Lovely Flower In Your Pretty Red Hair

I just finished watching Trassel (Tangled), and yes, I confess, today's post is a little bit Disney-inspired. But interestingly enough, parts of the fairy-tale's fashion mirror (or precede) a trend I've been seeing a lot of lately: flowers in our hair.

Floral hair was all over the spring runways, and while the models' hair might not be as long as Rapunel's, it was frequently incorporated into braids. In fact, braids themselves seem to have made a resurgence lately, in all of their forms. Some particularly interesting ones were on the runways of Valentino for Spring 2011 (bottom picture). It looks like basket weaving! How do I do my hair like that?!

Flowers are fabulous and braids are beautiful, but my favorite has got to be the combination of the two.  Of course, actually incorporating flowers into your braid isn't as easy as it sounds (and it sounds pretty damn difficult to me!), and the closest thing I've seen are these braids by French hairstylist Odile Gilbert:

But flowers can be beautifully incorporated into your look without the use of braids as well. You might have noticed that flower crowns are taking over Lookbook right now. The lovely Rachel-Marie of course has her version, and Niki's  pictures of her crown set the perfect summer mood. 
But I'd like to focus on some newer Lookbookers who have rocked this trend, and not gotten quite the hype they deserve. Maryam, Elodie, and Flora (how appropriate!) have some pulled off beautiful floral garlands with their looks. If you like them, please click on the titles and head over to Lookbook to hype!

Talk Don't Change A Thing

Floral Mood

Lace Gown and a Flower Crown

Listen to this loevly old hippie song, "Flowers In Our Hair", while checking out the rest of my inspiration. How do you use flowers in your hair?

Pull and Bear spring campaign - taken from Lulu*S

Another look by Odile Gilbert

From Studded Hearts

Pull and Bear spring campaign - taken from Lulu*s

Enchanted Reflections

As a student of Scandinavian studies, many of my sources of inspiration come from the Land of the Midnight Sun. Not only are some of the most fantastic Lookbookers from Scandinavia (like Ebba Z and Cosette M), but the independent designers are incredible.

One of my absolute favorite fashion images from Scandinavia is this one, shown an envelope skirt and a stamp skirt by Ana Gulmann of Denmark (photos by Ana Mattsoon). Take a closer look!

The stamp skirt is my absolute favorite, and if I can find a larger image of it I'll be sure to post. Aren't Scandinavian styles so ethereal?

Directly above is a stunning Icelandic model I found through www.tommyimages.com. Her hair reminds me of Kate Middleton and her trademark hats. What do you think?

Bebe Face

Today's post is about one of my many sources of inspiration...the lovely Bebe Zeva.  Her styles are stunning and she's mature for her age - other than when she's complaining about her age and the loss of her "baby face", that is, but what a lovely face!

I loved in particular one post Bebe made last month about the many ways to style just one dress. Too many girls don't give their fancier dresses the time of day that they deserve...and Bebe's here to show us how!

This is probably my favorite combination she accomplished with it. So colorful, bohemian, and refreshing! The first look of the post, the young witch, might be a bit difficult to pull off during 11 months of the year, but the rest of the looks are incredible, and a splendid way to incorporate a little "prom" into your daily wear.

Bebe has many other wonderful outfits and posts, so be sure to check out her blog when you can!