Style Watch: Louisa Clarke

Dear Wonderful Reader,

I present to you Louisa Clarke from Me Before You. I recently went to the watch the movie in theatre and was inspired by Ms. Clarke’s silly and child-like sense of fashion. I adopt more of a simple, minimal style when it comes to clothing, but Lou is here to remind us that its fun to break the rules every now and then and to dress for the inner child within us. Fashion shouldn’t be about rules or regulations. So make the most of your wardrobe by mixing and matching what you already have.

Lou’s Looks Guidelines:

Minimal, natural makeup

Elementary School hairstyles and braids of all types

Short necklaces

Colorful purses, watches, and earnings

Mixed and matched pieces, with patterns

Scarves and belts of all shapes and sizes

Colorful leggings

Funky Mary-Jane shoes often worn with socks

 

 

Spring in Paris

Dear Wonderful Reader,

What a delightful escape Paris is. Whether you have been there or have just heard the endless tales about love and spring in Paris. Let us explore this list of  movies set in the charming Parisian streets.

1. One Day, 2011 (All Time Favorite Movie)
2. An Education, 2009 (Personal Favorite)
3. Midnight in Paris, 2011 (Personal Favorite)
4. Before Sunset, 2004 (Love/Hate Relationship with this film)
5. Ratatouille, 2007 (Personal Favorite)
6. The Devil’s Wears Prada, 2006
7. The Dreamers, 2003 
8. Hugo, 2011
9. Paris, je t’aime, 2006
10. Paris, 2008
11. Amelie, 2001 (creme de la creme)
    

Paris is Always a Good Idea!

“Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive. But to be young was very heaven.” -William Wordsworth

P.S. The screen shots are from “An Education”.

Sophisticated Sunday Pt.2: The Women of the French Country Side through Jules Breton’s Strokes

Dear Wonderful Reader,

I know it’s not Sunday, but better late than never, right!

Here’s the second part to my Jules Breton’s posts’.  This post will present to you the beautiful, simple women of the French rural scene at various points in their day.

Enjoy…

Sophisticated Sunday Pt.1: The French Country Side Through Jules Breton’s Eyes

Dear Wonderful Reader,

I know It’s Tuesday, but better late than never, right!

I present to you Jules Breton,  a painter that has infatuated me with his paintings ever since I first laid my eyes on The Last Gleanings (1895) at the Huntington Library in Pasadena (the first picture, down below). His paintings have an aura of serenity, sensuality, and warmth even though they captured the mundane, un-luxurious life of the French country side. I gathered a collection of his precious paintings for you. Nonetheless, do research and check out the museums around you as the digitalized images couldn’t fastidiciously capture the brilliance harmony of the colors.

Some Facts

• Life: 1827-1906
• Birth Place:  Courrières, France
• Periods: Realism
• Interesting Fact

a.  In 1880 Vincent van Gogh walked 85 miles to Courrières to pay a visit to Breton, whom he greatly admired, but turned back, put off by Breton’s high wall. (Wikipedia)

b. Willa Cather’s novel The Song of the Lark takes its name from Breton’s painting.

At The Huntington Library

Life through Leonid Afremov’s Strokes