Dolce & Gabbana - Golden Baroque

Dolce & Gabbana's Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection...

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... is utterly, absolutely, amazingly, additively to-die-for.

I mean, I fell in love with the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 collection

when it came out, but my-oh-my, Dolce & Gabbana really takes the

golden baroque cake here!!

Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana say

that for this collection, they drew very strongly from the

Sicilian Baroque tradition for inspiration and creativity.

Lace was dominant here... and I love the sexy-ness that's

been brought into each outfit, including the little velvet hot pants,

small black capes and knee-high socks... all the while

holding its dark vintage serious Baroque splendor.

Lots of heavy bold details, gold chunky bits, delicate 

transparent corsets and bold, luxurious  needle-point type floral prints... *sigh*

Take a look at some of the pics below,

love and enjoy!!

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London Road - Vintage Secret

London Calling

Calling you to Kalk Bay, one of Cape Town's most beautiful sea-side towns.

Kalk Bay hosts a string of amazingly interesting markets and shops

along its main road, and one such shop just happens to be

Cape Town's little secret vintage hot-spot.

London Road

- Mens & Womens Vintage and Retro Inspired Clothing -

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 Every inch of this shop is filled with something interesting and beautiful....

I absolutely love exploring vintage shops, I love anything old, beautiful and 

nostalgic. I guess it's the history of everything in a vintage shop

that lures me in, its the wonder of "who wore this once" and "where to"?

Kind of reminds me of digging through my moms cupboard

as a girl and playing dress up with all her clothes...

(I still sneak in there now and then for awesome vintage pieces...

YAY to my mom who never throws anything away!!)

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Let's take a moment for these AMAZINGLY adorably cute flower "pots".....

gorgeous idea!!!

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AND my pick of the shop... this adorable Vintage Bow Dress:

So next time you're strolling through Kalk Bay, be sure to look out for this

little treasure of a shop, I promise you will love it if you love vintage!

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The Note Book - Valentines Day 2012 Ideas

Bring back the Romance...

to valentines day with my new 

heart-throb:

Ruche

Ruche is my new favorite online shop that's filled with

the most gorgeous collections of everything that a girl

needs in her closet... definitely a must-visit!

So everyone remembers The Notebook,

most girls favourite tear-jerker movie.

I think why we loves this one so much was because not only

for the beautiful and feminine fashion of that time, but for the raw romance 

that the two main characters show on screen...

Valentines day isn't all about the sexy lingerie and chocolate and champagne

(for more on that you better go check out my post:

My Bloody (Gorgeous) Valentine

It's also about you, your partner and about cherishing the

love that you're lucky to have together... 

And why not do that in the style and

sophistication that encompassed The Notebook? ;)

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Above are four PERFECT dresses for Valentines day

that you can buy right now at Ruche! They have an entire section

entitled "Simply Smitten" that it choc-fulled of gorgeous attire

for your day out in the park or on a little row-boat on the lake...

The above four are my favs!!

And of course what's Valentines day without gifts?

Now I know how difficult it can be to buy something for a guy... and sometimes

we get bored of the same old sweets or t-shirt idea. 

On Ruche there's also a section for brilliant Valentines Gift ideas...

And to get into the spirit of The Notebook... why not get one of

these... books are ALWAYS a great idea!!

Get more gift ideas over here!

Ruche is a divine online shop with loads of romantic gear

for this Valentines Day... See the lookbook

pics below for more gorgeous inspiration!!

Enjoy! ;)

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