Creator of the Nation of LaMerica. A gathering place for my fellow citizens. A visual and interactive place for the inspiration and musing of Lauren Michelle Smith.Tumblr (3.0; @laurenmichellesmith)http://laurenmichellesmith.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46s35F5PJ1qgihlso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23975540850http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23975540850Mon, 28 May 2012 23:03:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qckxHE681qlombbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fellow socialite, Genevieve Jones is giving everything at her fabulous SoHo loft. All I need to know is, when’s the next house party.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/genevieve-jones-interview-pictures?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss" target="_blank">My Style: Inside Genevieve Jones’ Stellar Soho Loft (And Closet!)</a>)</p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23923755518http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23923755518Mon, 28 May 2012 07:14:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrricjNR1q1qlt9puo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23415057976http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23415057976Sun, 20 May 2012 10:56:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyohjtM1ml1qare9go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23414982902http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23414982902Sun, 20 May 2012 10:54:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bemmaAXx1ro1w6ko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cooki-e.tumblr.com/post/23405109532" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">cooki-e</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>♥</p></blockquote>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23414633029http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23414633029Sun, 20 May 2012 10:47:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3umriLdqW1roi7nqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23377648806http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23377648806Sat, 19 May 2012 19:09:32 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48b7qHe7U1qituglo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mirnah.tumblr.com/post/23297387306/supermodel-kate-moss-takes-the-cover-of-american" target="_blank">mirnah</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Supermodel Kate Moss takes the cover of American Harper’s Bazaar with a shoot by the prolific Terry Richardson.</p> </blockquote> <p>Kate. Gives us everything.</p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23315300378http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23315300378Fri, 18 May 2012 19:19:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m471agysJI1qc25v3o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Spoken like a true socialite.</p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23315174191http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23315174191Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48or7k4iW1qcwnv4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23315042108http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23315042108Fri, 18 May 2012 19:14:51 -0400“Like poetry and pornography, slang is easier to recognize than to define. Most of it is disapproved of by someone, but obscenity alone doesn’t qualify. It isn’t slang, for example, to refer to manure with a four-letter word. But if you put the article “the” in front of that four-letter word and equate the president-elect of the United States to it, then slang it is, and very complimentary.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://byliner.com/caleb-crain/stories/pixies-sheilas-dirtbags-and-cougar-bait-modern-slang" target="_blank">-Caleb Crain</a></em>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23036345235http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/23036345235Mon, 14 May 2012 09:13:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pfd4AUl41qlombbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-paseo-del-prado-madrid/" target="_blank">On the Street….Paseo del Prado, Madrid</a><br/> The Sartorialist, <a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-paseo-del-prado-madrid/" target="_blank">thesartorialist.com</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Something so sexy about this woman. </p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22649459742http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22649459742Tue, 08 May 2012 08:43:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3lub69DNN1qlombbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.cannellevanille.com/2012/05/we-traveled-to-vermont-to-shoot-my-book.html" target="_blank">Cannelle et Vanille: We traveled to Vermont to shoot my book trailer</a>)</p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22537081342http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22537081342Sun, 06 May 2012 16:02:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3lx5cCrxa1qlombbo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.refinery29.com/anna-dello-russo-for-hm" target="_blank">Anna Dello Russo For H&M: Over-The-Top Accessories For All</a><br/><a href="http://www.refinery29.com/anna-dello-russo-for-hm" target="_blank">refinery29.com</a></p> <p>Anna Dello Russo loves her acces­sories — ear­rings, wigs, clutch­es, lob­ster appendages, tiaras, wings from mon­ster birds of par­adise, glass­es that dou­ble as flame shoot­ers — and the cam­eras love her for it. She’ll bring her more-is-more…</p> </blockquote> <p>My heart just stopped. ADR is gonna make me camp out for her debut at H&M. Amazing.</p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22518370174http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22518370174Sun, 06 May 2012 11:17:36 -0400<a href="http://m.refinery29.com/moscot-sun-spring-12?garef=&utm_source=unknown-source&utm_medium=unknown-medium&utm_campaign=Empty+Referrer&">I need every pair. </a>: <p>I was talking to one of my co-workers yesterday about Warby Parker. And he’s all, “I don’t wear glasses.” So I’m like, “They do sunglasses too.” And he says, “I already have a pair.”</p> <p>*blank stare*</p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22378676677http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22378676677Fri, 04 May 2012 08:02:28 -0400<a href="http://nothingbutbonfires.com/2012/05/patient-etherized-upon-table">Like A Patient Etherized Upon A Table</a>: <blockquote><p><a href="http://nothingbutbonfires.com/2012/05/patient-etherized-upon-table" target="_blank">nothingbutbonfires.com</a></p> <p>Oh god, I’ve become the sort of per­son who gives her blog posts titles from TS Eliot poems, have I? Appar­ent­ly I have. I do apol­o­gize, but every time I’ve had to lie on one of those crinkly paper-covered chairs in a doc­tor’s office, that lin…</p> </blockquote> <p>There are some really excellent writers around the web. I highly recommend Nothing But Bonfires. Stumbled upon it when I was making plans for our apartment. Then I stuck with it because the author is so compelling. Even when it’s just about a doctor’s visit. </p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22375588066http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22375588066Fri, 04 May 2012 05:41:04 -0400<a href="http://blog.talenthouse.com/2012/04/25/7-ways-to-swap-doubt-for-confidence/?1335998114360">7 Ways to Swap Doubt for Confidence</a>: <blockquote><p>Timelapsing Hitchcock, <a href="http://blog.talenthouse.com/2012/04/25/7-ways-to-swap-doubt-for-confidence/?1335998114360" target="_blank">talenthouse.com</a></p> <p>The worst enemy to cre­ativ­i­ty is self-doubt.</p><p>-<b>Sylvia Plath</b>, <i>The Unabridged Jour­nals of Sylvia Plath</i></p><p>If you find that doubt keeps you quit­ting before you’ve even start­ed, here are some ways you can erase that obsta­cle and g…</p> </blockquote> <p>Sometimes even the socialite needs this message. </p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22315188709http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22315188709Thu, 03 May 2012 06:54:24 -0400<br/><br/><p>she’s bad.</p>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22253523222http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22253523222Wed, 02 May 2012 09:13:05 -0400<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ddbba0b6-8d5d-11e1-9798-00144feab49a.html">‘Fashion is a muse – it will never end’ - FT.com</a>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22188599921http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22188599921Tue, 01 May 2012 08:05:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3a2gfqvci1qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/post/22121222146/b-b-earlene-and-leboria-smith-sisters-from" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">vintageblackglamour</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>B.B., Earlene and Leboria Smith, sisters from Silsbee, Texas, in the early 1950’s. The Smith family mantra was always “No matter what your situation, you are to always present yourself with your head high and filled with pride.” Photo courtesy of their grandson/nephew Marcus Brian Carter. </span></p></blockquote>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22121711486http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/22121711486Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:58:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2w9jcRhOd1qzleu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Ok. Someone get me this chick’s dress. Stat. <p><a href="http://couchsessions.tumblr.com/post/21908311386/aziz-ansari-swag" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">couchsessions</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Aziz Ansari. Swag. </p></blockquote>http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/21927375632http://laurenmichellesmith.com/post/21927375632Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:06:23 -0400