lord_whimsy ([info]lord_whimsy) wrote,
@ 2008-02-18 22:04:00
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VELVET AND TARTAN: FAR FROM SPARTAN

The past week and a half has seen me brought down by flu, our beloved cat on the brink of dying, and a crippling, excruciating bout of what appears to be arthritis in both knees (more on this later). So let's go back to a simpler, more carefree time: the week before last. Ah, those were the halcyon days of tartans and velvet!

Here I am in the new midnight blue velvet jacket made for me by Duchess Clothier, and wearing my bespoke blackwatch tartan Holland & Sherry wool trousers made for me by Lord Willy's. Pale lavender shirt by my favorite shirtmaker, Simone Abbarchi of Florence.







~W


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[info]twirlingtulip
2008-02-19 03:51 am UTC (link)
I adore your taste in things.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-19 04:58 am UTC (link)
And I adore your sweet icon. Makes me smile.

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[info]kumakouji
2008-02-19 03:57 am UTC (link)
Looking dapper, W.

And hurray for your cat!

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-19 04:13 am UTC (link)
Thanks, K!

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[info]twirlingtulip
2008-02-19 03:57 am UTC (link)
Who can be blue about a Flu
when there are red walls
Green ferns glass and mirrors too

(Sorry about your kitty cat)

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-19 04:17 am UTC (link)
I can't complain, really--I've only received glancing blows from Old Man Flu over the past two years, so I was due for a good solid wallop.

I do think having to tend to my plants forced me from bed most days--and I discovered my watering can makes for a good neti pot in a pinch, so progress was made on some unexpected fronts.

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[info]darling_effect
2008-02-19 04:01 am UTC (link)
I do hope your cat is on the mend?

May the flu and other such odious ailments begone!

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-19 04:57 am UTC (link)
I believe she's on the plateau before her descent, but thank you for asking.

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[info]merrow_sea
2008-02-19 04:29 am UTC (link)
Is that Audubon's Carolina Parrot on the wall behind you in all your midnight blue velvet glory?

Miss Calico is okay after all? I felt sad for you all weekend!

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-19 04:34 am UTC (link)
Yes, indeed. I've seen a stuffed specimen once. Brought me to tears, as I love psitticines.

Well, she's had a temporary reprieve, but the end is near and quite inevitable. So sorry to upset you!

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[info]merrow_sea
2008-02-19 05:28 am UTC (link)
I love that print. Perhaps my favorite of the series despite the tragic, cautionary tale attached to it.

Poor kitty... and my sympathies to you and your wife. My dog is 14 and, although in excellent health, I'm already a wreck. Life is short. Live it well, preferably in velvet.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-21 04:41 am UTC (link)
I'll annoy you by quoting myself: "Life is short--an occasion, so one may as well dress for it."

Long life to your canine companion (We're a bit blue around the house tonight).

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[info]princesslucia
2008-02-19 04:53 am UTC (link)
I am having trouble thinking off the top of my head of anything smarter than a well-cut dark velvet jacket.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-19 04:56 am UTC (link)
A well-cut dark velvet jacket with a lint roller close at hand?

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[info]princesslucia
2008-02-19 05:11 am UTC (link)
Thus spake the voice of experience!

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[info]_thegypsy
2008-02-19 02:55 pm UTC (link)
The clothes are wonderful, as always, but I'm also quite fascinated with the room in which you're posing. Is that your home? If so, it's incredible! I have a sofa very much like that and in a similar colour. Sadly, mine has seen better days...

Well done, as always.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-19 03:52 pm UTC (link)
Oh yes, this is home. The sofa is a bit of an extravagance: we had it made. We wanted something that looked like an archetypal couch right out of the dictionary--classic in its lines, but pop in its color and condition. Think of the art direction for those 50's-60's musicals like My Fair Lady, Meet Me in St. Louis, or Gigi, then throw in some naturalist wonder cabinet elements and a wall of plants in the bay window. It may look grand in the photos, but it's quite modest and prim in person. The effect is meant to be a little humorous, in that these grandiose parlor gestures are in a small postwar cape cod.

If you go here, you will see a graphic that says "Mein Haus". This is a video of our house that a film company did last summer. We've done much more since, but you'll see other parts of the house.

Edited at 2008-02-19 03:55 pm UTC

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[info]ngakmafaery
2008-02-19 09:31 pm UTC (link)
...I seem to be a "Hey, nice tie and pocketsquare!" man lately, and so, here is my chance, and I will take it: "Hey, nice tie and pocketsquare!"...

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[info]fishwithissues
2008-02-19 11:10 pm UTC (link)
the boots are my favorite part!

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[info]writestufflee
2008-02-20 04:00 am UTC (link)
Splendid! My two favorite fabrics in my favorite color. You look smashing.

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good Lord!
[info]olorinnyc
2008-02-20 05:42 am UTC (link)
*fanning myself*...and it's not JUST the suit either! Jeez, man...think of my heart! Could you BE any cuter? Lady P sure is one lucky womyn *sigh*
P.S. Who took these pictures???? They rock!

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Re: good Lord!
[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-21 04:43 am UTC (link)
We have friends who are photographers, but in general we take our own snapshots--which is just what they are.

If you saw how short my legs are, I imagine you'd catch your breath quite quickly. ;)

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on the other hand...
[info]olorinnyc
2008-02-20 05:59 am UTC (link)
...you are also incredibly lucky to have her! (good save, huh?)

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Re: on the other hand...
[info]lord_whimsy
2008-02-21 09:11 pm UTC (link)
:)

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[info]saltymissjill
2008-02-21 04:58 pm UTC (link)
Very handsome.
I would like to come live in your pretty house, please.
I hope you both are feeling better. :)

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