Covers to Dream About

British Vogue is Elegant

Paris Vogue is Sexy

Italian Vogue is Perfect

This cover killed me in particular.  

Story goes, Steven Meisel had Karen Elson shave her eyebrows before the shoot and viola - a sensation!

 

Wearing a Dreamy Swimsuit Everyday...

This new Beach Life has really agreed with me.  Our favorite family activity is renting a boat and cruising around the harbor, pretending we're in Arrested Development.

Loose Seal!

I've been obsessed with maillots since we moved here.  I picture wearing them as everyday clothing, with a long skirt and platforms. That way I'm always prepared to jump in the water.

I need to prepared for constant water fun.

  

If I had a modest wool maillot like these bathing beauties I would wear it alone:  

There were some lovely options shown in the 

ready-to-wear Spring 2012 shows.

 This Prada number has been all over the place:

And while I think it's fab,

I'd prefer this pink/green one:

If I'm going to wear a Prada granny-inspired swimsuit, 

I want it look like a proper granny.

Speaking of hot-granny looks, this Dolce & Gabbana one-piece is amazing.  Paired with a red flared skirt and brown sandals, I would pretend I was on Lido Isle near Venice.  Or Lido Isle off Newport Beach.  Both are equally stunning and the latter is much closer. 

But if I'm going to wear a Dolce & Gabbana bodysuit I would have to go with the glam, sequined version.  

Otherwise, what's the point?

 As far as ubiquitous maillots go, 

these sparkly beauties were unstoppable.  

If I'm going to wear an over-the-top bathing suit, why stop at sequins and jewels?

Why not not just wear a one-piece with a feather bustle?

Or just a spacey, metallic color-burst?

Because that would be taking it too far.  

That's why.

Dreamy Ads Make Dreamy Editorials

Sometimes I find Prada advertisements disconcerting in a good way.  They never look like other ads and immediately transport you to some otherworldly fashion dimension.  

 But what I love even more is 

when Prada is used in editorials.

Remember this rose-print dress that was everywhere in the 90s?  And do you remember this neo-Mod story from Vogue with Kirsty Hume and her husband Donovan Leitch?  Amazing.

I love it when Miuccia Prada does old-lady floral prints and makes them really young looking.  And I loved this story with Natalie Portman from W.

The monkey print from Spring 2011 was so Frida Kahlo and something I dreamed of owning.  Don't worry, I would have toned it down and left the floral wreath at home.

Natalia Vodianova and Sam Riley played Quadrophenia in Vogue's September 2011 issue.  It made me want to bundle up (well just not wear a bathing suit) and go to an English sea side town.  

Charlotte Gainsbourg in Prada for French Vogue.  I'm glad they got her out of Balenciaga for one second enough to shoot this photo.

 Then there was this Print that I am obsessed with to this day.  This photo was so simple and beautiful -- just the outfit of my dreams on a lovely, happy girl.  Thank you Vogue from 1996.

Happy Birthday to a Dream Girl

Kate Moss in the 90s was divine.  

But I still adore her today.

Rough credits:
Kate Moss shot by Corrine Day, Kate Moss about to walk the John Galliano show, Kate Moss in American Bazaar, Kate Moss being interviewed in a Paris hotel, Kate Moss in American Vogue, Kate Moss shot by Ellen von Unwerth, Kate Moss shot by Corrine Day, Kate Moss on the cover of French Vogue.  You're Welcome.

Dream Girl in December

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Nothing says 

'Holiday Season' 

like a Kate Moss 

December cover.

Dream Movie on a Dream Woman

I would say as far as ecumenical agreements go,

Carine Roitfeld is the sexiest,

most interesting ex-editor,

fashion-world figure we have.

She's intimidating but not icy cold

(unlike You Know Who in America).

Chic without being over-the-top clownish

(unlike You Know Who in Italy).

She has a way of making you covet things

you know you can't pull off.

Maybe I could wear these Current/Elliott jeans alright.

But most likely they would be a huge mistake.

W made all my dreams come true when they made a movie with Carine, showcasing her new role in couture as a client, called . . . Carine Roitfeld: The Client.

And there's that White Dress I dream of . . .

I can't stop watching it.

Here are a few lovelies from the film's Photo Shoot:

Thank goodness she edited/wrote A Book for us to indulge in when we miss the good old days when she reined at French Vogue.