Mae Bergan
January 2012
38 posts
“It’s more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail - then you can dream all the rest around it. Because when you see the whole thing, what is there to imagine?”
—Dries Van Noten
“I don’t think that it’s the practical ones among us who move to New York. (Perhaps it is just that it needs a naive trust in life, that whatever happens is meant to, or could, or does and you’ll get through it.) There is something about this place that requires a leap of faith, that asks you to hold tight and see what happens, that never actually promises that you’ll come out the other side not worse for wear. But you do, usually. I have, mostly.”
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Tayo and I were just talking about this last night. I have a theory that people that live in NYC are optimists — and probably even romantic to an extent. Objectively speaking, when you live in NYC, you put up with a whole lot of shit. A whole lot of shit. And something has to make it worth it. Something keeps you here.
(via thatluciegirl)
“Zest is the secret of all beauty.”
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Christian Dior
(via musingsinfemininity)
what do i wear?: Celine Runway Canceled: →
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There will be no Celine runway show this season…Women’s Wear Daily reports that Phoebe Philo is pregnant with her third child and thus is planning on scaling back her upcoming presentation.
There will be a little extra breathing room during Paris Fashion Week in March: Celine, one of the…
“Dreams, dreams. I walk them, I live them. I delude myself with them. It’s a wonder I can spot reality anymore.”
—Adrian Ivashkov (via le-king)
“Aging gracefully is about no heavy makeup, and not too much powder because it gets into the wrinkles, and you know, to not get turtle eyelids, and to not try to look young. You don’t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, ‘Nothing makes a woman look so old as trying desperately hard to look young’. I think you can be attractive at any age. I think trying to look like a spring chicken when you’re not makes you look ridiculous.”
—Iris Apfel (via jessicachu)
“We have been successful. Not as successful as I’d like to be- but only because I’d like to be perfectly successful.”
—David Murdock (via champagnetoasts)
“It’s a new year, and you’ve meant every word of every resolutions you made. Be honest with yourself and others in your new endeavors so you have the best chance at reinventing yourself.”
—Refinery 29 : Aries
