Lester's + Vintage stuff 

Architectural Digest 1980, interiors by Ron Wilson

via gingerbread house

Elephant earrings from local shop Cosign of the Times 

Tan Guidicelli cocktail dress via 1stdibs

So, C. Madeleine's on Biscayne Blvd. is having a yard sale on April 22nd, and I'm going to miss it = one less person in the way of you finding something glorious. or fuzzy or shiny. or lame̕ ( lah-MEI? )

Elisa Sednaoui in Miami via Tales of Endearment. She wears a items from the vintage collection of part time Miami Beach dweller Keni Valenti. He also just opened Keni Valenti Gallery, a fashion archive,  in Wynwood. His first 8 week exhibition pays tribute to Yves Saint Laurent. 

Keni Valenti Retro-Couture

5151 Collins Ave., Miami Beach

The Seacoast Atrium

By appointment only

917-686-9553

kenivalenti.com


Keni Valenti Gallery
2612 NW Second Avenue
Miami, FL

This is just great. Its crushed velvet with some sort of mossy Stonehenge Tetris pattern along with ruffles made from the father's day necktie tables at Burdines. Investment piece. 

Christian Lacroix on 1stdibs. 

This is fun. Just discovered another local Etsy shop, RIDICULOUSWEAR. I still have mixed feelings about Etsy. I'm all about doing the legwork (fingerwork?) to find the goods, but there's way too much junk on there. That said, I love my new chairs.

Sofia Coppola's dining room. That chair. via art and lair

I guess I'm feeling jazzy today. 1960s Pucci evening purse via where else? 1stdibs. The best. 

Also in a freaky google search for Jeff Koons I somehow came across the room divider I found years ago at the Chelsea Garage Flea Market, and now I know who made it, Robert Fellner and Mark Hurst for Furnette. Not quite Paul McCobb, but for now it stores my book hoards nicely. It was featured in an ad for Halpern & Gillman in 1958. 

Favorite jewelry designer Nektar de Stagni is closing up the store on 38th Street at the end of the year (she'll be back...but for now she's going to be doing pop-ups around the States)....until then she has new vintage at her shop including Valentino, Givenchy, and more. Also check her current pop up shop  at MoCA in North Miami along with Donna Karan's "Urban Zen"Collection, where you can find artwork, housewares, and jewelry created by Haitian women.

MoCA
770 NE 125th Street Miami, FL

Nektar de Stagni
155 NE 38th Street Miami, FL

Jazzy Valentino Boutique Top and Pant from Palm Beach's Fashionista via 1stdibs.

Fashionista

298 S. County Road

Palm Beach, FL 33480

561.249.6302

fashionistapbch@gmail.com

Stephen Sprouse at RESURRECTION

Not sure what I love more the house or the chairs. 

The iconic “Hardoy Chair 198″, aka The Butterfly Chair, The BKF Chair, whatever you want to call it, was designed by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy in 1938. It was produced by Knoll but they dropped it from their line when they lost the legal battle against all the copies that were being reproduced. Image via here.

Unusual De Lillo Faux Coral and Malachite Pendant 

via 1stdibs

The Way We Wore via 1stdibs

Michele Lamy.

"Miami Beach" purse by Versace here.

Vintage Versace at Resurrection