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Hollister Hovey
hollisterhovey.blogspot.com
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Celebrating the Flashman, Wooster, Hemingway, Einstein Aesthetic
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Business Casual

Just returned from a few days in San Diego for the PR job. While I spent about 85% of my time in the convention center with clients, doctors and loads of amazing new endoscopes - I woke at the crack ...

6 days ago

Slide (Scanners) Rule

This image of mom and my four-month-old chins appeared before human eyes for the first time since 79 on Wednesday. On Thursday, the only in-hospital shot of me and the fam on my real birth day Id eve...

13 may 12

A Hovey Design Before and After

Right after The New York Times story about our first project (see previous post for shots) came out, a couple in the same apartment complex called on us for some overall direction for their new penth...

07 may 12 1 person likes this

Our First Hovey Design Project in the June Living Etc!

The penthouse that Porter and I decorated last fall - the one that launched our Hovey Design dreams - appears in the June issue of Livingetc! Matthew Williams shot the space beautifully (as he always...

03 may 12

Elephant on the Move

Little Hugo Cabret got that magical little man, but loads of little Belgian kids got to watch this guy move all around in a shop window 80 years ago. Oh the joy and wonder of the automaton (especiall...

03 may 12

English Exploration Pt. 2: Beautiful Bars and Buns

Porter and I both have an incredible ability to sleep on planes, mouths agape, as if weve smuggled a propofol tank in our carry-on luggage and sucked on it all the way through security. I cant rememb...

01 may 12

English Exploration Pt. 1 | Portobello Road, Norfolk and Loads of Cute Cars

Were day four into our English adventures and weve shot two wonderful homes for our book and purchased a full years worth of loot. Cannot thank everyone whos written with suggestions enough for all t...

25 apr 12 1 person likes this

London, Here We Come!

Porter and I will be in London for the next week running around buying old Barbour jackets and toy soldiers in between shoots for our book! If youre in London or Norfolk and know anyone whos done a b...

20 apr 12

Donna, Oh The Party

Porter and I were extremely honored to host the first preview of Donna. It was an incredible night!(Above owner Leif Huckman, investor Warner Lewis, and Porter)Creative Director of Bergdorfs Jesper L...

18 apr 12

Oh, Donna!

On Saturday, Porter and I were honored to host the preview of the beautiful new Williamsburg bar, Donna.Leif Huckman (Goat Town), a decade-long veteran of the New York restaurant and entertainment sc...

16 apr 12

Going Mad! (Men)

In celebration of Beauty Week and one French Canadian beauty, I set out to transform Port into Megan Draper for Racked. She looks quite the part and even blows a little bisou bisou at the end! T...

10 apr 12 1 person likes this

Easter Parade!

Happy Easter and Passover to all the wonderful readers and friends from all of our delightful roommates (including "Ma", the goose!)!

08 apr 12

Boarding in the Berkshires

Port, her best friend and I fled the citys crazy Celtic chaos over the weekend for a good dose of nature. Looking out for nothing more that a "good looking joint up north" ...

19 mar 12

A Lot of White and Some Scarlet Feathers

Our attempt to turn our home into a 3-D version of the Hovey Design Tumblr page is almost complete (almost). While much of the stuff is old, it looks transformed and fresh against the icy white....

16 mar 12

A Jewel of Short Film Making

True love for Cartier. How wonderful is this?

16 mar 12 1 person likes this

Our (Well, the Brits) Paintings

The BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation have partnered up to give the world access to all of the great paintings in the museums around the UK. So far there are 110,000 photographed and up on the ...

21 feb 12

Im Alive!!!!! (and Tweeting, but Definitely Not Blogging...as I Should Be))

 Before, there was just this puppy to nurture...but theres a whole new litter. Twitter! Instagram! Tumblr! Facebook (kinda)! Vimeo (rarely)! Ive clearly been kinder to the younger pups and let t...

20 feb 12

An Investigation

Regardless of this old British Abercrombie & Fitch lighter actually belonging to Papa, its pretty cool...but how much more cool would it be if it actually DID belong to Hemingway? I found it at t...

30 jan 12

White Out

If youre ever in a situation where youre sort of on the fence about repainting, throw a Bavarian-themed holiday party and create an elaborate faux timber theme with gaffers - not masking or artists, ...

23 jan 12

Room and Bard

My family has always been utterly thrilled to know that Jeffersonian architecture never inspired me to read, learn or wax intellectual. All those white columns and red bricks ever mustered in me was ...

20 jan 12

Pictures from Home: A Visit to the National World War I Museum

Kansas City gave me one of the best gifts ever this Christmas: a touching, beautiful, honest, fascinating homage to everyone touched by and lost to the first Great War. You enter the National World W...

09 jan 12

Early Technicolor: Ziegfields Glorifying the American Girl 1929

Just. Completely. Incredible. Daphne Guinness would be proud. Read more here.

07 jan 12

Early Kinemacolor No. 2: Deauville, France 1912

07 jan 12

Early Kinemacolor No. 1: With Our King and Queen in India

Highlights from British Indias celebration of George Vs coronation in 1911...in color.

07 jan 12

Charting Inspiration

Port and I are keeping track of all the things wed love to buy for ourselves (but cannot (damnit!)) or for clients (hopefully!) at the Hovey Design tumblr page. Im a bit heart broken that I didnt cho...

04 jan 12

Winters Finally Here

As a gal who grew up in a place where school closed when nary a flake fell but but winds blew so cold youd lose a nose if you waited for the bus for more than five minutes, it seems mighty wimpy that...

04 jan 12

Good Will and Testament

For 2012 I dont really have a resolution...its more a mandatory assignment: FINISH YOUR BOOK (on time) AND MAKE IT EVERYTHING YOUVE DREAMED! So, Im diving head first into my quest to gather together ...

03 jan 12 1 person likes this

Happy New Year!!!!

I owe so many people so much for making the past 12 months some of the most exciting of my life. What ridiculous once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, adventures, gifts and laughs youve all given me. Im ...

31 dec 11

Legacy: Grandma + Givenchy Go to a Party

Aunt Virginia wasnt the only one in the fam lucky enough to make it into LIFE. Its always been a huge source of family pride that grandma got the cover in 55 (for being a pretty stunning socialite), ...

21 dec 11

Legacy: Ginny and Rita Go for a Picnic

During a 4 a.m. fit of insomnia this morning, I started poking around on the internets and came across something quite shocking: photos of my grandpas sister riding bikes, making jelly sandwiches and...

21 dec 11

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