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.

Dreamiest Casting Choice Yet

Ah, Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, 

such dreamy, English actors from the 90s.  

And remember the Man-Love between the two?

I was swooning when I saw this cover for UK Premiere.

And then Tim responded with this in Detour the next year.

Imagine how thrilled I was when I saw that both Tim and Gary walked in the Prada Men's show this month.  No seriously, just imagine right now. 

 

I've already expounded on my Love of Prada and their choice in Male Models.  Genius.  But this runway show made dreams come true that I didn't even know I had.

Why yes, that IS Oscar Winning and 

My Crush from 2002,  Adrien Brody, 

. . . And adorable Emile Hirsch.

Then there was Willem Dafoe, a former Prada model and a Very talented actor.    

Miuccia knows that her ads need to have Pretty Girls and attractive-not-handsome men.

I Like to Dream of Different Cover Tries

I am in love with this Vogue Australia cover (Model: Alina Baikova, Photographer: Nicole Bentley, Location: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico).  The colors and Prada ensemble are driving me crazy in a good way and it's not your typical boring cover (ahem, US Vogue).

There were so many shots from the story 

that would have made lovely covers.

I would have bought it based on the hat alone.

I would absolutely buy a magazine 

with donkeys in fancy-dress on it.

 And don't even get me started on this one.  A cover with life-size paper mache dolls and those silver Prada shoes.  It's all I need to sell me a fashion book.

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.

While I'm still Dreaming, let's talk Prada

This was when I first noticed Prada. Earthy Christy Turlington in sheer, feminine layers with black, boyish oxfords. Hmm, I'm still wearing this uniform.

Prada always had perfect taste in men.

This collection killed me with its clashing prints

and 70s color palette.

This was the season they introduced underwear. I'm still sad I wasn't financially secure enough to buy it before they stopped. You know I would still have it.