Category Archives: News

Books We Like | An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin

I recently fin­ished read­ing An Object of Beauty by Steve Mar­tin and I highly rec­om­mend it. It takes a rel­a­tively deep dive into the world of art with facts nes­tled into a great novel. For those new­bies that are curi­ous about the work­ings of the art world, go on, wet your appetite …Read More »

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To Be A Prince | Machiavelli

  Cre­ativ­ity and lifestyle is an artsy endeavor. Read­ing Machi­avelli is one thing and apply­ing it is another–an artsy endeavor nonethe­less. This post is not polit­i­cal; it lays the req­ui­site foun­da­tion to crown­ing your­self the Prince of your king­dom what­ever that king­dom may be … Newly mar­ried, my hus­band, Eric, and I moved to a new home with …Read More »

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Minimalism in Fashion | The Swinging Sixties

In search of all things humane and pure encom­pass­ing design, archi­tec­ture, food, enter­tain­ment and lifestyle: min­i­mal­ism. Takashi Miike, Pho­to­graph by Nigel Perry (esquire.com)     To some, Decem­ber 21, 2012 spawned the age of awakening–ubiquitously. Emo­tions became nos­tal­gic. We long for that “vin­tage”, when things were what they were. No hid­den ingre­di­ents. No …Read More »

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DeoV Blog, What Happened?

To our loyal cus­tomers and read­er­ship, we apol­o­gize for the lapse in time since our last post. The back­end of the web­site has under­gone migra­tion to our new plat­form and both Vin­nie and I have been stretched on time. We have kept the site alive nonethe­less, of course, and migra­tion is almost …Read More »

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Lifestyle: All That Sparkles Is Not Champagne

  If you choose to join the God of the grape har­vest in his trance-inducing quest to lib­er­ate human­ity, you shall pre­pare to make the Cham­pagne region of France your new abode. To all nymphs: “Come hither” says Diony­sus. Cham­pagne is one of the world’s most famous wines, beloved by …Read More »

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Carpe Crepe | Assemblage @ A Headlong Dive

Don’t cat­e­go­rize the crepe sole as only suited for desert boots. This assem­blage of crepe soled action will point you toward plenty of footwear that you can find your­self in even in the heat of sum­mer. Carpe Crepe. Oak St. Boot­mak­ers Lef­fot LL Bean Sig­na­ture Yuketen Quoddy East­land Red Wing Oak …Read More »

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Alden for J. Crew Longwing Bluchers | Natural & Navy

    I know what your won­der­ing, “Is J.Crew becom­ing more of an upmar­ket menswear mecca or is the menswear move­ment in gen­eral get­ting more and more spe­cial­ized?” That answer is beyond my pay grade but I will tell you that J.Crew is at it again, team­ing up with Alden to …Read More »

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MRBOND

  As 007 cel­e­brates his 50th anniver­sary on the sil­ver screen, an exhi­bi­tion looks at the British secret-service agent’s style through the years © 1964 Dan­jaq, LLC/United Artists Cor­po­ra­tion (left) SPECIAL AGENT | Sean Con­nery as James Bond with the Aston Mar­tin DB5 in the Swiss Alps, ‘Goldfin­ger,’ 1964. Mr. Con­nery in …Read More »

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A MILESTONE IN HOOPS FASHION

FASHION MILESTONES OF THE 2012 NBA POSTSEASON WHERE WHAT YOU WEAR MATTERS MOST Leg­ends of NBA fash­ion Fash­ion­able celebri­ties & cri­tiques Best dressed coaches & cri­tiques Best dressed play­ers, what they wore & where to buy …   Every decade has it’s own mem­o­rable take­aways and we’ve some note­wor­thy men­tions regard­ing …Read More »

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Secret Garden | Versailles’

  We couldn’t resist from post­ing Dior’s lat­est film Secret Gar­den, filmed in Ver­sailles by titans Vinoodh and Inez. Depeche Mode rocks the film with their haunt­ing sound­track Enjoy the Silence. Dandy mod­els (Daria Strok­ous, Melissa Sta­siuk, and Xiao Wen Ju) gal­va­nize the garden–the royal chateau is source of inspi­ra­tion …   You …Read More »

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