Just Zipped

So, I am Midwest bound this weekend.

Flying to St Louis on Sunday and then Minneapolis for a few glorious days of chilly weather. I kid-you-not, it's still sauna-hot here at home {Puerto Vallarta}.

So I am going there for work, but I still could not be more excited as Minneapolis is a favorite of mine, AND I am meeting with a dear girlfriend for an afternoon of shopping!! yayyy!

Ok, enough yappin' bout itinerary and stuff.

I was checking out the current Minneapolis street style on google when I came across this super-duper-cute Style blog: Zipped

Chelsea has a goal to become a stylist. Until then, she writes this blog as a creative outlet for all of her ideas and inspiration.
Her favorite things include libraries, frozen yogurt, nail polish, fresh flowers, hats, photography, sweet potato fries, and braids.

Oh-HELLOooo, we should TO-tally be besties!!!

I am digging her layering, arm parties and hair. Adorbz.

U like??

A New York style Loft

I love anything New York and I love Lofts. Well, this place is BOTH but get this: it's in Vienna, Austria and it has a design inspired by the classical New York lofts.

Owned by a family of four, you will notice that the space is not divided into rooms but rather into some sort of boxes. There are three such volumes and they each fulfill a different function. The loft covers a total area of 260 square meters and inside there are separate zones with different levels of privacy

One of the volumes includes the children’s rooms. These spaces are acoustically separated by the rest of the loft with floor-to-ceiling acoustic glass elements {ok. this is BRILLIANT}.

The parent’s bedroom is another area and it’s separated from the living area with large sliding doors. These two volumes are the privacy spaces of the loft.


It’s visible that the loft still features some of the industrial character of the building but it has been personalized with individual furniture pieces and a simple but very stylish interior design.

One word: OBSESSED.

[via Homedit]

Rocking Tiles by Lenny! swoon....

The Goccia three dimensional tiles by Lea Ceramiche are actually born out of a collaboration with Kravitz Design - right. As in Lenny Kravitz.

In 2003 Kravitz put together a creative team and set up a design studio. Goccia wall tiles is one of their newest ventures and IT ROCKS! - This stuff is inspired by how light interacts with water ("Goccia" means "drop" in Italian).

Available strictly in black or white and in a glossy or matte finish. Learn more at Lea Ceramiche.





I just think Kravitz is one hot piece of A and prettty much anything he does will look HOT. Just sayin'.

royal syle files: Princess Mette-Marit

Ok, firsts comes first.

COFFEE. quick, go get yours.

We're good??? AAAAAAAAAAAAlright then.

Today's Royal Style Files features Princess Mette-Marit of Norway {thanks to a darling reader who recommended I check her out} Now, I am obsessed with this woman. You see, this is what she told her father one evening:

"I've just been taken home in a taxi... by the crown prince,"

AHA!!! and soon the two staggered people by moving in together for months without even announcing an engagement. {I tell ya, this is such a modern Fairy Tale!!!}

Suddenly Mette-Marit, who was known to have moved in circles where drugs were readily available, and who had a three-year-old son, Marius, by a man convicted of drug possession, found her past under fierce scrutiny. And many questioned the crown prince's choice of partner. {I know... people...}

When she and Haakon did get engaged some months after moving in together, Mette-Marit had to make radical adjustments before stepping out into the spotlight. Just on a superficial level, she had to look the part as she began to attend official functions, and one of her first trips was to New York to buy new clothes without the pressure of being photographed out shopping. "Before, I used to love shopping," she said, "but now it's just stressful. Sure, buying clothes is fantastic for most girls, but not so great for me. What has effectively happened is that all of a sudden I need to have a good wardrobe for my new role in life. And I certainly didn't have many ballgowns before I met Haakon," she added.

Well....... her style is adorable. See for yourself!

Soooooo... THERE IS a happy ending...

The president of Norway's parliament, Kirsti Kolle Grondahl, suggested the following to the country's four million citizens: "I think it's wise for all of us to put this in the past and not let it tarnish her future." And for the most part the next generation has done just that, having easily fallen under the charm of the future queen of Norway. {God bless him}

On January 21, 2004 Mette-Marit gave birth to daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra who becomes Norway's first ever female heir to the throne. Her little brother, Prince Sverre Magnus, was born in December 2005.

Loves her. What do you think?????

Effortlessly chic {how the F do they pull it off?}

Very few people have it, we all want it.

