A Foodie Holiday...

What better way to kick off the holiday season than with some gorgeous food-fashioned photos from Barneys' recent catalog and a few shots from the store's comically ornate windows featuring a handful of celebrity chefs like Martha Stewart, Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali at their best.  The theme this year might be my all-time favorite: "have a foodie holiday," something I'll surely be keeping in mind come Thursday and Thanksgiving...plenty of great food, health, family and friends to be thankful for this year.

images via: Barney's catalog, Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

Table Inspiration :: Purple Haze

The hue of the moment on the runway and on tabletops is definitively a luxe, deep purple - one of my absolute favorites.  Dress up your fall table with these beauties...

the new ceramic Provence collection from Crate & Barrel

 a piece that every kitchen should have, Le Creuset's dutch oven in cassis

 purple reigns on the fall 2010 runway...looks from Oscar de la Renta & Isabel Marant

 regal hand-engraved glasses from German designer Sieger by Theresienthal

Paul Smith's haute take on a coffee press

 more gorgeously grape-hued looks from Oscar de la Renta

soup's on: priceless French porcelain from Hermes

 a mix & match of locavore style from the New York Times

(top to bottom: Sous Bois; Hermes; Crate & Barrel)

one last look, shades of purple at Brian Reyes

Photos: Elle Decor, Food & Wine, Le Creuset, Style.com, NYTimes T Magazine