Lena Hoschek - Spring/Summer 2012 Lookbook

With Fall 2012 fashion season in full swing, there have been no shortage of lovely clothes making their rounds on the internet. However, it's not a new autumnal collection that's making me swoon, but a spring one.

Lena Hoschek released the lookbook for her spring/summer 2012 collection and the images are stunning. From the runway show, we knew the clothes were beautiful (Really, how could a Hoschek collection not be?), but seeing them in an idyllic Mediterranean setting is amazing. It has me dreaming of sailboats and Vespas, the perfect accessories for the summery, Sophia Loren feel of this collection.

 

Photos sourced from Lena Hoschek, where more of the lookbook can be seen!

Weekend Pretty: 9.30.2011

The Christian Dior Spring 2012 collection previewed at Paris Fashion Week earlier today. It was - in a word - divine. You know how we dress a certain way and look a certain way in real life, but in your dreams, you see yourself as something different? In my mind, I look like I've stepped off the Dior runway from this season. Everything is just so pretty.

[Image Sources & Full Collection: Fashion Gone Rogue]

Weekend Pretty: Royal Wedding Dress

Readers, I watched it.

Armed with a pot of tea and Fortnum & Mason stem ginger biscuits, I ogled and snarked my way through the wedding of Prince William and his Kate. It was lovely. There was pomp, circumstance, and - best of all - one historic dress.


Kittens, I adore this gown. Everything about it is divine: the pleated skirts, the deep-v of the overlay, the sweetheart bodice, the lace. We all know how I feel about lace. This design is flawless, resulting in a timeless silhouette fit for a princess (or royal duchess, if we must be technical). Sarah Burton truly outdid herself with this piece.

Fashion insiders predict this dress will set wedding trends for years to come. Selfishly, I hope they're correct. Not only do I abhor the generic strapless A-line dresses of modern weddings, but I've always wanted a gown similar to this one. Make it a tea-length with elbow sleeves and you've designed my dream dress!

So, did you watch the wedding? Did you swoon a bit when Prince William told Kate she looked beautiful? And - most important - how do you feel about the dress?

Easter Weekend Pretty: 4.24.11

Happy Easter, chickadees! Did you have a day filled with brightly colored eggs, chocolate rabbits, and - most important - floral dresses? I certainly hope so. In the spirit of the season, I've collected some of my favorite flowery dresses from around the web.

[Boden]

[Trashy Diva]

[Kate Spade]

[Laura Ashley]

Hope you had a lovely peep-filled weekend, friends!

Weekend Pretty: 4.17.11

Water For Elephants is one of my favorite books, which though I have many is still saying something. It's one of my comfort reads, a jewel of novel that enthralls me every time I open its pages. So, when I first heard it was being made into a movie, I was ecstatic. When casting announcements were made, however, I became increasingly trepidatious. Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon, though I love her, were not whom I would have picked were they the last two actors on Earth.

Then I saw the previews and thought, "Hmm, maybe this won't be so bad, after all." Then I saw Reese Witherspoon's Vogue spread and thought, "Oh, dear Lord, I am so excited about this movie now!" I love everything about these pictures: the circus setting, the gowns, the elephants! They make me want to read the book all over again - and buy midnight tickets for the movie.

Weekend Pretty: 4.2.11

So, I have this dream, kittens. It goes like this: One day, I win the lottery. (Yes, I know, it's a very realistic dream.) With my winnings, I spend a year taking intensive couture sewing and design classes. When I'm an absolute expert at fancy dress construction, I then open up my own line of reasonably-priced, vintage-inspired wedding dresses. It's my ultimate fantasy career.

Kate Spade has just ruined it for me. She has opened up a bridal line and, naturally, the designs are adorable. Classic, retro-inspired, and perfect. Anyone have a suggestion for my new fantasy career? Also, anyone have a line on an attractive Irish pro-golfer who wants a ridiculous blonde writer fiancée? Because, yeah, I need one of these dresses.

[Wedding Belles Dyan Dress]

[Wedding Belles Elenore Dress]

[Wedding Belles Kaye Dress]

[Wedding Belles Naomi Dress]

[Wedding Belles Aubrey Wrap Dress]

[Wedding Belles Jillian Dress]

Weekend Pretty: 3.20.11

This weekend's dose of pretty is brought to us by Elle magazine. Emma Roberts, one of my personal favorite young Hollywood fashion inspirations, was shot in a vaguely retro auto-meets-art spread called "Ticket to Ride."





Makes you want to take a summer road trip, doesn't it? (It also makes me want to have the Roberts family bone structure, for that matter!)

Weekend Pretty: 3.12.11

Deciding on this week's edition of Weekend Pretty was tough, friends. With Paris Fashion Week Fall 2011 ending, it should have been easy. Pick my favorite collection and cruise, right? One would think. Unfortunately, my favorite collection ended up being the Galliano show...designed by the same man whose recent actions and voiced opinions actually make me ill to think about.

There has been much debate around the internet about this collection. Essentially: Can you separate artist from art? I don't pretend to know the right answer to that. What I do know is that John Galliano was not the only one working on this collection or his final Dior one. There were assistants, designers, artists, none of whom deserve the same condemnation as their boss.

To that end, I'm still posting the Galliano collection. It has a vintage romanticism that is right up my alley, taking obvious inspiration from my favorite decade - the 1920's. There's something so delightfully old Hollywood about the whole show. Despite the ugliness of its namesake, the clothes themselves are gorgeous, indeed - for whatever that's worth.