alone in the dark

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unknown // flickr tashyyyy // marloes horst, numero tokyo feb'09
alidabuffalo // jody rogac // flickr nikaa

stark white details

the oil & grease as body & eye makeup is just insane

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ieva laguna
by greg kadel, in bogue germany dec '10

constance jablonski
by greg kadel, in bogue germany sept '10

gulf of ethereal

transcending reality
yulia gorbachenko for zink magazine

bat for lashes

the girl with the amazing eye makeup

edgy shoulders

yoon eun hye in balmain <3

the lost gypsy

i've been slow at finding these out.. but seriously, stumbling upon these is like finding a piece of your favourite mint chocolate in a bagful of already-not-too-bad caramel sweets. how much better can topshop get after this? i can't wait to know. but for now these entirely suffice; with these pieces that look like a cross between BCBG max azria gone younger & Acne gone milder, how could i stop salivating..

roses in the sunlight

waist-length tresses, pink hued days, & chaste-white dresses
these totally conjure up an idea of a george orwell world gone perfect

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full editorial here

chanel ; backstage at paris-byzance show

the 6 wives

i've always had a love/hate affair with history. some historical figures led lives so fascinating & dramatic that narratives of them beat any fiction story hands down. i would be the first to admit that my passion for history lies not in its capacity to educate us on past mistakes but in its vivid archives of people who had led grisly/defiant/intoxicating lives

one that never fails to mesmerize is the account of henry viii & his 6 wives. their stories tell of a period so oppressive that people juxtapose it with their wayward rebelliousness and it's so inconceivable, especially in modern days now, how king henry & each of his wife got together. if you've watched the other boelyn girl you would have some inkling of that. & if you crave much of such like this, iloveyou magazine has put together short pictorial/video depictions of king henry & each of his wife here. just scroll to the entries from mid-novemebr 2010

heavy petal

heavy petal, by stolen girlfriends club
STC sure is one that pays as much attention to name-calling as it does to designing
from the name of the label itself to its oxymoronic yet whimsical collection titles
stolengirlfriendsclub certainly does take your breath (& mind) away <3

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view the full collection here

knits in the wheat fields

heavy knits & leopard prints
my two ultimate favourites of 2010 <3

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elle uk december 2010
agnete hegelund, by karen collins
via the photography link

wash of red

an arsenal win to mark the new year
can't wish for more <3 except maybe for them to finally win the premier league please!

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unknown // eniko mihalik // copenhagenstreetstyle // ponyhunter

eleventh ♡

HAPPY 2011!
hope you have a good one :)

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vlada in harpers bazaar spain
via fashiongonerogue