Saturday, October 29, 2011

Faces of Fashion.


Courtesy Vogue




by Norman Parkinson, 1953 





Evelyn Tripp, photographed by Horst P Horst, 1940



Coco Chanel, photographed by Horst P Horst, 1937 




by Horst P Horst, 1940 





Mainbocher corset, photographed by Horst P Horst, 1939 




 Patti Hansen and Winnie Hollman for Xavier Coiffures, photographed by Helmut Newton, 1976 




by Helmut Newton, Sixties 




Marilyn Monroe, photographed by Andre De Dienes, 1945 




Sophia Loren and Gregory Peck, photographed by Tazio Secchiaroli, 1966 




Marilyn Monroe, photographed by Roy Schatt, 1955 




Marlon Brando, photographed by Ronny Jaques, 1948 




Marilyn Monroe, photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1949 




Mick Jagger, photographed by David Bailey, 1965 




Johnny Depp, photographed by David Bailey, 1999 




Marilyn Monroe, photographed by Bert Stern, 1962 




 by William Klein, 1961 

Friday, October 28, 2011

Dior by Demarchelier



Courtesy Vogue 











Grace Part III


aahh ...am still not over with the Grace Kelly style....can anyone ever be ??? 


The dress that she wore for her April 19 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier was designed by Helen Rose and was made from 25 yards of silk taffeta, antique rose-point lace and pearls by three dozen seamstresses, who worked on it for six weeks


Her wardrobe for 1954's The Green Fire by Helen Rose.



Grace posed in a pair of Capri pants.


an antique lace skirt ensemble designed by MGM costume designer Helen Rose.



the Hermès "Kelly" handbag: which was created in 1938 and originally known as Haut à Courroie - to shield her pregnant stomach from the paparazzi and - after the photos appeared in Life, causing a craze for the bag - it was renamed in honour of the actress.


Helen Rose was the costumer behind Grace's enviable costumes in 1956's High Society.



with Russian fashion designer Oleg Cassini .


The pale aquamarine dress that Grace wore to accept her Best Actress Oscar – for The Country Girl – in 1955 was designed by Edith Head


The black silk organza dress that she wore in one of the film's key scenes was designed by Edith Head.

Fashion & Food


Packed with chestnuts, candied apples and a confit of yuzu and lime surrounded by yuzu and milk chocolate ganache and crispy caramelised pecans, this is a fashionably festive treat indeed. By Alexis Mabille




The Berkeley.


Lola's took the autumn/winter 2009-10 trends and translated them into these scrumptious cupcake creations.


By Christopher Bailey


Giles Deacon turned his hand to creating a dress for the Cadbury Caramel Bunny as part of the launch of the new Cadbury Caramel Nibbles collection



Christian Louboutin has designed a special shoe flute for Piper Heidsieck. The crystal shoe celebrates the historic French tradition of 'Le Ritue'’, which involved a man drinking from a woman's shoe


Marni's Consuelo Castiglioni has designed the limited edition box with the legendary Laduree .



... and Patrick Cox (Disco Inferno)


... Roland Mouret (Miracle)...


dark chocolate cake with vanilla cream; seasonal pumpkin – slightly spicy and decorated with chocolate polka dots; pistachio – with green fondant icing; red velvet – made with chocolate cakes, peanut butter cream, burgundy fondant and topped with sugar heart. Harrods

The Berkeley Pret !


Pret-a-Portea  served at The Berkeley






 Christopher Kane macaroons, Jean Paul Gaultier cakes, a Jason Wu frock, Sonia Rykiel's jaunty stripes and an Erdem dress .


a Stella McCartney polka dot sponge cake, a Lanvin crème de mure jelly topped with signature folded meringue, a gold Dolce & Gabbanachocolate éclair sprinkled with festive stars, a Miu Miu winter spice biscuit shoe, a Jil Sander pomegranate and grenadine mouse dress, a Sonia Rykiel striped almond mouthful, and a Burberry trench biscuit.


Christian Louboutin biscuit, the Giambattista Valli red current sponge and the Philip Treacy butterfly hat cake


Louis Vuitton Bunny ears.




Cheap Trick III: Up cycled Laptop Screen!

Design 2 So I had these laptop screens lying around, since like age. Never threw them away cause I had been postponing doing so...