Gothic Inspiration

I'm completely in love with this photo collection by Irina Ionesco, I think they're genius! All the details of the images are so stunning. I don't have any information about these photos, I wish I did. They have a very strong vintage feel to them but it's so hard to tell if they were just made to look that way or if they're really just old! I don't think my eyes will ever tire of seeing these. They remind me so much of Dutch Vanetas paintings with their dark, morbid qualities. Find these and the rest here.

Surprise.

I'm back. Its been a while but I have squirmed my way back to my long neglected blog. I know I am supposed to be keeping this blog as impersonal as possible, but I feel so long as the topic does not stray from fashion I am free to make notes as I please =) That being said, I am now a college drop out. Why? Because during this past year I really realized what it is I want to do in life: work in the fashion industry. I have a few fields I would like to dabble in - namely design, styling, and perhaps journalism. I plan on attending Parsons for their design program this summer, then apply to FIT and pray I get accepted based on whatever portfolio I can scramble up.

Now that we've gotten that out, I'll also venture to say that I went to the Met's Model as Muse exhibit quite recently which was rather lovely. Although, I must admit, I somewhat rushed through the exhibit, some of the fashion photography was really quite wonderful. I began googling Dovima and Avedon and found some noteworthy images.

Dovima by Avedon, Dior gown.







And now for some Avedon! Or what I think is Richard Avedon.. heh!