It seems wrong to label nature’s creation as trendy, implying one day it will go out of style. But malachite seems to have taken design by storm. Natural or manufactured, this green beauty makes a statement only Mother Nature could conjure.

Details in designer, Lindsey Coral Harper’s Upper East Side apartment are worthy of joyous tears. Interestingly enough, she says she picks up most of her malachite accessories in junk stores. via ELLE DECOR

ELLE DECOR featured these Malachite shades that hang stately in the heavenly parlor of Anne-Marie Midy and Jorge Almada of Casamidy.

These fiberboard gems from Dransfield & Ross’s Semi-Precious line are the most mesmerizing placemats we’ve encountered. Against a dark table, these may be richer than the food your serve on them.

Michael Kors makes everyone the mostest with his Malachite Hostess Skirt. Elegant, interesting and honest, this skirt stands out paired with a fitted black top and black heels.

Tony Duquette’s Belvedere ‘Malachite’ Chair needs no explanation. It could be dangerous in the wrong room, but styled correctly it can complete an entire space.

There are very few words to say about malachite.

But that’s the thing about nature, it most often leaves us speechless.

What is your favorite use of this precious stone?

Always,

Erin Stevens for KBD

Sarah Burton’s collection strutted out of a storybook at the Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2014 Runway show. But this story nixed the talking flowers and replaced it with an inexplicable animalistic, ethereal darkness.

With each piece, the woman’s face became a focal point, accentuated by high collars, oversized hoods and floor-length gowns. The bell-shaped silhouettes, pom poms and goat fur mimicked the movement of moths (one of Burton’s inspirations) or dandelion seeds over a starlit pond.

These rich fur coats encourage a fantasy synergy between a courageous, but gentle human queen and her wild pack as she leads them into dark battle. The looming wickedness is apparent throughout the collection.

Even in pure white, the queen is harboring something much darker.  

Of these three gowns the middle is my favorite, a challenge of the ideal of virginity and the ghastly silhouette that seemingly carries the wearer effortlessly over the earth.

Burton achieved a striking dissonance between the pure and poisoned that leaves everyone in a state of skepticism about good and evil.

Which side are you on?

Always,

Erin Stevens for KBD