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Aspects of France that fascinate me, plus celebrating 6 months on Substack!
ABSOLUMENT is six months old—joyeux demi-anniversaire, mon petit Substack ! To celebrate, I'm sharing some parts of French culture that I've been…
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Absolument ! Biographies, life criteria, and photography as my rooted art form.
Biographies, life criteria, and photography as my rooted art form.
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"How is Paris?" Recommendations, and Paris as *the focal point* of the entire world.
What’s my draw toward Paris? The history, the food, the buildings, the gardens, the feeling in the air, the clichéd romanticism, the language, the…
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Le Corbusier's Keyboard of Colors, Eames Greige, and other hue symphonies.
I began writing about specific artists and the colors they are widely identified with, and quickly realized during my plunge down this colorful rabbit…
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BOOK CLUB vol. 6: Gae Aulenti's Milano Nest
It seems that Gae Auelenti is always somewhere in my periphery. She’s a designer who I reference in direct and indirect ways—whether I am searching for…
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A Hodgepodge: the Girard symbol of love, Mansur Gavriel's ode to 1960s air travel, and being married!
An eclectic writing that's really just a celebration of love. We're talking paintings dedicated to moms, graphic design symbols of sweethearts, a big…
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A Blue and Bubbly Bit of Nostalgia: the American Girl Illuma-Room, and how The Groovy Room would look IRL today.
Does anyone share my deep-rooted nostalgia for the American Girl Illuma-Room sets? Here's my attempt at styling a real life version of the 2000-2003 AG…
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The Essential List 10. Kelsey Rose’s Must-Haves for La Vie en Rose
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Drooling over Audrey Hepburn and her Givenchy wardrobe via Funny Face.
Bonjour, 1957 Paris! Funny Face follows Quality magazine in New York City and its direct, dramatic Editor-in-Chief, Ms. Maggie Prescott. Audrey…
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A pre-wedding weekend AU PAYS BASQUE.
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BOOK CLUB vol. 6: Gae Aulenti's Milano Nest
It seems that Gae Auelenti is always somewhere in my periphery. She’s a designer who I reference in direct and indirect ways—whether I am searching for…
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Kelsey Rose
A Blue and Bubbly Bit of Nostalgia: the American Girl Illuma-Room, and how The Groovy Room would look IRL today.
Does anyone share my deep-rooted nostalgia for the American Girl Illuma-Room sets? Here's my attempt at styling a real life version of the 2000-2003 AG…
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Kelsey Rose
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BOOK CLUB vol. 5: The singular book on Hans Hofmann's School of Fine Arts supply list
Modern painter and educator Hans Hofmann prescribed one book to his students on an introductory syllabus for his art school, the Hans Hofmann School of…
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BOOK CLUB vol. 4: Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill and his lofty bookshelves in Barcelona
Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill is absolutely one of those people whose homes instantly captivated me, and to see his library spiraled me into a pile…
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BOOK CLUB vol. 3: Finn Juhl's House
In my previous newsletter, I shared a whirlwind weekend spent in Copenhagen, and most excitingly, my visit to Finn Juhl’s home. A ton of you seemed to…
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