As Don Draper told Lane Pryce when he suggested they go see the film Guns of August, "I hate guns and I hate August."  Nonetheles...

In this edition of I Spy: laughing ladies in the 1930s, superb Helsinki street style, more Hamm, and a bar that never changes. See more...

An almost futuristic Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a wall of fire depicted in a dreamy photograph, a pink Gothic interior, a stitched-up par...

May is over and seemed to go by really quickly, too.  If this collage were a realistic depiction of my brain in May, it would be 95% Mad Me...

Just a small selection of beautiful images from April.  I don't know anything about the artist Marie Montard, but isn't that book v...

A lovely if haunting winter scene and a spring green interior . . . some inspiration from the last month.  See more by following me on Pint...

I just realized the other day that I hadn't done an I Spy for December, so today I am remedying that!  The first photo is from a travel...

Just a single small collection of lovely inspiration from November as we plunge into the holiday season.  Autumn always feels way too short...

As the days get shorter, I get more obsessed with beautiful lights and chandeliers--and sparkling dresses!  And one year after our trip to ...

Here's a small selection of things that caught my eye last month.  I've been combing through the vintage dresses in the Met archive...

Lots of drama and darkness catching my eye this last month (as always, really).  I can totally picture someone running through the forest i...

Inspiring me now: gals wearing their hearts on their frocks, light interiors and dark exteriors, louche glamour, a great writer trying on w...

Striped flappers, deco dancers, geometric book covers, dapper artists, an anxious puppy, and an English library in which I would like to li...

What's inspiring me lately?  Smartly-dressed women of the past and present, mid century graphic design, gorgeous old opera houses, and ...

Spring is in full swing here, and the flowers are blooming . . . but I prefer my flowers against a dark background.  Just like I love a sma...

Thanks to the release of Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, I was in an even more mitteleuropäisch state of mind than usual last ...

What's inspiring me lately?  Springy green fern prints, dreams of luxurious train travel, a Berlin cabaret performer...and dogs. Se...

January.  Snow, ice, fireplaces, neon lights, and the best costumes for a ball ever!  Take a look and see if you agree.  (For more of this,...