Senin, 07 Januari 2013

Elegant Life

"The name Valentino has been synonymous with high fashion for almost fifty years. On the occasion of his final couture collection in 2008, this landmark book celebrates a remarkable 45 year career by focusing on his haute couture creations, highlighting the most important and iconic looks of his half-century in fashion through new photography, sketches, fabric samples, and commentary on the dresses by Valentino himself.
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Ph. David Slijper




“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” 

― E.F. Schumacher



Prime Minister John Key with his wife Bronagh on the red carpet. Bronagh looks gorgeous in her Trelise Cooper Superior by Nature dress from spring.

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roberto cavalli
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Sponza Palace courtyard - Dubrovnik | by © feller
elie saab
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Georg Flegel, Peaches, 1630



“You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” 

― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair At Styles


Marie Egner, In the Blossoming Bower (detail), 1896









louis vuitton
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Meadham Kirchhoff S/S 2013



“Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?” 

― Yves Saint Laurent



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Elle France, November 1990
 Ludmila Isaeva Malahova
Jade Parfitt, in Rochas, by Kristian Schuller for Tatler Dec 2003.
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Giovanni Boldini, The Mondona Singer, 1884.
chanel 2007
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Pomegranates (1908) John Singer Sargent
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D&G 2012
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Blumarine 2007
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chanel 2006
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