Bikini: Who, Where, When?

Bikini swimsuits marked a fashion revolution only comparable to women wearing pants. But did you know who invented the iconic bikini bathing suit? Louis Reald! In 1946! I read that today at Ecosalon and I thought you might want to know that the very first bikini was designed by this above mentioned French Designer to fit in a matchbox! (and named after the Bikini Atoll, devastated by an atomic bomb 4 days previous to the said swimsuit launch) The rest is history…

As I was saying earlier, it’s a goth wind sweeping the fashion shores this fall. So why not bring the same breeze into your home? Just look at this beautiful Hybrid chairs collection by Merve Kahraman!

Chairs keep fascinating me, so don’t be surprised if you come into my home and find several kinds of chairs around the same table. The seating diversity makes up for the simple overall décor. So what will it be? A deer or a bunny? (Merve Kahraman’s Hybrid inspiration comes from the mythologies of parahumans, she said)

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Leonardo diCaprio, eat your heart out! Maxim just named Bar Refaeli the hottest woman in the world! And rightfully so! Just a single peak at the picture below (which shows Bar in her favorite kind of outfit nowadays in Maxim’s September 2012) suffice to know that a real woman’s body is still the most attractive silhouette! Time for an update, Barbie? {photo by James Macari, Alpha Media Group 2012 for Maxim}

Talent runs deep in the Cruz family – I always had a thing for Penelope’s younger sister, Monica Cruz. The new Agent Provocateur ad campaign with Monica only comes to confirm it.

The details provided by wwd place the Tim Pope filmed / photographed campaign inside an old decommissioned prison. Because, as we all know, this fall has a seriously goth Agent Provocateur to it (wink). But if you ask me, besides being advertising eye – candy, the lingerie below (called Whitney) is anything but wearable. Unless you’re supposed to make a living in undies…

I’m sure we all have at least one pair of shoes that enchanted our mind / heart. At least one pair of fairy tale heels we all dream of wearing. At least once, like Cinderella. This, my dahlings, is the latest pair of shoes that put a spell on me. The shoes I’d want to wear at least once ‘til midnight! And then keep them under a crystal bauble. Because they’re worth it! And darn, I’m worth it too! (wink) {The Black Magic shoes designed by the mega talented Natalie Shau; thank you, Ellington, for sharing!}

When we were growing up, we were mostly worried about the way our fairy tale princesses had their hair pinned up or down, on the side, down on their shoulders or about what color their dress should be that day more than we thought about what kind of lingerie they could wear. There’s a time for any question and the princess underwear time is now.

Through deviantART most talented people, here’s 5 fairy tale lingerie for princesses. If Louboutin can make Cinderella’s shoes, I’m guessing Agent Provocateur can at least take care of their underwear drawer! (oh, and Pocahontas and Tiana are my favorites! What’s yours – hit the jump to see them all!)

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Now just because Lady Gaga would do just about anything to pump up her Fame (pun intended), it doesn’t mean that this piece of contradictory news isn’t true. (is it?) FashionFoieGras brought to our attention a picture of Lady Gaga’s Vera Wang wedding dress as made public through Marjorie Gubelmann’s Instagram account (Marjorie is CEO for Vie Luxe International). So you see, Gaga is just like you and me, dreaming of a white Vera Wang wedding dress…

You know, against all controversy (or maybe precisely because of all that’s surrounding the new Batman movie), this is one of the flicks you’ll want to see this year.

Firstly because it’s director Christopher Nolan’s last installment of the Batman trilogy and well… I could add more but going around the Aurora tragedy is really difficult. Even today I heard that someone was caught with weapons in his / her possession at a Batman screening. There’s something about this trilogy, I can tell that much!

But let’s keep it about fashion, shall we? Bane! (have you seen the latest Batman? “The Dark Knight Rises”? because the last thing I want, is to spoil the fun for you!) Have you seen what Bane is wearing in this Batman movie? Or Catwoman, for that matter?

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