I am very excited to be going to the San Francisco Fall Show opening night!
I stayed in bed all afternoon just to be able to do it.
Standing on my feet for two hours I have not done in years!
My Italian was out of town and my youngest son was not available to escort me as he did a few years back!
I always try and dress with the theme in mind!
Years back it was STARS………
and of course that is my blogging buddy PENELOPE BIANCHI who travels from MONTECITO to be there…….
YES, I HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE TWO BOYS AT HOME!
The theme this year was the RUBY JUBILEE.
THE SHOW has been A THING in THE CITY for the last 40 years and I have been to most of them as a LOOKY LOU.
You could say I was EDUCATING MYSELF.
THIS YEAR I WAS SO GRACIOUSLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE OPENING BY MY DEAR FRIEND PENELOPE B!
HERE I WAS WAITING TO MEET UP WITH HER AND THE FAMILY AND I FOUND MYSELF IN A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION WITH AN EMMA WHO DID THIS VIGNETTE!I had no idea who I was talking too until COLEFAX AND FOWLER CAME UP! ACTUALLY,I DID A LITTLE CURTSY AND TOLD HER HOW SORRY I WAS FOR THEIR QUEEN.
Emma and her team told me I needed to be in their VIGNETTE!
SITTING ON THAT RED SOFA!
AS I LOOK AT IT NOW.
I BARELY LOOKED AT IT THEN.
I SEE WHY!!!!!!
EMMA BURNS AND ME!
MY CONCOCTION OF TWO NECKLACES INTERWOVEN TO MAKE A “BUNDLE LOOK” AND TO ADD AN OLD FUR CLIP WHICH I NOTED; I WAS WEARING IN THE PHOTO FROM A FEW YEARS AGO JUST NOW!
THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL PATTERN MIXING REGARDING THE CLOTHES AND ALL I DID WAS NOTE THE COLORS MATCHED IN THE VINTAGE JAPANESE KIMONO WITH THE CAFTAN.
THE COUP DE REISTANCE FOR ME WAS THE BIRDIE SHOES!
THEY HAD COME IN THE MAIL DAYS BEFORE AS I DO ORDER WHEN I SEE THINGS THAT I LIKE AND DO NOT NEED!
THE SAME GREEN / BLUE RAN THROUGH THE KIMONO!
WAITING FOR THE SWARM OF PEOPLE.
I SPIED THEM FIRST!
MY FRIEND PENELOPE ON THE LEFT!
THEY TURN AROUND AND SEE ME!
LOVELY MY BASKET BAG WAS OPENED!
Otherwise a GRAND PHOTO of the TWO of US!
SHE KNEW MY AUNT AND LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM HER.
THEY SHARED A COMMON NEIGHBOR…….OPRAH WINFREY!
DAUGHTER & MOTHER
PORTRAITS FROM SPAIN.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE “SOCK”!
Does anyone know does this have a name?
Note how the darker BLUE fabric holds “THE SOCK” in place!
This was a little older man……..
Note the sandal on one foot and the scarf on the other!
But the BIGGEST feature here for me is the JEWEL KEEPER!
NOTE THE SOCKS!
NOTE THE COLORS IN THE PAINTING!
NOTE THE OLD MANS EXPRESSION ON THE BABY BEING PULLED BY ONE ARM!
NOTE THE TOENAILS PERFECTLY TRIMMED!
(Earliest known scissors were in Mesopotamia 3,000 ~ 4,000 years ago.)
MY FAVORITE PAINTING AND ITEM AT THE SHOW……………
THE OUTFIT,THE SANDALS,THE SHEEP.
THEN AGAIN I ADORED THESE CHAIRS FROM VENICE!
The chairs are from the1700’s .
I would imagine real skin as they were PATCHED.
Can you see from the back rest about an inch in.
A LINE.
The seat was even odder………small square pieces patched together.
17 CENTURY GOLD GILDED CHAIRS.
LOOK WHO I SPIED!
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE BIG TIME DECORATORS THIS IS BUNNY WILLIAMS!
SHE STARTED WITH SISTER PARISH IN New York.
I RECENTLY READ SHE HELPED ANN GETTY DO UP HER HOME IN San Francisco.
AS SHE WAS SISTER PARISH’S ASSISTANT BACK IN THE DAY!
ALL THAT IS NOW GOING TO AUCTION!
I WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS CHAISE!
$8,000.00
WHICH I THINK IS VERY REASONABLE FOR THIS SHOW BUT MAYBE HE SAID $80,000.00!
NO SPACE in casa AND THE ITALIAN WOULD HAVE DONE A DOUBLE EYE ROLL AND WALKED!
I SPIED HER AGAIN……….
TOOK GUTS TO SNAP THIS AS SHE SAW ME!
THESE CARNATIONS ARE BEAUTIFULLY DONE.
EASY TO DO IN SMALLER URNS ON THE EATING TABLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
THIS VENDOR REMEMBERED ME AS ANTIQUE GODDESS FROM INSTAGRAM!
I’LL TAKE A HEADLESS MARBLE BUST ANY DAY!
I PURCHASED THE ACCIDENTAL DUCHESS AND LOVED IT!
I DONOT THINK IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE USA YET AS SHE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A PUBLISHER……….
