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Sunday Inspiration: Volume 2.29


Sentiment of the week: “Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step. There's no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine. And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Here’s what is currently inspiring us: Sweet paradoxes in our personalities that make us multidimensional, the perfect summer lip oil, cold brews as an exception to the rule, reading memoirs of people who have been there, done that, seen that, experienced it all, twenty minutes of daily pilates, skinny margaritas for happy hours, allowing, feeling so close to you right now, this book, a capsule collection of jewelry, gingham and stripes and the perfect white tee for summer, journaling first thing in the morning, taking full responsibility for your life, music that reminds you of being a teenager, choosing to focus on the experience you have cultivated versus the naiveté you lost, embodying the energy of your future self right now, choosing to believe and know that you are beautiful.
What we are consuming this week:
Book: The Tell by Amy Griffin
Article: When Novels Mattered by David Brooks
Brand of the week: When Glenn Martens’s Maison Margiela debut for Fall 2025 Couture came down the runway, our breath was at first taken away and then catapulted to a slight hyperventilation. The shoes that John Galliano left him have officially been filled…and we are left with awe, seductive artistry, and a complete entrance into the avant-garde. To view the entire collection, click here.



Moodboard of the week:

News, updates, & happenings in the industry and in culture:
Ludivine Pont, Balenciaga’s chief marketeer, is now CEO of Santa Maria Novella - BoF
Chris McMillan (the man responsible for “The Rachel”) launches namesake hair care line at Sephora - WWD
Phillips Auctioneers is suing an art collector after not paying for a $14.5M Jackson Poll0ck - NYTimes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been cancelled - Variety
Net-a-Porter is bringing an exclusive shopping pop-up in the Hamptons for the summer - Harper’s Bazaar
Topics to make you a more interesting woman:
The 9 female designers leading the way in fashion - Vogue
Just how big can fashion Substack get? - BoF
Why is Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights so important? - ARTNews
The best fashion documentaries to watch this summer - Harper’s Bazaar
Has The Backlash To Hustle Culture Gone Too Far? - Forbes
A deep dive into Jane Austen - NYTimes
The bandage dress is back - but for whom? - Harper’s Bazaar
Artist of the week: René Magritte, the Belgian surrealist who dressed like a banker and painted like a dream, blurred the lines between the visible and the veiled. With bowler hats, clouds, and apples suspended in impossible logic, he invited us to question not just what we see but what we think we know. The Treachery of Images, 1920 (pictured below) will forever be on our top list of artistic pieces we admire.

Ritual to implement: Putting your phone away for the first hour of the day and the last thirty minutes of the day. Reclaiming your eyesight and your mind of screens. Returning to your natural state as a way to bookmark the beginning and the end of the day.
Place to daydream about: Forestis in Brixen, Italy is one of those magical properties that fuses nature, modern design, minimalism, and luxury - the type of intersection that creates a once-in-a-lifetime experience. From the wood accents to the mountain views, Forestis is the creme de la creme of travel destinations. To book a stay, click here.


Personal insight of the week: “To be happy with yourself in the present moment while maintaining a dream of your future is a grand recipe for manifestation. When you feel so whole that you no longer care whether “it” will happen, that’s when amazing things materialize before your eyes. I’ve learned that being whole is the perfect state of creation. I’ve seen this time and time again in witnessing true healings in people all over the world. They feel so complete that they no longer want, no longer feel lack, and no longer try to do it themselves. They let go, and to their amazement, something greater than they are responds—and they laugh at the simplicity of the process.” ― Joe Dispenza, You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter
What’s on our wishlist: The Carry-On Roller Luggage by BEIS
Reordering this week: The Overachiever Serum by Barefaced
Home of the week: Instead of featuring one stunning home this week, we decided to celebrate one of our most favorite features of a house and of any architectural piece - floor-to-ceiling windows. There is the magnitude, the scale, the indoor-outdoor aura it creates, the striking beauty. There is something so modern and yet so natural about a floor-to-ceiling window moment that covers an entire wall. It is as if we can acknowledge: We love bold architecture and yet, let the trees and the light in. Get lost in these rooms of floor-to-ceiling window heaven.



Nostalgic for: This era:

Questions to ask at the dinner table:
If you could trade lives with one person for 24 hours, who would you trade lives with?
What period of history do you romanticize the most?
If your personality was a city, which city would it be?
Question to ask yourself this week: Where are you leaking energy in your schedule and how can you rearrange your time to be more valuable for you?
The Founder’s Edit: Products, goods, and everyday luxury REVUE Editor-in-Chief Gabrielle Scout is loving. Click to shop.
Have a beautiful week. Until next Sunday.
Sincerely,
Editor-in-Chief of REVUE

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