Covet
Power lunches and subcultures‚ they move so quickly: roller derby‚
rockabilly‚ burlesque; sewing circles reemerging as punk DIY-ers
and neo-Goths; attractive people becoming sci-fi enthusiasts.
R.I.P. dandies‚ metrosexuals and business casual. Vampires remain
eternally in vogue‚ while redheads may be on the brink of extinction.
There will be no eulogy for lace‚ the only constant in this world. A
skin-skimming provocation for the chaste and unscrupulous‚ friend
to leather‚ partner of arsenic and muse to artist Ellen Blakeley‚
whose fanciful menagerie of recycled tempered glass‚ paint‚ epoxy
and imagination produced these sweet temptations‚ hello‚ Sweet
Young Thing and Turquoise Lace. The California designer hand
crafts simple materials into a saturated dreamscape of mosaic and
refracted light. Her tiles are so unexpected and lush‚ even lace
is reincarnated into glossy eternity. To order‚ Ellen Blakeley Studio
ellenblakeley.com
Fondly she recalled the days when the spam of her inbox
had integrity. The clumsy‚ but charming Senegalese man
who sought her assistance in claiming his inheritance from
an offshore account. The urgent business opportunity from
Romania which fell softly into her lap‚ as if floating on a
sweet summer breeze. The scattered‚ elegiac poetry: blue
nightmare on the crystal dogwood has karate spectacled
Sasquatch—a lyrical beckon from the nameless vendor of
desktop publishing programs. Now it was busty‚ foreign
models; ribald references to cheap pills and Rolexes. “How
did it all become so tawdry?” she sighed‚ reclining on the
spectacular Flat chaise longue from Gandia Blasco. Only
the immaculate‚ gleaming profile of designer Mario Ruiz’s
stunning ballad to minimalism could soothe her wistful
heart. Grateful for the Spanish collection of glamorous
outdoor pieces‚ she laid ensconced in its beauty and
slipped peacefully back to the security of her ennui. To
purchase‚ 212 421 6701 gandiablascousa.com
