Into the Chateau

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>>I never “got” the allure of the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles until I had been given the time last weekend to properly roam its rooms, its vaguely haunted corridors and the outside cottages and bungalows.  And thanks to Mulberry, I styled up their S/S 15 pieces with my own clothes and also got to poke my nose around the premises to find little nooks to do this impromptu shoot (yes that is wet brickwork you see there – evidence that it does rain in LA from time to time…).  It’s hard not to be seduced by all the restored details of this Hollywood haunt.  The chipped away tile work and the old-fashioned 1920s ventilation in the bathrooms, the personalised stationery with that endearingly faux-Medieval font of a logo, the restored O’Keefe and Merritt hob in the kitchenette, the mirrored dressing table and the curiously high number of closets (Hollywood starlets and their unusually large trousseaus?).  And then beyond its walls, the seclusion provided by the folliage even though you’re technically located on Sunset Boulevard, the lemon tree (I took one – sorry – they are very juicy) and the the old logo-ed lifebuoy by the pool and all the Spanish tile details to go with the accompanying bungalows.  Consider me charmed by the Chateau.

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014Mulberry jacquard jacket and ‘Lily’ bag worn with vintage geometric slip dress and Meadham Kirchhoff shoes

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048Mulberry two-piece suit and ‘Delphie’ bag worn with my own Back shirt and Converse chucks

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060Mulberry shirt and jumper and ‘Cara’ rucksack worn with my own Toga jeans, Purified loafers

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    1. Yes, they make you dream.. dreams of sun, beutiful bags, pools and gold balloons! We need that sometimes over here in canadian winter..
      xxSol

  4. Consider yourself looking charming in the Chateau. I love the creative recycling you did with the new Mulberry pieces and your own clothes.This is exactly what I am taking about in my post for the week. You are the genius of creative recycling, always coming out with something both/and.

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