FLORA

I've been lucky enough to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden three times in the last month and a half, and each time I've found something new to fill me with awe. In the photos above, it was cherry blossoms and magnolias, gardenias in the Tropical Room, and an enormous patch of vibrant blue grape hyacinths. Last week, it was a swath of bluebells under a cool canopy of trees, the most bluebells I have ever seen in my life. It was incredible, like something out of my pastoral British countryside dreams! I forgot my camera like a fool, but fortunately I was there with Eva from Bows & Bandits for another little project that I'm excited to share with you soon :n )

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Even though it's now officially Fashion Week in NYC, I'm still crushing on these looks from the Rodebjer S/S 2011 collection shown in Stockholm. I love the mix of dusty orange, beige and navy, and those hats are just so perfect! They remind me of Saturn's rings.

P.S. Anyone else headed out into the utter madness of New York's FNO tomorrow?? My better instincts tell me to stay the hell inside and bury my head under a pillow...but Alexa Chung at Madewell and Opening Ceremony at Ace Hotel are wooing me with their siren songs (and promises of free cookies.)

P.P.S. For any out-of-towners visiting for the week, or really anyone who's ever asked me for recommendations as to what to do/eat in Brooklyn, to whom I have responded with enthusiastic reassurances of putting together some sort of guide, and then completely failed to follow through, like a proper ass: I did a little Q&A with Brooklyn 365 about some of my favorite local haunts :n )

(all images found via Six Six Sick)