fancy footwork, fine art

At the Contemporary Art preview recently at Phillips de Pury. I love how today there are absolutely no rules when it comes to fashion: even flip flops are allowed. What a great time in history to be a woman!



Speaking of fancy footwork, I was thinking about how my brilliant blog-friend Nicky (lipsoflondon) recently referred to Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face and 'that amazing tap dancing dude who's name escapes me (darn generation gap)' (I swear, Nicky, I'm not laughing at you! I'm laughing with you!) and thinking that, even tho Fred Astaire was ahead of my time, too, we must not lose that amazing tap dancing dude to history. I must get my hands on one of his films soon, because he was truly a legend not just in his time, but for all time!




If you can make it out, I love how her fabulous pink shoes match a small streak in her hair, and the girl's hair in the artwork! I loved the back of her trousers, with the slits up the back (she told me the designer but I can't find my notes -or her card!) My one shot is very blurry but hey, let's just call it Art.

primary colours (black&white, with a twist)

A bright girl and neutral boy (altho, with red socks) in Richmond, top. A Jeff Koons dog @ the preview for the recent auction for Phillips de Pury, and above, Mr. Dot channeling Jackson Pollack at the party.

life imitating art

Maria, unaware she is being art, studies the brilliant Liu Wei sculpture at the excellent opening for the current Phillips du Pury contemporary auction. It's funny, Maria & I loved this sculpture, our men didn't get it. Perhaps they're not as used to seeing photos in magazine layouts of women with their heads and arms cut off.
Maria's dress is vintage, her ethical, vegetarian shoes, non-animal product leather platform beaded heels, by Stella McCartney. We've come a long way since Birkenstocks. For one thing, we can't walk as easily, but that's what taxis are for. And boyfriends with fast cars.

style central (tierney gearon's show)

My husband and I went to the opening of Tierney Gearon's fabulous show @ Phillips de Pury, and I was absolutely kicking myself that I didn't bring my Spotmatic. Besides that her work is brilliant - various friends have been telling me about her for years (she shot my niece & sister-in-law), but also we haven't seen that many truly stylish people in one place.. perhaps ever. It wasn't the bling of B list celebrities, but people with true style. 

We might have been the only couple who actually looked at each photograph - they're huge, you'd think you couldn't miss them - because everyone was so busy checking each other out. 

Tierney shoots in film - and apparently, does the double-exposures in the camera, not digitally - which fills me with awe. That's true courage!