in over the weekend so I will post another picture once its in!

Make me wanna

Grow out my hair into a bob and dye it black

credit: katja hentschel

Everyday Vintage

A lot of girls think that vintage is a special occasion kind of thing. And it is! But great basics are great basics and you cannot rule out vintage as day wear. Today I threw on this fabulous tan 1970s Halston trench over a dress and I think it gave it the shot of daytime it needed. I love love love this trench - its classic but the extra wide, and long pointed collar give it that fabulous twist that only vintage Halston can give!

I am getting a ton of emails and requests for more shots of real life vintage like these ones, so I will try to accommodate. Can I tell you I have a new found respect for all those girls that post daily pictures of what they are wearing - its a slight pain in the ass and I have to tell you it makes you feel a bit bashful......but I get that it is fun to see and I check out other girls to see how they wear stuff too.... so I will try to do a few a week.
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vintage 1970s Halston trench, Marni dress worn backwards over skinny black pants,
my fave Gucci boots, LV boysunglasses