I just got back to LA after a rainy drive back (thank you for always driving Chris!) after spending the weekend at beautiful sprawling Rancho Valencia. It’s been such a strangely long time since I was last in San Diego and getting to visit my old favorite spots and stay at this most luxurious of ranchos was so exactly my mood.
Fresh off the plane and facing a whole day of needing to stay awake, a walk from the Peninsula to the beautiful shops at Avenue Montaigne seemed like a good idea. Deliriously is such a good way to shop! I got this coat at COS a couple months ago and love the dramatic length and tie belt. So simple and chic in navy, and it let me get away with my white tshirt and leather mini uniform.
There’s one scene when they’re re-embroidering a dress an eight of the workers are huddled over this two meter piece of fabric. There’s no questioning of why they need to get this right. They just do it because the perfection in every seam of every silhouette matters.
I didn’t get to see the Raf Simons haute couture debut for Dior in person. It’s the ONE show that I’ve not seen in his tenure for the house.
That’s not to say I don’t care about fit or the past. But for me it’s a positive thing that maisons have become mouldable, changeable and evolving entities.