Karolina Kurkova For Elle France December 2011

This is refreshing and interesting.

A fun pop of colour

on a dreary, grey, cloudy day.

Styled by Michele Beurenau,

this editorial features cool layering,

textures and colours,

and a high fashion meets high street vibe.

Photographer Nagi Sakai

Hair Thomas Hintermeier

Makeup Frederik Stambro

Karolina Kurkova For Elle France December 2011

Sur Tous Les Tons

Tiah Eckhardt for LoveSexDance Magazine

Isn't this just fabulous??

This image got a fashionising.com Fashgasm last week.

Might just be my favorite word at the moment.

I am so loving the hair, makeup and styling on this one.

And the fantastically hideous carpet!

Model Tiah Eckhardt

Photographer Jason Ierace

Hair & Makeup Sarah Laidlaw

Styling Ant and Al

LoveSexDance Winter 2011/2012

Daga Ziober For Vogue Deutschland

Aaaaah!!

I love this!

Vogue Deutschland is fast becoming 

one of my favorite Vogues.

Consistently fabulous editorial,

I just can't get enough.

Model Daga Ziober's Evangelista-like jawline,

Maki Ryoke's gorgeous makeup,

that bold red lip is perfection!

Offset in such an edgy cool vibey way

by Franco Gobbi's choppy bob.

Shot by Sebastian Kim,

in 20's inspired wardrobe from

the likes of

Etro, Yves Saint Laurent and Tom Ford

its retro uber-chic.

Daga Ziober For Vogue Deutschland 

January 2012

Tanzt! Tanzt!

source: Fashion Gone Rogue

Mariana Braga For Fashion Quarterly New Zealand

Well now, this one has a little bit of many things dear to me!

From my homeland there is the fabulous  

Fashion Quarterly Magazine, 

the shoot I am dying over is 

shot in my beloved Italy, 

on the Amalfi coast no less.

Check out how exquisitely photographer Steven Chee 

has captured the beautiful Mariana Braga

in romance drenched laces 

and fabrics that float on a dream 

by Dolce and Gabbana, Karen Walker and Zimmerman. 

His images are so alive - 

you can feel the warm sun on her face, 

hear the ocean, 

feel the textured stones beneath her feet, 

and almost smell the lemons in nearby Sorrento.

So very beautiful

La Dolce Vita

 

The Fabulous Miss Zoe Mirkovich

Check it out:

My best friend's daughter, Zoe Mirkovich,  has just made her mega debut via the new T Mobile commercial
which hits TV land any day now, but which has already surpassed 1.5 million views on you tube.

Zoe sings, dances and acts.
She is amazing.
When she was 3 years old I told her mother she would be bigger than Madonna.





Watch out Madge, Zoe is coming for you...

You can follow Zoe on twitter @ZoeMirkovich
Her facebook pages is Facebook.com/Zoe.M.Official
Make sure you "like" it.
While you're at it, "like" mine too Facebook.com/Corinna B

Georgina Stojiljkovic for Vogue Spain December

Some like it furry...

Personally I'm more of a faux fur kind of a girl.

But I haven't been able to get this shoot out of my head for a week now, which is reason enough to post it.

Hunter and Gatti shot this one for the Zoom section of 

the December 2011 issue of 

Vogue Spain.

Model Georgina Stojiljkovic is just staggeringly spectacular 

in this spread, wowing us with furs and accessories, 

styled by fashion editor  

Sara Fernandez.

Apart from Georgina's exquisite work here, 

I think what is killing me is 

Frank Garret's amazing makeup.

I keep going back and looking at it in all its perfection. 

I just love it.

The hauntingly moody sky behind these images 

brings it all home - so much more interesting 

that the endless blue sky 

we see in magazines, don't you think?

 

Enjoy...

Chanel Pre-Fall 2012 via The Style Cave

I'm traveling again today, and didn't have time to blog, so today's post comes to you via the very fabulous Style Cave.
One of my favorite bloggers, and one who always steps up and helps me out when I'm traveling, Lana has such a unique perspective on all things fashion, and such a beautiful voice here in bloggy-land.
I adore her blog, and hope you will follow her too.

Check her out at The Style Cave

Chanel Pre-Fall 2012

via The Style Cave

The annual Metiers d'Art collection salutes the hard-working, in-house, Chanel ateliers with a spectacle that throws caution to the wind, by way of extravagance. 

This is haute-couture in the hands of pre-fall.

We know that fashion often sees excess emphasised and drawn upon in times of economic hardship, to heighten that sense of escapist fantasy. But Karl Lagerfeld amplifies this further, letting it teeter on the edge of novelty-but only just.
"The crisis shouldn't be over-emphasised," says Karl Lagerfeld. "People have always responded to difficulty by dressing up in jewels. Anyway, who are these bureaucrats who decide whether we're triple A-rated?"


It was with his own exclusive hold on dystopia that Lagerfeld conjured up India... in Paris... realised by a German. Although, the designer himself admits that he's never even been to India "It's much more inspiring not to go to places than to go," Sometimes fantasy is better than reality.

Nevertheless, Paris-Bombay explored the vast offerings of India- from the palatial grandeur of the Raj, to the Beatles meditating in Rishikesh with John Lennon's Twisted Karma playing in the background. Models were draped in lavish saris, dense with embroidery, wearing jewels, bindis and nose-rings. The men were turbaned Maharajas with layers of rich toned fabrics slung around them. 



With many designer's outsourcing to the east for cheaper manufacturing, Lagerfeld created authentic Indian designs at home in Paris; witty, but paying homage to the hard work on both sides. 


Gold lame, metallic prints and mismatched handmade textures looked like the interior of an opulent palace and complemented the banquet setting. A huge dining table ran alongside the catwalk, piled with luxuries pastries and guava juice for the audience to enjoy. 

Paris, however, was held onto with a fine silhouette, and of course the tweeds. Splashed between vibrant hues, Karl opted for signature monochrome to let modernity brush against the historically rich notion of India.

Like the Paris Byzantine collection of last year, you become enveloped by the theme and by loosening its grip on authenticity, Lagerfeld lets you find your imagination in there somewhere, alongside his. Sometimes fantasy is better than reality.