Yeearrgh, Matey!
Oh, Anthropologie. Longtime purveyor of gorgeous goods, displayed so gorgeously that even I (Emma, by the way) cannot be bitter about the exorbitant prices, because anytime I visit, I leave refreshed, inspired, and curiously calm-yet-focused. True story: twelve years ago, I worked for a Canadian film production company in Santa Monica, located near an Anthropologie store. Anytime things got hectic (for example, oh, let’s say an aging C-list actress delivered a blistering nastygram over the phone, just off the top of my head), I would head to the Anthropologie and just walk around a bit. The scent of that store was enough to calm me down, I kid you not–and it wasn’t the, you know, smell of clothing or commerce or anything; weirdly, there was an amazing sort of earth-y smell in the store that has since disappeared. Which actually kind of makes me wonder if there was mold in the walls or something? Anyway, moving on.
Now Anthro is more or less ubiquitous here in Southern California, which pleases me to no end. I stopped in one the other day and cooed over this whole sea theme they’re doing right now. (Because I do still like to pretend I’m Pippi on the South Seas.) You can see a lot of it here (I think the store I visited has about twice as many marine-themed items that aren’t on the website), but below are a couple of the things I’m loving the most.
(Pippi not for sale at Anthropologie.)
Gorgeous, right? That bottle with the coral stopper is 19th-century glass, which might very well excuse the $598 pricetag to some, but, uh…that’s still a bit rich for my blood. In any case, the feel of this stuff is not hard to duplicate, so grab ye some inspiration!
(This might be a good time to mention that when we write about things we like, we’re just writing about things we like. You will always know about it if we’re being paid to promote anything. We promise.)
Have a wonderful weekend. And live like you mean it.
