the elusive chandelier

i've spent the last three years working at a design firm that specialized in antiques, so i didn't flinch when my own client requested a french bronze antique chandelier for her dining room (we just glamorized it with a fabulous Wolf Gordon wallpaper and gorgeous valance with shimmery gold drapes- it needs a great light).  this chandelier is going to be the icing on the cake, the cherry on top of the sundae, etc etc.  the success of the whole project rests on this chandelier.  what's cake without icing anyways?!  it seemed so easy at the time, yet 10 months later i am still agonizing over it!  the perfect chandelier eludes me.  i thought i had found it last month at a great shop on la brea.  it turned out to be too big.  i found another one on la cienega, the finish just wasn't right.  what have the last few years taught me?  determination and perseverance are key.  so i will keep looking... maybe martyn lawrence bullard will take me on a shopping trip to paris with him??  in my dreams!

alexander mcqueen

so much inspiration to be had from visiting the alexander mcqueen retrospective at the met last week!  it was truly incredible, and quite creepy in the signature mcqueen way.  what we would have given to be able to design the set that housed all of his fabulous creations!  if you have a chance to visit, please do.  it is worth fighting the crowds to get in.  first room filled with his black leather creations that evoke the sense of, well, nothing but s&m really set the scene!  from there, the magic evolved into wood veneer dresses, mannequins with headdresses more fabulous than anything even gaga has worn, and wigs that made all the girls in dresses look like cousin 'it'.  even a whole dress made out of hair- the real fur-belle of the ball!  the scenes really stole the show for me, though, because the dresses wouldn't have had such an impact had they not been curated and framed in the ways they were.  wish i could have snuck some pictures but the guards were fierce! my favorite room featured these dresses and the walls were paneled with grey stained oak and antique mirror with some black accents. so glam, i loved it!