little augury: Hamish Bowles lavender cowboy

17 February 2011

Hamish Bowles lavender cowboy

a color that is hard to peg-just a quick look at the ubiquitous wikipedia here will make your head spin-

As recently as the early 1950s, there were only four generally recognized shades of lavender¹:floral lavender , lavender gray , lavender blue , and old lavender (Aloys John Maerz and Morris Rea Paul, A Dictionary of Color)

Favourite Colour of Hamish Bowles

a most arresting portrait of the color- Hamish Bowles.

photograph by Danko Steiner

Hamish Bowles' Lavender Louboutin boots

HB from the pages of Vogue.com

from nowness Hamish Bowles interview here

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AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:04 PM
Hamish and the Lavender Gang. A great little a ngle on the color of lavenderr. I am enjoying you musings on the color.
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UnknownFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:18 PM
This is my all time favorite color! Amethyst and all i's lovely variations!
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JWCFebruary 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM
the Hamish Bowles portrait is amazing... i love that lavendar on his hands
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My Dog-Eared PagesFebruary 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Wow... what a great portrait! I'm going to send you a photo of a washed-out mussel shell... it's the most lovely shade of lavender.
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Miss WhistleFebruary 19, 2011 at 11:09 AM
The lavender velvet jacket is just too perfect. I adore it.

Miss W
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JayneFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:28 PM
I love lavender too, my bedroom walls are a sort of mauvey shade of lavender and it is so nice to wake up in it. that photo of Hamish Bowles is amazing. I wonder where you found it?
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P.Gaye Tapp at Little AuguryFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:15 PM
Jane- the photograph is linked to the site-models.com and originally from love? I think and also the photographer is linked.
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My book HOW THEY DECORATED, for Rizzoli, was published in April of 2017. I have been an interior designer for over 30 years & have an abiding passion for the original, & history. Little Augury was born on New Year's Eve 2008. It began as a way of continuing a conversation with a beloved mentor & the promise to keep just a bit of his wit & wisdom alive by sharing it whenever possible. Little Augury focuses on interior design, art, literature, fashion & social history with an eye, always looking back to the past, in hope of understanding what is authentic & what will endure & what connects us to our environment. Always listening for the footstep on the old stair-the sound of lives that walked that way.

17 February 2011

Hamish Bowles lavender cowboy

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