The instant I spied these Christian Lacroix notebooks on the Twitter feed for West Village boutique Castor & Pollux yesterday, I sent a DM to owner Kerilynn Pamer saying I’d be right over. Could they as fantabulous in person as they were in pictures?
They could indeed. I am not a fancy-blank- notebook person, and would even go so far as to say I am anti-fancy-blank-notebook: I banned them from our annual December issue gift guides at my old job, because they seem like the type of gift that people receive and then never go on to actually use. But these are different. I’d write in these every day just to have a chance to look at them.
Kerilynn’s having a tough time keeping them in stock (that top one is already on re-order) and she’s not selling them on the website, so if you’re in the city, get yourself in down to Tenth Street! Otherwise, give a call, and they’ll be pleased to hook you up.
They actually had some of these on gilt a couple months ago, and now I have the fanciest work notebook in the entire lab.
I have a theory. I think it is probably mostly b.s., but here goes. People who lead more organized, neat lives are more likely to enjoy wild prints. Whereas, people whose lives feel a bit chaotic and out of balance like simple designs. I even think this might be true of hair. Neatniks might be more likely to let their hair be curly, since they have the psychic energy available to deal with it, whereas the stressed amongst us must have our hair straight and predictable.
But, again, this may be complete b.s.