happy sunday

opening night at the abt

i have certainly been a slacker about josiebird updates, which is to say i have been darn busy. but not too busy to catch the opening of the ballet on monday night at lincoln center, which is always a sight for ballet lovers and fashion lovers. here are a few pix from voge online... that's olivier theyskens looking slightly diminutive next to lauren santo domingo, in nina ricci.


and, my favorite, marina rust, in nina ricci. i should back up and say that since nina ricci is a sponsor of abt this year the event was a bit of a runway show (i mean, with olivier theyskens why not?)


another favorite, kelly ripa in roberto cavalli.


tory burch, nina ricci..


oh, but the dancers! that's irina dvorovenko. so pretty, so talented, having danced a piece with her husband, maxim beloserkovsky. yes, those are the trumps. we will have to assume they are helping to pay the tab.

happy sunday

oscar

It is really hard to say what I will miss most about Oscar. People keep reminding me of different things. But most of all they remind me of how widely loved he was. As news of his death is getting around, I am receiving calls, notes and e-mails from friends and neighbors, neighbors' visitors, people who brought their kids/parents/significant-others to meet him, people who claimed they did not like cats, people who actually are quite allergic to cats. Laura and Perry dubbed him "The Cat Ambassador" for exactly this reason.

Georgie had a theory that in a past life, Oscar was a monk who wanted to come back for a lifetime of little complication, fulfilled needs and lots of love. He certainly got that. And I guess on that note, he is heading somewhere else to be a light for others.

Thanks for 12 charmed years.

spring break

lovely hopetown in the bahamas looks like a little new england village all pasteled up and sitting in the sun. one flies into marsh harbor and takes a boat across to the island which is remarkably free of transport vehicles, other than bikes.

happy sunday

happy sunday

happy sunday

foxy and winston

ah, how much do i love the work of darling jane from foxy and winston who has just added her "mouse series" to an already fantasic assortment of silkscreened cards, prints and baby-wear.




how great are these framed prints? here are 2 of my favourites:



and, the very cutest birthday card, like, ever...

courbet at the met

through may 18th the metropolitan museum of art is showing its first retrospective of painter gustave courbet in thirty years. i don't know why i find this lapse of time so suprising, maybe because i just love his then avante garde, now luscious, emotional, baring work so captivating. in addition to some 130 paintings, the exhibition also includes a selection of nineteenth-century photographs that relate to the artist's work, especially his landscapes and nudes.

happy sunday

new etsy favorite

love the etsy profile today on louchelab, a brooklyn-based workshop of illustrated, sewn and embroidered pieces. so many things i want for myself and the ongoing gift storings.

for example, these lovely tarot cards:



the inspired jane eyre reader kit with gorgeous bookmarks and notebooks:


an adorable ipod case:



and my favorite, the winter rose purse:



all worth checking out!

2008 orchid show

oh! it's a marvellous 50-some degrees today in nyc and given that spring is springing, until the next nor'easter, i have to take note of nyc botanical gardens annual orchid show. now through april 8th, and just a quick metro north train away, one can check out the likes of these rare blooms. plus, the grounds up at the nyc botanical are incredible and well worth a tour on a nice day.

happy sunday

best in show redeux

my thoughts on by far the most interesting part of a ho-hum ceremony...


i mean really, the show stopper for me was anne hathaway in marchesa. if i had coloring like hers i would stay pale and wear red all the time. another presenter, penelope cruz, looked amazing in chanel.


ooh, and more marchesa. i know this is very similar to the anne hathaway red, but how good does jessica alba look? and i'm not really a fan of hers. but she gets points for rocking this one while pregnant. seriously, she looks as good in it as the presumably stick thin runway model.


i love the relative sublety of calista's vintage valentino. she's not there as a nominee or a recipient, just on the arm of harrison ford and not trying to be anything more. well done.


black wouldn't be my choice for such a night but laura linney does look elegant in michael kors and cathy waterman jewels.


why were so many people down on cate blanchett's choice? love the color, her hair and makeup is gorgeous and she's sooo pregnant. let the woman wear whatever cut she wants! big snaps in my book.

the last sitting

check out lindsay lohan on this week's new york magazine cover as marylin monroe. the cover story, shot by bert stern, is based on stern's iconic last sitting from 1962, featuring marylin. surely much will be made of li-lo and her personal parallells to marylin's drug abuse story. whatever.


anyway, i have long been a fan of the book which shows an amazing range of emotion in the star, shot over several boozy sessions just prior to her suicide.

probably this is my favorite image, which i first saw on a friend's wall years ago and has made a lasting impression of the woman behind all that legend.



and as for the rest of the photos, it's easier for those of us in a (slightly) later generation to see what all the hype was about, and why so many stars today refer to her.