THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE

Such a fabulous week...isn't it funny how much better

we all feel when the

SUN SHINES

which just proves something we always know...

but sometimes forget...

HAVE 

A 

WONDERFUL

W E E K E N D 

E N J O Y

INES...YOU INSPIRE ME

After reading the fabulous post
by Tish
@
A Femme d'Un Certain Age
proving Gorgeous is Ageless...I thought as I often do
of the effortless elegance of
Ines de la Fressange
as most of you will know I adore her;
she has such intelligence and wisdom.

I love the fact that she embraces getting older.
I'm only 3-years younger than her
and it's fabulous to hear her views on
ageing and living a great life
without succumbing to fillers, botox, etc, etc...
I agree with everything she says...it's so refreshing
in this mad world of plastic.

In an extract from
INTO THE GLOSS
Ines says:

"I think it's better to keep a wrinkle
here and there; I see these bizarre faces, and after people
tell me they have had botox or fillers, I don't realize - I just find
they have a funny face.  Blogs and magazines should explain
that it is fine not to do this.
You know, people are not looking at exactly how
many wrinkles you have - they don't care so much.
I am old, it will show you are not fooling anyone."

"Accepting your age doesn't mean that you don't take

care of yourself anymore. 

But to accept it, it's a good thing, because everybody is 

getting older after 18.

If you're going with the wave rather than against

the wave, I think it's better."

Ines....

YOU INSPIRE ME

STYLE NOTES

A few

STYLE NOTES...

Wishing you a week full of

STYLE...

PHOTOGRAPHER'S SPOT: LOUISE DAHL-WOLFE

I've only recently come across the work of

celebrated photographer, Louise Dahl-Wolfe.

She pioneered the use of natural lighting 

in fashion photography

and her glamorous images

taken in the 1940's and 1950's

are truly magnificent...

I think this

 exotic shot could have been taken today...

not nearly 50-years ago.

She worked for Harper's Bazaar for over twenty years

working alongside the legendary 

Diana Vreeland.

For me...it is her

black and white compositions

that I adore...

And this is my

FAVOURITE

taken in Cairo in 1950

exquisitely beautiful...

I'd love to wear this outfit today.

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

(1895 - 1989)