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Summer!
We're already on our way to our summer holiday, but didn't want to leave before wishing everyone a happy and beautiful summer. Hope you enjoy the images I've gathered over the last couple of weeks,...
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LA travelogue part one - Malibu
This year we spent our summer holiday in LA. It's a city which will always hold a special place in my heart since it's where DH and I started dating more than two decades ago, and where we lived part...
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LA travelogue part two - Beverly Hills
Nothing says 'Beverly Hills'Â to me more than the palm trees lining its residential streets. Their alternating sizes and shapes make them look as if two different strands of pearls have been suspended...
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LA travelogue part three - West Hollywood
After having had two wonderful romantic weeks with DH, it was great fun to spend the rest of our time in LA en famille. We organized the remaining time around places that teenagers enjoy too, so...
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LA travelogue final part - Santa Monica and Venice Beach
The end of the LA travelogue coincided with the last day of the summer holidays, today DS is going back to school. Temperature wise there is no sign of la rentrée yet, it's still hot and sunny at 34...
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MaiTai Collection Collage #18 - part one
Putting this post together, I made the best typo ever by mixing up an 'o' with a 'l' and calling it Coolage. Because cool it is! The contributions are so fabulous, varied and stunning... they made my...
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MaiTai Collection collage #18 - part two
As promised.. part two of collage #18!Thank you so much again for participating and sharing your fabulous style, dearest Ann-Charlotte, Cecilia, Desert Mermaid, Eva, Fifi, Happy Face313, Jerrine,...
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Autumn windows and scarf booklet give-away
Hermes' autumn windows are a color feast for the eyes, and even though the decoration and black and white backdrop photographs are the same as in the summer windows, every display feels fresh and gives...
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Reader's style challenge and FSH inspiration
There hasn't been a reader's style challenge for some time, and it was so nice to receive the following from Cynthia in the US:Dear MaiTai,See that you are visiting Paris. In NYC, after our Labor Day,...
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Reader's style challenge and FSH inspiration - part two
Continuing Cynthia's style challenge with more inspiration from FSH and Paris snaps.. For anyone who like Cynthia doesn't feel like wearing head to toe black so early in the fall season, warm coloured...
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New generation MaiTai Collection bag inserts!
I am very proud and happy to introduce the new generation of the MaiTai Collection bag inserts today.To the eye, there has not been much change. They are as exquisitely made and as pretty as always...
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Shopping for Milo!
Ever since my little dachshund Milo came into my life, I've been asked if a dog accessory line will be added to the shop. As much fun as that would be, the many different sizes and shapes that our...
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Late Autumn - Capsule wardobe #173
Evening fires are one of autumn and winter's greatest pleasures, and the log piles double as a wonderful background for the new Pebble necklace in my collection! Pebble necklace in Or with a Puzzle II...
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Festive season - What to wear and a new outfit for Milo!
December seems to have arrived from nowhere this year, but a sudden drop in temperature and Christmas decorations everywhere mean that it's time to give thought to the wardrobe for the holiday...
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Barcelona
It took a little bit longer to come back than I'd thought it would.. but the Collection has taken over my life in the last few weeks, leaving little room for anything else. I hope everyone had a good...
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Tigre Royal
When I was thinking about which picture to chose as the introduction to the playtime post with the majestic Tigre Royal giant scarf I bought a couple of months ago, my mind went straight to memories of...
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Skiing
For the last two years we haven't been very lucky with our skiing holiday weather, and spent most of the time with books by the fire while snowstorms were raging outside. This year however the...
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Spring and spring additions!
Spring arrived early and out of nowwhere this year.. it is probably the greenest and lushest March Equinox since we moved to the South of France 14 years ago.Almond trees are always the first to...
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How to wash your Hermes silk scarf
I've been asked many times how I care for my Hermes scarves, and since I know no one who is such an expert on the subject or so skilled and entertaining a writer as is my dearest friend Jerrine, I am...
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Hermes spring windows
As always, the Hermes windows at the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré store are not only a marvel to look at, but a fantastic source of inspiration too. The beautiful color combinations provide fresh ideas...
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