Latest Obsession Dior Couture S/S 2012

Oh, Dior Couture. You're so fine. You're so fine you blow my mind. HEY BILL GAYTTEN. 

See the full collection in all it's awesomeness here.

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Before Dior.

I love seeing shots of the collection prior to the runway show! I find it so fascinating to see how a collection comes together.  It's amazing that just the night before the show, 40 of the looks at Dior were still not completed, yet, within 24 hours, everything is finished and ready to present to the public. I was pleasantly surprised and how much I liked the couture at Dior this season, because I really didn't like the fall collection much (and I know a lot of other people felt the same way.) Without Galliano, the order and coherence of the collection was gone. However, the Dior team presented a stunning collection for spring. But to be quite honest, if you give me a collection filled with full skirts, incredible shapes and ruffles and I'm automatically sold!  It was a total flashback to the original creations of Mr.Dior so many years ago. The classic Dior silhouette was there, but the gowns were totally modern and wearable (well, as wearable as couture can be.) J'adore Dior!

Photos via here, and T Magazine (I love T magazine's fashion week coverage each season. The pictures are amazing!)

A 1940's Throwback (With Miu Miu!)

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This is so lovely. The collars on the various dresses are awesome, and the first shot makes me smile so much.
Have a beautiful weekend, Lovelies!

Claire's Giveaway Winner!

Ohhh I'm loving a good orange lip right now!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered and made our first Claire's giveaway a huge success! Also, thank you to Claire's for sponsoring it, and Random.org for helping me pick a winner. And the winner is... Tara!
Congrats, and I hope you enjoy the pieces!

Model Style: Frida Gustavsson

This look on Frida is fantastic! I love the 'girls-working-menswear' look, and she pulled it off perfectly.

image via Mr.Newton

Model Style : Frida Gustavsson

What a perfect dress!

I Love My : Pringle of Scotland Bag

For the record, I completely support shopping at thrift stores. Some people are like "Ewwww someone else had that before you? Nasty." But you know what? If I can get my hands on a Donna Karan shirt for 99 cents, I really am not going to care if someone else had it before me. Moving on...

I was at a designer thrift store 2 weeks ago. I was looking through and I found some pretty good stuff. It took me 5 min to pry my hands off an Unargo blazer because it was 6 sizes to big ( I realllllly wanted it).

They also had some Vuitton bags, Marc Jacobs and Coach bags and others. (They were way too expensive for me and my 9th grade Intern wallet).

After a while I found IT. A Pringle of Scotland bag. The ladies at the store must not have recognized the brand and charged it at a measly $7. So I came by, grabbed it and yelled "PRINGLE!".  I went to check out and I found out it was only $3.50. ( let's just say I was very happy). I must have looked like a total freak because I was a bit too exited and I told the lady at the checkout "I LOVE Pringle of Scotland! Their Runways shows are beautiful!". And she was like "Oh, good for you... That'll be $12.75". Oh well. I didn't care.

I really love this bag. It's very well made and durable. 

Other finds for the day included an Evan Picone sweater ($10), Anne Klein jeans($10) and a vintage red wallet ($5).

Here's my favorite look from the Pringle of Scotland Fall 2010 show

Frida Gustavsson

Beautiful girl, incredible model, and only 16 years old.