Stylin' Summer

Oh how I miss summer and all things summer. Sun tanning, summer clothes, ice-cold drinks in the summer heat, bronzed skin & sea-salt hair. 

Sigh. 

How much fun are these retro pics for Steve Maddens Summer 2012 Trendbook? I just love every single thing about them.

Via FashionGoneRogue

Lovely Lana

I really find Lana Del Ray so incredibly beautiful. Perhaps the fact that she has totally recreated herself adds that mysterious, slightly sad beauty she portrays. She fascinates me. 

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I love how doll-like she looks in these beautiful shots for VOGUE Japan. Her hair is ultra cool and her lovely cat-eye make-up highlights the mystery in her eyes. I am quite a fan of her music too; it will be interesting to see how far this glam gal will go.

Dazzling Diva

Via thunderinourhearts

Isn't this just fabulous? That hair. Those eyebrows. That dress. I want to be her today. Just for a day.

Fantasy for a Friday

 Via FashionGoneRogue

Isn't this just FABULOUS? I absolutely love it. Those dresses are my favourite. The collage work is so brilliant. The whole look and feel of this latest offering by PRADA for Spring 2012 reminds me a bit of Grease and also of the Mad Men TV Series. Think I am just slightly obsessed with the fifties at the moment. L.o.v.e. 

See a Penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck

 Via WhereTheLovelyThingsAre

 I am in love with this lookbook for Pretty Penny Spring 2012. That orange/rust colour is divine, especially teamed with the blue and white. I am a huge fan of the 'pile-all-your-hair-on-top-of-your-head-do' and also a lover of bright lippy, and I think that it goes so well with these laid-back, beautiful clothes.

Note to self : Must add each of these items to my wardrobe ASAP. 

Dress For Success

Via HoneyKennedy

There is nothing better than a great dress to make you feel fabulous and ready for anything life throws your way. These two are my top picks from the ThomDolan S/S 2012 collection. Just love the simplicity and elegance of them both. The big, bold buttons on the denim dress are just great. I would kill for that hot pink silk dress with the classy neck tie - isn't it wild? Love love love it. 

As a matte-er of fact

Via LeFashion

STILL obsessed with the S/S 2011 bright, matte lips and full eyebrows look. 

So pretty.

Bambi

 Remix Magazine Holiday 2011

Via Studded Hearts 

I am in love with Bambi. Bambi Northwood-Blyth. What I would call 'a typical model name'. Interesting and different, slightly strange and uncommon, but definitely one that sticks in your head. And those eyebrows are pretty unforgettable too. She is just so beautiful in a different kind of way.  I like the fun, tom-boyish styling in this shoot by Derek Henderson for Remix Magazine. I really like this Alice McCall floral dress - especially teamed with the converse. Lovely. 

Boot-iliscious

Source ThunderInOurHearts

Man, I would just love to own a pair of these gorge Mui Mui glitter boots. Sigh.

Marilyn Metamorphosis

Being Marilyn

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Source vogue.com

Ah! How wonderful does Michelle Williams look in these exquisite Annie Leibovitz photographs? They were taken for the October Issue of Vogue US, for a feature on her upcoming film, My Week With Marilyn, in which she takes on the iconic role of Marilyn Monroe. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article, written by Adam Green, as I have always been a fan of Michelles - ever since her role as Jennifer in my childhood fav, Dawsons Creek. Of course, her love affair with the late Heath Ledger also put her right up there on my list of "Hollywood-starlets-I-would-love-to-be". I am more than excited to see this film about Marilyn Monroe and to witness the glamour and glory Michelle brings to it. 

Quoting from the article in Vogue, 

"... But the main attraction is Williams, who brings Monroe to life with heartbreaking delicacy and precision without resorting to impersonation or cliché. It’s not hard to see why the film’s director, Simon Curtis, wanted her. “Not only is she beautiful and brilliant,” he tells me, “but she brings such intellect to her work along with an intuitive grasp of character, extraordinary depth of feeling, and a kind of innate glamour—I guess we call it star quality, don’t we? For a director, it’s the dream package.”... "

Click here to view more from this shoot and to read the article on vogue.com

Joyfully Spring

 JASON WU Spring 2012

Source vogue.com 

I just love these photographs by Kevin Tachman. He has captured such perfectly happy moments, fit for spring. The make-up and hair styling for these beauties is so fresh and vibrant. I love it.

Alexa goes Bazaar

Images Via studded hearts & fashionetc

Oh my! Alexa Chung is cover girl for the October issues of both Harpers Bazaar UK and Harpers Bazaar Australia and wow does she do it well. She is simply stunning. I am in love with the her look for the UK issue; very Twiggy slash Edie Sedgwick - right up my alley. I adore the sixties eyelashes and beehive hairstyle. Those Chanel dresses for the Australia issue are to die for though! Which do you prefer?