Carrie's Design Musings: rainbow brights

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Merry and Bright

via Harpers Bazaar

Another gray winter is setting in and I am not in the mood! I defy you cold and snow! I am fighting back ~ with color. I want bright, I want bold, I want hot colors with a bad-ass attitude to get me thru the holidays and beyond. COLOR creates energy and energy creates warmth.

Valentino highlights brights for the resort 2015 collection that is "over the rainbow." From sneakers to bags to jewelry, it's a great way to inject a little ray of sunshine in to an otherwise neutral outfit.

via Valentino

Or if a neutral outfit is not what you had in mind, Valentino has you covered in robust color and pattern as well. WOWZA. Buckle up, other designers are following suit. We'll see juicy fruit hues as the weather warms.

Too much? OK, baby steps….Dolce and Gabbana's embellished leather goods impart a regal touch.

Or kick your keels up at a sweet holiday soiree in these D and G's ~

or sashay away on vacation in Christian Louboutin's Cataclou wedge

I wouldn't mind Eddie Borgo's block bracelet which would mix and match with almost anything,

but would certainly not turn down Stephen Webster's stunner of a multi colored bauble

IF I was made to choose (gun to my head), I'll take the DVF for H. Stern sapphire statement maker… Yes, please. Not all that bright, but it shines like a diamond.

Of course if a small token doesn't seem like enough to ring in the New Year, snuggle up in Alturzara's fur finery (or Valentino's as above). You'd be spotted easily in a snow storm.

Better still, envelope yourself in a light bright interior. A jolt of color goes a long way in lifting a somber mood.

Miles Redd

Just imagining stepping into one of these rooms lifts my spirits.

Indra Marcinkevichen

Amanda Nisbet

Jamie Drake

If all of the above is out of reach, grab a bottle of polish and go crazy

OR ~ add an uplifting bouquet, it is like a shot of sunshine in a vase.

OR ~ a new pretty pout in a bright, seductive shade can cure what ails you (me).

I defy you to smile ~ My spirits are lifted already. Goal accomplished, #writeitdownmakeithappen seems to have worked (for now anyway)!

Have a MERRY and BRIGHT holiday, dear readers : )

Pop Art Princess ~ Lisa Perry

Italian luxury brand, Borbonese

A reader shared these wonderful bags with me after reading my blog story about Roy Lichtenstein and Miu Miu. The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation in collaboration with the Italian luxury brand Borbonese, released a limited edition collection based on Roy's colorful art. They are the piece de resistance to any pop art outfit. The small bag collection is sold exclusively thru the Lisa Perry stores. This requires a more in depth conversation about Lisa Perry and her mod life styled.

Lisa gravitated towards the likes of Pierre Cardin, Courreges, and Rudy Genrich. Anything mod from the 1960's became her passion. Lisa lives and sells that mod aesthetic she fell in love with on a trip to Paris so many years ago. She is addicted to color and couture. Her lifestyle stores sell the pop art shift dresses she began designing after graduating from FIT instead of going into the family textile business. She also sells clothing with a very "focused DNA" as Lisa calls it; exclusive lines she has picked up like French tee shirts and the handbags above. She has an extensive vintage couture collection from the 60's and 70's, and has added some housewares, accessories, and bedding to her eponymous stores.

A peek at the 2nd floor loft space above the Madison Avenue store. It's set up like an apartment ~ Lisa's goal is for someone to walk in to any of her spaces and say, "WOW, this is so fun!" I would say she succeeded!

She doesn't just sell the dream, Lisa lives it, and by the looks of her Hamptons house, lives it well. She loves a backdrop of white with pops of different colors in each room. "Anything that screams POP makes me happy." You can't not be happy in this home, and she has two more like it. One in New York City and a third in Palm Beach.

I adore how the tile under the table mimics the look of the pool, which is quite close. I wonder, "How many people have fallen in?"

Lisa is an art collector as well. Between the pool and the ocean is a Robert Indiana mosaic made into a table and a Gary Hume snowman sculpture by the tree.

ph: Veranda, Architechnophilja, examiner.com

Rainbow Bright

Everything under the sun is in tune, there is no dark side of the moon ~ Pink Floyd

Piero Lissoni Dark Side of the Moon Table

With a little warm up on the radar the next couple days, I want to feel the sun on my face and think of rainbows and renewal, even though Spring is still a ways away. A few ideas to bring a little color into our lives in anticipation.

Love these vases as much as I love Chris' lamps (I feel like I know him well enough that I can call him Chris)