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Fashion Inspiration: Marie Antoinette Revival
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How to Dress Like a Modern Venus – Fashion Inspiration
3 MarLaetitia Casta, Yves Saint Laurent – Spring 1999 Couture
When I think of a modern Venus I instantly think of the French-Italian model Laetitia Casta wearing this gorgeous rose-ensamble made for the Spring 1999 Yves Saint Laurent couture. She looks absolutely stunning and I absolutely want that outfit for myself! The roses, her soft hair, the neutral makeup; rosy cheeks and rosy lips; perfection! And then I thought further, or started imagining rather, what would a modern Venus or a modern Aphrodite wear today?
Aphrodite was the Ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty, and the most beautiful of all the goddesses. According to Homer she was the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of rain Dione, but according to Hesiod she was born out of seafoam and came out of the sea on the island of Cythera. Since love was important in the lives of both people and Gods, Venus was especially respected and appreciated. She was also the most popular goddess in art representations; from the sculpture of Venus by Praxiteles to Botticelli’s famous painting “The Birth of Venus”, to Tizian and Giorgione, to Rubens and Boucher. Venus was the Roman equivalent of Aphrodite and although she was originally a goddess of spring, under the influence of the Greek cult of Aphrodite in the south of Italy and Sicily, Venus developed into a Goddess of love and beauty. I am very much into feminine, Venusian aesthetic these past days and weeks so this has been a fun topic of think about. So, how do I envision a modern Venus? What would she be wearing? First of all, since she was born out of the seafoam and the image of her on a seashell as painted by Botticcelli is engraved in my mind and I cannot erase it now, I do connect the sea and shell motifs with Venus. In my mind, she would be wearing soft colours; pink, salmon, white and creamy shades… Colours found on seashells and roses. The softness of the seawaves translates in my mind to masses of soft tulle. Definitely fancier fabrics; I think of tulle, chiffon, silk, georgette. Hair long and wavy or softly curled. Dainty details of lace. Pearl necklace or earrings. Rose gold jewellery. Shimmery eyeshadow in champagne, silver, taupe, dusty pink, or rose gold. Irridescent fabrics. Rosy cheeks and lips. Lipstick not red lips but more pink. Pink lipgloss with gold shimmer. Glowing highlighter. Sensuality meets elegance. Feminine but not girly. Quietly confident not aggresively erotic. Long flowing dresses with tiny floral prints or many flounces. Long tulle skirts, flowing effortlessly like her hair. Tiny flowers in the hair or a flower crown but a subtle version. Hair pins with little shells on them or even a hair clip with a shell. A purse shaped like a shell with little sequins. There, these are some of my associations for a modern Venus and bellow are some collages I made to illustrate my ideas visually. Of course this post is fanciful and fun, so no need to take your dagger out if you disagree.
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Tags: Aphrodite, art blog, blush, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, feminine energy, flowers, goddess, lace, pink, Romantic, roses, Spring, Summer, Venusian
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Fashion Inspiration: If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…
19 Feb“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.”
(Alfred Tennyson)
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Tags: aesthetic, Dresses, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, Flora, florals, flower crown, flowers, Inspiration, Spring
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- Categories Fashion icons, History of fashion
Fashion Inspiration: Too Glam To Give a Damn
23 Jan“If you’re hopelessly depressed like I was, then dressing up is just the ultimate escape. When I was young I just wanted to be noticed. Nothing could excite me except attention so I’d dress up as much as I could. Outrage and boredom just go hand in hand.”
(Richey Edwards)
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Tags: black, dress, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, glam, glamour, glitter, gold, Kate Moss, silver, skirt, stars, Taylor Hill, tulle
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Fashion Inspiration: Long Gowns and Flower Crowns
22 AprPictures found here.
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Tags: Colours, dress, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, flower crown, Hippie, outfits, Spring, Summer
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Fashion Inspiration: Yes, I deserve a spring – I owe nobody nothing
17 Mar“Yes, I deserve a spring–I owe nobody nothing.”
(Virginia Woolf)
Sonam Kapoor for Harper’s Baazar Bride June 2016.
Sonam Kapoor for Harper’s Baazar Bride June 2016.
Tags: art blog, Dresses, Fashion Inspiration, Inspiration, skirts, Sonam Kapoor, vibrant colours
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Fashion Inspiration: Summer to Autumn…
24 AugAlexandra Spencer by Sybil Steele for Spell Designs February/March 2016.
Picture found here.
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Petticoat, February 1971
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Tags: 1960s, art blog, Autumn, Colours, Dresses, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, groovy, Hippie, skirts, style, Summer, summer to autumn, witchy
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Fashion Inspiration for Spring 2022
25 MarLunetta Earrings by Jennifer Behr.
Instagram: devyncrimson.
Instagram: devyn crimson
Earrings, found here.
Instagram: devyn crimson.
Tilfi – Charbagh Collection, found here.
Tags: 1960s, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, floral, Hippie, India, Inspiration, Penelope Tree, pretty pictures, Spring, spring 2022, vibrant
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- Categories 1960s Fashion, History of fashion, My Inspiration
Spring Fashion Inspiration: It’s a Romantic New World…
23 MarThe idea for the title of this post came from a 1968 fashion picture which you’ll see bellow where two girls are seen wearing floral-print dresses and the words “It’s a romantic new world” are scrawled over it. World in this moment is more a 1984-Brave New World one, but I still like to daydream about more romantic imaginary Arcadian worlds… Enjoy the pictures! 🦋🌷🌻
Picture found here.
Picture found here.
Larme Kei fashion magazine scans found here.
March 1977. ‘A feminine bouquet of soft pastels to embroider on a lovely, long white dress.’ Found here.
Found on: louiseebelpandora Instagram
Picture found here.
Tags: Brigitte Bardot, dolly dresses, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, Inspiration, Japanese fashion, larme kei, pretty pictures, red, Spring
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Fashion Inspiration for Autumn 2020 II
11 OctAwhile ago I made a post about my fashion inspiration for autumn and well, I found many more pretty pictures that I thought I’d share and here we are!
Pictures above are by Petra Collins.
Tavi Gevinson.
Picture by Laura Makabresku
Two pictures above by Natalia Drepina
Tags: aesthetic, Autumn, fashion, Fashion Inspiration, girls, pretty pictures, style
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