Pour La Victoire is one of those brands that we see from time to time in stores, and like, but don't really see in the press or know much about. The always cute and affordable shoe and handbag brand is aiming to change all that with the launch of their first-ever ad campaign and e-commerce site, both of which are seriously striking our fancy. The Fall 2011 campaign was styled by Beth Fenton and shot by stylist-turned-photographer Frances Tulk Hart at the glamorous St. Regis hotel in NYC. We've never gotten the urge to stand in front of a hotel fire place in red pumps, underwear and a blazer, holding a bunch of leather bags, but after seeing these shots, it seems that nothing could be more glamorous and fall-like. Click through for our favorite images and go here to shop the spring collection.
Bloomin' Brilliant: StyleCaster debuts its high-texture, floral-centric editorial shoot, photographed by Frances Tulk-Hart. We're dreaming of layers now...and just in time for a bit of a cold front. {StyleCaster} Devious Designers: In a bizarre display of cunning, top-name fashion houses are sending free designer bags to Jersey Shore's Snooki. But here's the catch-- they're sending her the bags of competing designers. Why? Well, you try carrying around a Gucci purse after it's become Snooki's signature item and tell us how many compliments you get. {The New York Observer} Tyra On Teeny: Tyra Banks responded to the "misconstrued" Top Model teaser trailer, in which ANTM judges swooned over a prospective contestant's teeny waistline, in exactly the way we'd expect her to-- by complaining that she couldn't possibly oversee every aspect of the show's publicity material, and by managing to sound like the victim in a society of waistline-worshiping media. Um, honey, you're the host of a modeling reality show. You can only be so blameless. {The Huffington Post}
The designer turned stylist turned successful fashion photographer answered our questions about what it's like to transition careers within the fashio