Last year, I wrote a series of popular “Inspired by Nature” posts which showed flora-meets-fashion visual relationships. Well, I recently found some more examples at my mom’s house. Think of these as summer’s last hurrah as we get ready for fall.
You know how El Camino Real means “The Royal Road”? And have you noticed the number of luxury/beauty brands that are taking the high road of collaborating with famous artists? They do it to ramp up their prestige and coolness factor and, of course, to drive sales…
I spent the Christmas holiday with my mom. And one morning, I observed that she had many colorful vignettes involving vegetables, plants and flowers scattered around her house…
For the Christmas holiday, my mom was kind enough to host Andrew and me at her lovely home in Exton, PA. While she hasn’t put up a tree since my dad died twelve years ago, I thought she did a fine job of decorating her house with little festive flourishes.
I’ve always loved holly as a symbol of the yuletide season. (Maybe it’s because we had a lot of holly bushes around the house where I grew up.) The shiny, scalloped green leaves and eye-catching red berries look so festive when dusted with white snow…
The Chanel post a couple of weeks ago was supposed to close out my “Inspired by Nature” series, but I’m throwing in this one as a little bonus…
…I found the rosy-hued palette of this pile of crisp, fallen leaves to be beautiful. (And of course I loved the visual pop of color from the lone bright yellow leaf.)
I like the smooth, burnished, lightly ridged surface of this leaf against the gray pavement flecked with white…
I loved the look of this red-berried tree against the powder blue sky…
Here is another flora-meets-fashion observation inspired by my weekend photo safari. This time, autumn foliage made me think of spring…