inspiration

I'll let the photos in this post speak for themselves. I'm completely burned out from writing 35 pages worth of final papers in the last three days, but thankfully, the semester is finally over!

These are all photos that inspire me in some way. Some I took myself, others were compulsively saved off the internet. Enjoy!

(click for bigger images & to check out more inspiration on our flickr.)

photo cred: don't remember, sorry.

photo cred: seaofshoes.com

photo cred: me. location: somewhere in michigan.

photo cred: me. location: florence, italy.

photo cred: me. location: london.

photo cred: me. location: paris.



photo cred: me. location: nyc.

photo cred: the sartorialist.com. oddly enough: i own this dress.

photo cred: kava gorna for refinery29.com. model: behati prinsloo.

photo cred: marchesa fall 2009.

photo cred: chanel s/s 2010.

photo cred: don't remember, sorry. top by: temperley london.

photo cred: don't remember, sorry. wish i did, though.

why don't you love me?

I have a confession to make: I love to look at retro styled blogs. It isn't a style that I can personally pull off; I'm too much of a trend slave, for one thing. My sister, however, often likes to rock a bit of a vintage/retro tinged look, and she has the figure for it too, damn her!

That being said, I recently bought a retro-inspired one-piece swimsuit (in a non-retro hot pink) which is surprising because I usually wear really sporty and contemporary bikinis. I've also been contemplating appropriating my black sequined high-waisted hot pants for swim bottoms and getting a black top to go with. And now Beyonce's newest video for her single "Why Don't You Love Me?" has really made me pine for some retro lingerie. Here are some (slightly shoddy) screencaps of the video:







And you should definitely check out the video here to see the clothes in motion and enjoy the saturated ambiance of the video.

If you want to see some more great retro style and/or that sort of Holga-worthy photographic ambiance, take a gander at these blogs & sites:
The Freelancer's Fashion Blog
Beauty Is A Thing of the Past <-- Retro Hairstyle Scans!
Frollenin von Sofa
Tara Starlet / The Tara Starlet Blog
From Besty With Love <-- Specifically this post on lingerie
Super Kawaii Mama
Vintageportalen
Vixen Vintage
Niotillfem