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Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:43:25 -0500

rcruzniemiec: Lost Places Sven Fennema

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:42:56 -0500

rcruzniemiec:

Lost Places Sven Fennema

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Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:41:32 -0500

allcreatures: Phil Gooding from Hilderstone, Staffordshire...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:40:56 -0500

allcreatures:

Phil Gooding from Hilderstone, Staffordshire made Frosty the Snowcat…obviously in the image of his namesake (right)

Picture: Phil Gooding (via UK weather in pictures: More readers’ photos of snow and freezing temperatures - Telegraph)

mirnah: Frol Burimskiy & Ulyana Sergeenko photographed by...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:40:51 -0500

mirnah:

Frol Burimskiy & Ulyana Sergeenko photographed by Caroline Blomst for Stockholm Streetstyle.

beautylish: 60’s inspired makeup by Pola Maria G.

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:40:10 -0500

beautylish:

60’s inspired makeup by Pola Maria G.

laughingsquid: An Animated Inside Look at How a Key Opens a...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:39:49 -0500

laughingsquid:

An Animated Inside Look at How a Key Opens a Standard Lock

beautylish: A hauntingly beautiful look by Mille S.!

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:39:37 -0500

beautylish:

A hauntingly beautiful look by Mille S.!

laughingsquid: Judgments, Provocative Photo Shows Skirt-Length...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:38:59 -0500

laughingsquid:

Judgments, Provocative Photo Shows Skirt-Length Decency Levels on a Woman’s Leg

laughingsquid: The Hobbit Reimagined as a Little Golden Book

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:38:15 -0500

laughingsquid:

The Hobbit Reimagined as a Little Golden Book

mirnah: Jac Jagaciak by Stockholm StreetStyle

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:38:00 -0500

mirnah:

Jac Jagaciak by Stockholm StreetStyle

allcreatures: Darren Moston from Latchford, Warrington took...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:37:25 -0500

allcreatures:

Darren Moston from Latchford, Warrington took this lovely photo of a robin sitting on barbed wire in Grappenhall

Picture: Darren Moston (via UK weather in pictures: More readers’ photos of snow and freezing temperatures - Telegraph)

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Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:36:53 -0500

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Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:36:31 -0500

pretaportre: “Prized for its weightless nature, couture must be...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:36:21 -0500

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“Prized for its weightless nature, couture must be — per ounce — among the most expensive substances on earth. Elie Saab celebrated this fact with a show he dubbed an “ode to delicateness.”

As clunky as that latter word sounds in English (the French delicatesse has a nicer ring), this collection succeeded in conveying a light and graceful mood by exploring degrees of transparency. The Lebanese couturier’s signature crystalline embroideries were scattered across fragile tulle and airy crinoline dresses, in familiar hourglass and fishtail columns, plus a new shorter, flaring Fifties shape.

Saab kept everything tone-on-tone, sticking largely to a pale palette of ivory and makeup pinks, sparked here and there by icy blues and hot coral.”

(via WWD)

pretaportre: Backstage at Elie Saab Haute Couture S/S 13’.

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:36:11 -0500

pretaportre:

Backstage at Elie Saab Haute Couture S/S 13’.

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Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:35:42 -0500

pretaportre: “The show was breathtaking. Chiuri and Piccioli...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:35:00 -0500

pretaportre:

“The show was breathtaking. Chiuri and Piccioli are cultivating an intoxicating, covered-up approach to fashion that seduces with fragility and feminine grace, not skin.

Yet the spare precision cuts were resolutely modern. Sculpted, just slightly off-the-shoulder necklines gave a futuristic gloss to otherwise prim luncheon suits and coats, some bearing hawthorn embroideries. One long-sleeve gown in a glossy wool was blushed with a faint rose color and was void of detail but for a high, budlike neckline that cradled the head, the fabric peeling open ever so slightly at the back like petals.

The designers went well beyond flowers for their garden escapade, using hedge labyrinths as a template for arranging strips of lace on a flaring Fifties skirt, or imagining dresses that could convey a park at night. They captured this idea poetically with a frothy bustier, the skirt a fog of black tulle embroidered with an outline of silvery birds flitting against a night sky. According to the program notes, it took 600 hours in the atelier. Backstage, Piccioli said he and Chiuri wished to convey lightness and the beauty of a garden, forgetting the labor that goes into creating the pieces.”

(via WWD)

pretaportre: Backstage at Valentino Haute Couture S/S 13’.

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:34:51 -0500

pretaportre:

Backstage at Valentino Haute Couture S/S 13’.

mirnah: Valentino Haute Couture SS 2013 Other couturiers have...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:34:36 -0500

mirnah:

Valentino Haute Couture SS 2013

Other couturiers have built small parks with real trees and bushes to display their Spring 2013 Couture collections, but Valentino’s Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli used garden elements in their actual garments.

And while every other look carried a floral embellishment or appliqué of some kind, this collection was lightweight and even breezy in some instances. That feeling owed to Chiuri and Piccioli’s use of sheer fabrics and light colors. With the exception of Valentino red, the collection primarily featured whites, cream, gray, pale pink, and black. A few sleek dresses without decoration and jackets with an off-the-shoulder cut helped the offering feel modern.