Signature Look
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Queen Margrethe (She rules!) Rudolf Nureyev, Jacques Granges, Daniel Ost, Francis Bacon, Hieronymus Bosch, Renzo Mongiardino, Franco Zefferelli (together, even better), Jimmy Stewart, Cate Blanchett, Carmel Snow, Myrna Loy, Fernando Bujones, Lance Loud, Cosimo de Medici and Ethel Merman
Designers
John Galliano, Alberta Ferretti , Zac Posen, Matthew Williamson, Yossi Harari, Le Corbusier, Philippe Starck, Andree Putman, Hans Wegner, Arne Bang
Products
YSL Touche Eclat, YSL mascara, Alba Botanica Plumeria hair wash, Creed Fleur de Bulgarie, L’Occitaine Shea Butter Hand Crème
Books
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Anna Karenina, Or I'll Dress You in Mourning, Maus, A Cricket in Times Square, just about anything by Roald Dahl, The Last of the Mohicans,Night.
Periodicals
W, Tatler, WSJ, Hola, Elle Decor, House and Garden, Met Home, Vanity Fair, Paper, Portfolio, NY Post, Maisons Cote Sud and Maisons Cote Est; UK Times, Visionaire
Music
Jacques Brel, Nina Simone, Serge Gainsbourg, Depeche Mode, Elvis Costello, Lisa Gerrard, Saint-Saens, Faure, Bach,Brahms,Beethoven, Vaughn Williams, Loreena McKennitt, The Beatles, Earth, Wind and Fire, Abba, Eric Clapton, Queen,Led Zeppelin, GNR, Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, Umberto Tozzi, Rainbow, Amy Winehouse, Keane, The White Stripes
Radio
Phil Hendrie, Tammy Bruce, Al Rantel, Mike Mendoza, The Geoff Show, WCBS Newsadio, Conway and Whitman,Kevin James
Television
Mad Men, Inspector Lynley,Sopranos, Brotherhood, The Tudors, Nip/Tuck, That '70's Show, Good Times, Top Gear, Frontline, Teletubbies and The Yule Log.
Movies
The Godfather (I and II) The Deer Hunter, Babe, Rudy, Fearless, Trainspotting, Ushpizin, It's a Wonderful Life, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, The Best Years of Our Lives, Cinema Paradiso, Harold and Maude,Hotel Rwanda, Dangerous Beauty, Munich
Food and Drink
Clamcakes and iced coffee, Devils food cake with coffee frosting, Buckwheat blini and caviar (washed down with Krug) scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, Sfogliatelle, polenta, Bastilla and mint tea; tiropetas, Pad thai… That’s right, keep it comin’.
Happiness
Pancakes for dinner.
Pet Peeves
Dog strollers. Can someone please explain this to me?
Guilty Pleasures
The Real Housewives of Orange County (and New York), eggnog lattes, The Enquirer, Zero bars.
Nostalgia
The original Vidal Sassoon hair products in the sable and silver bottles, Toot a Loop radios, Peter Max, Jalouse (US edition), Spy magazine, all things Populuxe, Photoplay, Dance Fever, Richard Pryor, The Carol Burnett Show, The Norelco Santa, Chock Full O’ Nuts Ads, the original Christelle perfume, Paco Rabanne cologne, Nike wovens circa 1999.
New Obsessions
Breaking Bad, Apple TV, Ojos de Brujo, Hans Wegner Peacock Chairs , the color Orange
Prized Possesions
Jemima Khan faux astrakhan coat in Oatmeal
Dream Items
Marc Newson Lockheed Lounge, a Francis Bacon, a star emerald, a Volvo SCC, and a villa in Portugal
Essentials
Jo Malone Nutmeg and Ginger body crème, Dunkin Donuts coffee (light and sweet) Drudge, Ambience de Nicolai candles in Ecorces de Seville (favorite forevah!), You Tube, Rhapsody.com, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Coffee Bean Ice Blendeds, Aedes
