Pamela Love

I am in a bit of a fashion zone right now. Serious fashion zone. Until I get some inspiration to start clicking the lense with, here is Pamela Love's Spring 2011 collection. Tough as nails, with some nice wooden pieces thrown in.

Refinery29

penelope and coco Spring 2011 Lookbook. Perfection!

The oxfords

 The classic boot collection

penelope and coco

Good Eats: Little Oven

Call me crazy, I am not a big cake person...it's usually the icing that I just find to be too sweet.  Though, one tasty treat that I really can't get enough of are French Macarons, if you haven't noticed.  Unfortunately, there are no bakeries anywhere near my house that makes them.

Soooo, when I came across an article last week that featured a bakery in Long Island City, NY called Little Oven that delivers, I decided I would give them a shot.  All I can say is, WOW & I am so glad that I did.  The caramel fleur de seul is my hands down favorite, but the pumpkin pie & caramel apple (with real chunks of apple in the ganache!) are a pretty close second.   Definitely going to be holiday gifts for a few special friends this year.

Photos: Robin West

Rue Magazine issue 2

Rue Magazine Issue #2 dropped yesterday and I found myself continuously checking the site until it launched-it was similar to the feeling I used to get when I was a child waiting for X-mas morning.  They definitely outdid themselves, not that I am at all surprised.

I am still kind of dying over Judy & Jane Aldridge's vintage paradise that they call home-the design aesthetic is really like a work of art, just as they intended.  I must devote a good 1 or 2 hours tonight to absorb it all in.  Check it out here.

 Rue Magazine

We Make Carpets

We Make Carpets is a very talented design trio that creates carpets from every day material: pasta,  band-aids, toy army men-you name it they can make it a masterpiece.  For their first public space installation they created this brick masterpiece in Eindhoven, which is nothing short of amazing. 

It's almost heeeeeeere....

H&M

Bianca Jagger-Rock Royalty

I have A LOT of style icons, but there is something about Bianca Jagger's 'rock royalty' style that seems very relevant right now that I can't get enough of...

Bing.com

Sweet Paul Magazine

Along with Rue Magazine, Sweet Paul fills my craving for everything that I love to look at, while bringing me a sense of calm.  The Holiday issue is finally here and the clean layout, craft ideas, recipes and mouth-watering photography actually has me looking forward to the upcoming Holiday season.  Here are a few pages that really grabbed my attention, especially the last one of the chocolate pudding cake. Yum!

Sweet Paul

Paris vs. New York, a tally of two cities

This is by far one of my favorite blogs right now. A whimsical "versus" play on New York's cliches and contradictions through the eyes of a lover of Paris. Humor and simplicity displayed through graphics. Love.

parisvsnyc.blogspot.com

The ripple effect

I am now spending my days in the world of luxury condominiums & real estate in Manhattan. Quite thrilling, though, it may become depressing once I start looking for an apartment of my own. One of the buildings in my radar is the magnificent New York by Gehry apartment building in downtown (8 Spruce Street), located south of the Brooklyn Bridge, that is going to be opening in the next few months.

Named after the acclaimed architect Frank Gehry (works include the Guggenheim in Spain, Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA and the Vitra Design Museum in Germany), the building showcases ripples, similar to the Statue of Liberty's gown, but in steel.  What's incredible about these ripples is that the rooms actually mimic the outside architecture, making unique spaces throughout the building.  I can go on and on about why it's so amazing, but I will let the images speak for themselves.

 NYTimes.com

Girl Crush

Ever since I first clicked my way onto Late Afternoon, I grew a bit of a "girl crush" on it's impeccably styled creator, Liz Cherkasova.  I just fell head over heels in blog love with her San Francisco style and the personality that beams through her eyes in each photograph.

View ThreadSence.com's Winter video lookbook featuring her running around town and you'll get what I'm saying.

Image & video: Threadsense

In a trance

These shoes are kind of amazing, in a "kick-ass" kind of way.

 

Ellery 2011 Fall/Winter Lookbook via Fashionising

Portland Photo Diary: Pretty Little Details

Photos: Robin West