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Winter is the time for comfort,

for good food and warmth,

for the touch of a friendly hand

and for a talk beside the fire:

it is the time for home.

- Edith Sitwell

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Winter Reading

The love of learning,the sequestered nooks,

And all the sweet serenity of books.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

As much as I love reading on the beach in the summer, there is really nothing better than snuggling up with a good book in the winter. Yesterday, I stopped by the Strand Bookstore in the newly renovated Club Monaco store on lower Fifth Avenue, who is also having a big sale by the way, where I picked Speedboat by Renata Adler. It's a reprint of the original that was published 1971 with an afterword by Guy Trebay. Buying new books is probably the reason why I still haven't finished The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt which was my goal this holiday vacation.

Very curious to hear what you all are reading this winter.

Bon weekend!

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Winter Reading

Chic, Le Sport

Christmas came early to Habitually Chic. Yesterday, I received a copy of the book Jacques Henri Lartigue: A Sporting Life. In French, the title is Chic, le sport ! which obviously, I find amusing. I was first introduced to the book at a press preview at Hermès whose 2013 theme for the year was "a sporting life" which was inspired by the photos of Lartigue. The book was a collaboration with Actes Sud who produced a gorgeous volume with not only photos but of the drawings and journal pages of the peripatetic photographer. While I have seen many of Lartigue's beach photos of sun kissed skin on the Riviera which also populate the book, I hadn't seen his winter sports photos, some of which I've posted here. Many are from Megève and Chamonix where the skiers and skaters wore wool instead of moisture wicking techo fiber jackets or helmets for that matter. Their skies were probably wood too. No wonder Hermès was inspired.

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Chic, Le Sport

Snow Days

It snowed yesterday in New York. Although it didn't stick, it has me more excited for the holidays. I finally bought a wreath and paperwhites so it's starting to look a lot more like Christmas in my apartment too. Here's a little more inspiration to put you in the mood.

Happy Holidays!

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Snow Days

Baby It's Cold Outside

It was 28 degrees this morning in New York. Definitely makes me regret dropping all my fur coats off for a little TLC last week. While I was talking to my furrier Anne Dee Goldin (by appointment via adg@goldin44.com or 917-282-6626), I inquired if she could rework vintage furs into blankets and she said anything is possible. She just used the old hem of a client's shortened coat to make pillows. The reason I asked was because Howard Slatkin had told me that he had his mother's old minks turned into blankets. I know some of you are very anti-fur but it's eco-friendly to be able to take a vintage fur and modernize it either into a blanket or pillows especially if it has sentimental value. But there is always the faux fur option. Bunny Williams Home has a great option as does Pottery Barn. It's a great way to change up your decor for winter. Now I just need to find someone who wants to snuggle up under one with me.