The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
By Koseli. Images from This is Glamorous.
I just came across these shots of the Valentino couture collection for Spring 2013. Absolutely stunning. I’ve been thinking about them all day.
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The dresses are yes, gorgeous, but in all honesty, the models look like they need to eat.
I agree that the dresses are beautiful but really aren’t we beyond having models that look like they need a shot of iron and some calories?
these are so beautiful!! thank you for sharing
I love fashion! These gowns are just beautiful.
I have just discovered TER ET BANTINE and I am in love with it. Very clever and an original design. Thank you for sharing.
I agree with others that the dresses are beautiful. However, the models are so young; it seems weird to have children model gowns intended for women. They are so young looking that, to me, it takes away from the dresses because they look like they are playing dress-up.
The dresses are beautiful, and I try very hard to view them as what they are: a surreal fantasy with no relationship to any reality I will ever know. I must admit that I agree with the other comments, though:the models look like emaciated children, and their expressions are a little scary.
Glamorous, I would not describe any of those women to be glamorous. They look like they have not eaten in years and now that I have a daughter and another on the way, it terrifies me that other women could think looking like that is glamorous. Yes the dresses are beautiful, but I hate how the fashion industry does not embrace normal women, we are all beautiful and until they start embracing that philosophy I have no desire to support their endeavors. I don’t want my daughters or myself getting caught up believing we have to starve ourselves to be glamorous.
glam·or·ous, adjective
1.full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
2. full of excitement, adventure, and unusual activity.
If this is the definition, then I think someone who is fascinatingly attractive is someone who cares about their body to be healthy, eat right and exercise. Someone who is kind and thinks about others daily, who is intelligent and earns her education and uses it to bless others, someone active in her community, someone who embraces motherhood with all its non-glamorous aspects knowing it will shape generations to come if she does it right. Someone who does not indulge in vulgar speaking, or who dresses immodestly, but who respects her body by covering it up. That to me is a woman who can be called glamorous. Just my thoughts!
OH!, I thought I was the only one who was scared with this pictures. I agree with the rest. Dresses are beautiful, but models looks like walking dead, specially in the last picture . When I saw it I thought about pictures people used to take when someone died centuries ago.
Valentino is always surprising and superb in it’s creations… Oh my! Simply gorgeous! Simply stunning!
OH MY, I wish I could wear one of those gorgeous lace numbers!
I am sorry but seeing these expensive and elegant dresses on little girls ( could any of them be more than 16? ) is deeply troubling. What is wrong with our society or the fashion world that they feel to sell clothes they must be displayed on children?
I was too distracted by the fact that their heads look to large for their emaciated bodies. Gross and sad.
I find these images so disturbing. I cannot even see the dresses because the girls look, literally, sick. It’s as if the series is designed to emphasize this, with the lighting, disheveled hair and ultra pale skin. I am troubled that Koseli found these ‘stunning’ I am in no way, shape or form a fashion expert, but I really do not get this.
The dresses in this collection are absolutely stunning! I love that there are some modest options in the collection. I personally think the style is youthful and the fit and cut of these dresses can be flattering on all different kinds of figures, not just the model types.
Aaaah… Sitting at the table right now and shared the images above with my 12-year old daughter. And you should have heard what she said to me about these particular photos… I was a bit shocked to hear her comments…
And me? I believe these gorgeous dresses would look more stunning on older woman…
Oh my goodness – my eyes went straight to those young girls’ faces and bodies, whose fragility spoke louder to me than the “beauty” of those dresses.
I am sorry, but do we not exploit those girls by expecting and celebrating a “look” that requires them to look like the walking dead?
Really? I mean, the dresses are pretty, but the girls? Is that what you love?
Died and gone to pretty dress heaven…stunning!
My first reaction as well was that the dresses are lovely but i couldn’t stand to look at those gaunt models for any length of time.