For the love of shoes

The theme of dominant/submissive – whether Sapphic or otherwise – is commonplace enough that it doesn’t shock or create controversy. But that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate a good shoe fetish shoot when we see one.

Featuring Anne Vyalitsyna, this editorial by Giampaolo Sgura is all about the kind of statement heels that don’t just compliment an outfit but positively make it.

From Antidote Magazine’s fall shoe-dedicated issue, you can view the rest of the shoot at the thumbnails above.

Written by Tania Brauk?mper.

Some people’s wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic – Tania Braukamper isn’t such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she’s sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world’s more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it’s a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication’s Editor.

Written 16.12.2011.

Twilight Breaking Dawn Wedding Dress

Nov 24, 2011 by Lauren

It’s interesting to note that the most anticipated wedding of 2011 (next to the Royal Wedding, of course) is an entirely fictional one. Bella and Edward finally tied the knot in the Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn part 1, which hit theaters last weekend. Just several days after girls sighed over the movie, a version of the Breaking Dawn wedding dress (which was originally designed by Carolina Herrera) have started showing up in bridal stores everywhere.

But the fast creation of the replica wasn’t because Chinese sweatshops were working overtime. The producers of Breaking Dawn secretly collaborated with bridal designer Alfred Angelo, who has been planning the dress’s design since May. Even though word got out about the dress project in August, the secrecy was so watertight that even Alfred Angelo stores didn’t know when the dress would arrive, nor did the staff see photos or inventory.

Though I’m not really a fan of the cheapy-looking satin, I kind of like the old world elegance of the dress and the gorgeous lace illusion back. It does look like a wedding dress fit for a vampire’s lover. The replica of Bella’s wedding dress retails for a very affordable $799, making it easy for any “Twi-hard” to capture her look on their own wedding day.

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Flirting with danger

Circling the edges of all things dangerous is a fetish in itself for some. Aram Bedrossian’s twin blonde beauties in this shoot flirt with the most conspicuous symbols of danger: guns, bullets, knives. But it’s essentially all about intrigue, taking on the spy-thriller like title of Body Double.

In styling the shoot, Fanny Bourdette-Donon didn’t stray far from the expectations attached to the sexy-spy themes: there’s lacy lingerie, there’s fur, there’s ample pairs of stiletto heels. Whether its decades ago or 2012, that classic image of noir spy-chic never changes.

Will there be a video to provide more narrative to Bedrossian’s shoot? I don’t know, but we’ll be sure to draw your attention to it should one be released.

Photographed for issue 3 of Lovecat Magazine, you can view all of the shoot at the gallery above.

Written by Tania Brauk?mper.

Some people’s wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic – Tania Braukamper isn’t such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she’s sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world’s more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it’s a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication’s Editor.

Written 15.12.2011.

Flying the minimalist flag

The union of soft, tan leather and pristine white cotton has become something of an insignia upon the flag of minimalism. It’s almost hard to go wrong with such a pairing – as long as it’s worn with the right level of effortlessness. Clean lines, quality fabrics, and minimal accessorisation all help.

On Ada Kokosar the accessories are kept away from the torso and concentrated on the hands and feet – with multiple bangles at the wrist and leopard print loafers adding a masculine touch below, little else is needed. In fact, any more would probably prevent her from flying the minimalist flag with such success.

Easy, breezy and perfectly matched by nude makeup and no-fuss hair, she was photographed by Hanneli.

Written by Tania Brauk?mper.

Some people’s wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic – Tania Braukamper isn’t such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she’s sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world’s more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it’s a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication’s Editor.

Written 19.11.2011.

Floating in the garden

A match made in heaven: gentle morning sunlight filtering into a Parisian garden, and the diaphanous beauty of a sheer white gown.

A moment captured by Street Peeper.

Written by Tania Brauk?mper.

Some people’s wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic – Tania Braukamper isn’t such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she’s sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world’s more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it’s a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication’s Editor.

Written 15.12.2011.

Candice Swanepoel dramatica

All fashion magazine covers should be this good as a minimum requirement.

Using the plunging neckline of a mini dress to create the effect of underwear as outerwear may seem like enough of a statement. But with a rather minimalist approach to their cover, where the typography neatly contrasts and follows the photo’s angles, the Spanish edition of Harper’s Bazaar nails the drama of their first cover for 2012. In doing so they’ve also set themselves in good stead for the new year.

The January 2012 cover of Harper’s Bazaar Espa?a / Spain features model Candice Swanepoel. Written by Daniel P Dykes.

