Photos by Drew
Sweater: Cropped Cream Sweater c/o Lulus.com
Skirt and bag: thrift stores
Shoes: Swedish Hasbeen Bold Endeavors Heel in Gain, c/o Modcloth
Sunglasses: Karen Walker
So I know it’s only January, and that no matter how many spring collections or warm weather inspiration pictures I post it won’t really be spring for a while now. I know that in a lot of places it’s still snowing (my dad got stranded in Ireland for a day or two this week because the Newark airport was shut down due to snow) and that only a few weeks ago here we were all iced inside our homes in a freak Atlanta snowstorm. But all of that was hard to remember this weekend when the sun was out and the temperature might have hit 70. It was good. Drew’s friend was in town from Vermont so he hung out with him and I spent lots of time with Jamie yesterday, taking some photos that we’ll show you later. Last night we went to Antico and listened to David Bowie records and thought about going to the Clermont, but stayed in and play around with funny iPhone apps instead.
Today was even warmer. It was so nice out that I ditched the tights and tried out a warm weather outfit that’s sort of inspired by all those Australian and New Zealand collections I keep posting. After dropping Drew’s friend off at the airport Drew and I went back out to Serenbe to walk around in a good quiet southern farm setting, and it was peaceful and beautiful. Other things I did this weekend: baked an apple pie (it was ok), made some cinnamon rolls from scratch (they turned out better), ran outside without having to wear a jacket and gloves, got a good start on a book about southern literature history (and found that I have a lot of authors to catch up on), talked a little about future projects with Jamie, and ate an amazing all-vegetable meal cooked by Drew. Sorry for all the warm weather bragging if you’re stuck in the snow somewhere up north. If it makes you feel any better it’s going to get cooler and rain here just about all week and soon enough the tights and winter coats will be back out. But I’ll try not to think about that until tomorrow.
1. found via Ebay . . . . . . . . .2. Marion Davies (via AliceJapan) . . . . . . . . 3. Lillian Gish, via Alice Japan . . . . . . . . . . 4. Ebay. (this actress looks a little annoying to me for some reason but I like the photo) . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Ebay. (dream dress) . . . . . . . 6. via Ebay. Jobyna Ralston, I think.
All right–here’s one of those southern hemisphere winter collections that I like so much because they’re such good inspiration for our Georgian in-between seasons weather. Australian designer Arabella Ramsay covered the bases on what I want to be wearing this spring (ankle-length skirts, floral dresses, platform sandals) but there are also things I’d be more than happy to wear now (hello, sweater and mini dress combination, plaid wool skirt, and sweater and long skirt), though with tights, of course. And isn’t the lookbook styling especially good? I actually first saw this lookbook in a tiny preview image on the Frankie blog, but Atlanta doesn’t carry the magazine anymore and I couldn’t find the actual lookbook online for the life of me. So just when I thought I’d imagined the whole thing I came across the lookbook images on the Arabella Ramsay facebook page, and they are even better actual-sized. Especially the ones of the model walking around treacherous rocks in treacherous platforms. Who does that? (Oh . . . . . . . )
And before I forget, the Lulus.com giftcard winner is . . . . . . . . . Miss Emalith. Congratulations!
Photos via Arabella Ramsay on Facebook.
Here is the thing that’s been on my wishlist for the past three summers. It’s not that I haven’t been able to find any; Etsy and Ebay have what seems like a ton of old white Edwardian dresses at all times, but usually they are too tiny-waisted (if you don’t wear a corset) or too expensive. Especially if you are meaning to hack the dress into a mini as soon as you get it. That’s what I wanted to do last year, but now I’m liking the look of the dresses long more and more, especially when they’re worn with modern shoes or menswear-ish shoes. It just seems like a good thing to wear on a hot summer day.
Photos: 1. Closet Visit: Joanna Williams . . . . . . . . . . 2. Vanessa Jackman and Mr. Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Eliot Lee Hazel.
If I’ve been writing about spring I might as well write about summer, right? Maybe not. Around here summer is the dreaded season that winter is up north. The temperatures get unbearable and the season drags out so long that you get depressed by the end of it. But weirdly enough these photos are making me want to be some place warm. I wouldn’t even mind having to wear a bathing suit, as long as they are as cute as these ones by Geronimo. And bathing suits scare me. I’m the shyest person in the world when it comes to going out in public in one. But all of these are so pretty and old-fashioned; the cover-ups especially are 1960s pretty and modest and would make an awkward walk across the beach a little less awkward.
You know what I also like? Soft focus, dreamy lighting, straw hats, silent film-looking houses, and Annie Monroe.
