Spring summer must haves for: fashion, literature, anything else in general?
Spring: fresh peonies, ballet flats, Claude Debussy, Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, ankle-cropped black trousers, Françoise Hardy, Charles Baudelaire’s La Spleen de Paris, walks to the lake shore to admire the swans and blossoming trees, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulin (2001), Fresh’s rose face mask, meeting with friend’s in coffee shops, Nicole Krauss’ The History of Love, Charlotte Gainsbourg, John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, silk blouses worn with delicate lace underwear (with no underwire), Feist, Patti Smith’s Just Kids…
Summer: silk and linen, Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Hindi Zahra, small gold hoop earrings, figs picked from my grandfather’s tree, a closet of white and off-white, Lancôm’s lightest sunscreen, Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet, balconies with a view of the sea, Bossa nova, espadrilles with ribbon, seafood risotto (mussels, squid…), handwritten letters, turkish coffee, barefoot dancing, Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, eating every meal outside on the terrace, straw bag, Federico Garcia Lorca’s Gypsy Ballads, Erik Satie with a view of the stars, a simple black bathing suit…
