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Melancholic Romanticism and Sensuality – Fashion Maven A to Z

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This designer says of himself, “My way of showing is very melancholic… I love romanticism and sensuality.” Count Rhianna, Beyoncé, and Kanye West among his admirers. His couture is sometimes quite Gothic, but always transcendent. I speak of Riccardo Tisci.

For eleven years he led Givenchy, and now he is organizing his life to follow his interests. Rumors abound that he might join Versace. Follow him on Instagram along with two million other fans.

     

     

     

     

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Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze – Fashion Maven A to Z

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Such a story, my dears. He saved the House of Dior when his mentor, Christian Dior, died at age 52, leaving our letter S designer in charge. His first feat of design derring-do was the trapeze dress. Later, after establishing his own fashion house, he went on to set trends with the Mondrian collection in 1965, the Le Smoking tuxedo suit for women in 1966, and the safari jacket in 1968. Perhaps his greatest legacy is that he was the first couturier in France to create a line of ready-to-wear...

Not Just a Love Story, an Obsession – Forever Him Cover Reveal

Forever Him (An Obsessed Novella)
Jeanne St. James
Publication date: May 7th 2017
Genres: Erotica, Romance

This is not just a love story, it’s an obsession…

I can’t keep my eyes off the tall, dark, and confident man who stops in the coffee shop every morning. I want this stranger more than I’ve ever wanted anyone before, even though I only know his first name. As an author, my imagination is my ultimate writing tool, men like Kane my muse. And the minute he leaves, I’m overcome with fa...

What a Woman Wants – Fashion Maven A to Z

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Can you ask more from a designer than that they create clothes you want to wear, dresses that make you feel like the most beautiful woman in the room, that fit your body, your life? If this is your greatest wish in your search for the perfect designer, then Oscar de la Renta would have been your choice. Sadly, he passed after five decades of delivering beautiful clothing for the world’s women.

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It Takes a Cat Burglar: A Thief in Love Romance

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It Takes a Cat Burglar: A Thief in Love Suspense Romance
By Cailin Briste

When Darcelle Lebeau throws off the invisible chains that keep her bound to her family, she discovers a new vocation. Tempted to enter the illegal playground of a man she nicknames Matou, she becomes a cat burglar in training. Deeply ensnared with each task he entices her to fulfill, she fails to discover his identity and true intentions.

Sebastian St. Croix, a wealthy businessman, has a dark side. He’s a thief, a cat...

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Cailin’s Cover Ideas at Beverley Bateman’s Blog

[image error]Today I’m answering questions about covers over at Beverley Bateman’s blog: the elements of cover design, the kinds of covers on my nope list, and why a cover is important. I also respond to inquiries about why I write sci-fi romance, my writing obstacles, and the most pressing question of all, what I eat for breakfast. Whether you want to know or not, it’s there. No judging. Well, you can judge, I’ll probably ignore you, unless you shout a great big, ME TOO!

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Mini Skirts & Hot Pants – Fashion Maven A to Z Challenge

[image error]Mini-skirt? Hot pants? New names for old ideas? Sometimes that’s what makes a designer famous. Your fashion maven’s letter Q designer is one of several possible originators of the mini-skirt. Sometimes hot pants are also attributed to her. Her love of the Mini Cooper gives added weight to the claim, that she at least had a hand in naming the short skirt trend. “The mini car went exactly with the miniskirt; it did everything one wanted, it looked great, it was optimistic, exuberant, young, fli...

L’enfant Fashionistas – Fashion Maven

[image error]Your fashion maven is a tiny bit tired. I’m putting my feet up and eating a chocolate as soon as I post this set of darling images of L’Enfant fashionista. These petits délices are all the better for the attitudes they manifest. The somber little things you see in so many children’s fashion adverts, dressed and posed to resemble small adults, cannot compare to little girls and boys whose inner child and outer child match.

Les enfants chéri

A girl always knows when she’s looking her best.

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The Prince of Prints – Fashion Maven A to Z

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Your fashion maven recalls the first kaleidoscope she played with. To say she was loved it would be the same as saying the water is wet. She adored it. Perhaps this designer played with a kaleidoscope as a lad, amazed the continually changing pattern of color. He is known for among other things, his geometric prints in a mosaic of colors.

The fashion maven is much too young to remember a time when stretch fabrics weren’t widely available, but our designer for today, Emilio Pucci, was at the...