wetheurban:

MARCHESA FALL/WINTER 2012.13

Yum yum yum! In true Marchesa fashion the collection featured elaborate bead work, luxory fabrics, feathers, tulle tulle and more tulle.  The collection was inspired by late nineteenth century French painter William Adolphe Bouguereau’s “A Soul Brought to Heaven”, his painting depicts two angels spiriting a young woman through the clouds. Elegant perfection!

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designersocial:

Chris Benz fall 2012 was an explosion of color and retro silhouettes that hark back to the 50s and 60s hollywood set .  The girls looked glam and dressed to the nines while being set against a gold sequined curtain that helped define the vibe.

-JK [via Style.com]

designersocial:

The Oscar de la Renta collection would not be fit for a princess if there weren’t a few full skirted gowns, would it?

-JK [via Style.com]

suziewongblog:

The American artist Paul Strand had a long and productive career with the camera. His pictorialist studies of the 1910s, followed by the coolly seductive machine photographs of the 1920s, like the contemporary work of Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped define the canon of early American modernism and set its premium on the elegant print. Experimenting with Charles Sheeler, Strand then pushed further in describing the movement of the city in the short film Manhatta (1920). In the 1930s, he became seriously involved with documentary film and, from the 1940s until the end of his life, he was committed to making photographic books of the highest quality. After 1950, when he relocated to France, landscape, architecture, and portraiture (the traditional humanist genres) continued to inspire Strand to embody the spirit of his subjects in the very materials of the photographic print. The high regard for his mature work suggests that he succeeded in his goals, and that his standards of excellence and his constancy of subject answered very human needs in a century of radical change.portrait (1976).
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suziewongblog:

The American artist Paul Strand had a long and productive career with the camera. His pictorialist studies of the 1910s, followed by the coolly seductive machine photographs of the 1920s, like the contemporary work of Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped define the canon of early American modernism and set its premium on the elegant print. Experimenting with Charles Sheeler, Strand then pushed further in describing the movement of the city in the short film Manhatta (1920). In the 1930s, he became seriously involved with documentary film and, from the 1940s until the end of his life, he was committed to making photographic books of the highest quality. After 1950, when he relocated to France, landscape, architecture, and portraiture (the traditional humanist genres) continued to inspire Strand to embody the spirit of his subjects in the very materials of the photographic print. The high regard for his mature work suggests that he succeeded in his goals, and that his standards of excellence and his constancy of subject answered very human needs in a century of radical change.portrait (1976).

(Source Moma)

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Tags: photography

designersocial:

If you have a party to attend, no matter if it is a black tie affair, night out on the town, cocktail party, garden party, or even an art opening Alice & Olivia Fall 2012 has got you covered. The looks Stacey Bendet creates for her collections always run the gamut and make sure that there is something fun, colorful, and exciting for everyone.

-JK [via Style.com]

Tags: NYFW

designersocial:

Donna Karan Fall 2012 was a suited affair in grey, black, and hits of red.  The menswear inspired collection was completed with pinstripe dresses, oversized coats, jackets with exaggerated shoulders, and a few pants and skirts to pair them with all topped off with mini fedoras to complete the look.  

-JK [via Style.com]

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thetinytierant:

I love the @baublebar necklace I got at #socialyteco today! #nyfw  (Taken with instagram)

thetinytierant:

I love the @baublebar necklace I got at #socialyteco today! #nyfw (Taken with instagram)