Red Code

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZJNCw9UOPIVFdBnEmRAaIUEI7Q06viAi6nPTZTwzyRai2Ctf9108iLNUii_8_W6K4P-lgbU3KAbkWFl9k4AYzUGtZC1tSEaMNZZdbqkkRGNKbova0TRrrEofrz6EHhWzba9ob5MTEJc/s1600/marc+jacobs+paris+home.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532190981958476034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZJNCw9UOPIVFdBnEmRAaIUEI7Q06viAi6nPTZTwzyRai2Ctf9108iLNUii_8_W6K4P-lgbU3KAbkWFl9k4AYzUGtZC1tSEaMNZZdbqkkRGNKbova0TRrrEofrz6EHhWzba9ob5MTEJc/s400/marc+jacobs+paris+home.jpg" width="456" /></a> </span><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;">When in doubt wear <i>red</i>. -<i> Bill Blass</i>! </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyonbXSF6oZQ5R5MfybmtpIrJ0rcSbmQ5PYc34-YAPPxq__POh9D1Laopqlv63zjDDt324qvla5pyxFExQECuvZBFZoKxPAfXMsBFk4zGc2Nv8j6k_FXNNx5zjc07VGE9uQUhegT7zcXg/s1600/photo+by+Tri+Giovan+via+costal+living.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="460" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537143400668324562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyonbXSF6oZQ5R5MfybmtpIrJ0rcSbmQ5PYc34-YAPPxq__POh9D1Laopqlv63zjDDt324qvla5pyxFExQECuvZBFZoKxPAfXMsBFk4zGc2Nv8j6k_FXNNx5zjc07VGE9uQUhegT7zcXg/s400/photo+by+Tri+Giovan+via+costal+living.jpg" width="460" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">photo by <a href="http://www.triagiovan.com/">Tria Giovan</a></span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I guess Valentino would agree with that quote. Red has always been associated with glam and splendor and it seems there is no rule of thumb to make it work in any type of interior. Either in softening up a near by iron spiral staircase or adding that certain "<span style="font-style: italic;">Je ne sais quoi</span>" to a mid-century space as in Mac Jacobs' Paris home in the last, far bottom picture. <span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzu4jwYsdGToefA9H4AgGspaHwR1sGBsN3YTvjuk0zeohN9Ot2_CFExk-hAP8b0K5M-dJAjNbS0ZOtxmcsNXcE-RyvdnSp-IxOWvKUV3ne4KOSEIxU11xJSHKP7OaWmbgWboymZ7YmrI/s1600/stipe+bed+skirt.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="600" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537143403397479074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzu4jwYsdGToefA9H4AgGspaHwR1sGBsN3YTvjuk0zeohN9Ot2_CFExk-hAP8b0K5M-dJAjNbS0ZOtxmcsNXcE-RyvdnSp-IxOWvKUV3ne4KOSEIxU11xJSHKP7OaWmbgWboymZ7YmrI/s400/stipe+bed+skirt.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwQO_WW0xMh1dOALwgn6I9FriCPXDgPqZfR-Q2B0pE1kTz2jpgliAjF5RoHpl1Dp4AUamguKLYCX991fT6ev9gN7ILOx_BO3izxLvzGSdQrFod7-jW6uit5iNcoESSJ_jprzNtRd7pcU/s1600/miles+redd+blue+elle+decor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="600" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537143392293210322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwQO_WW0xMh1dOALwgn6I9FriCPXDgPqZfR-Q2B0pE1kTz2jpgliAjF5RoHpl1Dp4AUamguKLYCX991fT6ev9gN7ILOx_BO3izxLvzGSdQrFod7-jW6uit5iNcoESSJ_jprzNtRd7pcU/s400/miles+redd+blue+elle+decor.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC66WdTQ9YnZgNNlJJGa2EOVxEb1gsBDAkeejsDFPKjpxwX1zMiWI2vSwOslvqDjpS6VHGIiCOZ7QXtbqhQ5ceOwLanUYrNUC81pYUmaInXw5LkBdLnmXba0EQh4NtdJPQDZsp61Vqdkw/s1600/elle+decor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537143385089723586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC66WdTQ9YnZgNNlJJGa2EOVxEb1gsBDAkeejsDFPKjpxwX1zMiWI2vSwOslvqDjpS6VHGIiCOZ7QXtbqhQ5ceOwLanUYrNUC81pYUmaInXw5LkBdLnmXba0EQh4NtdJPQDZsp61Vqdkw/s400/elle+decor.jpg" style="height: 446px; width: 460px;" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmFvtYGGKjrbpmrKlcjEHSIVdOHYDTDbMRUxviNSbH7oPJGFHaoCF_eEEqrNXvX3oGtCIN-hxhRLrlhHrkjMzSWBnVRK06ycV_1V7PGjCTxqqxQgWORB0so9OaOHFYyRaPkCn_Pb5wb8/s1600/10_20_08_Ines_Fressange18410.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="434" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537143375531949586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmFvtYGGKjrbpmrKlcjEHSIVdOHYDTDbMRUxviNSbH7oPJGFHaoCF_eEEqrNXvX3oGtCIN-hxhRLrlhHrkjMzSWBnVRK06ycV_1V7PGjCTxqqxQgWORB0so9OaOHFYyRaPkCn_Pb5wb8/s400/10_20_08_Ines_Fressange18410.jpg" width="460" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Ines de la Fressange's office.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYZSusdMDVQ2Q0HECqUpjfTE1arariqzLEpOLxqTAS_nxvCR9JEu1HSEHr7Q8enJHtBj0VpA27aIpPM2lnZeAOfq-7Ueu29ja5j0DV5YFLP5AdWzg01H9l3eBIVnGAzkPksUKMt3dDhU/s1600/pinklemonade.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="630" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532190982808492994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYZSusdMDVQ2Q0HECqUpjfTE1arariqzLEpOLxqTAS_nxvCR9JEu1HSEHr7Q8enJHtBj0VpA27aIpPM2lnZeAOfq-7Ueu29ja5j0DV5YFLP5AdWzg01H9l3eBIVnGAzkPksUKMt3dDhU/s400/pinklemonade.png" width="466" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">top image from via Costal Living, 6 via <a href="http://pinklemonadedesign.blogspot.com/">Pink Lemonade</a> , last Marc Jacobs Paris' apartment via <a href="http://moodboard.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/home-profile-marc-jacobs-in-paris.html">Moodboard</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">photographed </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">by the late Fernando Bengoechea.</span></div>

Red Code

When in doubt wear red . - Bill Blass ! photo by Tria Giovan . I guess Valentino would agree with that quote. Red has always been associa...

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