Special Savings at Honeybee Collection

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Who Wears Short Shorts

I was working on a post about looking chic in shorts when I came across the photo above on The Sartorialist website. Of course, the photo was taken in Paris where everything looks chic but I love how pulled together she looks. The temperature is supposed to reach over 100 degrees today so looking and feeling cool will be a challenge but maybe shorts are the answer! Enjoy!

Olivia Palermo and hot boyfriend

Olivia Palermo is the queen of shorts!

Vivianna Volpicella

Gwyneth Paltrow

Rachel Bilson and Kate Moss

Jennifer Aniston

Miranda Kerr

Kate Bosworth

Leighton Meester aka Blair Waldorf

Summer Savings at Diane James Home

In honor of summer, Diane James Home is offering Habitually Chic readers a special 15% discount on all their fabulous flowers and plants. Just use code HC2010 at checkout! Happy Shopping!

Wonderful in Wiltshire

I really enjoyed taking some time off this weekend to enjoy the American Fourth of July holiday. What's funny is that there would be no America without the British so I figured why not post a fabulous English manor home today. Also, if you watched Wimbeldon for the last fortnight, you know the weather in England in summer can actually be quite lovely. This wonderful home in Wiltshire belongs to Juicy Couture co-founder Gela Nash-Taylor and her husband, Duran Duran bassist John Taylor, and their family. As an American, I'm always fascinated by English homes since they contain so much history and from the article in Vogue, it sounds like Gela really enjoys her country retreat. I mean, who wouldn't love dressing up in the tweeds for a ride straight out of Gosford Park. I think I might add a manor house to my dream list of future homes. Cheers!

Photos by Francois Halard and Norman Jean Roy for Vogue

Our Country...

"May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!" - Daniel Webster

Happy Fourth of July!

I've been busy the last few days styling one of my projects for a photo shoot today for Rue Magazine, a new online magazine that will debut this September. I am very excited for you to see the final design and can't wait to see all the other great interiors in the magazine. But right now I am going to take a much needed break and enjoy the Fourth of July. I hope all my American friends have a safe and wonderful holiday!

Photo by Francois Halard

Cottage Chic

I saw photos of this cute little cottage on photographer Douglas Friedman's website and finally did a little investigating about it. Turns out that it belongs to Cove Landing (995 Lexington Avenue, 212-288-7597) co-owner Angus Wilkie and was featured on one of Martha Stewart's house tours. It was built in the early 19th-century and looks like the perfect kind of place to spend the long 4th of July holiday weekend. I also love that they left the glue covered plaster walls as they appeared after paper was removed from them. It's an interesting contrast to the collection of engravings and Biedermeier furniture. I think most people would have also bought the place and knocked it down to build a McMansion so it's also a testament to the keen eye and fabulous design sense of Angus Wilkie. As Marta would say, "it's a good thing." Enjoy!

Photos by Douglas Friedman