August 20, 2012

The Heart of Beauty

Fashion Magazine celebrated their 35th anniversary by having a one-page feature called One Fine Photo on the last page of each issue.  This feature looked back at a some of the best photos in Fashion Magazine's 35 year history, and one photo in particular made my breath catch in my throat.  This stunning photo of Jessica Stam (my second...

August 15, 2012

Christian Dior Fall 2012 Couture

It's been over a month since Raf Simons' debut at Christian Dior - a couture debut, no less.  The reason for my delayed review is that I wanted to write this in a calm, rational state of mind, unlike the state of mind I was in when I first saw this collection.  When I get worked up, my comments can be biased or scathing, and I don't want...

August 13, 2012

I'm Walking on Sunshine

I've recently been awarded the Sunshine Award 2012 by aki!  Thank you! As it usually is with these blogger awards, I have to (selfishly) talk about myself and pass it on for others to do the same.  I'll keep it brief since I don't want to bore you all, and as for passing it on, you can only pass it on so many times before it starts to...

August 3, 2012

Backwards Thinking

A novel idea has just come out of Elie Saab's Fall 2012 Couture collection.  Allow me to give you some perspective first: Everything seems normal as Karlie Kloss commences the show in a long, black, and of course, embellished number.  The deep rectangular neckline and looser silhouette is something to raise an eyebrow over, but the look is...

August 1, 2012

And the gold goes to...

...Tahari and Winners, for having moments of fabulous style synchronization.  Twice now, I have bought a pair of Tahari shoes from Winners, and twice, there has been snakeskin print involved.  The second time came yesterday when I spotted a pair of gold snakeskin print Tahari Clemintines: My first thought when I saw these was that it reminded...