#theartofdining

[calligraphybymoya]

This week’s Art of Dining #artofdining at @ngvmelbourne has kept me a happy busy calligrapher! I worked on pieces for three of the tables, each table completely different in style and requirements, each table just stunningly beautiful. I’m honestly so lucky to work with some of Melbourne’s top events people - I love seeing the work that goes into events like this, and it’s always so exciting to be a part of it, even just a little part! . Here are the brushes I personalised for @gloss.creative’s @meccacosmetica table - and swipe across to see @jessica_nguyen_’s shot of how gorgeous the table looked! What a magical event. (A bit different to the pasta I’m eating tonight, in my jammies, watching Netflix...😅😂🙏) . I’m always extra excited to work on anything happening at NGV - it’s always just a whole new level. And yes I’ll definitely be sharing the other tables I worked on too - trust me, they’re worth seeing! #theartofdining . . . #glosscreative #meccacosmetica #artofdining2019 #artofdining #meccabeautyjunkie #personalisedbrushes #personalisedbrush #eventplanner #event #ngv #tablescapes #tabledecor #eventstyling #calligraphy #cricut #melbournecalligrapher #artistlife #iREALLYlovemyjob (at National Gallery of Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_9Tu2lvgk/?igshid=1qn1blqizbmfe

[delphineboel-blog]

Thank you very much#perron87 #perron47 &#serax for a Great launch for my New Art of Dining collection #greatpresent #uniquepresent #porcelain#musthavegift #tableware #theartofdining #serax lifestyle #greatgift full of LOVE more info www.serax.com

[suzylwade]

The Life And Style of Betsy Bloomingdale "Peanut butter on little toasts with crunchy bacon — you'd have a mouth full of peanut butter and you were trying to talk to Jimmy Stewart,” - Robert Bloomingdale, Producer and son of Betsy Bloomingdale. When Tom Ford bought the estate of the late Betsy Bloomingdale in December 2016, L.A. society gave a sigh of relief. The William Haines’ decorated home was the place the widow of department store heir Alfred Bloomingdale reigned as Hollywood's top hostess until her death at age 93. Mrs Bloomingdale legendary monthly dinner parties included regular guests the Reagans, the Annenbergs, Kirk and Anne Douglas, James and Gloria Stewart and Rinaldo and Carolina Herrera. These dinner parties were intimate affairs for 24 people max. In late March 2017 the totems of Mrs Bloomingdale’s gracious life went to auction at ‘Christie’s' - nearly 300 lots auction online from March 30 to April 6; 173 more in New York on April 5. On the block were Haines' furniture, fine art and the plates used to serve such memorable dishes as avocado with crème fraîche and caviar. Another signature bite? Peanut butter and bacon hors d’oeuvre. On these occasions Mrs Bloomingdale’s young son Robert would hang outside with the parking guys, directing Rosalind Russell and Michael Caine by flashlight. Mrs Bloomingdale did her own grocery shopping and recorded every detail — decor, seating, what she wore — in handwritten diaries. "People used to do that. And she had something to write about.” - Denise Hale, wife of Director Vincente Minnelli and friend of Betsy Bloomingdale. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #words #pictures #neon #urchin #entertaining #interiordesign #williamhaines #peanutbutterandbacon #couture #hollywood #hostess #theartofdining #betsybloomingdale (at Holmby Hills, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBP8_cmgRs-/?igshid=u25sr55ioydo

[lifestylesae-blog]

#repost from @dubaidesignweek - A fabulous punctuation moment during Dubai Design Week was Architectural Digest Middle East’s ‘Art of Dining’ event, held on Thursday at One and Only Royal Mirage, whereby the who’s who of the design community gathered for a fine dining experience with a twist. 12 tables were given over to designers, studios and stores to create the ultimate table setting including @NakkashGallery, @vickvanlianofficial, @citiesdubai, and @pallavideaninteriors. ⠀ @dubaidesignweek and @downtowndesignd thank London-based @davidcollinsstudio its chic table, with flowers by Tobias Gibreel of #VoletFlowers. And hats off to @admiddleeast editor @manuelarnaut for what will now be an annual Dubai Design Week fixture!⠀ ⠀ #DXBDW2016 #ADMiddleEast #TheArtofDining #lifestylesaemagazine

