Hello, Gorgeous!

Article Posted on Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at 8:56 pm

Hope your weekend has been absolutely lovely! Mine was relaxing & productive and filled with champagne & culinary experiments… in other words: delightful! Here are a few random things to ensure that the beginning of your week will be the same.

:: Listen ::

Last week, Husband played this song for me, and I have to tell you that I’ve been listening to Nina Simone ever since. Her voice is transcendent!

:: Read ::

Recently Stefano Pilati, creative director for YSL, did an interesting interview with Vice.com that was eventually titled, “The End of Elegance.” He makes a lot of statement about the fashion industry that I thought were interesting but the one that got to me, and has seemed to make the rounds on twitter this weekend, was this:

My idea of elegance – and this refers to women as well as men – is that someone is elegant when he or she shows a good knowledge of what fits them, where you can find naturalness and self-esteem. Not showing off. Elegance is the idea of showing an optimistic depiction of oneself, and to lose oneself in the frivolity of style and fashion. Nowadays nobody gives a shit about being elegant, or chic. If you’re doing it, you’re doing it for yourself, because it’s your way of being. When you’re not thinking, “This is fashion,” and you’re not buying clothes to create statements, you’re on the right path.

As a Southern Belle who was raised to value elegance above most this makes me so sad. What do you think? Do people still care about elegance? Do you? And, what is your definition of elegance?

(Obviously this subject has sent my mind on a bit of a tangent. You will hear more about this soon…)

{  Rugby //  Red Carter }

:: Dress ::

Ruffles! For some reason, I have become pretty obsessed with this bold, feminine detail lately. If only that swimsuit can a little bigger than size 6. ( /frown / )

:: Do ::

If you’re looking forward to the season finale of Downton Abbey–And, of course, by “looking forward to” I mean dreading the end but too caught up in the story to delay watching it–then you may get a kick out of these Downton Abbey trading cards from VanityFair.com. (The titles are the best part!)

Now, get to bed early and dream sweet dreams!
Here’s hoping your week will be *lovely!*
xo* ~ Hannah B.