Jesus, Is That You? Holiday Gift Giving 4 Commoners

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The Air

THIS, is what being festive looks like. NIPS and Lights. 

THIS, is what being festive looks like. NIPS and Lights. 

How Could Anyone Say No to This ?

How Could Anyone Say No to This ?

It’s almost surreal how quickly the holiDAZE go from Thanksgiving to Christmas, from stuffing our faces to now needing to scramble and find gifts for everyone you like, and some people you don’t’. Over this last holiday weekend, I was watching Saturday Night Live, and Chris Rock made it all very clear. It is a bit, well, selfish, making Jesus’s birthday a gift giving occasion for us commoners, for those of us who are not Jesus, so, EVERYONE. For all of you who know me, and for those of you who don’t, I am spiritual, not religious, (queue snickering or general bullshit- o- meter), but seriously churches scare me, and I don’t like cults. I like to think of myself as a powerful being full of energy and light, and I pray about that sometimes, (either that or its exact bumper sticker we had on the Subaru growing up, that we found at the local health food store where we went to buy granola and other hippie essentials ;0). We have since graduated to British engineering, (thank god), but the mint green Subaru holds a special place in my soul maybe even as a messiah.  So looking into this Christmas to come, let’s talk gifts. 

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On a serious note, it is really hard shopping for people. So I thought about gifts or things I have that I love and use everyday, to better help! Heres a list of my favorite items that a girl like me would be happy to see under the tree! xxx C 

#1. The Bag of a Lifetime; Proenza PS1

Proenza PS1

#2. Instax 90 Instant Camera 

#3. CatBird Stacked Ring Hand 

#5. Her Very Own Tarot Deck 

#7. Subscription to PORTER 

#9. Franks Coffee Scrub 

#4. Gypsy Water 

#6. A Vespa (because well DUH.)

#8. Charlotte Olympia Kitty Slippers 

#10!!! Laduree Lunch Date 


Sultry Summer

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-Tuesday June 24th, 2014 

The Chanel Espadrilles

^Note the scuffs of character.

Perfect Summer Creation. Frozen berries, Seltzer water, ice, and lemon. PERFECTION 

My Vintage Luggage 

Moms wildflowers 

 Clothes need settings to be special and settings need outfits to be remembered. Whenever I buy something new, I make up a story of where I see myself wearing the piece, this time the story happened to be more perfect than anything I could have imagined.

 It was Sunday night in Gloucester Massachusetts, the sunset was perfect, and the ocean breeze made it easy to be grateful. I was wearing Madewell overalls, a J. Crew Sailor top, and the item of desire, (the sold out everywhere), black and white canvas Chanel espadrilles. I’m not sure I had a story for these babies yet; they were so special their showcase had to be perfect. When I got dressed that night I thought to myself “f*ck It, I’ll wear them here, and then set up an occasion in NYC to break them out for real.” The Madfish is a bar located literally on top of the water in a small bay, and on Sunday nights they have a live Reggae band.  A newly minted PR Agent, a physicist, a vet tech, and myself, made our way to the summer hangout. I am nothing like my best friends at all, and that is why we have all been friends for twenty plus years. They get me in ways nobody in NYC would even be able to start, and it’s so refreshing to talk about things that don’t involve the small social circle that is fashion and PR in NYC. We got to the bar, had a few tequila shots, and danced with the lifeguards that used to be cute when we were 16, (they were never cute, it’s a small town, EW), and literally had the most amazing night on the water, in the best of company. I had a moment on the dance floor when I looked down and the tip of my shoe was scuffed from the spinning and dipping, and I thought to myself “that’s what Chanel is for, to be worn and loved.” Every time now I look down at my shoes I can’t help but smile, they symbolize the perfect summer night.

Xxx Claire 

Gossip

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-Thursday May 1st, 2014 

Hands Down Most Amazing Piece of Gossip EVER 

Word on the street is, SJP is next in line after Anna Wintour to be editor and chief of VOGUE. Is anyone else dying like I am ? 

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