The World According To L

What I Learnt Today - Cleaning

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:23 -0400

Today I learnt that, funnily enough, despite the state of my bedroom floor, cleaning can be wilding rewarding. Not only is order calming, but you can also discover all kinds of hidden gems in the process. Gems, referring to both a physical item that you’d forgotten you had, and gems referring to a trait you’d forgotten you possessed.

In my case, this trait is perseverance. This must sound outrageously petty, but persevering and finishing the simplest, yet rather sizeable task of cleaning out the office storeroom, garnered some great results, of which left me satisfied for the rest of the day.

This got me thinking, what else could I achieve if only I set my mind to the task, stuck with it, and didn’t give in! The world could really be my oyster.

So my message you to (and also me!) is this, don’t give up, persevere, the rewards you reap will well outweigh the effort extended. Even if you do, like me today, just end up with more storage space for your shoes and highlighters.

PS - apologies in advance to those who come here simply to scroll through some of my favourite images of the day. As you will have just read, I am all about perseverance right now. Hence, I am persevering with my writing, and you are my guinea pigs. Feedback is welcomed.

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By No Means Average

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:07 -0400

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Snap!

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:29 -0400

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Daisy Chain

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:15:51 -0400

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Flowers

Thu, 09 May 2013 03:27:37 -0400

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The Fashion Olympics

Wed, 08 May 2013 02:30:48 -0400

There you have it, my best of the best from the fashion industry’s Olympics.

Biggest winner, without any hesitation, Cara Delevingne. The women is flawless, the perfect combo of crazy punk attitude and demure chic. Two ideas which you wouldn’t normally put together, but here, golden.

Biggest loser, and it pains me to type this, Karlie Kloss. But chin up girlfriend, you can, and will bring it next time!!

So thank you Met Ball, you have been great. However now I must get back to reality and cease drowning in studs and eyeliner.

Until next time.

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Finally Friday

Fri, 03 May 2013 02:52:34 -0400

Just because it is Friday, I have found the time to fill you in on some fashionable fun.

Sorry for being MIA, blame TPG and their rather dismal internet service. AND that I have lots of work to do. Which is always a positive!

Enjoy x

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ferragamoofficial: L’Icona Camilla Belle - Explore...

Fri, 03 May 2013 01:58:18 -0400

ferragamoofficial:

L’Icona

Camilla Belle - Explore www.icona.ferragamo.com

Classic beauty care of the Salvatore Ferragamo L’Icona project.

Midnight City

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:02:46 -0400

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:21:46 -0400

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Rainy Saturday

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:46:31 -0400

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Mirrors

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:05:55 -0400

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So today, doing my daily trawl of my favourite online...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:36:25 -0400

So today, doing my daily trawl of my favourite online destinations, I came across a strikingly accurate and honest post by Garance Dore, on her website http://www.garancedore.fr/en.

Normally I am not into lovey dovey emotional pieces like this, despite the fact that I am a self confessed hopeless romantic. However, this resounded with me, and thus has lead me to share it with you all.

On a related note, this has prompted me to use this post to thank my friends for their love and friendship. You guys rock, and are my rock, all at the same time. I love you, and I probably don’t tell you that enough.

So, read on, and soak it up..

Yesterday, we were talking about friendship at the Studio and we came to the following conclusions…

1 - You don’t need to have a plan when you get together with a friend.
You don’t need to have a party, an activity, or brunch you’re supposed to go to together. You can see a friend with nothing on the agenda, just wanting to get together and decide what you’ll do after.

2 – A true friend:
… Doesn’t judge you, but also has the right to not approve of your full body tattoo.
… Is ready to drop everything she’s doing and come to your rescue if you have an emergency, but also knows when to tell you when you’re overreacting.
… Has the right to be pissed at you when you overreact, but not for too long.

3 - A true friend:
… Doesn’t make a move on your ex.
… Doesn’t make a move on your boyfriend!!! (This stays true for crypto-moves too “Haaaa, you’re so smaaart!”)
… Doesn’t steal your friends!!! (Unless you encourage her to do so).
… Doesn’t lie to you.

4 - Best Things to Do With Friends You Don’t Have to Prove Anything to (which is the essence of true friendship, by the way)

Top 3 from the Studio:
Pizza and nail painting (From Alex, beauty queen extraordinaire).
Wiling away your entire day doing nothing, maybe end up drunk at a bar at 2 am, no one’s to blame (Me).
Sexy and the City part with ice cream on the couch (Emily, no weight issues).

Best thing to do with friends, the international renown crème de la crème friend activity:
Party the night before and spend the morning after having tea and recapping all the night’s events.

5 – A true friend would say…
“Yeah, okay, maybe you’re right. You’ve gained a few. We’ll stop our Ben & Jerry’s x couch parties for three months.”
“You look amazing in that photo!”
“That outfit just doesn’t work on you.”
“I saw your man with another woman.”
or
“Your boyfriend is amazing. Stop creating stuff in your head.”

6 - Sign that it’s a true friendship:
(or sign that your friend is very well educated, which is pretty rare)
Your friend is with some people who are magnificently cooler or amazingly more important than you (yeah, it happens)(all the time in New York) and introduces you as if you’re the greatest thing since Mac and Cheese.

7 - Some friendships die, but it doesn’t mean they weren’t beautiful and true.

8 - Stupid Problems that can Kill a Friendship if not Kept in Check:

Jealousy: Jealousy stems from desire. Before you hate someone because she has everything you want, you usually start by loving her from everything she has. Keep yourself in check.
Money: In friendships, as in love, everyone gives what they can, whether that be affection, money, intelligence, experience, contacts, what ever it is… You have to be generous, and let others be generous too, even if it’s just paying for coffee.
Distance: You have to pick up the phone and call. Skype, text, whatever it is. I’m the worst at this and I can’t even get it together to respond to e-mails. Friendships have suffered… That said, I’d never hold it against a friend if they are too busy and don’t have time to call – I know they are busy, I don’t think they are forgetting me… Which maybe explains my behavior. But I know, it’s not enough.

9 - Sign of a true friendship: After three minutes of no one saying anything in a conversation, no one feels embarrassed.

10 - Unidirectional Friendships, A Problem More Frequent Than You Think.
Asking, “how are things for you?” (+ 15 minutes listening without checking your Twitter feed) is not a superfluous act.

11 - Some profound friendships can be formed in three minutes, other superficial ones can take years.

12 - With a true friend, you can be completely yourself.
You don’t need to be the girl who’s “cool with tons of friends, a great job and an awesome boyfriend, wahoooo!” You’re just you.

13 – Sign of a true friendship: Even after not seeing each other for three years, you feel like you’re picking up a conversation you didn’t quite finish the day before.

14 - Sign of a true friendship: after 35 years of friendship, you still laugh together like teenagers (my mom and her best friend, so awesome).

Take me to Coachella, please?

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:26:40 -0400

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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:23:27 -0400

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Shake it Baby

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:33:11 -0400

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Shiz

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:50:33 -0400

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Creeper

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:40:32 -0400

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Pics

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:06:56 -0400

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17 Again

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:38:09 -0400

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