I would make people less afraid of things they don’t understand or identify with. So much of the hate and judgement in the world come from people being scared to learn more about people who are different.
Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney’s response to the question, “If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?”
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| Photo via Louise Fili Ltd. |
Designers rejoice! Louise Fili’s Elegantissima has made a grand entrance into the world, complete with stunning type and years worth of design masterpieces from the legend herself.
I can never, ever forgive my parents for having the bad judgment to leave Italy and come to America. The final indignity was that I was born in New Jersey and had to spend the rest of my life getting as far away as possible from the Garden State. My first trip to Italy was a typographic and gastronomic epiphany: quite simply, everything looked, tasted, and sounded better in Italian.
Louise Fili, in a conversation about her new book
The styles are beautiful [in L.A.]. People have their own trends and their own authentic swagger, but it’s not what I gravitate toward. Maybe if I was born and raised there, I would have warmed to it. I admire it, but I’m detached from it. I’m very visual. When I’m in New York, I walk down the street and find myself complimenting everybody. I like when people put things together because they felt like it, not because they wanted to impress someone. You can always tell when someone is dressing for other people, but I just love when people dress for themselves.
Zoe Saldana, in an interview with Time Out New York
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| Horizon lines from Paul Octavious (@pauloctavious) |
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| Flora from @othersuchthings (L) and @dearleila |
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| Simple objects from @londonbusred (L) and @dschwen |
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| Mountains from @hurlywood and a moon from @moneal |
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| Portraits from @jungletimer (L) and @bexfinch |
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| A great series of polaroids from @keithweaver |
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| Nature and serenity from @danaemoran (L) and @folkfibers |
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| Glitter pumps from @jengotch and a beautiful ombre maxi skirt from @nastygal |
Anthropologie features this montage on their homepage showing how to take one look from summer to fall/winter. I love this idea — one dress for every season, with the addition of layers. Something to think about when living in hot (soon to be chilly, then cold) New York.
—jc
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