[suzylwade]

The Life And Style of Betsy Bloomingdale “She had this kind of joie de vivre that made her seem at times very Pollyannaish. At the same time, she was elegant, like a cross between Babe Paley and Lucille Ball.” - Bob Colacello, longtime friend of Betsy Bloomingdale and ‘Vanity Fair’ contributor. You would not have called her camera shy. In more than half-century in the public eye, Betsy Bloomingdale courted photographers, drawing them into her orbit with a come-this-way cocktail of glamour and fizzy good cheer. Mrs Bloomingdale was 93 years old when she died in July 2016. The social doyenne, philanthropist, fashion plate and widow of the department store heir and ‘Diners Club’ developer Alfred S. Bloomingdale would be remembered as the last of a tribe, adept at elevating the social civilities — entertaining, dressing and the rituals of seeing and being seen — into something of an art. The effervescence that defined her, often masking a formidable perfectionism, helped place her on intimate footing with royalty, corporate titans, show-business luminaries and politicians. Her devoutly chronicled, decades-long friendship with Nancy Reagan won her the sobriquet “First Friend”. Mrs Bloomingdale, born Betty Lee Newling in Los Angeles to Australian émigré parents, may have relished the comparison. True, she made a near fetish of documenting the manners and mores of the European elite. She meticulously jotted in her diary the menus, table settings, seating arrangements and furnishings of the Rothschilds, Princess Ghislaine de Polignac, São Schlumberger and their patrician like. Yet, as admirers point out, she rarely took herself too seriously. Her sense of fun was reflected in the most elegant little hors d’oeuvres, peanut butter and bacon, that where served at every dinner and, more visibly, in the clothes she wore. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #words #pictures #neon #urchin #entertaining #interiordesign #williamhaines #peanutbutterandbacon #couture #hollywood #hostess #theartofdining #betsybloomingdale (at Holmby Hills, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBP85AmgDks/?igshid=mvpet630badt

[suzylwade]

The Life And Style of Betsy Bloomingdale “We both loved Marc Bohan. We lived at opposite ends of the United States but we would always call each other and tell each other what we bought, so we wouldn’t wear the same dress at the same event.” - Lynn Wyatt, Houston society figure and friend of Betsy Bloomingdale. Early treks, at her husband’s suggestion, to the Parisian couture houses instilled in her an appreciation for ‘Valentino’, ‘Balmain’ and the minimalist fashions of Marc Bohan for ‘Dior’. Mrs Bloomingdale cultivated a taste as well for the Americans ‘James Galanos’, 'Oscar de la Renta’ and ‘Adolfo’ whose little bouclé luncheon suits and lustrous evening looks — among them the brocade vest and gleaming silver pantaloons she wore as a hostess in the late ’60s — became a signature. She documented a wardrobe that was built on audacious colour, especially red, as duteously as she did her menus, keeping detailed notes on when each gown had been worn, with which earrings, bags and even hosiery. Yet she was neither rigid nor predictable, eschewing a codified style in favour of a look that veered from the sleek understatement of a mock turtleneck cashmere caftan, or the slender one-shoulder gowns she favoured in the ’70s, to the more showy effusions of the Reagan era as in the lavishly feathered cape she wore atop a filmy gown to a ‘Metropolitan Museum of Art’ costume exhibition in 1985. A child of the 1920s, Mrs Bloomingdale held cinema idols, a favourite among them Merle Oberon, as her own early fashion role models. Mrs Bloomingdale ultimately turned for inspiration to the East Coast social elite. “She thought Babe Paley was so chic, so soignée and that she had such beautiful homes.” - Bob Colacello, longtime friend of Betsy Bloomingdale and ‘Vanity Fair’ contributor. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #words #pictures #neon #urchin #entertaining #interiordesign #williamhaines #peanutbutterandbacon #couture #hollywood #hostess #theartofdining #betsybloomingdale (at Holmby Hills, Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBP8tkoAGcv/?igshid=ow4hz97zvusw