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  Nightgowns for daytime

  Almost every city has an august nightgown specialty shop. Why not find one when you travel, as a special souvenir? Pairs well with trench coats for snack runs. This one is from Loretta Caponi in Florence.
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  Catbird playlists

  Songs for days at the museum, ballet nights, autumn in New York, snow globe cities, spring flowerings, and on and on and on. LISTEN
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  Snow Queen Shell Polish

  A fun silly thing to do: pick one Shell Polish for everyone in your life, like a personality test, or a horoscope. ps my name is Leigh and I’m a Snow Queen. PICK YOUR POLISH
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  The Fraud, Zadie Smith

  It’s best to always have a big novel to get lost inside of. Oh, but the trick of this one is how much like today it is.
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  Black & white cookies

  The most iconic, New York cookie of them all. They first appeared at the now shuttered Glaser’s Bake Shop in Manhattan. It is our mission to try them wherever possible. Join us!
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  Spring Fairy Earrings

  Twinkling diamond earrings to make every day shine a little brighter. Inspired by an antique pair from a shop in Italy. SPRING FAIRIES
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  Paris Review

  Hot tip: archival interviews from the Review make for very satisfying middle of the night reading, should you be prone to middle of the night mind wanderings. We’re proud to be longtime advertisers.
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  Taglioni’s Jewel Casket, Joseph Cornell

  Tucked in gallery 517 at the MoMA, just around the corner from an exquisite Frida Kahlo. A luminous devotional, with a rhinestone necklace from Woolworth’s. The inside of the case is the exact blue of Vito’s trunk.
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  I Don’t Care if She’s a Tape Dispenser, Sam Gross

  There is no sweeter cartoon: plaintive and true. One of the inspirations behind our Phyllis the Snail charm.
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  Gold Evening Pouch

  A little bitty pouch to clutch as you scoot around town — our head designer stashes her makeup in it, and it looks so chic and shining during lip balm applications. GET THE POUCH

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