GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAFY

. . . absurdly late and for some unfathomable reason, still awake, and despite the darkness and stars beckoning with promises of dreams laden in romance and softly falling snow, they can never match the romance of being awake and in love, the new chilly-ness in the night air bringing with it a deep anticipation for all the adventures yet to come, and days have faded into weeks and soon the weeks into a new year and it's beginning to look a lot like . . .


{p.s.} tiffany's inspired décor

{images: doutzen kroes & neal bledsoe photographed by peter lindbergh for tiffany&co., facebook via priya on twitter, more at a glamorous little side project}

. . . another summer weekend may have come and gone, but it was filled with french bread and escargots, nights in silk dresses and upswept hair, and a lingering of early morning breezes laden with a beautiful excitement . . . and over morning cups of coffee, reminded of a favourite winston churchill quote:

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

. . . a wonderful thought for a brand new week, and hope yours is off to a perfect start,
xo

{p.s.} late august, which means a wildly sporadic posting schedule and never quite seem to get into the week until it's nearly over, and so -- many new & wonderful things you may have missed at week's end:
* weekend romance & lovely links
* in the bedroom: only sweet dreams
* photographer: camilla akrans & autumn blossoms
* in the bedroom: crisp linens & scalloped edges

{my wonderworld}

Gemma Arterton is a name we will be hearing a lot more of, according to the April 2010 issue of British GQ. The young star, who's claim to fame is having been a Bond girl, will soon star in the movie (& expected blockbuster) Prince of Persia. We have to admit, we didn't know her name before doing this post, but have a feeling we won't forget it!
Of course our main concern is the beautiful lingerie Gemma's wearing, particularly in that first shot! We love that the red Marlies Dekkers bra made the cover shot, and the La Perla panties with the Roksanda Ilincic corset top in the first picture is brilliant.
You can actually see a short video dedicated to this photo shoot on the GQ website here.

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We've been pretty busy lately, so this post is going to be short. Or perhaps it was just a good excuse to share this cool picture by Mario Testino!
We'd like to think a short post is better than no post!

We are so honored to receive the sweet blog awards that are given to us, and we are particularly honored by the blogs that have created awards specifically inspired by our site! That's pretty cool!
We wanted to dedicate this post to the latest awards we received, and spread the love to the other blogs we enjoy (which in truth is about 75 sites!!).

The "Irresistible Blog Award", inspired by and created for the Frou Frou Fashionista by Fashion Titbits! Thank you Little Rus! We pass this award along to the following blogs (we know it's a long list, but we had a very hard time cutting down!!!):



The "Sexy Blogger Award", inspired by and created for the Frou Frou Fashionista by Absolutely Ladylike. We love it! Thank you Miss Eve! We pass this award on to the following blogs:
The "I Love Your Blog" Award from Moon Face! A belated official thank you! We pass this award on to:
The "In the Know" from Gals in the Know...thank you so much Leticia! We are passing this along to 5 blogs:

"The Most Regal Blog" Award from Rose Tea Cottage was royally bestowed upon us by the very frou-frou Duchess of Tea. It was officially declared that this award is nontransferable, and by royal decree we are forbidden from passing this along! How very exclusive of the Duchess...we love it!

Ahh, we love it! We were so pleased to see that lingerie was the focus and inspiration behind the Christian Dior Couture Fall 2009 runway show. Thanks to WWD, we discovered this gorgeous retro-inspired collection. Designer John Galliano stated that "it all begins with the corset", and from there his models displayed the most intricate, exquisite undies imaginable — hand-made bras, corsets, girdles, garters, tap shorts, stockings (via WWD). Furthermore, Galliano created jackets, skirts, slips, etc. that would deliberately expose the beauty of the undergarments. Once again, we see the 'no pants' look...it won't be long before you and I are pulling this off!

p.s. - you can now follow us on Twitter!

No time for a pretty updo or lovely chignon this morning . . . definitely a top-knot and trench on the way out the door kind of day -- and coffee -- many, many cups of coffee . . .

{hope you had a beautiful weekend!}

{p.s.} what do you think about twitter?
still trying to figure out what to use it for . . .

{images: stylesightings via ruby press}