Chic Pursuits: The Art of Shopping with Style /002
Back to basics for spring; on-the-go essentials; our favourite clean beauty cleansers; the perfect blazer; the chicest sunglasses, and more
All day, I mistook today for Tuesday—a small error that reveals winter's glacial hold finally loosening its grip—time is moving more quickly, spring whispers its approach. I cannot wait. Yet these brittle, splitting fingernails tell a story of vitamin deficiency, a physical ledger of sunlight's absence. The chemist remains on tomorrow's itinerary.
Our daily pilgrimage to the gym continues uninterrupted for two months now. The paradox: as movement increases, so does a primal hunger for impossible calories—as though my body, confused by these liminal days between seasons, prepares for a hibernation that will never come.
The book I mentioned last week nears its final pages. What follows remains undecided (the stack grows, decisions postponed). Meanwhile, we return with our second instalment of Chic Pursuits: The Art of Shopping with Style—a carefully curated source guide for the approaching season. Within: essential basics that form the architecture of a thoughtful wardrobe; items for life in transit; clean beauty cleansers analysed with clarity and precision; the structural blazer that transforms silhouettes; the chicest sunglasses collaboration, and more…
SHOPPING /on-the-go essentials
1 - eau de parfum // 2 - rivière necklace // 3 - deep moisture spray for dry, sensitive skin // 4 - airbrush flawless finish setting powder // 5 - luminizer // 6 - vented brush // 7 - claw hair clip // 8 - lab white sapphire gold drop earrings // 9 - lip sleeping mask // 10 - velvet jewelry box // 11 - retrospect l'extrait de parfum // 12 - small studio bowling bag - suede // 13 - lip balm // 14 - high-shine lip gloss
DÉCOR /more busts
Our love affair with busts and sculptures continues…
Inside this weathered Venetian palazzo, time seems suspended between past and present. Earthy plaster walls bear the patina of centuries, framing an arched doorway that opens directly onto the canal waters. The carefully curated space balances classical and contemporary sensibilities—a sculptural female bust stands sentinel beside abstract stone formations, their rough-hewn surfaces creating tension between ancient tradition and modern artistic expression. The minimal furniture leaves focus on the interplay between art and architecture. Meanwhile, the Grand Canal becomes a living canvas beyond the threshold, where historic palazzos with their rhythmic arches shimmer in the silvery light. It's a space where contemplation is invited, where classical forms meet Venezia's timeless waters in an exquisite meditation on beauty, history, and the artistic soul of the city.
SHOPPING /perfectly preppy
1 - Herringbone Linen-Blend Blazer // 2 - Goji Small Bamboo Leather Top-Handle Bag // 3 - Tilton Welington Burnished Bootie // 4 - Lucien White Sapphire Leverback Earrings // 5 - Juliet in White Eau de Parfum // 6 - Future Lash Mascara // 7 - Oud Wood Candle // 8 - Translucent Loose Setting Powder // 9 - Refy Beauty Lip Gloss // Images via Ralph Lauren
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