Ahh!!! shoes!!

Okay, okay, so the name sounds dubious, but let me explain! Super cute vintage darling Twilla shared a link for Babygirl Boutique clothing. They specialize in rockabilly, vintage, indie, alternative, and retro fashions. I love their selection of Bordello shoes online... just wanted to share some of my faves...

From Bordello

And here are a few others from their shoe section that I thought were kind of cool:















I love all the straps and buckles, and of course patent leather going on, but there are a few things I would change about these guys. The solid red ones are okay, but the quilted ones could do without the little tattoo designs. They're cute, but I think they could be taken more seriously without the cutesy little stars and birds. I think the quilting pattern adds enough to them. The patent leather itself is either stitched or stamped to create the pattern. I think it would be cooler if they used actual netting instead, but then, it wouldn't be "quilted," it would just be covered in fabric lol...

Future/Geisha

"Pearls of the Orient"-- photographed by Maggie Cheung

Zhang Jingna

Zhang Jingna

Dior s/s07

Christian Lacroix (see tutorial)

Chanel

Chanel

Bjork

Velvet MomoKo

Latest dicovery, Beijing, China's photographer, model, stage actress, Xin Yuan, of Velvet MomoKo.

Check out her link. Her flickr gallery is full of gorgeous editorials, candids, beautiful skyscapes, amazing vacation photos from Maldives, and photos taken by Xin Yuan. I love love love this girl! She's absolutely gorgeous and her photos are beautiful too. Lots of soft focus, bright, clear photos.

"The Fairy Lady"- Mega Mega Vintage FW09

Mother's Old Dress

She seriously has sooo many amazingly beautiful photos, I would highly recomend strolling through the pages of her flickr gallery. Like I said, it's mix of editorial work, candid home photos, stylistically shot landscapes/skyscapes and every day things. But trust me, flip through the whole thing and you'll see some really great stuff between the miscellany.

Hanami 2008 Spring

Maldives



Maldives

All photos here are property of Xin Yuan/ Xin Yuan Jang/ Velvet MomoKo

Heidi Klum's Extra Baggage

This just cracked me up, I had to share it ^__^
Heidi and Christian Siriano... he's so tiny! haha!

Inspiration Monday

(*CLICK on above photo to view the whole image. It's pretty cool...)

All photos above are property of photographer Rocio Montoya.

This set immediately made me think of Frida Kahlo. What I find most "cool" about them is that they weren't necessarily MEANT to be inspired by Frida. They're not replicas of her work, or portrayals of her. What they do share though is an amazing display of costume and detail. I love the sphynx cat used in these images. Frida often portrayed her unusual pets in her portraits, such as monkeys or itzcuintli dogs.

Parody

This is for you Donna :) haha. It's really stupid at first but it gets better. The end is my absolute favorite part. I'm posting it for that reason haha :D

pink & black

Photos *above are all courtesy of Chris CBPhotographie.

Coco Rocha & Jessica Stam for D&G FW09