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Lipstick Accord, Fantasy Socks, Fantasy Shoes (opens the original)
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Lipstick AccordI was reading in bed (Amit Chaudhuri’s Château Rouge, which is immensely enjoyable) when I caught a whiff of the unlit candle I’d placed on my bedside table earlier that day, the remnants of Byredo’s Loose Lips, which I had been given a few years ago. This reminded me that fall was near, Libra season was fast approaching and the time for lipstick-scented fragrance was imminent. Loose Lips is especially nic
Late August, Early September (opens the original)
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Now that it’s September, I’m back in my cotton tartans and making plum cakes. This year, instead of Marian Burro’s famous torte (which perhaps inspired this beautiful NYRB cover, a painting of “Plum Cake Plums”) I’ve been
August Diet (opens the original)
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Trip to Buffalo, Olivier Assayas' Book Cases, White Shoes (opens the original)
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July Diet (opens the original)
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Here is my monthly “diet” of things that have either occupied my thoughts, moved me in some way or just felt special enough to share; what I was reading, watching, eating, wearing, shopping for, and visual research that shaped my month for paid subscribers (thank you!)Last July’s included: my favourite place to get gelato in Toronto, a sundae workshop, July eating notes, a ‘summer wardrobes’ blog within a blog and how it inspired what I’d been wearing, a
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