All things beautiful

quinta-feira, 2 de setembro de 2021

Wise Words - Value yourself for who you are and not how people perceive you.

Beautiful Jewelry - “Beauty is who you are. Jewelry is simply the cherry on the cake.

quarta-feira, 1 de setembro de 2021

Style - You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

Beautiful Shoes - “Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes.” ― Chris Rock

Roger Vivier

Vivier was called the "Faberge of shoes" and he worked with Christian Dior, who allowed Vivier's name on the label along his own.

Vivier would go on to create shoes for Balmain, Grès, Balenciaga,

Nina Ricci, Courrèges, Guy Laroche, and Saint Laurent, his most

significant collaborator.

Embroidered butterfly ornament, a 1953

Early 1960s stiletto pump, covered entirely with iridescent

feathers

1964 gold velour mules feature a very elongated tongue

Pink silk satin with paste jewel ornamentation, early

1960s

Silk satin with silver embroidery and pearl pendant drops,

1959,

1965 psychedelic print Pilgrim pumps with matching handbag

Printed silk pumps with one of Vivier's unconventional and very original

polchinelle heels which lend the wearer a stylishly exotic air, 1961

1960s

Vivier mule with an Indo-Persian style, embroided with pearls

and embellished with wired, tiara-look ornament on the instep.

1959

Roger Vivier Fall/Winter 2020

Here's a dozen of my favorite things never to apologize for:

1) Never apologize for acting on your instincts.
2) Never apologize for being passionate.
3) Never apologize for being smart.
4) Never apologize for demanding respect.
5) Never apologize for saying no.
6) Never apologize for not embracing someone else's agenda.
7) Never apologize for disagreeing.
8) Never apologize for your faith.
9) Never apologize for your own sense of creativity.
10) Never apologize for ordering dessert.
11) Never apologize for being funny.
12) Never apologize for living your truth.

Every one of us casts a shadow.

There hangs about us, a sort of a strange, indefinable something, which we call personal influence--that has its effect on every other life on which it falls. It goes with us wherever we go. It is not something we can have when we want to have it--and then lay aside when we will, as we lay aside a garment. It is something that always pours out from our lives . . . as light from a lamp, as heat from flame, as perfume from a flower.

The ministry of personal influence is something very wonderful. Without being conscious of it, we are always impressing others by this strange power that exudes from us. Others watch us--and their thinking and actions are modified by our influence."

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Ephesians 5:15-16

~J. R. Miller, "The Shadows We Cast"