Du Juan In Dior For Numero China

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Great shapes, great angles, great model, great lighting = a great editorial! Du's ballet background makes her poses even more striking.

The Many Silhouettes Of Spring

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This is such a fantastic editorial from Harper's Bazaar Uk- the wide variety of shapes and silhouettes is stunning!

Happy Monday, Lovelies.

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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Raf Simons To Dior!

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I JUST found out via twitter that Raf Simons has been tapped as Dior's new designer. This should be incredibly interesting. I have no doubt that Mr.Simons can do well at Dior, but it just seems like such a clash of aesthetics! I think of Dior as a very luxurious, over-the-top, super feminine house. Raf, to me, is very cool, super minimal and to-the-point with his designs. I perfectly understood Marc Jacobs for Dior because Marc's designs are so fun and whimsical- he would have done wonderfully. But talks fell through between Dior and Jacobs last year. Alber Ebaz, as well, would have been just grand there. But Alber rejected Dior's offer. I was heartbroken when it was announced that Raf would be leaving Jil Sander, but I wasn't expecting this marriage. However, perhaps this would be a reinvention for Dior. It might be nice to get some fresh blood in the house and Raf's slightly more minimalistic vibe might be just what the house needs. We'll find out come July, won't we? I still don't 100% understand this match up, but I am happily ready to be proven wrong. 

Couture To Adore: Anja Rubik by Patrick Demarchelier for Vogue Japan May 2012

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THESE GOWNS. They're simply marvelous! I love these pictures!

Also, I can't believe editorials from May issues are on the internet already. Time flies!

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 Painter

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Some of these shots are so beautiful, it's almost heartbreaking.

When I'm "cleaning my room".

I was "cleaning my room" and I ended up with a cloud-themed  mood board. If you don't know what a mood board is, here's a good example.

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... And here's mine. ( sorry, I think my camera lens was a bit dirty)

I had fun making it. I don't know why I was thinking of clouds so much. That pouf-skirted Erin Featherson dress really inspired me, and it all just took off from there. It has ribbons, magazine cut outs, notes, quotes, book pages and a tall straw hat. Sounds perfect, no? The Balenciaga pice is from an Agatha Christine book, and the notes are my notes that I wrote in my copy of The Teen Vogue Handbook.