wedding wednesday: lhuillier - spring 2012

more monique lovin', try to feign surprise.  but i mean, come on, how beautiful are her gowns?!

monique lhuillier bridal spring 2012 collection 

ballerina-esque

bright white + sheer

embellished corsets

asymetry done right

and my fave:

 

corset, belt, & tulle...

ethereal, intricate, and yet somehow not over the top...

a.k.a. so very lhuillier

more lhuillier love:

~ fall 2011 bridal ~

~ pre-fall 2011 ~

~ on ginnifer goodwin ~

*all pictures from brides.com, where you can see the whole collection

pretty pictures: angelina jolie in vogue

angelina jolie is to grace the cover of vogue december 2010 ~

....and the photo shoot by mario testino is just beautiful:

love the carolina herrera fuchsia gown in the first pic, love

...and my absolute fave:

 

i just can't get over what an incredible shot that is.  or how incredible angelina looks in it.  or how incredible that corset is [custom-made by colleen atwood, jolie's own].

wow.

vogue

wedding wednesday: the beauty of monique lhuillier

fall 2011 collection

the lovely bridal blog, the cinderella project, starts off the post on her fall 2k10 collection by stating: "When they speak of fairy tale dresses, they had Monique Lhuillier in mind." soooo true.

the collection is breathtaking.  

look:

my fave:

beaded corset bodice, soft & frilly skirt.  lovely.

...however, if i were getting married tomorrow, i would wear:

 ...because i love knee-length wedding dresses, corset-esque bodices that don't show everything, & bows.  the only thing i don't love about lhuillier?  the way her artistic & romantic designs make me want to get married just to wear one!

http://moniquelhuillier.com/

pretty pictures: most incredible gowns

by zuhair murad f/w 2010-2011:

lovely model + intricately incredible & feminine dresses + paris background =  

wow.

love.

 & now for my fave, the ultra fem, ultra extravagant, ultra glamorous pièce de résistance....

love the hi-low skirt, love the feathery frills, love the shoes, love the model's pose, love the corset bodice.

did i mention that i love this image/gown?!

yup.

thank you for the inspiration  & beauty, mr. murad.

& thank you for showing me this, sara klassen.

oh, & thank you for the images, mario sierra.

lots of thanks today :)

reblog: corset

hop on over to the blog beautifully invisible & read the post, the corset: the sexiest of sexy shapewear.  i'm sort of a sucker for corsets, & retro sexiness in general, & this post provides a great overview of the corset's history, as well as some killer pictures.

here's a couple photos from the post:

 

hendricks for ny magazine