Marrakech: and a tale of the glimmering Moroccan kilims

Patterns unfurled.
Sequins glimmering.
Colors intoxicating.

Yes, new and very special stock of vintage Moroccan kilims or flatweaves in Red Thread Souk.  For under your coffee table, your dining table, or on your den or library floors. {These are meant to be walked on and used. } Or pinned to the wall as headboards or art for a whole room.....

Ethnic glamour at its very best...... These truly have the power to transform your rooms...like, well, magic.

See them all with pricing, at Red Thread Souk (Scroll down to the bottom of the page.)

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Marrakesh & New York: a tale of Figue love

My friendship with Figue designer Stephanie von Watzdorf had started in Marrakesh with talk of genies and the evil eye -- talk that had never ended.  

So I swapped the Red City for the Big Apple and found myself in the Figue showroom. 

Oh! Gorgeous bohemian luxury.

With cool places to lounge.

And fascinating things from Stephanie's travels...

There were masses of candles...

And (yippee!) stacks of my book, Marrakesh by Design.

But more than all that, there were the clothes.

Because you see Stephanie's vision of nomadic luxury translated from paper....

to real life....

A flurry of gorgeous prints, leather fringed bags

and luscious puddled silks....

There was even an inkling of what was to come....

And most exciting.... there were rumors that the Figue Fall campaign would be shot in Marrakesh....

Not to be missed.....Figue.

 Shop online. Or visit by appointment for a far greater selection.  If you're lucky, you might even run into Stephanie and her little dog, Dash.

Figue
10 Crosby St., Fifth Floor
New York, New York
(212) 219-8954

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Marrakech: and a tale of Raven & Lily -- gifts with heart

I looked in my closet for something to wear.  Something beautiful, something made by hand, something timeless. I chose a dress, almost a hundred years old, a symbol of care, of agelessness,  of attention to detail.  But more than that, a dress with a story.

I chose this dress to wear with my Raven & Lily jewelry because every Raven & Lily necklace or bracelet has a story, too.  A compelling story, a worthwhile story, a story of sadness and of hope.  

In September, Raven & Lily shot their Spring catalogue at my place in Marrakech, Peacock Pavilions.  Last month, they asked me to join a group of fantastic women in styling my favorite pieces of Raven & Lily jewelry.  And since I've been teaching my 13 year old son, Tristan, how to take pictures, I hired him (for a song!) for the shoot.  

The Eden bracelet and Amleset necklace are handmade from melted bullet casings by HIV-positive women in Ethiopia.

Because beauty, oh, beauty is lovely...
but goodness, yes, Goodness, is even better.  

Every Raven & Lily purchase you make gives directly back to these women.  See my favorite pieces RIGHT HERE. And for the next 2 weeks you can save 25% on all your purchases with the code RALMARYAM.  Just in the nick of time for Christmas!

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Marrakech: and a tale of my jewelry

I was sitting in a Marrakech cafe having lunch.  As I walked across the patio a hand reached out to grab my arm.  It was a a French designer I knew.  He smiled and said, My friend asked who the woman was with the beautiful rings.  Apparently, that woman was me:-)

And so, I thought I'd show you some of my jewelry stash...

organized in sterling silver boxes....

and stored in a snake print jewelry case from Zara Home and in vintage Moroccan hammam bowls...

The sterling flower brooch is from Bouvier.

The gold & silver scarab ring is from the Azza Fahmy Nostalgia collection.

Bracelets by Liz Manyan & Stephanie Allman.

Necklaces from vintage Sudanese glass beads.

Old heavy Moroccan Berber bangles.

My collection of dangly sterling silver earrings from Bouvier.

Antique talismanic rings from Yemen and Tuareg agate rings from Mali.

Bronze Egyptian bird ring & labrodorite ring.

Leather wrap bracelet & tortoise cuff from Tory Burch.

Rings stored on hand etched mannequin hands, sold HERE .

 Would love to hear tales of your jewelry.  Do tell...

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