Simple, Unique Elegance

Powerful, stylish, black. One of my good friends posted this picture on his blog: royalfancy (check it out!) It left me speechless (and I am not exaggerating). Seriously, I still have butterflies in my stomach from looking at it. It is absolutely gorgeous. To me, it's a powerful interpretation of black culture, beauty, and above all...style. The text is entirely too small to read, but I did strain my eyes well enough to get two names out of it: Morgane Le Fay and Badgley Mischka. I of course googled their names seconds after seeing this enthralling piece of art. They are both couture designers (was I supposed to know this? Oops.). I couldn't believe that I had never heard of either of them before; their pieces are amazing! Morgane Le Fay is a New York based fashion house, on their website (morganlefay.com for those of you who are interested), they describe a "Morgane Le Fay  woman" as "mysterious, confident, [and] feminine." Definetely some  of the many attributes that this portrait econompasses. Badgley Mischka is a combination of designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka who have been named one of the top 10 designers in America by Vogue. I'm excited to add two more phenomenal designers to my list, but disappointed that I still don't know where this picture came from! I've been searching everywhere and still can't figure it out. If any of you are fortunate enough to find out, you know who to tell!

Photo credit: hollyannpoetry