Anthropologie updated their homepage with a fabulous stilted animation. The frame animation reminds me of their site last November, when the theme was more about wire-thin squiggles but utilized a similar animation technique. I like both but the sense of wonderment this year is truly something to behold. Click through and you’re taken to a collection of curiosities that can only be described as…well, for lack of a better term…curious.
I am still an avid reader. Now that I’m out of school I have a much better appreciation for the classics. They were work to read then but now that I can pick and choose they’re the engrossing tales they were always meant to be. I proudly display my completed conquests but most books have ugly spines. So I love the idea of the Clothbound Penguin Classics collection! You can choose from The Picture of Dorian Gray ($20), Jane Eyre ($20), Pride & Prejudice ($20), Wuthering Heights ($20), Great Expectations ($20) or Sense & Sensibility ($20). These would make spectacular gifts. Additional titles will be available at bookstores nationwide.
The Great & Small Coin Purse ($28) comes in three hysterical options: bees, owls or elephants. Or navy, yellow or pink if you prefer to refer to them by the base color.
This picture is very odd to me, yet I keep staring at it! The featured Coin of the Realm Purse ($48) certainly has three cool-looking medallions going for it. But are they solid or just an intricately woven set of beads? A real-life sighting will help to answer.
Another set of coin purses are the bird variations of the Flowered Critter Coin Purse ($18). Quite honestly I don’t have much use for a coin purse. But I could use them as a small carry-all for nights on the town. Or display. These are so very, very tempting.
I am in love with the Freshly Fallen Coat ($268). I’m conflicted because the neckline isn’t what I’d consider a timeless look, yet it’s so lovely and sometimes trendy pieces are worth investing in just to feel wonderful and amazing for however long the trend lasts. The hands in the photo are practically holding the coat out towards me. Want!
I have no idea what the Mushroom Pouf ($168) is. An ottoman basically I think. But in a year when Tim Burton is rethinking Alice in Wonderland, I would like one. Or two. In various shapes and sizes. My own toadstools and fungi collection in a solarium.
There are many more curiosities to delight — have a look at the entire gallery for more.
I'm reading Wuthering Heights right now for a class I'm taking! Great gifts indeed – Anthro has the best gifts in my opinion. Last night, they were unpacking tons of Christmas ornaments and holiday gift goodies :-)I too am in love and NEED that Freshly Fallen Coat!
Oh the Freshly Fallen Coat! So beautiful.I am in love with those little coin purses!
Ah, those books are so beautiful! If I weren't currently already lusting after some of the Ruben Toledo-illustrated Penguin editions of the same books, I would seriously feel compelled to buy them right now.And I think we all know I feel about the Freshly Fallen coat. Glorious!
The list of classics reminds me of something I've always wondered — has Anthro ever used models of color? Every time I get a catalog and flip through it I wonder. Though I only started getting the catalog in the last 2 years so let me know.
Anonymous- yes, and in the past two years, there have been latina, asian, and black models in the catalogs.
Jamie, can you identify where there have been black models? Because I've seriously never seen anyone with a hint of brown in an Anthro layout.
The Spring 2010 Leifsdottir show prominently featured a black model. You can check out the post here. The August catalog featured models of various ethnicities, you can see that one here.
Thanks Roxy. I've seen the photo of the black woman in the pink Tracy Reese coat numerous times online, but I didn't realize it was a catalog shot.