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a midsummer night's dream

i love love love the play "a midsummer night's dream". the story, the scenery, the time of year, the author, etc... i think of twinkling stars, muted dusk,mossy trees, forest animals, the scent of lavender, glistening ponds, flowing dresses, and ethereal-ly long wavy hair.

being as today is the summer solstice i did a little googling on the matter and came across the 1935 film production of "a midsummer nights dream". apparently the director, max reinhardt, and i had (have?) the same little bug in our brains as the images i found were pretty much exactly how my swimming little head has always pictured it to be. much lovelier than the home video of the play that i saw in high school-although i still couldn't help but love the play. i just really thought i could style it a lot better. just saying.

i can stop fretting now though. apparently my version was done 76 years ago. ding dong.

oh, and mickey rooney was in it. and james cagney. i live under a rock.

stills:

 

 
 
 
 

 

posters:
 

 
 

(images via)

i wish people still made stuff like this.

oh! right, the whole purpose of looking up solstice imagery was to let everyone know that we are having a sale to celebrate one of our favorite times of year.

*20% off regularly priced items through sunday*

 ♥

 

 

what would allison want me to wear

we met a fantastic stylist one day in the shop who just so happens to have a fantastic blog on how you can look super style-y as well.

what would allison want me to wear is a little window into allison jones' eye for putting everything together just so. you know, so it doesn't look like you tried too hard to put it together, just so?

well you know she has good taste because her latest post features yours truly...
(image via what would allison want me to wear)

check out the post here and see all the lovely things she has to say. i think we're blushing!

bunny and pear

we have recently received what are pretty much the cutest skirts ever. they are from bunny and pear and they are selling out quick

they are also the outfit of the whatever day it happens to be. "oh. the outfit of whatever day it happens to be" you may say. "i forgot all about that because you've done a really terrible job at keeping up with that."

so.

i'm making up for it with this one. everyone should rock a look this awesome.

 
 
 
 
and you need to wear it with these:

 
skirt: bunny and pear

top: noa noa

cardigan: noa noa

necklace: brehan todd

pin: noa noa

belt: noa noa

boots: noa noa

 
for queries on the bustle skirts email us at info@shopnarcisse.com 

this is the kind of stuff that makes me giddy

so during my attempts at clearing my 'scratch disc', whatever that is (see last post) i came across this little folder i made for myself titled 'inspiration'. it is filled with a slew of pictures i have come across through various forms of internet trolling.

most have to do with decorating and home-ifying my house. which is really perfect because i am about to embark on a complete overhaul. so these have reminded me to get off my arse and get to work.

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e.

 
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h.

 
i.

 

j.

 
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l.

 
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n.

 
o.

 
p.

 
q.

 
r.

 
s.

 
t.

 
u.

 
v.

 
w.

 

dang only three more letters until i'd have gone through the whole alphabet.

(so i think i have most of the credits...a & b via atelier abigail ahern, c via marie claire maison, drita konig via designschematic.com, e-m atelier abigail ahern, n oh, gosh i am not sure i suck. but i'm pretty sure it is from ateleir abigail ahern as well. if i am wrong be gentle. o via sera of london, p via le petit echo malade, q via atelier abigail ahern, r-u argh!!  ?, v-w via selina lake)

 f-m and possibly n are all from the home of the remarkable owner of geminola-a fantastic vintage shop i was turned on to by our jewelstress brehan todd.

 ~

(please note: these have been collected over a few years and i didn't think anything about remembering where they came from until the last year or so. so i realize i am committing the ultimate blogging sin by not being able to properly credit every photo. so please if you recognize something that is yours or someone's you know, please let me know. don't yell at me...i'm very sensitive.)

noa noa spring collection 2011

here are some little teases of the spring collection. once i figure out what a scratch disc and how to un fill it i will post more and have it all on the website!

 

 
 

 
 
 
 
feel free to email us with any questions you have or for assistance ordering:

info@shopnarcisse.com

 

you might want to see this!

 
 

the new noa noa shipment arrives today!

new stuff arriving, new stuff on sale!

where were you laura flook?

when i was 15? 23? 31?

ever since i had my first little nudge towards fashion, sweet little doll type dresses have been my favorite.  (clarification: victorian type-ish. not so much the triple ruffled pink satin type.) i would always see cute little toddlers in pleated, smocked dresses, with tights and patent leather shoes and wonder why on earth they got all the cute stuff.

my envy only increased when i had two little girls of my own and would find the perfect dress for me, about 14 sizes to small, in the infants section.

i don't particularly want to look like an infant.  like, i would ditch the bonnets and such, but a sweet linen, cotton, or wool, mid thigh, nicely smocked dress with black tights and black mary janes? yes please.

i do currently have one from the shop that i love love love and wear perhaps a little too much:

 
but recently a friend of mine, who happens to be an incredible artist as well, told me about laura flook. she saw her on an episode of oddities and decided she was perfectly narcisse-y. which she is.

