Black Friday

I'll be spending this Black Friday enjoying a facial and avoiding the stores! I wish those of you who are brave enough to go shopping Godspeed! And to my non-American readers, Bon Weekend!

Photo via Kim Ficaro

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving has generally become a holiday where people are allowed to gorge themselves on turkey and pumpkin pie while watching football games and parades. We often forget that it was originally created by the first settlers to celebrate the harvest and to give thanks in general for their new life in America. I have a lot to be thankful for this year and I'm always grateful for everything that blogging has brought to my life including great friends and wonderful experiences. I want to thank everyone who continues to read my blog everyday and for all your support and encouragement. I'm even a bit thankful for my detractors since they motivate me to work harder to accomplish more and prove them wrong. I hope you will all take a minute out of your Thanksgiving to think about what you are thankful this year too! Then you can unbutton your pants and go back for seconds! Happy Thanksgiving!

Bergdorf Goodman Men's Store Fantastic Mr. Fox Holiday Window photos by Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

Snap to Grid

When a group of artwork is of different sizes and shapes, they always look great hung gallery style. When artwork is the same size or a part of a series, there is nothing that makes a bigger impact than hanging them all together in a grid. They sometimes end up creating a larger work of art such as the multiple maps of Paris but even the framed botanicals and figure drawings can create the look of a larger piece of art. Of course, it's harder to hang artwork evenly this way but it might be worth the expense to hire someone to help you since the final result is so dramatic. Even Elle Decor realizes the appeal of the grid since they often put them on their covers and on their pages! And if it's good enough for them, it's definitely good enough for me!

Alex Papachristidis in Elle Decor

Badgley Mischka in Elle Decor

David Netto

Ryan Korban for Alexander Wang

Jonathan Adler for Liz Lang

Nanette Lepore in Elle Decor

Sheila Bridges

Ruthie Sommers

Steven Gambrel

Thom Filicia

Ashley Whittaker

Steven Gambrel

Susan Ferrier in House Beautiful

Suzanne Rheinstein

Hal Williamson in House Beautiful

Amanda Nisbet

Lee Radziwill in Elle Decor

Steven Gambrel

Steven Volpe and Roth Martin in Elle Decor

Framed Elle magazines on The City

Top: Shelton, Mindel & Associates in Elle Decor

Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows 2009

The Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows were still being "tweaked" tonight according to the man in charge David Hoey who I ran into when I was there to photograph them. They looked pretty great to me and I thanked David for always putting together the best windows! The theme this year is "Curiousier and Curiousier" which is inspired by Lewis Carroll and his works Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. You can already see that they swapped out the dog for a parrot in the fantasy library made out of paper. I think my favorite is the birds eye view of the red room with the king and queen playing chess and other games. The room is turned on its side and the details are exquisite! You have to wonder how they glued it all down! I also love the Victorian themed window that looks like a Valentine card and includes a Cheshire cat! The window filled with staircases was inspired by Alice in Wonderland and is entitled "Drink Me." The all mirror and glass covered silver window was of course inspired by Through the Looking Glass and reflects all the lights of Fifth Avenue. They are all amazing and even the four windows around the corner depicting animals continue the fantasy! I hope those of you who can make it to New York will stop by and see them for yourself and for those of you who can't, these photos are my present to you! Happy Holidays!

Photos by Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

A Vintage Rainbow

I have been wanting to do a spotlight on
Timeless Vixen Vintage for a while now. This was one of the first vintage etsy stores that I went back to time and time again. Now, I check it every morning. And let me tell you, her stuff is stunning. And I don't know who Kinora is, or Vegan22, but they sure buy a lot of stuff. Color me green with envy. I have two dresses from Timeless that I got on Etsy (seen here and here, and a few more that I got on her Ebay site (seen here, here, and here).

So here is a rainbow of dresses from Timeless Vixen Vintage. You can click on the color located under each dress for the link.


Red


Orange


Yellow


Green


Blue


Indigo


Violet

*Sigh* Aren't those just stunning? Which one is your favorite? Is there a different one you like better from TVV? Link to it in the comments.