the leisure class

"The kitchen isn't always the heart of a WASP home; more often, it's the garden shed." - Assouline "One of the hippes...

the beautiful fall

[Image by Terry Richardson] "Jacques saw the arch glamour of fashion and he, like so many others, was captivated. Beyond its creativity...

StyleLikeU Book

I am so honored to be featured among so many fantastic people in the new StylelikeU book (available here on Amazon.com)! Love and thanks to...

what's that smell

I love everything about the brand CB I Hate Perfume - the name, for a start. The alcohol free scents are all delightfully quirky - Russian ...

books + records

I have always liked pictures of other pictures. This is a publication called BOOKS + RECORDS by Chris Newmyer and Denise Schatz . 

The Clan of Peter Pan

"Patricia," my mother scolded, "put a shirt on!" "It's too hot," I moaned. "No one else has one on!...

best books

Marion Dreadon loves books, and recently started a great little blog called Cover Me , where she discusses what she has been reading and oth...

read it

I'd be very happy if I unwrapped any or all of these books this Christmas/birthday. 20th Century Fashion by Alison A. Nieder and Jim He...

book club: december

I have been on a reading jaunt the past few weeks. I discovered this . It is amazing. The service is quick, the prices are low and there is ...

british birds

English girls are infinitely cooler than everyone else, from Twiggy to Alexa Chung via Princess Margaret, the Spice Girls, Isabella Blow, Ma...

history lesson

I'm anticipating the release of new book Dress Circle , an in-depth history of New Zealand fashion since the 1940s. Contemporary New Zea...

ode to shannen

Shannen Doherty is releasing a book! Called Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life with Style and (the Right) Attitude , it's being ...

library trip

It's currently Library Week in New Zealand. I remember when I first met Natalie, I dropped her to the library to return some books; I k...

secret shame

"Elizabeth had turned the key in the Fox lock, releasing a heavy metal bar that scraped across the inside of the front door with an imp...

ask the dust

Here's a book I just finished. This isn't my copy - it's from Flickr. If you like Bukowski, you should read John Fante. What are...

nz fashion

Lonely Hearts / Juliette Hogan / Jimmy D I love New Zealand fashion - my wardrobe is overflowing with it and I have written about it in my ...

Tom Thumb Won't Do, So Out Goes Betty Blue

Each Peach, Pear, Plum was one of my favourite books as a child (hence the title of the last post) but it was more because of the illustrati...

Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit

Memoir of a Free Spirit (St. Martin's Pres) deals with emotional sabotages that seem so outrageous that you swear you must be reading fi...