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So many posts…so little time
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Hence, here we are, almost at the end of summer (say it ain’t so!!)
and me still sitting on a stash of unfinished seasonal posts that never had their moment in the sun
Though most of you could have probably lived without seeing this shot of Gisele,
I did, so now you have to.
Besides, it’s a great pic to leap into a little post about the preponderance of fluorescents this summer, is it not?
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Damien Hirst cufflinks
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Did you notice the brights too?
I’m sure they were in all the magazines, but it didn’t really register until I went to Paris.
The flash of fluorescence was everywhere.
My great girlfriend, who lives there, had her nails painted like so;
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I thought it was adorable. (please forgive the poor photo- it wasn’t originally intended to be a hand shot)
Then another friend joined us from Australia- she too had little touches of fluoro in her look; a sweet combo of tiny bright enamels on chains around her neck.
Suddenly I felt terribly beige.
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Slim Paley
Furry Fluoros for fashionable kids at Colette, Paris
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Slim Paley
Butterflies on trend
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Fluorescent Fendi Fall 2012
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I could have used these sweet sandals from Net A Porter.com in Paris
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Fun, easy DIY salad bowls for a day-glow picnic perhaps?
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Net-A-Porter.com
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Slim Paley
The Louis Vuitton-Marc Jacobs exhibition in Paris
( pretty much the same consistency as my hair most of the summer so I was sort of in style)
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Peter Som designed tennis ball for the U.S. Open
Gotta say- that’s my kind of tennis
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I do have these cute little fluorescent rubber sandals-
but did I bring them to Paris?
of course not!
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The Hermes, Paris windows were gorgeous.
Each one a different fluorescent colour, these circles slowly turned causing the sand within to create art in motion.
So clever.
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another easy DIY via Pinterest
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Upon returning to California and finally getting my hair dealt with
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What do I see?
My colourist’s adorable assistant sporting the very same trend, though slightly more embellished
Oh what fun to be a girl!
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Amber Valetta and son via Vogue
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I left Paris with a bottle of wildly fluorescent pink polish nestled in my bag
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And the reaffirmation that
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One can never visit Paris without coming away inspired, n’est ce pas?
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