08.19.24 | Back to basics
Around this same time, I tried on a blazer at Carven and it made me want to toss out my whole closet. It also made me think about the floor lamp. Like Roger Fatus, Louise Trotter has managed to create pieces, and through these pieces a world, where nothing is try-hard but everything is considered. Her clothing feels like something maybe you already own, but timeless, elegant, and obviously better.
I have a theory, we can call it Perfect Piles, that if you could just manage to own a perfect version of everything, your life would look good all the time and you’d never have to think about messes again. Perfect is subjective and context specific- case in point, the interiors in Ira Sachs’ 2022 film, Passages, or literally any issue of Apartamento. I think this theory applies to both home and closet and isn’t something you can fake or do all at once; it only comes from intentionally consuming and making good choices.
I crossed paths with the floor lamp again this past Spring. I was at a cocktail party in the West Village, and there it was, standing quietly in front of a large Florian Krewer painting. Seeing it in situ just further confirmed my feeling that maybe our focus should be more minute. If we can take time to get the basics right, we can build spaces and lives that feel beautiful everyday, all the time.
furniture For Thought
A few chairs you’d keep for the rest of your life. Price on Request | via Aurelien Serre
$3,675 | via Sophie Buhai