My Five - Giambattista Valli Fall 2012 Couture

Giambattista Valli's Fall 2012 Couture collection was all about the garden.  Filled with floral and leaf prints and shapes.  Lots of ruffles, lots of embellishment and butterflies used as accessories.  I love how he designs these very feminine clothes and yet can still keep an edge.  Here are my picks:

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My Five - Giambattista Valli Fall 2012

Ahh, great mixture of textures and prints in this collection.  I love how he layered printed sheer fabrics on top of each other creating depth and pattern, just gorgeous.  Lots of greys, black, white, red, orange and an outstanding gold crocodile.  Here are my picks, enjoy!

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My Five - Giambattista Valli Couture Spring 2012

Where Dior lacks in bridging old and new (as discussed earlier today), Giambattista Valli excels at it.  In fact he makes it look so effortless, THIS is how Couture is done in the 21st century!  It's wearable, sophisticated, modern, yet timeless.  Thank you Mr. Valli, you created a masterful collection.  Oscar stylists, look here for glamorous gowns galore!  Here are my picks:

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Met Gala Best Dressed

I know you've probably seen these a few times already in the ol' blogosphere, but here are the looks I loved from the Met Costume Institute Gala last night. (pssst - a little secret, I'm trying to figure out how to plan a trip up to NYC to see this exhibit before it closes in July.  I mean I'm such a McQueen fan, I don't know how I could not see it.  The only issue is that next few months are jam packed, so it's not looking good.  But I'm gonna try, try, try.)

Gisele in Alexander McQueen

Amanda Brooks in Giambattista Valli

Taylor Swift in J. Mendel

SJP in Alexander McQueen (I see you Andy Cohen!)

And this lady, is having one heck of a year so far!  (As Andy would say, "Mazel!" - don't act like you don't watch Bravo.)

Sarah Burton in Alexander McQueen

On a personal note, the blog will still be limping along through this month.  I've got oodles going on behind the scenes and I'll spill all the details when I can.  Meanwhile, I'm still here but the posts will be not as frequent until things settle down a bit.

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My Five - Giambattista Valli Spring 2011

First of all, thank you all so much for your get well wishes, I so appreciate them!  I'm trying to feel better, but I'm still having trouble talking because I'm so hoarse (which everyone around me is loving - lol!).  I took a new antibiotic which promptly made me so sick to my stomach, so I had to start another type.  This bug really knocked me flat out, I haven't had a sinus infection this bad in years.  It's not good when the doctor looks in your nose and says "Oh my gosh!".  Hopefully I'm going to quickly get better (just in time for a midterm) and I fixed my "uploading-pictures-to-Blogger" issue so I figured I would do a quick "my five". 

Here are my picks from this collection, a couple more than five are here, but I have good reason.  Love the leopard, love the orange and love the flats.  Enjoy!

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Giambattista Valli Spring 2010

Lots of feathers, nice mix of prints (even some of my beloved leopard).  Some of my highlights of Spring 2010:

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