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Sunday Inspiration: Volume 2.9

The Interesting Woman by REVUE

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REVUE
March 02, 2025

Sentiment of the week: “The artist seeks contact with his intuitive sense of the gods, but in order to create his work, he cannot stay in this seductive and incorporeal realm. He must return to the material world in order to do his work. It's the artist's responsibility to balance mystical communication and the labor of creation.” ― Patti Smith, Just Kids

Here’s what is currently inspiring us: Slow mornings with our babies, the necessary check-in from girlfriends, these sunglasses, views of nature whether the ocean, the canyon, the mountain, the desert, getting into bed early with a good book, an afternoon matcha latte, taking this once a day, a good pilates session, the art of daydreaming, tuning in versus reaching for social media, going to art gallery openings, appreciating the foundational growth and wisdom that a large tree provides, wearing a trench coat just to spice things up, creating a capsule collection of athleisure wear, these earrings, listening to your intuition instead of external sources, setting a new standard for your life, wearing kitten heels with everything, looking to architecture for fashion inspiration, cultivating the feeling of freedom inside, cupping as a form of energy healing.

What we are consuming this week:

Brand of the week: Proper Hotels brings a level of design-forward thinking and luxury that courts the travel-goer with impeccable taste. With locations in Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Monica, (and Dallas, Lake Tahoe, and Palm Springs coming soon) a step into a Proper Hotel is a step into a different world; a culturally relevant world, an iconic world, a detail oriented world. Both a destination for regulars and travelers, Proper Hotels as a brand has hit that sweet spot: We want to stay there and we want to stop by for a glass of wine and dinner. Interiors that make you swoon. Interiors that evoke inspiration. Interiors that evoke a scene. A must for the local and a must for the out of towner.

One could describe Pia Mance as lovely - but not the polite, pastel yellow a-line-skirt, please-and-thank-you lovely; you know, the one reserved for women who maintain their responses within the pleasantries of etiquette and society.

No, not that type of lovely. 

Pia is the type of lovely that when you meet her - the ultimate cool girl with a tour-de-force vision that is taking over the accessories market with her brand, Heaven Mayhem - you are only left with the thought of how genuinely kind she is. 

Remove the Heaven Mayhem of it all and you are left with a woman who is bubbly, generous, and, yes, lovely. 

I met Pia at Great White; a bright yet calm cafe in the heart of West Hollywood on Melrose Avenue that feels like you are in both Greece and Tulum at the same time. She doesn’t need to look at the menu - she orders the fish tacos on lettuce cups as if she had been there countless times before. 

Having just gotten home from a six week travel marathon going everywhere from New York to London to Paris to Ibiza, I ask her like a concerned mother, “Aren’t you jet lagged?”

To which she responds instantaneously with a straight face: “I don’t believe in jet lag.” 

This is all you really need to know about Pia. She moves fast, doesn’t accept excuses, and is here to get shit done with a smile on her face (did you know she only cried twice last year?).

What you might see on Instagram - luxury travels, alluring lifestyle snapshots of skincare and jewelry and shoes and Hermes bags, tailored and chic clothing, photoshoots with explosions of creativity, behind-the-scenes of her it-girl brand, Heaven Mayhem - is only the aesthetic finish of her life.

What most people don’t know about Pia Mance is how hard she works and how fast she moves.

She details her day to me: She was on her laptop at 5:00 am, went to a Pilates class at 7:00 am to support a friend, took calls between 8:15 am -11:30 am (one with camera off so she could do her makeup and hair), met for our interview at 12:00 pm, has a 2:00 pm mastermind call for a group of female founders, work on her laptop between 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm, and then has a dinner at 6:30 pm. 

I ask her why. I ask her what drives her. I ask her what has made her the energizing creative that she is. 

News, updates, & happenings in the industry and in culture:

  • Michelle Trachtenberg dies at the age of 39 - Harpers Bazaar

  • Nuuly, Urban Outfitters’ clothing rental program, turns its first annual profit - BoF

  • John Lithgow will be playing Dumbledore in new Harry Potter series - VanityFair

  • The 97th Oscars will be hosted by Conan O’Brien tonight, March 2nd - ABC

  • Travis Kelce is not retiring and is coming back for his 13th year of football - CNN

Topics to make you a more interesting woman:

  • Should LVMH split up? - BoF

  • The best coffee table books for any home - Vogue

  • The 21 books coming in March to know about - NYTimes

  • Here is why we are so obsessed with the color blue - T Magazine

  • How to approach the “going out top” - The Tribeca Stylist

  • Why spending time in the cold is really good for your health - Goop

Artist of the week: Lisa Dengler is both a sculptor and a painter but it is her sculptures that have taken over our souls today. Contemporary yet organic. Large in presence yet smaller in scale. Soothing yet powerful. Rooted yet alive. Based in Mexico City, Lisa says that, “Simply put, for me, creation is meditation.” To follow Lisa and her work, click here.

Ritual to implement: Walking - in moments of overwhelm, in moments of dullness, in moments of apathy, in moments of stress, in moments of happiness. Walking to process, walking to dream, walking to engrain within.

Place to daydream about: Ralph’s: a fine dining establishment brought to you by Ralph Lauren all the way in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It is a combination - American and Parisian - that is difficult to balance but nonetheless, it has been perfected at Ralph’s.

Spiritual insight of the week: Today, I’m talking to that part of you who yearns for more. The part of you who knows exactly what you want beyond all else. To that part of you who effortlessly believes that anything is possible, and that it’s possible in an instant. I’m talking to that part of you who longs to break right on through that self-imposed ceiling your mind has created out of fear, lack, should, and could. To smash and shatter it into a billion little pieces. I’m talking to that part of you who longs, who dreams, who dances, who wishes. To the part of you that cheers, that laughs, that leaps, that bounds. To that part of you who truly wants the best for others because it deeply knows that there is more than enough to go round. I’m talking to that part of you who knows what you want and the exact next step to take to get it. To that part of you who knows you’re not broken and isn’t the slightest bit interested in perpetuating the story that says it’s so. To that part of you who knows the way and longs to guide the rest of you back home. Today, that’s the part of you I’m talking to. And I’m asking it to step forward and lead the way.” ― Rebecca Campbell, Light Is the New Black

What’s on our wishlist: The Rib Kick Flare by DONNI

Home of the week: This earth-toned home that plays with light and dark colors, lightings, and moods is not your quintessential beach house. Located in Long Island, interior designer Matt McKay came in to redesign a Hamptons residence for a Manhattan family fit for entertaining and beach living that was unexpectedly design-forward. Photography by William Jess Laird. Featured in Architectural Digest here.

Nostalgic for: When Instagram was a photo filter app.  

Questions to ask at the dinner table:

  • What’s a creative risk you took that paid off (or taught you something important)?

  • Do you believe synchronicities are signs or coincidences? Why?

  • What is one legacy you’d like to leave behind?

Question to ask yourself this week: Where are you lying to yourself?

The Founder’s Edit: Products, goods, and everyday luxuries we are adoring.

Have a beautiful week. Until next Sunday.

Sincerely,

REVUE

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