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Town & Desert
June 13, 2014 Comments Off
A splendid treat to have a sitting with the designers of PartySkirts at their home in Rancho Mirage, Lauren and Mariel Armstrong. Along with tastemaker Palm Springs Style, The Fine Art of Design's own stylist/photographer Luisa Marielli Ortega, and makeup artist and hair designer Yajaira Villagomez we set out to create the "Vintage Tone of the Season." See the shoot at PalmSpringsStyle.Com
las casuelas restaurants
July 22, 2012 Comments Off
my grandparents moved to Palm Springs in 1958 and opened their first of five restaurants, Las Casuelas on N. Palm Canyon. -From the tiny hole-in-the-wall (that is still vintage fabulous) came Las Casuelas Nuevas in Rancho Mirage in 1973, my parent's restaurant - now run by my brother. The restaurant was the first fine dining Mexican food establishment in America. The architecture was innovative and a first for America, creating an illusion of an outdoor hacienda in the main interior dining room with the use of bricks from a mission in Mexico. In 1983, the restaurant expanded to have a french colonial style patio, featuring custom cantera fountains and design details imported from Mexico. The trees create a glorious canopy of shade and atmosphere. Fabulous ambiance and classic Mexican dishes from recipes my great grandparents, keep the restaurant authentic to our family name. Try the enchiladas in mole, chicken taquitos or the pork tamales + a plata centenario margarita or la valencia margarita.
my grandparents at the Original Las Casuelas Opening 1958:
at the Las Casuelas Nuevas Groundbreaking 1973:
The Original Las Casuelas Nuevas as it appeared in 1973:
the 1983 Patio Expansion
thefineartofvintage ETSY STORE
July 02, 2012 Comments Off
james galanos
roy halston
naeem kahn
calvin klein
sister max
gianni versace
st. john
french fringe
love excess footage of the excessive 70s
June 25, 2012 Comments Off
http://www.halstonmovie.com/
watch on showtime
Roy Halston Frowick (April 23, 1932 – March 26, 1990), known as Halston, was an American fashion designer of the 1970s. His long dresses or copies of his style were popular fashion wear in mid-1970s discotheques.
ms. joni mitchell - a woman who never compromised style, music or integrity for the radio.
June 18, 2012 Comments Off
"People have this image and idea of this fragile, Nordic goddess who's
descending from the mountains, like wisps of Wagner, and Tiffany wind
chimes... But later on, you know, I think when she got infected with
rock and roll, well she turned [out] like a red hot mama, flesh and
blood. "
Eric Andersen, Singer/Songwriter
