A Butterfly by Day

2.13.2010

Rag and Bone Layers of LOVE!

These men seriously know how to layer. It is an art to do it right and not look like a bag lady. Love the all the tweeds and menswear wools mixed with nubby sweaters and the plaids.

2.12.2010

This year for Valentines Day we found some inspirational images that make us happy and Fall in Love with All the Beauty that surrounds us every day. You just need to look between the sheets, so to speak.

The sketch was inspired by this and a young Ann Margret who is the epitome of sex and love.

Enjoy the images and hopefully they bring a smile.

Photo credits are Jamie Nelson, Elias Wessel, Waldermar and Max

and Bruce Weber

Now some memorable movie kisses that we love:)

XX Valerie and Camilla

2.08.2010

Sweet Disposition

dis⋅po⋅si⋅tion

–noun

the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.

Hi, first we want to start by thanking everyone who wrote such sweet, touching comments for dear little Jasmina. The service was a beautiful celebration of her very short life. I was in New York for 5 days and returned home late Thursday night, just missing the snow storm. My welcome home was to 2 days of rain. Camilla and I had planned to do our Gigli shoot over the weekend and Sunday turned out to be the most beautiful, perfect day. After a good rain storm the sky's are always bright blue and the clouds all white and fluffy. It's like the rain washed away the smog. We named the shoot Sweet Disposition because that is the way we are choosing to live from now on. We were inspired by Jasmina and how she chose to live her short life.

With the shoot we wanted to capture the Gigli feeling but make it wear now. We mixed our vintage Gigli skirt with a midnight blue Vintage jacket. Underneath was a Cerulean blue slip from Anthropolgie and a taupe wrap knit top by Velvet. Then we added knee hi's from American Apparel and Shoes by Jeffery Campbell from LF Boutique. The outfit was topped off with a hat by Billabong. Yes, I said Billabong, it just goes to show that you can find great pieces from lots of brands, even the surf industry. We bought the hat a while ago at this great little boutique in Manhattan Beach called The BeeHive.

In case you haven't heard LF Boutique is have their "Only Sale of The Season" with markdowns at 60% off. That's where we just bought the Jeffery Campbell shoes in this shoot.

Now a Big thank You to Rock and Revolution for the best blog award