last season, i discovered charlotte taylor for the very first time. i was smitten with her stunning collection of silk prints featuring bright red ants, deep blue birds, and pale pink lobsters set against sherbet orange. so when her press release arrived in my inbox announcing the spring 2012 collection, i knew i was in for a treat. once again, she’s offered up a beautiful palette of jewel tone prints perfect for mixing and matching. i would honestly be delighted to have any of these pieces to add to my wardrobe!

while browsing the web the other day, i happened upon a stunning image from the mademoiselle tara fall 2011 collection. i had once before run across the campaign photos (which caught my eye because they used a very pretty bike as a prop), but was embarrassed to realize that i had never even heard of tara jarmon, despite the fact that she’s been designing clothes for the past 20 years and even designed a line for target’s go international collection back in 2006. she has somehow barely missed my radar until now. so perhaps it was smart that she just debuted this second collection, mademoiselle tara, for the younger (and probably less financially endowed) set. she clearly knows me well because i would wear any of these looks in a heartbeat! i’m dying over the perfect color combination in the look above (something about lavender and rust has been calling to me lately), and i’m absolutely smitten with the darling little drop waist mustard number below. and don’t irina lazareanu’s cute poses just take the cake?

ever since i first discovered nadinoo a couple of years back, i have been absolutely smitten with every single piece she designs! earlier this spring, i finally picked up my first couple of nadinoo pieces in the form of a lovely custom-made frock and a pretty much perfect sailor collar dress. after wearing these all spring and summer, i didn’t think i could love two dresses any more, but low and behold, nadia has outdone herself once again with the nadinoo autumn/winter 2011 collection and it’s perfect selection of beautiful vintage-inspired silhouettes and woodland prints! i know i’ve said this before, but i really mean it when i say that i could see myself spending the entire season in this collection alone.

photos courtesy of nadinoo.

i was recently browsing through photos on tumblr (as i very frequently do) when i stumbled upon these wonderful fall photos from lawrence. if you aren’t familiar with the shop, it is a beautiful online vintage boutique run by francesca of the now defunct blog, the snail and the cyclops. i always loved stopping by her little space on the web to see what lovely outfits she was wearing or what new vintage treasures she’d found, so i was obviously very sad to see her say goodbye to her blog, but very happy to see her lovely new shop! the styling in these photos (shot by amy merrick) hit just the right note and made me wish i had snagged a few of the pieces before they sold out. but there is still plenty more to see in the shop!