DESIRE: Louis Vuitton Spring 2013

Desire.  Love.  Lust.  are mere words to describe one's obsession for fashion.  Maybe Yearn.

Desire.  Love.  Lust. What I am yearning for...

Sophia Coppola's beaded gilet in the Louis Vuitton Spring 2014 ad campaign...  so modern Lady Mary...

love, kisses and vintage, Juliana

Valentino Haute Couture Spring 2014

"Everything was kept in a state of polished and dazzling cleanliness.  Nothing was ever tattered.  Her Goyas, Bouchers and Reynoldses had been tenderly relieved of years of grime and oxidation.  Not a speck of dust had the opportunity of gathering on the books in the air conditioned library.  English furniture and crystal candelabras were highly polished; parquet floors were waxed and shining.  One even had the feeling that all of the bonbons and the peppermint sweets on the dinner table were thrown out the moment the exquisite flower strewn table cloth was removed."

Cecil Beaton The Glass of Fashion 1954

The woman of dazzling cleanliness and waxed and shining parquet floors would wear this Valentino Spring 2014 haute couture dress don't you think?  Dream a little haute couture dream...

Look 1 Valentino Spring 2014.  Verdi's La Traviata embroidered in black on a parchment colored  tulle dress.

love, kisses and vintage, Juliana

The New Normal: Street Style Spring Fashion Month 2014

The new normal in the plethora of street style photographs was well, normal.  Normal in still stylish, still chic but this time the sisters were keeping it real.  Not begging for attention - which has had the unfortunate effect of making the more cartoonishly dressed look, well, cartoonish.  

My favorite look and one I am going to blatantly copy with my Spring 2013 Look 3 Celine pants - and hello!  the fabric was not so spring friendly so now it is actually time to wear them.

and speaking of Celine:

Normal does not necessarily mean you can't carry or wear something whimsical - but the effect is subtle:

The soft trench is a staple.  Seen on the recent bride and our client Malgosia Bela (this is another one of my favorite looks):

and another soft trench, a skiiny black jean and a great bootie:

and Gaia, O Gaia!

Always beautifully dressed.  A new Babe Paley? And talented too.  I only have one piece of Repossi jewelry but hope for more : )

Love this Gigli? or Gigli-inspired tiny twisted vest:

and Marie-Amelie Sauve always looks pretty perfect (and soon to be seen in Louis Vuitton don't you think):

and finally what is more normal then a graphic black and white coat with a chicken print paired with an Hermes Kelly and Valentino t-strap and spats as seen on the often adorable Miroslava Duma : )  Looks normal to me!

Photos by Tommy Ton

It was a Belle Epoque: Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuittton

The Louis Vuitton Spring 2014 show was a dark, romantic, tattered version of the Belle Epoque with jet embroidered jackets, some tasseled and a mise-en-scene reminiscent of a dreamscape Folies-Bergere.

It was also the last collection to be designed by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton.

I have always been a Louis Vuitton girl.  I love the small production, the little brown cards that came with each piece often noting the fragility, the handwork, recommendations to hang your LV piece on a padded hanger or folded in a drawer, fringing made by hand...

Will Nicolas Ghesquiere go to LV?  I think he could be the perfect choice to carry on the dress making for the Louis Vuitton girl...