Rima Suqi

I have been in love with this Vivianna watch (in silver, stainless, black, whatever version) ever since I first saw it (I won’t say how many years ago) on my friend Deborah’s wrist. While perusing the Georg Jensen website today for a completely different reason, I saw it in their sale section in black. Black is a huge “color” this fall in fashion, which makes me really happy. And this watch is now $720. It was $2,400. Not that $720 is super cheap but all things considered, a bargain.

If you’ve followed this blog (and to my surprise a LOT of you do), you might notice that I travel. A lot. And while I usually have the airplane routine down, I never quite nailed the “what to wear on the plane” outfit. NYC – LA, no problem. NYC – Kilimanjaro or Cape Town or Delhi or any other 12+ hour flight – problem. As much as I love my Lulu Lemon groove pants, they get “knees.” Not cute.

My friend Pauline convinced me to buy these pants from J. Crew:

Silky Linen Slouchy Pant

At first I thought that an arab girl in a harem pant was a bit much. Then someone pointed out that technically this is not a harem pant. Phew.

BUT this is a fabulous pant to wear on the plane, even for 16+ hours because its just slouchy enough where even if it does stretch a bit around the knees it keeps the overall slim line. You arrive at destination, throw on a pair of heels, and look fabulous.

And, conveniently, they’re now on sale. I got the dark pewter. Check them out here.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my Chuckie T’s but when it’s hot outside those suckers are (a) warm and (b) smelly. This plimsol by Generic Surplus (cheaper line from super-cool, every man must wear brand Generic Man) is my new dream shoe. Purchased at Undefeated in Silver Lake but available online at the GS website, here.Three colors in lace-up, more in the slip-on.

My excursion to Homenature in Southampton ended up being fortuitous on many levels. Not only did I get to test drive a chair I’ve been eyeing online, and get the scoop on a cool modern adirondack chair I also spotted a fabulously gigantic denim beach bag by Michael Kors.  And I mean, it’s huge. I was with a friend who brought along his French bulldog, and we could’ve fit 3 of those farty b-tches (as we lovingly call her) in this bag. That’s a whole lotta bag for $78.

Buy it here.

I’m not always a big fan of the Target collaborations but when they get it right, it’s pretty awesome. I think the Temple St. Clair collection, which hits stores in August, just might hit it. I haven’t seen these in person, but I’ve seen similar things at Target that were pretty good.

Charm bracelet, $39.99

ring, $29.99

necklace, $49.99

cuff, $39.99

earrings, $29.99

My friend Meg swears by nude shoes. She says they make her legs look longer. I was always “meh” about it. Being olive skinned, the nude color thing doesn’t always work. But I’m all into embracing a grey shoe, and J. Crew just introduced one at a pretty friendly price that is on-trend but not too trendy.

Knotted macrame heels, $225

I also loved these, which aren’t nude or grey. But the navy looked pretty fab and fresh….

Suede Averil, $238

Housing Works annual Design on a Dime event opened with a preview last night. Word is that by this weekend the place will be super picked over, but as it doesn’t cost anything to get in, you might want to pop by for a look -

Calypso home

Jamie Drake's vignette

Flair Home

Is actually not a waste of time at all — it’s site launched in the U.S. two days ago called My Deco and while the name isn’t great, what the site does is pretty fabulous. One editor at the preview said “oh, it’s like Polyvore, but for furnishings and interior design.” Yes, you can use the site to search for any category of home furnishing and further break it down by price, color, etc. BUT the feature I find the best is the ability to create not only mood boards, but to-scale layouts of any space. That’s a first, as far as I know, in an easy-to-use consumer site. You can drag real pictures of product into your space to see how it will look and position the “camera” so you can check it out from different angles. And you can send that layout to friends via email, facebook, etc. Kinda genius.

I could see this being very very addictive.

Two of my favorite designers ever, Don Carney and John Ross from Patch, have created a collection for West Elm that’s out now. There’s wall art:

and Ceramic Serveware: