Blue Eyed Beauty...

It is said that all babies are born with blue eyes. Eventually we all acquire the color that we are genetically meant to have, but this still goes to show, that in the beginning and in the end, we are all the same...

Photos: Various Photographers

Interior Inspiration...

Inspiration is endless. It has no boundaries, no restrictions, it exists in every form, it is moving and yet still, it is everywhere and it is in everything. To become aware of inspiration is to become tuned into your surroundings, to allow them to move through us in whatever form they might take. In art as in life, inspiration is our means by which we evolve into something more, something different. It is the start to creation, to intimacy, to a masterpiece, to ourselves.

Established yet still emerging designer, Mary Katrantzou, has tapped into this fine skill of finding inspiration in the most unassuming yet obvious if ways. For her Spring 2011 collection she looked beyond the model, beyond the make-up, beyond the silhouette and drew inspiration from the most essential of surroundings, the room itself. Inspired by 1970's decor and respected photographers, Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin, her silhouettes hold structure and strength from the lines and forms of architecture  and objects. They have an element or realism yet seem futuristic and fantastical in the way they sit upon each silhouette. If only the walls could speak...

Photos: style.com

The Essence of Details...

In fashion and in art, color and pattern are usually leading influences in the creation of a design or print. The color creates an emotion, a direction, a palette that then shapes the rest of a collection. So when color is removed from the equation and all a designer has to rely on is the intricate, specific and structured creation of details and shapes, true talent is given the freedom to take form. In this seasons 2011 collection by Fashion veteran, Donna Karan, that talent and raw ability was the basis to one of the most feminine and visual alluring collections on the runway. What may appear to one eye as a blurring and blending of nude and neutral tones, is really a perfected execution of intricate design. Karan has become known for her ability to drape a fabric perfectly to graze over the female form. Her lines are directed in the formation of a silhouette, her layering allows for volume in all the right places, her details give delicate hints to that innate desire to feel like a goddess regardless of who we may be or where we may be going...

Photos: nymag.com

Christian Siriano...

Another whimsical and enchanting collection, Christian Siriano Spring/Summer 2011. The beauty and joys of being a woman...

Photos: In The Cut