I was at the private view of the new Norman Parkinson exhibition last night at the National Theatre as a guest of Elegantly Papered and I couldn’t resist a photograph of Princess Anne & Maggie Smith mingling with a guest.

Another ‘I like’ - This French Vogue cover really grabbed me yesterday while browsing through the Elegantly Papered archive. I was a little suprised to learn that it was a Guy Bourdin image as its not his usual style with harsh, direct and vibrant colours. However the lighting is gorgous, its a hard direct source softened with a lot of fill keeping the texture and colour and supporting the graphic styling. I love everything about this photo, perhaps the simplicity most of all.

I love this classic Avante Garde magazine cover. It is from issue 12 or ‘Number Twelve’ to give it its correct moniker. It comes from the collection of Elegantly Papered.