{a new week & a few lovely links}

. . . and after another stunning summer weekend: a new week, and this one is filled with the anticipation of things to come -- currently in talks & the planning stages for two very exciting new projects, a few upcoming features and interviews, a possible last-minute trip, and perhaps even a summer cabin stay, and the feeling of butterflies and fluttery anticipation that often comes when everything is falling beautifully in to place . . .

how was your weekend? hope it was perfectly lovely {& relaxing!} and that your week is off to a perfect start, roséline xo

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a f e w l o v e l y l i n k s
* décor: a house in mallorca
* travel: bordeaux, france
* from the runway: marchesa resort collection
* the night sky: kali gandaki valley & nilgiri mountain, nepal
* & on the topic of the night sky: nebulas
* a closer look: designing a sofa
* fashion: pretty pretty pleats
* collections: decorating with books
* architecture: a spanish summer villa
* a glimpse: another home in spain
* art: striking paintings by marissa textor
* perfectly ladylike: these shoes & this scarf
* wallpaper: the canopy collection

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{as always, a few things you may have missed}
* hello & late weekend links
* at the office: crisp summer whites
* hello & ten style essentials
* places: backstage at valentino
* around & about: fendi resort collection
* rock & refined: dsquared2, new york
* like a fairytale: elie saab, paris
* two lovely things: on disply
* favourite five: artist janet hill

& n e w f o r t h e w e e k :
* city sophistication: patterns & texures
* summer inspiration: always the beach
* for poolside or the beach: crisp summer whites
* places: an oceanside cottage

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{images: one | two | three | four | garance doré for chopard via simply seductive}

{afternoon breezes & the first day of summer}

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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. . . and somehow, amidst everything -- days at the office and starlit weekends in the country, after the rains and the windswept petals, softly, beautifully, and at long last, it has arrived . . .

happy first day of summer! & hope it's beautiful where you are,
xo



{images: one | two | three | four | five | six | seven | eight | nine | ten | eleven | twelve | thirteen | fourteen | fifteen | sixteen | seventeen | eighteen | nineteen | f. scott fitzgerald quote via that kind of woman}

{at the shops: florence & florence, uk}

. . . happened across florence & florence, an utterly charming vintage shop run by mother and daughter, christine and annie florence, who have a love for beautiful things and "specialise in finding exciting second-hand pieces", filling their little shop with delicate glass compotes and filigreed pepper pots befitting the most elegantly extravagant dinner party on a mid-spring evening, scalloped cake stands and silver sugar tongs perfect for high-tea on a sunday afternoon, and tea & cake sets that will have you dreaming of the most romantic early april picnics . . .


{images: photography by rebecca cornell for florence & florence, via elle}