Just a little tip when getting ready for parties this holiday season; take your time with the glitter eyeshadow or red lipstick, according to my calculations you can’t be late twice.
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#vintagevibes #romanticstyle #classicstyle | wearing my favorite sparkly skirt from @sezane #sezanelovers
It wouldn’t be the holidays without the three wise (and disarmingly charming) English men: Jude Law, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Happy swooning and, of course, happy holidays! (How did we do @nmeyers?)
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#friendshipgoals #judelawseason #theholiday #vintagevibes | wearing @daily_sleeper filmed at @theplazahotel, inspired by @iamthirtyaf 🥂
Bridget Jones vibes without the actual bad habit. 🚬 Hi hello, and welcome to what I call the great in-between. Christmas is over, NYE is soonish, and I’ve lost track of what day it is or how many of these pretzels I’ve had. 🥨
Raise your hand if you’re also not entirely sure what you’re supposed to be doing at the moment. I vote movie marathons and pajamas for the foreseeable future, who’s in?
ps : had a lot of questions about these pretzels we made, they’re just made by melting white chocolate, dipping various length pretzel sticks in, and then tapping the dipped ends into a mixture of crushed Oreo cookies (I used mint ones cause holidays) and silver sanding sugar. Add a bow for garnish and serve in a dish of your choice. Way better than the real thing, right?
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#vintagevibes #classicstyle #pretzelrods #inrodwetrust#NYE#champagnetower#VintageVibes
My mood until the new year. 🥂 Except instead of champagne, it’s coffees and teas and snacks, and instead of the dress I’m in pajamas. But other than that - totally the mood.
What about you? Are you team staying in with a tower of snacks or are you headed out for a tower of bubbles this weekend? 🥂
ps : a big thank you to @krystal_bick for helping capture this moment in which we each created a moment with this champagne tower. Funnily enough, it was born from an accidental moment after a proper shoot when we were trying to figure out how to drain the glasses without making a mess, and a straw seemed like the logical (if not slow) solution. Watch Krystal’s version too and let me know if you’d like the very unladylike outtakes.
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#nye #champagnetower #champagne #vintagevibes #classicstyle #romanticstyle
A little look back on my year; at first I wasn’t planning on doing a recap, a highlight reel of sorts, but something changed in me over the past week. I started to reflect on just how big of a year this was for me; not just in terms of experiences and travel (although that was a major highlight) but in terms of both professional & personal growth.
I’ve been sharing my life on the Internet for over 10 years, close to 13 now I think. But it wasn’t until this year, right at the very start, that I really started to see some growth. Began to explore new ways of creating content, letting go some of the reservations I had, and really allowing myself to feel free to create. I started some new series here (like #theunreliablenarrator), played with new formats (like voiceover and short form stories) - I even upgraded my camera lens to be able to achieve the cinematic look that I’ve always wanted. I started to feel more confident in my work, and found a really wonderful response to it - for what felt like the first time ever.
in terms of personal growth, this year, New York really felt like home. I moved a little over 2 years ago from LA, and spent the first year trying to figure out my place in both the city and in the Hudson Valley. Juggling the two worlds took time for me to figure out, but this year I feel like I really found what works for me, the right balance between home, city, and travel. I also feel like I started to find really lasting friendships on a different coast, and that has been the greatest gift yet. To find fellow creatives that I respect & admire - but also that I just want to go and have a drink with and to share time together.
2023 was a year of travel, exploration, but also in finding joy and being at home with my little family. Romanticizing the quiet and the simple moments just as often as the big ones.
I’m so so grateful to have gotten to share this past year with you, and I cannot wait to see what 2024 has in store. Here’s to more g
And what I mean by ‘cancelled plans’ is saying no to anything that doesn’t feel entirely right for me in 2024. No to the things that do not fulfill me, no to an overbooked schedule, and no to being self-critical.
I’m very much looking forward to being gentle to myself in the new year, unleashing my creativity, romanticizing the little moments, and exploring new places that I’ve only dreamt of. To embracing my sensuality without shame and wearing the pieces that make my heart leap, like this beautiful set from @simoneperele_america. To loving who I am becoming and loving the time spent in my own company.
So what are you saying no to in the new year, and what are you looking forward to embracing?
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That’s all that I’m hoping for this year - continuing to see art in everything around me. Of course, sometimes it’s easier than others. Traveling somewhere new, seeing new sights, it becomes easy to view just about everything in a romantic light. I sat on this balcony in Paris and with that overwhelming sense of awe I viewed everything around me as art. The birds flying by as the sun was setting, the man watering his plants in the window opposite, the people walking below, off in search of dinner or drinks, laughing and chatting. It was easy to view everything through that lens.
But I hope that I continue to view the simple and ordinary moments with that same sense. That I can admire the way the light falls on my (admittedly) dusty mirror in my room and see it as art. That I can look at my laundry drying in the living room and realize that if I squint it almost looks like a painting. That I can choose my favorite dishes to put my least exciting meals on and think that it looks like something out of a film. That I can turn living itself into an art form.
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Quote by Henry Miller, wearing a sweater from @sezane, raspberries from the little shop just below me on this street.
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#paris #parisianbalcony #sezanelovers #romanticstyle #lefabuleuxdestindaméliepoulain #amelie #vintagevibes#butterbows#feminineenergy#butterbows
Breakfast is ✨served✨🧈. Yes the Bonne Maman advent calendar was worth is and yes, I still cannot stop playing with butter molds. Any suggestions for the next one? 🦢🎀
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#butterbows #bowsbelongoneverything #feminineenergy #romanticstyle #vintagevibes #girlbreakfast #girldinners#books#vintagevibes#romanticstyle#paris#parisintherain
Ideally sooner but I can be patient 📚 Just me, a grand estate, and a room dedicated to massive shelves and a fireplace to curl up in front of. Maybe a bell to ring for tea a la Downton Abbey. A girl can dream, right? What outlandish fantasy do you see yourself living in 5 years?
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Like the smell of the rain when you get caught in it on the way home. Like the feeling of warm socks pulled on on a cold night. Like the tightness of the embrace you linger in when you see an old friend for the first time in ages.
Currently writing this from the bathtub, watching the snow fall outside and thinking that this particular moment might just be one of the best things in life.
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Wearing my beloved @sezane trench in Paris in perhaps not the most appropriate shoes for the rain. Umbrella via the local newsstand. 📰
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#paris #parisintherain #parisianchic #darkacademia #vintagevibes #romanticstyle
Warm baths with bergamot oil, the first snowfall of the season, hot coffee in the morning followed by hot broth and pastina in the afternoon, catching up on reading, cozy socks, and above all - slowing down.
I’m still relatively new to a proper winter having lived in California my entire life until just over 2 years ago, so each time the cold weather, snow, and shorter days creep in, I feel a real sense of curiosity and awe. I think it can be easy to spot the difficulties with winter, so I’m trying to embrace the changes and find the beauty in these little moments.
Do you find that you enjoy the winter season?
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#vintagevibes #romanticizeyourlife #romanticizingwinter #snowfall#elegantstyle#romanticstyle#bowsbowsbows
Respectfully, no. Sometimes I think because my style leans more into romantic and vintage vibes there’s an expectation that I need to be diminutive and sweet or else entirely proper at all times. And that just isn’t me; and if it isn’t you either, don’t change a damn thing. Give them the finger (with a pretty bow attached) and move on with your day.
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#vintagevibes #romanticstyle #elegantstyle #bowsbowsbows#feminineenergy#romanticstyle#stayinginmylane