Glinted.

Photo: Harpers Bazaar Romania via fashiongonerogue.com 

Photo: fashiongonerogue.com

A bid adieu to 2011 and cheers to the new year ~

Effortless.

The ultimate. goal

Photo: Vogue.com

Photo: streetfsn.blogspot.com

Photo: thesartorialist.com

Photo: hanneli.com

Photo: jakandjil.com

Photo: fashiontoast.com

Noir.

“I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around.” - Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel 

Photo: jakandjil.com

Photo: Jakandjil.com

Photo: Elle.com

Photo: Jakandjil.com

Photo: Jakandjil.com

Photo: streetfsn.blogspot.com

FNO 2011.

The scene at Tiffany & Co. on Fifth 

An event created by astute businesswoman and fashion god Anna Wintour, Fashion's Night Out cultivates a relationship between shoppers and the people who bring fashion into being: designers, magazine editors, models, retail employees, photographers, bloggers, celebrities, and many others.

FNO was created in 2009 with the underlying intention of boosting the economy after the recession of 2008, but also to get customers involved with the fashion industry in a very unique way. For this one September night each year, all the players of the fashion industry - big and small - are available to interact with the people [consumers] that support their business. FNO is a phenomenal idea and has been a great success. This year, FNO was celebrated in eighteen countries.

Jason Wu at Bergdorf Goodman

Nail Bar at Chanel on 57th Street

The New York listings were incredible. Sarah Jessica Parker was in Manolo Blahnik, Lara Stone in Calvin Klein, Estelle at Diane Von Furstenberg, Karolina Kurkova at Macy's, Chanel Iman at Gucci, Alexa Chung at Stella McCartney, Leighton Meester at Tiffany's... 

With Bill Cunningham outside Louis Vuitton on Fifth

Top: Karl Lagerfeld for Impulse, Bag: Kate Spade

It was truly a night to remember.

Haunting.

Photo: David Bellemere for the August 2011 issue of Elle Russia via fashiongonerogue.com

My first thought upon seeing this photo was the elegiac holographic image of Kate Moss shown for the first time during the finale of Alexander McQueen Fall 2006 show -- a phenomenal sight. 

The hologram was recreated in miniature form for the Metropolitan Museum's exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. 

Read more about McQueen here.

For the May 2011 issue of Harper's Bazaar, Kate Moss posed in the iconic gown once again:

Photo: Harper's Bazaar via huffingtonpost.com

Fabulous.

Photo: streetfsn.blogspot.com

Can you imagine a place where everyone is so well dressed? Brights for summer paired with glamourous heels -- chic.

Fashionable Parents.

Angelina Jolie (in Yves Saint Laurent) and Brad Pitt

"Domestic Bliss"

Photo: Wmagazine.com

Arizona Muse with son, Nikko

J.Crew May '11 catalogue

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Photo: Vogue.com

Photo: thesartorialist.blogspot.com

For you, dad ~ Happy Father's Day!

Chloé.

I am so impressed by the presentation of Chloé's Resort 2012 collection as shown on Vogue.com. It's runway fashion worn by runway models, but shown on the streets. Take a look:

Chloé Resort 2012

Photos: Vogue.com

This type of presentation not only brings life to the clothes and accessories, but it also shows viewers that the clothes are wearable and accessible - brilliant. 

Street fashion style blogs such as Streetfsn by Nam and Jak and Jil show "real people" wearing the fashions from the runways in "real places." 

Read more about this collection here. 

Quote.

"Elegance is not the perogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future." -Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel

The Bun.

The Ballerina Bun v. The Top Knot

Here are the contestants: 

 

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 Photo: Marie Claire Italia via fashiongonerogue.com

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I confess, throwing my hair into a bun was my go-to I'm-having-a-particularly-bad-hair-day hairstyle. It was easy -- great for class, the beach, eating... I didn't think about it and a mirror was not required to achieve the "easy" look. One day, a close friend complimented, "I really like your ballerina bun. It's chic." This was the first time I really thought about my bun as a fashion statement. Now ballerina buns, messy bedhair buns, and top knots are showing up in all sorts of fashion editorials and on the streets. 

The consensus: Be conscious of your bun! ~

Behind the Camera.

Photo: jakandjil.com

Photo: jakandjil.com

Bill Cunningham

Photo: streetfsn.blogspot.com

Photo: streetfsn.blogspot.com

Photo: vogue.com

Photo: vogue.com

I always love a beautiful photo - they were the reason I started reading Vogue back in elementary school. Vogue does a romantic photo like no other.

Recently, I've been trying to pay more attention to the eye behind the photos I adore: the photographers. Films and other media have begun to showcase these geniuses.

              Bill Cunningham -- Bill Cunningham New York - trailer

              Scott Schuman "The Sartorialist"  -- The Sartorialist documentary

I've been collecting photos that show other photographers taking different angles of the same shot (above). We so often view photos in magazines and on blogs and forget that there is a whole world we aren't seeing. 

For the Sea.

Photo: Elle Ukraine via. fashiongonerogue.com

Photo: Elle Italia via fashiongonerogue.com

Photo: Vogue Paris via fashiongonerogue.com

Photo: Marie Claire via fashiongonerogue.com

Photo: fashiongonerogue.com

A few months ago, a couple of friends and I had a mini-debate regarding the origin of the bikini. Was it really named after Bikini Atoll? Or was it named strategically bikini to indicate two pieces?

Take a look: Time's The History of the Bikini -- really interesting. 

Photo: Elle Russia via fashiongonerogue.com

There are many options for women's swimwear - or tanwear if you aren't keen on getting wet. One pieces, tankinis, bikinis, monokinis, the recent burqini to name a few. Just taking the 'bikini' category there are bandeau tops, string tops, push-ups; for bottoms, you can choose a bikini cut, high-waisted (think: retro), brazilian (think: cheeky).

I recently purchased a white bandeau top in hope of looking tanner (skin color contrast with the white was the idea).

Which type are you wearing this season?

Les Chats Chic.

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Photo: telegraph.co.uk

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