Friday, July 25, 2014

In Love with a Magazine

Bloomsbury purse from the Burberry Autumn/Winter 2014 Collection

Is it crazy to be in love with a magazine? If so, then call me crazy. I have put this particular one with a special stash of magazines I keep in my study for inspiration. The magazine in question is the July issue of "British Harper's Bazaar" with Emily Blunt on the cover. Have you seen it? As the editor-in-chief Justine Picardie writes, this issue is a "heartfelt celebration of British fashion this month -- along with everything else we love about our country." It is an Anglophile's dream. It may still be available at your news stand, though not for much longer since the August issue is due any day. Here are a few of the things that caught my eye and are making me swoon --

The Bloomsbury purse from the Burberry Fall/Winter 2014 collection (see photo above) 

I wrote about this collection here. Christopher Bailey took his inspiration from British artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's country home Charleston. Burberry has become a patron of the Charleston Trust which supports the maintenance and restoration of this Bloomsbury home and garden. Look at the way this purse is displayed against a backdrop of Bloomsbury-inspired imagery. Swoon-worthy!


The perfect garden hat from Mulberry

Everything you need for afternoon tea

A house in the Cotswolds that belonged to John Singer Sargent

 Emily Blunt, the quintessential English rose

The Virginia Woolf exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

A story about the 18th-century slave's daughter at the center of the film "Belle"

The iconic London hotel, Claridge's

I hope you can find this issue. It is the perfect place to escape on a lazy summer afternoon! 

14 comments:

  1. Sunday, It looks divine! Beautiful photographs a and wonderful articles. I am fascinated with anything concerning the Bloomsbury movement. I fell in love with the hat at first glance. I was thinking, the perfect chapeau for the farmer's market and the playground. Thanks for sharing a beautiful find. Bonnie

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  2. Looks like this is worth making a special trip to the store today!

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  3. Off to the newsstand today!
    Oh, how I want that bag.
    xo

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  4. I can see why you fell in love with this issue. Beautifully presented, and I can tell by previous posts, all of your favorite things. Happy reading!

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  5. How timely! My day is my own and I've been wondering what to do with it. Hope my local bookshop still has a copy...

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  6. That bag has your name written all over it, really would be a forever wardrobe addition. I love English fashion, and furnishings. I'll look for the magazine - thanks!

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  7. Lovely purse. I like Justine Picardie. She writes very well on fashion and literature.

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  8. I will definitely look for it!I am in a VITA book at the moment THANKS to YOU and cannot get over how so much a like we are!!!I love old sinks too...........and that house what they have done with it!The fact she wanted the tower for herself..........I could go on and on...........But have dinner company soon........so THANKS for all the ADVISE!This CONTESSA is listening!!!!!XX

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    1. Isn't she one of the most fascinating women? And there are so many books to read. You will be planning your next trip to England to visit Sissinghurst! xx

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  9. Thank you for alerting me to this beautiful issue - I am so enjoying it! I'm glad my local B&N still had the July issue and now I will be stalking the shelves until the August one comes out.

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  10. Have you been to Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath, where Dido Belle grew up? It is recently re-opened after renovations to the brilliant adams interiors, with an interesting exhibit with costumes from "Belle." I recently discovered it after moving to London from the US. Art includes Vermeer, Rembrandt, Gainsborough and Turner. Lunch and tea are served in the former dairy, with views over the Heath to London. A short ride from central London to Hampstead Station on the Northern Line. A little-known bijou! http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/kenwood/

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    1. Lisa, thank so much for the great tip! I will add this to our itinerary. The film "Belle" was probably my favorite of the year so far. Just fabulous. I can't wait to visit her home.

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  11. Sunday, thought of you when I saw this blog. http://lostpastremembered.blogspot.com/2014/07/hardwick-hall-bess-and-16th-century.html

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