December 2011
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PHILO⋄SOFIA: ★ HAPPY NEW YEAR! ★ →
philo-sofia:
“Heaven preserve me from littleness and pleasantness and smoothness. Give me great glaring vices, and great glaring virtues, but preserve me from the neat little neutral ambiguities. Be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic, be a suffragette, be anything you like, but for pity’s sake be it to the top of your bent. Live fully, live passionately, live...
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“a new dress doesn’t get you anywhere; it’s the life you’re living in the dress...”
– -Diana Vreeland (via evachen212)
One of many gems from the legend. Her book, ALLURE, is a treasure {and in the shop!}
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“I love Los Angeles. I know a lot of people go there and they see just a huge...”
– David Lynch, Catching The Big Fish (via bbook)
Hello: uh...hey guys... →
madeleineishere:
I ended up in the Emergency Room yesterday…
I fainted at work (reason unknown) and fell to the floor- hitting my head and neck in an awkward position which knocked me unconscious for a bit~ I was rushed to the ER in an ambulance on a back stretcher (most uncomfortable ride ever) BUT at…
Help if you can!
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HipSwap
Still holiday shopping? Angelenos might want to check out a cool (and free!) new app called HIP SWAP
Hip Swap is a little bit like Yelp in that it shows you nearby shops. But unlike Yelp, it shows you some of what they have inside as well as the prices! So you can see who has what you want, and who you can bypass in your rush to get it all done.
Right now the app best covers Venice, Santa...
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“for me clothes are not a superficial thing. they enhance your experience of life...”
– Emerson of EMERSONMADE
I wholeheartedly agree! I’m packing for Christmas tonight and the holidays always include a lot of fancy clothes for me—it makes for the holiday moments I wish for!
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Late holiday hours!
It’s the holiday gift Catch-22:
You have to work to afford gifts
You can’t go buy gifts because you’re at work!
Okay, excepting the internet, but do you really want your hard earned money going to stress-inducing ultra-expensive-fingers-crossed-I-hope-it-gets-there shipping??
Myrtle will be open late—until 9p!—today, tomorrow and Thursday.
So stop by after work,...
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“I’ve asked artists to participate in BSDA whose work speaks to me, whose prices...”
– —Kate Singleton of BUY SOME DAMN ART (BSDA) in an interview with THE JEALOUS CURATOR
This is a cool attitude and really in line with how I pick a lot of my designers. Just makes me love Buy Some Damn Art even more—instead of yet another print site, they encourage originals you can...
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addendum
Oops! In yesterday’s guest post I accidentally left out possibly the most important link: MOONSHINE!
I’ve corrected it in the gift guide as well, but it never hurts to reiterate where fun alcoholic gifts can be found! I just love all those artisan bottles—so pretty for a lot of punch!
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MYRTLE →
Oh, Daily Candy, you had my heart years ago! I read three versions even: LA (my home!), SF (California finds), and Everywhere (internet treasures)!
I’m so honored!
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a little help from my friends
I haven’t done a true gift list here because I see everything in the shop as a perfect little gift—from a $3 card up to a cashmere scarf—but where I run into trouble is…THE BOYS!
So I’m thrilled to present you with the first ever Myrtle guest post! Kevin of NEED THIS NOW has made your life easier with the best of the best of men’s gifts and the links to check...
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