A LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO ESS!

Hi friends! 

I am very happy to return to ESS after a few months hiatus. This year has brought many exciting changes, and I'm grateful to have time to share "wit, style, and charm" again.

There have been 3 key changes made to ESS that will hopefully make the site easier to read and navigate, including:

1. New header featuring the beautiful Kate Moss shot by Steven Meisel in front of the Hollywood sign-- representing the home of ESS, lovely Los Angeles!

2. New buttons to easily share Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Email, RSS, and Google+.

3. New table of contents to streamline the topics ESS covers: FASHION + STYLE, DECOR + DESIGN, PARTIES + FUN,  and WISDOM + WIT.

I'd love to hear any suggestions to make the site even easier!

Also, THANK YOU so much to the thousands and thousands of viewers who have visited ESS since it first began. It started as a simple, personal way to collect beautiful, inspirational things, and it's beyond thrilling (and totally unexpected, and slightly embarrassing!) to see the number of people sharing that appreciation. Thank you so much for all the kind words, both public and private.

I'm so happy to be back online, and hope you enjoy the new additions from ESS! xo

Images: Naty Chabanenko by Pierre Dal Corso for LoveCat Magazine #3

UNWRAP YOUR POTENTIAL

“I just feel like I have this gift I’ve been given.
It’s like, ‘Someone unwrap it, here it is!’
That drive can’t be held down. I have a lot of ambition.” 
- Katy Perry

DISCO POOL PARTY WITH GRACE CODDINGTON

Disco. Pool. Party.


(Vogue UK, Oct. 1973 via youthquakers)

GWEN STEFANI STOPS TRAFFIC IN STELLA MCCARTNEY AT CANNES

Gwen Stefani in Stella McCartney at the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Getty Images

BE AN UNREPENTANT PLEASURE SEEKER

“She is an unrepentant pleasure-seeker.
She is not afraid of a juicy steak or a shot of tequila,
and she gives no quarter to those
who think we ought to feel any guilt whatsoever
about our measured enjoyment of such things.”

- Jonathan van Meter

WORDS FROM: THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

"But we'll get a butler and dress for dinner and have wine on the table. 
I hope something happens. 
I'm restless as the devil 
and have a horror of getting fat 
or falling in love and growing domestic."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise