{s/s 2012} Elie Saab Couture

I love that I can always depend on Elie Saab's couture shows.  While other's tend to go the edgier route, Saab sticks with what he does best...absolutely ethereal, breathtakingly beautiful, red-carpet ready dresses.  To me there is absolutely nothing better than tulle, sequins, and pastels. It's not avant-garde, experimental, or out there...and I couldn't be happier...

{The only problem I would have, is choosing just one.}

ivory fully embroidered long dress // Anja Rubik 

 ivory short fully embroidered dress //Karlie Kloss 

ivory long gown with organza // Daria Strokus 

 geometric line details at bodice // Sigrid Agren

 floral fully embroidered from heavy to light // Sui He

* Sexy Sirens



As I am not really one for reminiscing {especially when it comes to the disaster that was 2011}, I wouldn't normally look back on editorials from 2011 to feature.  However, June 2011's Italian Vogue, shot by fashion deity Steven Meisel, brought about what I believe to be one of the best cover/editorial combos in recent memory.  Not because it featured beautiful plus sized models looking sexy, but because it was sexy.  A visual feast filled with the kind of sensual eroticism that the fashion world could use more of...





{Photographer Steven Meisel; Fashion Editor/Stylist Edward Enninful; Hair Stylist Guido Palau; Makeup Artist Pat McGrath;  Set Designer Randall Peacock; Manicurist Jin Soon Choi;  Models Candice Huffine, Marquita Pring,  Robyn Lawley, Tara Lynn}

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Pre Fall 2012 * Thakoon





...2012: the year of pretty pastels and dusty nude layers. Feminine. Ladylike. Into it.

{Fashion Editor/Stylist David Vandewal; Hair Stylist Rita Marmor; Makeup Artist Benjamin Puckey; Model Sofya Titova; images via fashionologie}
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