Set in Berlin

I loved the colours and the light in The Reader. It left me wondering who the clever people were that designed the set and sourced the decor. I especially loved Hanna's (Kate Winslet) home. So humble and basic, but with such beautiful light and rawness. Enter the (never locked) frosted glass doors with little star cut-outs and look straight ahead to the claw foot bath bathed in pink light, the living area on the left past a floral sheer curtain where just beyond is a simple, cosy bed. It's like a like a lived in (and loved in) doll's house.

Images from The Reader

SALT

When landscape & interiors photographer, Murray Fredericks, went to Lake Eyre (South Australia) for the 14th time, he came back with footage (containing some unbelievable timelapse photography) that would see his documentary, Salt, shown at the Sydney Film Festival and a photographic exhibition that would take him all over the world. It's a mesmerising film of an incredible landscape, a place where the horizon is 360 degrees where no matter where you look, there is NOTHING around but the ground and the sky and sometimes they don't even exist separately. There are times when the salt flats go forever and merge with the sky until the edge of the earth disappears. When a storm brings rain the earth becomes a mirror image of the sky and night brings thousands of magical stars. It's like like nothing you've ever seen before.

Images of his campsite and the salty landscape from the trailer above and the photographs that resulted below.

The Ultimate in Handmade

Valentino: The Last Emperor was showing as part of the recent Sydney Film Festival. What an amazing success he is, as a man and as a designer. You not only step into his private jet, private yacht, Paris house, Rome villa and ski lodge, but you gain access to his relationship of 50 years. His business partner, friend and lover met when they were just boys and have been building the brand together ever since. The sweet surprise (in addition to of the models, the dresses, the celebrities) was discovering the tale of their enduring love and the integral part it played throughout Valentino's career. Did you know every single stitch of a Valentino gown is made by hand? At one stage they bought one sewing machine to share amongst the 100 seamstresses and it never got used. p.s. am loving their all white atelier white uniforms

Chanel No 5 - The Film

Today Chanel No 5 released a short film featuring their divine new muse Audrey Tautou. Her male counterpart isn't far from divine either. In the words of Rachel Zoe..."amaaarrzing". Click here to view.

Hors de Prix - The Other Audrey

the hotel

the clothing

her room

French hotel breakfast / cafe style

the party

I always thought Audrey Tautou was a cutie, but my God she is amazingly sexy in this film. Set in and around the French Riviera, you're granted access to the stunning hotels, restaurants and towns of Nice, Monaco and Cannes. Her dresses will make your jaw drop, the rooms will make you swoon, you'll drown in his eyes (especially in the scene with all the blue shirts) and oh, the shoes, the parties, the underwear, her back!! Possibly the most glamorous film I've seen.

p.s. check out Bandelle - Kylie picks up key themes in movies (like the polka theme throughout Because I Said So - adorable movie - Diane Keaton's style is amazing) and shows us apartments we love (like Carrie's) and tells us how to put them together ourselves. They're called Double Take - its such a unique idea - definitely one to check out.

All images are stills of the movie Priceless.