La Perla.
Requisite lighting-related gifts.Silver-Dipped Light Bulbs (not real silver, that's just what they call them), and a Porcelain Owl Lamp which combines two of Emily's major obsessions: Owls; Various Forms of Muted Lighting.
Streetwise bookI had been looking for this book forever, and finally found it at Left Bank Books in the West Village (the owner is originally from Eugene, Oregon). Mary Ellen Mark was kind enough to sign it for me. More on Streetwise in a future post.
Black Pumps.
"About a Son" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" DVDs. These covers go together pretty well—maybe they should package them together as a special edition.
Issey Miyake Pleats Please dress.It's basically just a big piece of really intricately pleated fabric, and comes with a booklet showing sixty different ways you can wear it. (Photo of Racquel Zimmerman in Issey Miyake by David Sims, from
Future Shock, in
V45.)
Lace Fence, by Dutch design house Demakersvan, at Droog, NYC.
They're just like traditional chain-link fences but with unexpected patterns built in. They can be used outside, as room dividers, or however else you want to use them.
