Author: Julie Murphy

Our ultimate guide to the perfect luxury gifts for her this holiday season.

The Ultimate Luxury Gift Guide: The Best for Her

What do chic elegant women want this holiday? When it comes to gifts for a woman with exquisite taste, some people find this question difficult to parse. Happily, our intrepid correspondent Julie Chang Murphy has nailed it. Here’s our ultimate luxury gift guide of the best gifts for her. It’s our curated edit of what to buy for the special woman – or women – on your luxury holiday gift list this year. 

How to Layer your Luxury Necklaces Like a Cool Girl

How to Layer your Luxury Necklaces Like a Cool Girl

You’ve seen this look for years, and yet you’ve never had the conjones to try it: the multi-strand, elegant disarray of several delicate necklaces worn all at once, and all layered just so. The Cool Girl Factor for this look is off the charts, in no small part because it looks effortless and nonchalant. And yet it appears to be really hard to execute. Like, what goes with what? How many is too many? Fear not, dear reader. Our ace correspondent Julie Chang Murphy is sharing the secrets of how to fashionably layer your luxury necklaces and wear multiple ones this season, with all the top fashion trends and combinations in layering. Cool.

The best luxury home rentals for vacation this fall.

What are the Best Luxury Fall Vacation Rentals This Year?

If you’re thinking of taking a vacation this fall – in this COVID-19 era – you may be looking exclusively for private rental properties with plenty of social distance from the neighbors. Whether you’re thinking of a cabin beside a lake or a rustic-chic cottage with a prime view of the autumn leaves, what are the best luxury vacation rentals available this fall? Our ace correspondent Julie Chang Murphy has curated  a list of 30 of the best luxury home vacation rentals to consider this fall. Whether it’s just your family, or you and your pod, here are a few ways to get out of Dodge and revel in the splendors of autumn safely this year.

The Top Trends in the Best Luxury Earrings This Fall

The Top Trends in the Best Luxury Earrings This Fall

Since working from home seems to be a reality for many of us as the fall arrives, focusing on “waist up” fashion continues to be a practical way to approach your fashion shopping priorities. Which makes us think about the all-important statement earring. What are the top important and interesting trends in luxury designer earrings as we head into the fall season? Our ace correspondent Julie Chang Murphy has curated a list of the best designer luxury earrings of fall 2020.

The Best Ice Cream Recipe Books and frozen dessert cookbooks Right Now

What are the Best Ice Cream Recipe Books Right Now?

Ice cream and summer may seem inseparable, but here at Dandelion Chandelier we think homemade ice cream should be a year-round element of our dessert menus. Like what goes better with a fresh autumn apple pie than a hand-churned batch of vanilla ice cream? Or how about peppermint ice cream and warm sugar cookies at the holidays? With that in mind, we went in search of the best cookbooks for frozen desserts and homemade ice cream. Our correspondent Julie Chang Murphy is sharing her curated list of the best ice cream recipe books to buy right now. Grab a spoon and let’s go!