Late one Oxford night Daniel P Dykes set about creating a fashion publication that would go someway to being an arbiter on fashion as it appeals to the emerging power generations: those who don’t remember a world without the Internet and for whom work plays second fiddle to pleasure. And so Fashionising.com was born as a publication for those who were focussed not just on fashion’s trends, but on society’s too, and how those trends could all go to heighten the art of living. Hence, Daniel sees a future where, for those young at heart, both fashion and style are grounded in traditional quality, but with a youthful, sensualised edge. Daniel is Fashionising.com’s Editor in Chief and Chairman.

Written 17.12.2011.

Shimmy and shine

While an early preview of Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby costuming suggests Carey Mulligan’s outfits will be closely on-trend for the day, the modern interpretations of 20s flapper fashion are far more understated. In Vogue Germany’s January 2012 issue Daga Ziober moves and dances in outfits that invariably involve some form of fringing, some gold sparkle, or at the very least some flowing, unstructured shapes.

All of Katie Mossman’s styling has the undercurrent of the era rather than the feeling of costume – which is exactly how you want it into 2012.

You can view the full shoot by Sebastian Kim at the gallery above.

Written by Tania Brauk?mper.

Some people’s wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic – Tania Braukamper isn’t such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she’s sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world’s more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it’s a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication’s Editor.

Written 17.12.2011.

The three graces of the modern day

In Greek mythology The Three Graces each personified one of charm, grace, or beauty; in John Wright’s photoshoot of the same name, each one of the models embodies all three.

It’s a close reference to the Graces as they’ve been depicted in artworks over time. Everything about Alex Reid’s styling nods to the classical, yet is drawn from the modern – and the misty forest backdrop could have been created by a painter’s brush.

The most literal translation of all is a shot of all three models in a pose that closely mirrors Antonio Canova’s neoclassical sculpture: the models lean in closely, their arms wrapped around eachother in an almost erotic embrace.

With lingerie by Damaris, La Perla and Myla, the pieces featured in Wright’s shoot are worthy of the mythological daughters of Zeus.

Click on the gallery above to view the whole shoot.

For more about John Wright, head to johnwrightphoto.com.

Written by Tania Brauk?mper.

Some people’s wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic – Tania Braukamper isn’t such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she’s sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world’s more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it’s a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication’s Editor.

Written 16.12.2011.

Beauty in abandon: Tiah Eckhardt

Tiah Eckhardt has vintage glamour and sexual confidence at her core. So much so that it never seems an act; never seems unnatural that she’d sit around in an empty house in only the most luxurious of lingerie. Because of that intrinsic and seemingly indelible quality there couldn’t be a more perfect model for this shoot by Jason Ierace, photographed amidst the crumbling charm of a soon-to-be-demolished mid century Sydney home.

You can take from the shoot what you will – if it’s nothing more than the visual pleasure of Ierace’s photography, or the contrast of Ant & Al’s styling against the forlorn emptiness of the house, that would be enough. If I was to philosophise about it (and let’s face it I probably do that far too often) I’d add that all things are impermanent and, like Tiah, we should make the most of them while we can.

For the full shoot by Jason Ierace for LoveSexDance click on the thumbnails above.

View more of the magazine at lovesexdancemagazine.com.

Written by Tania Brauk?mper.

Some people’s wardrobes are about a small selection of pieces that all fit within one aesthetic – Tania Braukamper isn’t such a person. With a wardrobe that spans three different rooms, her approach to fashion is a mixture of current-season key pieces mixed with vintage finds she’s sourced on innumerous shopping trips around the world’s more cultured capitals. Despite a disparate approach to shopping, Tania is adamant that the key to mixing vintage with new season is to stick to key looks and colours that work for oneself. And it’s a theory that she works into her writing for Fashionising.com, where she serves as the publication’s Editor.

Written 15.12.2011.

Abbey Lee alternate

It’s a dress cut that Karlie Kloss did so much to make iconic both on Anthony Vaccarello’s catwalk and at Carine Roitfeld’s Irreverent Ball.

From the same spring / summer 2012 collection comes a variation on the theme, this time worn post-show by Australian model Abbey Lee Kershaw.

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Written by Daniel P Dykes.

Late one Oxford night Daniel P Dykes set about creating a fashion publication that would go someway to being an arbiter on fashion as it appeals to the emerging power generations: those who don’t remember a world without the Internet and for whom work plays second fiddle to pleasure. And so Fashionising.com was born as a publication for those who were focussed not just on fashion’s trends, but on society’s too, and how those trends could all go to heighten the art of living. Hence, Daniel sees a future where, for those young at heart, both fashion and style are grounded in traditional quality, but with a youthful, sensualised edge. Daniel is Fashionising.com’s Editor in Chief and Chairman.

Written 17.12.2011.