fanny price from mansfield park
i know you all love a good jane austen book, so let’s move on to mansfield park shall we? it’s pretty typical of austen’s work, love stories gone haywire and a happy-ish ending all set in an idyllic english setting. mansfield park focuses on young fanny price. fanny is from a poor family and she’s sent to live with her rich cousins, the bertrams at mansfield park. because of her background, all her cousins but edmund mistreat her. naturally (should i say ausently?), she falls in love with him. it’s not until her uncle thomas leaves to take care of his plantation that things start to get crazy. these kids, the crawfords show up and start being all fun and fashionable. basically, they all toy with each other’s emotions until fanny and edmund finally realize their incestuous love. okay, there’s more to it (including some juicy scandals) than that but just read it. i’m tired.
1: i’m just a poor girl from a poor family (oh mama mia mama mia mama mia let me go!): coat by burberry prorsum, dress by marc jacobs, shoes by stella mccartney…maybe she isn’t so poor…
2: “yah but he’s my first cousin”: coat by oscar de la renta, dress (you can barely see) dries van noten, shoes by bottega veneta
3: “it’s called incest arlene and it’s against the law” imagine this is her wedding getup: dress by anna sui, shoes by marc jacobs
oh hey now hey now, it’s tumblr tuesday…would you like to recommend textbook?
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i had a few requests come through for violet baudelaire from a series of unfortunate events. glad i did, because all the baudelaire children are pretty awesome, maybe i’ll do klaus soon. anyways, all the baudelaire kids have special talents…in the case of violet she could invent anything and essentially solve any problem, awesome. her parents were adventurers so you can imagine that she grew up in a fun household and was quite the interesting character. of course, the stories details the kid’s battle with the evil count olaf who will stop at nothing to get at their orphaned inheritance. i recommend.
1: pasta puttanesca: dress and tights by bottega veneta, cape by vena cava, shoes by dries van noten
2: escaping from count olaf’s car on the tracks: dress by miu miu, shoes by ferragamo
3: stuck at aunt josephine’s house: coat by 3.1 phillip lim, dress and tights by prada, shoes by miu miu
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despite their evil and greedy intentions, i have a soft spot for the malfoy family…especially for narcissa. she herself was never a full-on death eater but just seem to get caught up in the mix. above all, she was devoted to protecting draco. it wasn’t until voldemort started using draco in his schemes that she began to show her true colors. she was horrified at voldemort’s request that draco kill dumbledore, as such, she made snape swear the unbreakable vow to protect him. her most noble act was sparing the life of harry potter at the battle of hogwarts by lying to lord voldemort. she told him that potter was dead after harry reveals to her that draco is alive and in the castle. this act saves the malfoys from a life in azkaban. way to go narcissa, show voldy who’s boss.
1: a trip to knockturn alley: dress and tights by bottega veneta, coat by christian dior, shoes by celine
2: around malfoy manor: coat by marc jacobs, dress by dries van noten, shoes by lanvin
3: the unbreakable vow: cape by kenzo, dress by fendi, tights and shoes by bottega veneta
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seriously, who doesn’t love bellatrix lestrange? she’s too crazy not to like even if she killed sirius black and tonks. also, who could forget the battle of hogwarts when mrs. weasley screams, “get away from my daughter you BITCH!” amazing. she’s voldemort’s most loyal servant, a devoted death eater, an azkaban alumni and bat-shit crazy to boot. not only is she a gem in the books, but helena bonham carter takes her role to a whole other level in the movies. give it up for bellatrix lestrange.
1: you filthy half blood: cape by phillip lim, dress and tights by givenchy, boots by balmain
2: i killed sirius black, i killed sirius black!: dress by elie saab, cape by givenchy haute couture
3: battling ginny, luna and hermione: coat by givenchy, dress by elie saab, tights and boots by bottega veneta
god harry potter is so good.
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bottega manages to weasel it’s way in to almost every post on textbook-mens and womens. it’s no surprise i was a fan of their take on s/s ‘11. i could handle that green windbreaker thing with some jeans and a white tee, that grey t-shirt looks impossibly soft and that red anorak thing is pretty sweet. good colors, easy summerish cuts and teva sandals with socks, awesome.
1: bottega veneta s/s ‘11
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