The super-human power of being Effortlessly Chic.

Sofia Coppola is one of them super-human that pull it off flawlessly.

I am a HUGE fan of her style.

Louis Vuitton / Sofia Coppola collaboration? maaan they've got a genious over at LV!!!

{hope whoever thought of this got a freakin' medal or something!}

I get all anxious and just downright obsessed with this level of perfection.

If only I could...........................

Do you love her too!!???

.....this weekend

I need to look & feel exactly like this....

Are u feelin' festive my dears???

Photographed by Nicole Bentley and produced by fashion editor Meg Gray for Vogue Australia March 2011 ... featuring model Alina Balkova.

This was shot on location in San Miguel de Allende and at Hacienda Las Trancas, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Found via Dust jacket attic

High Gloss!!!

High Gloss is here folks!!! go check it out immediately if not sooner... I already did and OH BOY, I am in love.

Let me tell you... the interviews are FABULOUS, the art has a whole lotta great style, stunning photos, so much information, and it's so well done! The cover along is singing to me...

Oh and...

Hellooo chevron aqua rug of my dreams!!!

Yours truly...

Weekend Inspiration: a whole lotta glamour & drama!

Feeling inspired by.....

THIS.

It's exactly how I want to feel (and look like!) this weekend...

via:

the Dust jacket attic blog

What a fabulous blog. I found it via Charlotta Ward

Love to all of ya!

N

I'll take her entire closet please!

Yup... it's that time of the month, where we experience some serious style-lust. You see... There is enough evidence in the world to prove that Rich does NOT always = Stylish. There are tons of girls out there who have a zillion dollars and yet {goodness gracious!}they don't go out and buy a flippin' comb!!!. There's others that just totally take spray-tanning to a whole new level of crazy... and the list goes on and on.

Of course there is people that ALWAYS look good... ! and this feature is about them.

So far we have explored the stunning Queen Rania's closet and Suri Cruise's faboosh street style.

This time, I'd totally buy the entire closet of socialité Olivia Palermo. And...... {Ehem!} how much is her boyfriend?

Olivia Palermo is the daughter of Real Estate mogul Douglas Palermo. She studied in Paris and back home in New York. [what a Gossip Girl kinda life!]

She moved into her family luxurious apartment in the Upper East Side in Tribeca, tastefully decorated by her mother. Her debut in the NY social life started when celebrity photographers started to follow her in every event. Then, she appeard in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, InStyle, Life & Style and even New York Magazine as the It-Girl in May 2007!

Her Job: Wilhemina Models, PR Department of Diane Von Furstenberg and Elle Magazine. She is also in the MTV reality show The City.

Girlfriends... I'd make some serious sacrifices for this belt.

This Tux look is HOT. The Hermes Birkin Bag + YSL shoes... swoon!

This impeccable City style...
combined with Suri Cruise's relaxed street looks and I am good to go!!!!!


xoxoxo

Love :)

She rocks: Sarah Richardson

Hi beauties!

hope you are having a fantastic wednesday... the bellybutton of the week ;)

I have explored Sarah's work before but never on a full post and I realize just how insane that is.

So here's a first of two post I will have on Sarah because her interiors are so fantastic I just want to move in with her. I cannot begin to describe the level of awesomeness in that green headboard against a wall-papered black and white background that simply makes me wanna jump on top of my couch {Tom Cruise style}...

Anyway, now that you probably think I am completely mental... here they are:

Sarah is not your average TV designer. Her keen understanding of the fundamentals of design compliment razor-sharp instincts in all matters of taste and style. Sarah has led her design firm, Sarah Richardson Design, in new and exciting directions with an ever-increasing roster of both residential and commercial projects...

Images... Sarah Richardson Design

Stay tuned for Part Two.. LUV ya!!! x

Diamond Baratta Design

I am experiencing a serious style crush here...

William Diamond and Anthony Baratta are the geniuses behind New York City-based Diamond Baratta Design, which has been operating for 25 years. They have had more than seventy projects published in such publications as the New York Times, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, House & Garden, World of Interiors, and Elle Decor. {not bad uh???}


Together, they are heralded as “Decorating's Dynamic Duo” by House Beautiful magazine... they are best known for their great diversity of styles in a grand scale. Some samples of their stunning work here!

Check out their full Portfolio at the Diamond Baratta Design website :)

My fave is definitely that tub, and the kitchen... adorbs!