WHAT A STORY SHE HAS…………..JUST GOES TO SHOW LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS HOW YOU WOULD THINK!
POSSIBLY AVAILABLE AT BUILDERS BOOKSOURCE IN BERKELEY,CALIFORNIA.1-510-845-6874
ASK FOR GEORGE!
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PINK SUIT?
I would like to see the jacket a tad bit longer.
THE TABLE IS A FRECH PASTRY TABLE!
I HAVE ONE WHICH BELONGED TO MY MOM!
MY FAVORITE VENDOR FROM CHICAGO!
HE DEALS IN OUTDOOR ANTIQUES!
THE DETAIL OF THIS MIRROR WAS OUTSTANDING………..
THE ITALIAN HAS THIS MACHINE!
HE KEEPS IT IN THE GARAGE FOR WEEKEND BITES!
SHHHHHH DO NOT TELL BANKSY BOY!
I AM A DARN GOOD MATCH FOR THIS VIGNETTE!
TURTLE WITH MOVING PARTS………HEAD,LEGS AND ARMS!
I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR FROM MY GRANNY!
INTERESTING BLOWN UP PHOTO.
I AM SURE IT HAS A NAME THE TYPE OF PROCESS……AND THEY HAVE PLACED MR. MONET IN HIS GARDEN!
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH GARDEN HELP HE HAD?
WE BOUGHT A BAG OF DAFFODILS OVER THE WEEKEND AT COSTCO
AND I TOLD THE ITALIAN HE HAD TO PLANT FOR ME!
I AM EXHAUSTED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT!
MY BUDDY IN THE SECOND SEASON OF WHITE LOTUS WEARING A CONTESSA CAFTAN!
FILMED IN SICILY THIS PAST SUMMER!
WE BOTH COLLECT FESTIVITY CROWNS BUT SHE WEARS HER’S
TO EVENTS AND THIS ONE TRAVELED WITH HER!
SHE HAD NO IDEA SHE WOULD BE IN THE SHOW!
IT IS A TRUE THRILL FOR BOTH OF US!
SEASON TWO STARTS OCTOBER 30TH!!
(THERE WAS A BIT OF SEXUAL CONTENT IN SEASON ONE WHICH WAS A BIT SHOCKING; BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THE HUMAN PARTS WERE A PROSTHESIS!!BY A VERY GOOD SOURCE…………….THANK GAWD!)
A DECORATOR IN San Francisco WHO’S FAVORITE COLOR IS CHARTRUSE CLAUDIA JUESTEL!
I HAVE MET THANKS TO MICHELLE NUSSBAUMER ANOTHER COLORFUL DECORATOR
AND ANOTHER FOLLOWER OF THE CONTESSA’S
CHRISTINA DE LIMUR ON THE LEFT.
IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE BOTH OF YOU!
DAY TWO OF THE San Francisco FALL SHOW.
AS YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE I LOOK A LITTLE PEAKED HERE…………
CINDERELLA HERE GAVE HERSELF TWO HOURS AT THE OPENING TO GET HOME AND GO TO SLEEP SO SHE COULD BE PICKED UP BY JULIET THE NEXT DAY AT 9:30 AM.TO DO THE DRIVE ALL OVER AGAIN…….
THE TWO HOURS ON MY FEET at the GALA NEARLY DID ME IN…….
GLASSES BY MORRISONS JEWELRY IN ORINDA, CALIFORNIA.
NECKLACE BY STELLA MC CARTHY (A GIFT YEARS AGO!)
CAFTAN BY BRYAN WALKER
BIG SQUARE CLACKER (A GIFT)
OTHER TWO THRIFT SHOP FINDS!
VINTAGE NO LESS!
Just like me!
HAND MADE SHOES BY COAST AND KOI IN South Africa!
THE DUCHESS OF RUTLAND AND JULIET OF……….MAKE MINE A SPRITZER!
NOT OUR BEST PHOTO BUT FUN TO SHARE LADY ELIZA THE DUCHESS OF RUTLAND’S DAUGHTER.
WHO HAS HER OWN DECORATING BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 25.
THIS IS 88 YEARS OLD ON THE LEFT IN A GUCCI BOMBER JACKET AND I AM 62 YEARS OLD ON THE RIGHT!
THIS IS MY STEP MUM WHO TAUGHT ME TO DRIVE IN A San Francisco PARKING LOT IN AN OLD MUSTANG!
SHE ALSO TAUGHT ME A BRITISH WORD CALLED COUTH AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.
SHE TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT ANTIQUES AND THE HISTORY OF THINGS!
WE BOTH SHARE A PASSION OF PORTRAITS OLD PORTRAITS…………SHE HAS GIVEN ALL HER PORTRAITS NAMES!
EVERY YEAR WE GO TO THIS EVENT ENJOY THE BEAUTY THATS ON SHOW AND HAVE A LOVELY LUNCH!
HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE TOUR AND WHIRLWIND DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTY SCENE.
CALL GEORGE FOR THE BOOK DETAILS!
THE ACCIDENTAL DUCHESS
1-510-845-6874
HOW A FARMERS DAUGHTER BECAME A DUCHESS!
AND ALL THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES OF KEEPING BELVOIR (BEAVER)CASTLE STANDING!
I LOVED THS BOOK!
XXX
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