One picture from each hour of my Thursday. Recorded in EST.

Ruth St. Denis has become my new obsession; I'm in awe of her grace and envious of her elaborate costumes. Ruth was a pioneer of modern dance known for her interests in exotic mystiscm and spirituality.

Mad Men is returning to television this month.

I'm slowly collecting some interesting rings, mostly from secondhand stores and street vendors...but I have nothing nearly as impressive as the ladies of The Selby. While that site is known for giving us a private peek at gorgeous interiors, other mini-series photographed there really catch my eye.

I've been on a bit of a "shoe kick" lately...These are ladies dress shoes of the 19th Century; the illustrations are so wonderfully detailed showing off the decadent embellishments.

Decadent ruffles, exquisite tussie-mussies, and classic coifs? Just some very vintage fashion illustrations found on BibliOdyssey.

Way back in the day when I was brainstorming over what I would like my blog name to be, one of the titles on the list was "The Fashion Plate." Why? Like "clothes horse," the term is antiquated with multiple meanings; used figuratively it references a person who conforms to the latest fashions.

Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world, and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.
The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping

I got the Urban Outfitters Holiday catalogue in the mail awhile back and it really swept me away. The images of pretty girls in feather masks, high buns with giant knits, sequined cardigans, and socks with oxfords were lovely enough, but the little illustrations at the back of the catalogue? Even better.

I stumbled across the pictures of Ofer Wolberger and immediately fell in love with his series "Life with Maggie." The series intentionally seeks to depict a personal photo journal or visual travel diary while it explores the idea of a character lost in space and time.

Last November Vogue Russia had a deceptively simple editorial featuring these Matryoshka dolls hand painted to resemble the styles of various imminent designers.

Something about Matt Tischler's Untitled Screen Series feels like summer...

I'm in New York City and unfortunately the only white I'm seeing is that grey matter that falls from the sky...and now lingers grey upon the ground. Still, we can all invision ourselves with nothing better to do that sprawl in frilly whites across golden heaps of straw.

I can never view enough of Rodney Smith's photographs. There seems to be some intriguing narrative in many of his images, like he is as much as story-teller as a photographer.

I like sparkly things...via