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Lord & Taylor x Paper Crown Pop Up Shop

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lord and taylor paper crown pop up shop

You beauts know what a fan of Paper Crown I am. Two years later I’m still trying to figure out why I didn’t outfit my bridesmaids in their dreamy dresses. Two years later I’m still trying to figure out a lot of the decisions I made for my wedding. Except for the groom. Love ya boo.

So I get my fix by filling my closet with their everyday and occasion pieces. Like this romantic gem of a drop-waist dress. Hi, am I a princess yet?

And I’m SUPER excited to let you know that while I still have to wait on a full-on brick-and-mortar flagship store {I’d probably move in}, there is a Paper Crown pop up shop in the vicinity!!!

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The Lord & Taylor x Paper Crown Pop Up Shop just plopped itself in New York City #FifthAve #duh and is hanging out until July! 30,000-square-feet of blush bliss. Here you can shop all of their new summer arrivals and a selection of exclusive bridesmaid dresses. Again, where was my head in 2014?

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Paper Crown Kennedy Dress c/o | Lisi Lerch Coco Tassel Earrings | Pink Mirror Sunglasses | Similar Woven Sandals | Similar Book Clutch

If you’re lucky enough to be based near NYC or are headed down this summer, don’t you dare miss the Dress Address. Find it on the 5th floor of the 5th Ave Lord & Taylor until early-July, and if you just CAN’T make it, shop the Paper Crown Pop Up Shop collection online here!

Photos by Madeline Heising

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Full disclosure: This post was created in partnership with Paper Crown and Lord & Taylor.

The Brunch Diaries: Ladurée

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Laudree SOHO NYC Review

I visited Paris with my family when I was 18, and what I remember most about the trip was, in fact, not climbing the Eiffel Tower, not seeing The Mona Lisa, not strolling the Champs Elysees, but dining at Ladurée. It certainly is where I discovered my love for French macarons, but it is also where I had one of my more memorable meals [not to mention, glasses of raspberry champagne]. The first US Ladurée bakery opened on Madison Ave in NYC a few years ago, but now its famous restaurant has arrived stateside as well!

Macaron Tower Display

During one of my recent trips to NYC, my dear friend Kelly and I had brunch at the new SOHO location with our mothers. It was just as perfect as I expected, and while our view wasn’t exactly the Champs Elysees, the atmosphere inside was just as wonderful.

Laduree NYC Menu

Laduree Brunch

Tea at Laduree

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Laduree Tea Cups

Of course the macarons are still easily the best part– order some for the table, but grab a box to go from the bakery section as well!

Laduree Macaron Flavors

Laduree Ice Cream Sorbet

Laduree New York

[ brunch summary ]
we ate:: Salade Ladurée | Club Laduree (avoid if you do not like mayonnaise!) | Omelette with Fine Herbs Green Salad
we drank:: The [Tea] a la Vanille | Chocolat Chaud Ladurée mixed with Cafe Ladurée– get a pot of each to put together!
we indulged:: Rose, Vanilla, and Salted Caramel Macarons

Laduree Gift Boxes

Have you been? What would you recommend?

[ Ladurée SOHO ]
[ 398 West Broadway ]
[ New York, NY 10012 ]

White Jeans Before Memorial Day

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Lilly Pulitzer Navy Bow Blouse

Can’t stop // won’t stop // don’t care about that silly old rule. Because <rant> if you can’t wear white jeans throughout May, when CAN you? The so-called “appropriate” times to sport them are basically June-August, and I’m pretty sure it’s bare legs or bust in those months [helloooo sundress season].

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Anyway, the rest of NYC seemed to agree with me this past weekend, including the darling salesman in Kate Spade who was also rocking them.

Can you wear white jeans before Memorial Day?

Dahlia Top, Lilly Pulitzer [pink; orange; similar navy; similar navy] | Mya Skinny Jeans c/o Articles of Society | Tortoise Sunglasses c/o Warby Parker | Monogrammed Cuff, York Design Co. | Starfish Earrings, Sylvia’s By the Sea [similar] | Tassel Bag, Old Navy | Seersucker Wedges, Lauren Ralph Lauren [similar 1; 2]

York Design Co. Monogrammed Needlepoint Cuff

Tortoise Warby Parker Piper Sunglasses

Tassel Tote Bag

Navy Silk Top

In other totally unrelated news, I found this post in my archives… photos taken on this very same porch [my BFF Kelly’s!] THREE years ago. Funny how time flies + how much things have changed around here, huh? Slash hardly changed at all?


A Tally of Two Cities

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paris versus new york book

Despite my lack of coffee table, I am all for stocking up on fun coffee table books. Right now, I am loving Vahram Muratyan’s Paris versus New York: The Complete Series of Two Cities, inspired by his blog of the same name. You all know how much I adore Boston and London, yet NYC and Pari will always have special places in my heart as well. Muratyan’s charming prints depicting the two most loved cities are so simple, yet so clever. This new Penguin deluxe edition featured 35 brand new illustrations, and I don’t think I will ever get sick of flipping through it.

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Paris versus New York: The Complete Series of Two Cities
By Vahram Muratyan
Penguin Books, 2012

 

Maison Ladurée

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It’s no secret that I love French macarons. Love actually might be an understatement. That’s why I was thrilled when I got to make a quick stop at Maison Ladurée on Madison Ave while in NYC this past weekend.

I counted the days for this little Parisian bakery to open from the moment I first heard it was coming stateside, and I first visited it in November during my last New York trip. I even attempted to make my own macarons in the meantime. But let me tell you, the real thing? Nothing even compares.

Have you visited any of the Ladurée locations, in the U.S. or overseas? Tell me your favorite flavors if so, I have yet to try all of them!

New York City

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Finally, some photos from my trip to NYC last week!

Every time I visit New York, I think I begin to see it less and less as a tourist. But I still can’t help but attempt to capture it through a thousand photos! So maybe once a tourist, always a tourist…

Instacity

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Happy Monday!! Oof and a sleepy Monday it is, as I didn’t get back until pretty late last night from my weekend in New York with one of my oldest friends, kTk!

I have some “real” photo sorting to do before I can give you a full recap, but here’s a little taste of my trip through Instagram photos… enjoy! xx

Breakfast at Tiffany’s Alice’s Tea Cup

Visiting the Lilly Pulitzer on Madison Ave, and trying on the dress from my Friday’s Fancies!

Dylan’s Candy Bar, the most colorful place ever.

Laduree!! I’ve been waiting for a chance to visit the NYC location ever since I first heard it was opening and wrote about it way back when.

While having lunch at Fred’s at Barney’s, we saw this adorable Gossip Girl-esque Sweet 16 taking place next to us.

Dream shopping… 🙂

Raspberry champagne and macarons=a perfect end to a perfect day.

More to come!! And for anyone who follows me on Instagram (emilyshell), I’m so sorry for overflowing your feeds this weekend!

Happy Anniversary!

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Today is the 50th anniversary of my favorite classic movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I don’t remember how old I was when I first watched Holly Golightly stroll down 5th Avenue with her pastry (the taste of which Audrey actually hated!), but I do know she has been my style icon ever since.

Hope everyone is rocking their LBDs in this film’s honor today!!