Beauty and the Feast » Inspiration of the Day http://beautyandthefeastblog.com Everything lovely and delicious Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 J. Crew’s Jenna Lyons just doing her thing http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/12/19/jenna-lyons-sketching/ http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/12/19/jenna-lyons-sketching/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:17:24 +0000 shyema http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/?p=20871

via NYMag.com

Link: http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/12/cinemagraph-watch-jenna-lyons-sketch.html

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]]> http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/12/19/jenna-lyons-sketching/feed/ 0 What we do when we like our waiter http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/12/05/what-we-do-when-we-like-our-waiter/ http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/12/05/what-we-do-when-we-like-our-waiter/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:07:08 +0000 shyema http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/?p=20527 Had many things to celebrate this morning! One of my friends recently got engaged and it was another’s birthday, so I suggested we get together for brunch at the Eatery.

Brunch at Eatery. Photos by Saadia K.

I’ve written about it a few times before and as usual, the food was lovely and our waiter was so nice (even though I’m pretty sure a table of eight girls might be have been a bit to manage). But we thought he did a splendid job, so we left him a cupcake with this note:

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Keep in mind we’re pretty sure he wasn’t…ahem…into any of us girls. But hey, it’s not easy being a waiter, so we appreciate the good ones!


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]]> http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/12/05/what-we-do-when-we-like-our-waiter/feed/ 7 http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/11/25/20399/ http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/11/25/20399/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:00:25 +0000 shyema http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/?p=20399 Something to fill the space while I’m gone. I kinda liked this picture by my friend Sadef of me at work! It was at a birthday dinner Centro Vinoteca in the West Village for our lovely friend, Kiran P.

By Sadef A. Kully

I thought the blurry effect under the dim lights looked super cool. Post on the deliciousness of that dinner coming soon…when I get back!!


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]]> http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/11/25/20399/feed/ 1 I’d like to challenge your view that nerds are not sexy http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/10/26/id-like-to-challenge-your-view-that-nerds-are-not-sexy/ http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/10/26/id-like-to-challenge-your-view-that-nerds-are-not-sexy/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:00:11 +0000 shyema http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/?p=20029 With this:

Beyonce x Terry Richardson (photo via Stylelist)



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]]> http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/10/05/19652/feed/ 0 The Impossible Cool http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/08/13/the-impossible-cool/ http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/2011/08/13/the-impossible-cool/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:00:33 +0000 shyema http://beautyandthefeastblog.com/?p=18846

Alain Delon, Photo credit: The Impossible Cool

The Impossible Cool is a photography blog I love+follow. It couldn’t have had a more fitting title. It’s a collection account of vintage photographs of serious style icons. Most of the pictures are black and white. I’m not sure why, but I have a strong affinity towards black and white photos (if you’ve ever scoped out my walls in my apartment, you’d know).

James Dean


Audrey Hepburn, Photo credit: The Impossible Cool


The Clash's Paul Simonon, Photo credit: The Impossible Cool

I remember once listening to photographer Norman Gershman speak at a gallery in SoHo. He prefers shooting in black and white himself and he said something to the effect of “I find color distracting.” I think there’s some truth in that. In the same way, I find these portraits kind of unfilter something so telling about its subjects. Their style is yes, impossibly cool, but it’s something more–their stance, their eyes, their confidence that seems to translate so purely through the photos. For a while, I feel like the blog had a bit of lull in posting, but it’s finally being updated again so I thought it’d be a great time to share. I’ve already been through the entire thing twice! Here are some more of my favorites:

Gainsbourg and Birkin, Photo credit: The Impossible Cool


Clint Eastwood, Photo credit: The Impossible Cool


Margaux Hemingway, Photo credit: The Impossible Cool


James Dean, Photo credit: The Impossible Cool

They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore…sigh. Check out the blog’s full collection of the most brilliant portraits: theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com. Who’s your style icon?

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