A Signature Flair-Charlotte Moss' Halcyon Days

The silent muse does speak. She speaks to me everyday, an inner voice coaxing prodding, pushing urging. "live for today...today is all there is." Learning how to really live, to cultivate a flair for living in all you do, is a lifelong process. Charlotte Moss

Charlotte Moss: A Flair for Living

When Charlotte Moss closed her West Village shop she did not leave us high and dry without her "Flair for Living". It seems that you cannot open a design magazine without seeing her featured and she has just been included on Traditional Home's 20 Top Design Icons of our Time List.

Pickard

The Charlotte Moss style and signature is now showcased through her partnerships with homeware manufacturers such as Brunschwig and Fils and Fabricut for fabrics and wallpapers, Pickard for China and table accents, and Seibert-Rice for Garden accents.

Seibert-Rice

Brunschwig and Fils


All of her design work starts with the people and places that have been inspirations to Charlotte Moss throughout her life. Her travels,a good book, gardens, special treasures she has found for her collections... are all reflected not only in her design work, but also her philosophy for living.

Just introduced is her new Muse Collection for renowned enamel treasures retailer Halcyon Days, suppliers of "Objets d'Art" to the Royal Family and specializing in antique and current collections that are created in the same manner as 18th century English enamels. Halcyon Days is known for their precious hand painted enamel and gilt edged boxes and clocks. Charlotte Moss' Muse Collection is a group of "forever" items that belong on a dressing table, powder room, bedside chest, entry table and even in an evening bag. I love these for perfect gifts as each piece expresses an individual personality.

The creation of this group of Travel or "Bedside" clocks, Compacts (Love that someone is making compacts worth pulling out of your purse a la table!), Atomisers, Ring Boxes, Spill Vases and Accent Trays reflect the "spirit" of women who have been "muses" for Charlotte, and for many of us! Women who will forever be icons of style, grace, intelligence and vision-Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn,Jacqueline Kennedy,and Elsie de Wolfe.

Hollywood is a bow to Audrey-all pink and pearls with great with words of wisdom to carry with you---"Dreaming is underrated" and Life is a daily Event...Live in the Present...just make sure to live" Keep these by the bedside to see them first thing when your eyes open

The Nantucket Collection is a an embrace of Jackie Kennedy's legacy---styled with Nantucket baskets and Daisies. I love this compact...carry Summer with you all year round.



The words to cherish from this group---"If it is worth doing,it's worth doing right" and one to sit by my desk-"Enthusiasm, passion,determination and a dash of fearlessness, will generally result in something original."

The Paris Grouping---Coco Chanel of course! Thanks to Coco "...simplicity became the new luxury, and perfume an absolute necessity!" Charlotte Moss

Reflecting a Chinoiserie theme and expressing that "Living is a Luxury" I can see these pieces on any desk.


Last but not least The Muse collection celebrates New York and Elsie de Wolfe. Elsie de Wolfe and I believe in "plenty of optimism and white paint!"- she has always been an inspiration for me as well.




This collection expresses the de Wolfe esprit with her love of treillage and gardens. Keep this group in a sunroom or garden room and always remember...to do it Elsie's way "Decorate luxuriously...live passionately...entertain beautifully, and always maintain a sense of humor..."