Valentino Spring 2011

Sometimes you see things that people create, that they make with their hands and minds and hearts, that make you feel happy to be alive.  Happy to be on this planet with people who do amazing things.

The Valentino Spring 2011 collection is one of those things for me.  I gasped out loud when I saw some of these pieces.  The black lace skirts, the polka-dotted belted dresses, the camel-colored swiss dot/lace front dress.

This:

Neutral but not stereotypical, timeless but not boring.