I have a Woody

Newsom, Judd, Mollino, Alto and Edra.

The Great Baba

You have to sit back and adore Catherine Baba: super-stylist to pretty much any major fashion mag the world has to offer and resident of Paris. She just oozes IT and she did it ever so long before the word "stylist" became commonplace. Just let me at her bangle collection alone. Can you believe she is Australian? So proud.

Minimalisma!

Who thought minimalism would have such a long life? “Mountain Retreat” designed by my favourite New Zealand architects, Fearon Hay is completely perfect isn’t it? Minimalism and earthiness is pretty much the ultimate combination and hey, we all know, it is not easy to achieve something that seems somehow borne of the earth, as opposed to contrived.

This firm has produced some of the most notable homes for some time now (see, for example, their current spread in Vogue Living and the "Shark Alley" House). They always stand out. Check out some of their other divine homes in and around Auckland via their website: http://www.fearonhay.com/.

Hospitalised

Fresh from his collaboration with Louis Vuitton (remember, the dirty, psycho nurses that opened the Spring 2008 show as pictured?), American artist Richard Prince goes all furniture/art fusion this time in his current show at Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris.

Prince’s extensive book collection needed storage and hey, why not do it stylishly? As the Gagosian website says Prince “expanded the idea to include daybeds and sofas as a means of presentation. Pairing mid-century modern furniture with books, his own double-sided "Publicities" and other printed and literary material, Prince has created unified sculpture out of disparate objects.” Neat.

The "Nurse Hat Chair" pictured has been produced in an edition of 7. Ouch. Wonder how much this baby costs? More than a Vuitton handbag I assume?

Prince is truly a man of style ... geez, I just noticed he is featured in the Olsen Twins' new tome, "Influence".

Twin Palms, Twin Palms

If you are a serious American modernism fan ... get a load of Sinatra's Palm Springs pad commissioned in 1947 and designed by E Stuart Williams. Sinatra is essentially credited with putting Palm Springs on the map with his sexed up and alcoholic ways ... all played out in "Twin Palms".

It has recently been refurbished by an American executive who, as an alternate to the often favoured minimalism, brilliantly adhered to the style of the times: think chintz and shag pile.

Unbelievably, "Twin Palms" can be rented. Go to http://www.sinatrahouse.com/.

Lick It Up

There is no denying she is hotter than hot. Juliette Lewis. Why isn't she focused on more? In an era of sanitised, "weak as piss" female starlets (think: Blake Lively, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton et al) Juliette provides a welcome alternative for those of us who have zero interest in red carpet normality.

There is always something a little wrong about what she dons ... which of course, makes her so right.

See her at the next rock festivo (with her band "Juliette & the Licks") or in an indie flick ... if she feels like it.

Greige

Still one of my favourite collections from the master, Martin Margiela (Fall 2008, RTW). Is it sculpture, architecture or fashion?