Icon of Style- Loulou de La Falaise

Elegant Bohemian...That's what I want to be when I grow up...

 The beautiful and stylish Loulou de la Falaise has left us. I had featured her home here on the blog before, and can honestly say, her home is probably one of my top 3 favorite interiors of all time. One thing that is not seen in many homes is a combination of style, elegance, creativity, AND a lived in, or, down to earth quality. It is a rare, and unusual combination in a person, let alone a home.
But when I see it I know it, and hers is/was just that...

 

 When I was backpacking through Europe, back in the day, I had the pleasure of running into Loulou's niece, (above), Lucie de La Falaise at a Yves St. Laurent show that was at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Paris. (Lucie had become a modern day muse for the designer.) It was a teeny tiny show and Lucie was running in looking like she may have been late, decked out in a long suede purple jacket , and immaculately put together. I remember her saying she liked my jacket, which was a pretty rad vintage number. 

Needless to say I still have the jacket, and always will, remembering fondly that it was noted by one of a long lineage of remarkably stylish women.

“It is fantastic to work beside Yves,” Loulou told Vogue after 20 years of collaboration, “We both believe fantasy is such a vital element of fashion. We tend to think of ourselves as gypsies who have just returned with a marvelous caravan of incredible finds from the exotic reaches of the earth. But we have to make the caravan ourselves. Our Orient is our imagination.”

I can relate Loulou.

I hope you are in your caravan with all of your fashionable friends having a blast.

R.I.P.


Photo's Via- Vogue

Drapery...Artful or Practical?

I am loving drapery lately, more than I ever have.

When I went through my fabric everywhere phase, 
It started to feel like things were collecting too much dust, 
but I think if you stay vigilant about washing or 
dry cleaning your fabrics, it adds adds polish, and elegance... 
Whether they are in a traditional setting, or more modern,
they are similar to a scarf on ones neck.
They add a certain sophistication that cannot be 
met with blinds, my friends.
They are like sunglass huts, all of those blind shacks, or blind
"specialist" stores...They need to stop giving so many discounts, and go 
make themselves some drapes...


What is your opinion of Drapery? Love it or Hate it?


Via- Unknown, Lonny, ApartmentTherapy, Elle Decor, and Lou Lou de la Falaise Apt. in Paris.

Inspiring Rooms...

One of my style icons is Loulou de la Falaise. She knows what she likes, and I respect that in so many ways. Years ago I saw her in Paris, at the Inter-Continental, as she was walking to the Yves Saint-Laurent show. She oozes sensuality and coolness, which can be a rare combination. Her apartment in Paris is gorgeous, the only thing I would do differently, is to make the table in the center a tad bigger, to hold all of the macaroons, and pastries, and tea, that I would be serving...
I am in serious need of a bedroom overhaul, and seeing this bedroom has made me realize, I do not need it to be to "done" to be gorgeous...
Look at the view outside the window?! Are you singing the "Chim-Chimney" song from "Mary Poppins" when you look?

Beach house bedroom. I can feel the sand underneath my feet as I write.