Style Crush: Ulyana Sergeenko

The April issue of Vogue UK has a fabulous story on fashion taste makers - you know, the non-celebrity types who fashion bloggers are enamoured with, snapping away at for street style blogs - and amongst the many fabulous ladies featured (hooray for colour) is Russian designer Ulyana Sergeenko. Her style is a little bit 1940s, a little bit House of Romanov, and I love it.
Her eponymous label is gorgeous too. All sweeping skirts, cinched waists and luxurious fabrics. Here are some examples from her latest look book.

And Ulyana on the street looking pretty as a peach. She really is the best advertisement for her own clothes.

Inspiring Style

I just noticed this in the March issue of US Vogue: an exhibition has opened at the Phoenix Art Musuem in Arizona celebrating the life and style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor.

The remarkable Taylor, who lived and entertained in high style between Denver and Vail, was one of the first women to earn a pilot's license, played tennis at Wimbeldon, and was a champion shot, a dashing equestrienne, and a member of the US Women's Olympic Ski team.

Sounds like an amazing lady, hey? She was also a model and designer who launched her own range of ski wear in the 1940s. Even though I've never been skiing - I'm allergic to cold weather - I can imagine it isn't easy to look chic covered in snow. LOVE those crazy ski goggles and the pink lippie.

Taylor amassed an amazing collection of high fashion during her lifetime, which was bequeathed to the museum. Below is some Charles James, Balenciaga and Givenchy to drool over.

Style Crush: Charlotte Dellal

I think I've mentioned before that I have a bit of a style crush on shoe designer Charlotte Dellal. She has a great style pedigree, seeing as she's the daughter of Brazilian model Andrea Dellal, and I love how she always looks quite girly, even when she's wearing a suit or trousers. Her style is a little bit retro, without being too costumey. Charlotte is the February star of British Vogue's 'Today I'm Wearing' blog. There is still another fourteen days of sartorial goodness to go!

Also, her shoes are crazily expensive and crazily high but this doesn't stop me wanting them. I love, love, love these Carmen Miranda-esque heels. Snakeskin rocks, wooden platforms rock, and colour has me drooling.

And for something not quite so statuesque, she did just send out some kitten heels for Peter Som's 2011 Fall/Winter collection at New York Fashion Week. Pic care of the Charlotte Olympic Facebook page, and they are tres cute too.

Style Crush: Liz Goldwyn

When I saw this pic of stylist/author/film-maker/fashion journalist/devoted vintage collected Liz Goldwyn in the front row at the Sonia Rykiel S/S 2011 show, I was reminded of my serious style crush on this woman.

Liz wears a mixture of vintage (she was one of the founders of Sotheby New York's fashion dept.) and cutting edge designers like Rykiel, Erdem and Rodarte. She does great jewellery, effortless but modern hair and knows the value of a perfect pout. She's also friends with Dita Von Teese and Chloe Sevigny; I wouldn't mind being part of that BFF circle.

While scrolling about for new pics of stylish Liz, I discovered her most recent blog posts for Vogue UK chronicling her adventures at London Fashion Week. You can check them out here, or enjoy some of her outfit posts below. You can't go wrong with a beautiful forties print dress or a fifties Mexican circle skirt. I'm seriously crushing.