i would gladly trollop around in these fancy grown up versions of my favorite kind of dress. shirts too. i'll take them all.

dresses:

 
a.(reverist)

 

b.(bagatelle)

 

c.(labrador)

 

 

d.(empress)

labrador and empress would most definitely be my favorites...in case anyone wants to buy me a belated birthday present.

tops:

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e.(danse macabre)

 

 

f.(spright)

you must check out her very lemony snicket-ish webiste. i so wish i had the ability to do more than type on this thing because that is really one of the most wonderful web site designs i have come across. not that i would copy it. i'm just saying. 

view the full collection here.
 

photos a-f via www.lauraflook.net

 

if you don't know who is playing in the super bowl...

then we know exactly where you belong on super bowl sunday.

with us at

 
shop, drink, eat, shop, drink, shop.

just because we aren't on the above list doesn't mean narcisse won't be there, we just had a little bit of a deadline problem otherwise known as procrastination. but whatever.

the point is we'll be there with some pretty serious discounts on previous season items.  like up to 75% off discounts.

there will be a slew of other shops and artists as well and admission is free!

bargain hunting

crystal ballroom

1332 w.burnside

p.s. to go along with this sale we are also marking down the entire store 30% for the week of february 6-13.

although i suppose if you came in say, now...we'd still give you the discount.

we're going to denmark next week and you know how that puts us in a good mood.

(if you're at bargain hunting on sunday we're just a few blocks away!)

my favorite store i've never stepped foot in...

 one day when i was googling some someone or other in my family an image of my mother came up next to an image of a lazy gilded bed that looked like it was still warm from its previous inhabitants.  in the background were chipped statues, worn out paintings and crackly mirrors reflecting the crumpled linen sheets and velvety pillows piled on the bed.

this has nothing to do with my mother actually and the fact that google spewed out anything other than articles about president bush is indeed a miracle.  but somehow it happened.  i bypassed my sweet mother's picture (sorry mom, but i know what you look like) and clicked on the image of the bedroom that someone clearly ripped right from the pages of my dreams.  (i dream in book form naturally).

now to tie in the president bush remark...my family name is bush.  and what i stumbled upon that day was bush antiques.  

  
 
bush antiques is a land of dreamy, old,  poetically decayed furniture and art and oddities that is, not surprisingly,  located in new orleans.  old new orleans style has long been my absolute favorite style of decorating.  more on that at another time.

 

the photo that originally caught my attention is long gone now and i'm sure some lucky soul is lounging around on that bed right now in their chantal thomass knickers, drinking wine and giggling with their lover.  rolling around on wrinkled linen sheets.  sigh.  but  i could find a place for the above two as well.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

the owners suggest this gigantic french fireplace surround (holy cow!) be used as a built in bookcase.  definitely a majestic way to house your beloved books or your kindle.  (pah! never!)

 

i think that these moulin rouge-y valances would fit quite nicely in my bedroom.  they would make a lovely frame through which i shall gaze while laying on my sultry old frenchie bed.  with linen sheets. (i would really really like some linen sheets.)   also, when i first saw this picture i thought that the ceiling was burgundy velvet.  it's not, but now i must have a burgundy velvet ceiling with white walls and pink curtains.

 

so, that's the gist.  i highly recommend visiting the website however as there are many, many vignettes of rooms that look like they may have once surrounded the lovely sarah bernhardt or the like.

 i am so happy that this little eye feast fell onto my plate over 4 years ago.  i still have never actually been to the real live store.  when i finally make it to that beautiful old soulful city, it will be first on my list.

i check back every few months to see what they've added to their inventory or what kind of ideas i can snatch up and re-work in my house.

 

like these doors.

these doors are magical.  they even have the ability to bring peace and unity to my home.  i'm sure of it.

observe...

me:  my dear and lovely child, you can't wear that to school.  it isn't appropriate.

child:  what are you, insane?!

me:  please change your clothes.

child:  are you serious?  this is ridiculous.  you're going to make me miss my bus!

me:  please change your clothes.

child:  you are crazy!  (slams door in my face)

me:  why i oughta... my goodness, are these doors ever lovely.

all images via www.bushantiques.com

lea's double life...

while scrambling around the internet looking for images for noa noa's spring 2011 lookbook, heidi came across a new daily read. 

lea's double life is an every so oftenglimpse into the backs and forths of the lovely lea dam jensen, noa noa's  new head designer.

well, actually she has been there for over a year.  so all of you noa noa fans have already been introduced to her work.  noa noa offers so many wonderful designs and collections that i would imagine she stays quite busy.

the company has also added a baby line since lea joined up, meaning that she is in charge of the women's collection, but the girls and babies too.

as two of noa noa's biggest fans and the only american retailers of noa noa narcisse would like to let lea know that we think she is fantastic and we think she is doing an absolutely lovely job!

check out her sweet little blog and you can get some noa noa scoop even before we do!  like this video i didn't even know existed...