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| I love a great a pantsuit, especially this one from the Christian Dior Spring 2015 Couture show presented last week in Paris. The boots in this collection are particularly swoon-worthy. Photograph: Yannis Vlamos/Indigitalimages.com www.style.com |
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| Making Art Dance: Backdrops and Costumes from the Armitage Foundation, a fantastic exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch features sketches, costumes and backdrops from three decades of dancer/choreographer Karole Armitage’s brilliant career. Making Art Dance is on view at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, NJ through March 13, 2015. Photograph: Christian Lacroix and Karole Armitage in 1987 in front of a backdrop of fish painted by David Salle for a production of “The Tarnished Angels.” www.manacontemporary.com |
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| Saturday night ice skating on our beloved homemade rink. Photograph: Ella Kolosek |
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| Burberry Prorsum, Autumn/Winter 2015-16 presented today at Kensington Gardens during London Collections: Men. Photograph: www.style.com |
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| I’ve just started reading this great little book — seems to me the perfect way to start out the new year! The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed Press, 2014) |
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| More good postage — Norwegian Red Cross stamp, 1948 |
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| Holiday postcard sent to my father in the United States from family in Norway, 1950. |
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| Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum reopens this Friday, December 12 after a major renovation that includes a significant expansion of exhibition space and the creation of some fantastic interactive visitor experiences. One of my favorite places in the city. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, NYC. Image of The Mansion Model www.cooperhewitt.org |
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| This year’s Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows were inspired by and thus celebrate The Arts including Literature, Music, Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, Theater, Film and Dance. Stunning as always. |
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| Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage at the New-York Historical Society will feature 70 photographs of landscapes, interiors and objects taken by Leibovitz between April 2009 and May 2011. The exhibition will be on view from November 21, 2014 – February 22, 2015. Annie Leibovitz, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 2009, © Annie Leibovitz. From Pilgrimage (Random House, 2011) www.nyhistory.org |