HARDCOUTURE

Recently by Hardcouture via instagram

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All photos from instagram: hardcouture

We feel like instagram is the new twitter. All these photos illustrates what's happening Behind the Scenes for HARDCOUTURE!

Hardcouture @ Space15Twenty

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Photos from Space15Twenty Instagram & joellenlove.com

On Sunday January 8th, 2012, Owner/Designer of Hardcouture, Kristine, hosted an event at SPACE15Twenty.

Fun Sunday filled with amazing vintage vendors, jewelry, vegan cupcakes/cakepops, and live DJ set by Christine and Lynnsee of MasculineFeminine.

Fan us on facebook to find out more upcoming events!

www.facebook.com/HardcoutureCo

Spotted in Hardcouture: Vanessa Hudgens in Gold Gypsy Headpiece

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Pretty excited to see one of our fave boho babes seen wearing the

Gold Gypsy Headpiece for New Years!!

Lolita

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Love everything about this editorial!

Photos by Anouk Nitsche.

via Fashiongonerogue.com

Hope everyone has a wonder NEW YEAR!

to see the latest from yours truly.

You Fit Me Better Than My Favorite Sweater.

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Photos from ???

HC Jewelry @ The Lab in Costa Mesa

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Get you last minute HOLIDAY SHOPPING done at the Lab in Costa Mesa.

You'll find HC jewelry under $18 at the Rumble Scheme handmade booth

(right in front of Urban Outfitters)

Happy Holidays!

xx hc

Hardcouture @Space1520

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Had a great time yesterday at our booth at Space1520! Some amazing gals lefts with holiday jewelry gifts!

New Hardcouture Vintage Holiday Arrivals!

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Shop the latest arrivals from SHOPHARDCOUTURE.com

Order by Dec 15th 11:59pm Pacific to ensure arrival by Xmas!

SHOPHARDCOUTURE

Spotted in Hardcouture: Amber in a Custom Order Skirt

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Amber wearing a customer order hardcouture chiffon skirt.

xx hc

Flower.Child

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Gypsy at Sea.

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Photos by Onur Armagan

Dress by Elaine Marie Allen

Jewelry by HARDCOUTURE

Click HERE to shop.

Taylor Warren in Nylon Mexico.

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One of our favorite models in Nylon Mexico Sept 2011

Coming Soon: Holiday Jewelry!

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Photo by Onur Armagan

Dress by Elaine Allen

Jewelry by HARDCOUTURE

Amazing new jewelry pieces will hit the SHOP soon!

Keep your eyes peeled and join our email list to be one of the first to adorn yourself in our gold gypsy chain jewelry for the Holidays!!

xx HC

Fashion Fridays: Casual Chic

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(photos via the-electric)

Isabel Lucas in Vogue Austrailia

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lovely.

Glitterati.

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excuse for the lack of credit.

style.com & tumblr & other.

Angels.

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Give it up to the sexy faces of VS to make you wanna buy a cashmere sweater in October in LA

(it's 79 degrees)

Across the Universe.

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Love these photos. Dream-like hippie, gypsy, loveliness.

I just want to live in them.

Femme Fetale

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Hope you're ready for all the fun filled festivites coming up!

xx HC

Inspiration: Blanc + Noir

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Black and white photos always inspire me. Any season. Any day. But these images specifically exudes Fall beauty and glamour.

Photos via tumblr, etc.

100% Sales goes to a non-profit of your choice!

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Click here for more info.

JUST IN!

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New sterling silver jewelry in store at www.shophardcouture.com

NEW FALL ARRIVALS!

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All items available on www.shophardcouture.com

Hurry before some of these one-of-a-kind beauties are gone forever!

Model- Nicole C.

Photographer- Aimee N.

Behind the Scenes: Fall Arrivals

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Lovely photos of Nicole from our latest HC shoot.

Cute new Fall dresses, vintage pieces & tons of jewelry coming to the store soon!!

Check it out at www.shophardcouture.com

Designer Diary: A Look into HC Designer's Life and Inspirations.

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Designer and Owner behind Hardcouture, Kristine, shares her life/inspirations thru Instagram photos above thanks to the wonderful app!

Oh Anna

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Happy Birthday Anna Karina!

Back to Cool.

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Photography by Rony Shram via FASHIONGONEROGUE

Ellen Rogers

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{source: ellenrogers flickr}

I love Ellen Rogers ghostly, gypsy-esque photographs. I've been a fan for awhile, but rekindle my love for her work after going through my flickr favorite list.

Spotted in Hardcouture: Inspirafashion "Pretty in Pink"

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Spotted in HC is one of our favorite bloggers, Kathleen, of inspirafashion.blogspot.com

Check her adorable light pink bandeau and overall ensemble.

{Golden}

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I don't even want to think about Fall in August. It's HARD not to when you see all the September issues come out.

Sigh. I want to live in summer eternally, thank my lucky stars I live in the Golden state. So at least I can wear all my desert fox and noir lust pieces year-round!

Behind the Seams: Summer Vintage + Jewelry Shoot.

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JUST IN: Vintage Arrivals + Jewelry!!

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SHOP ALL PIECES AT WWW.SHOPHARDCOUTURE.COM!

JUST IN: New Jewelry!

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Featuring new jewelry pieces. Adorn yourselves in these dainty lovely gems before they're gone.
Half the items are one-of-a-kind! We are also featuring jewelry handmade by Aimee Nicolas who happened to be the lovely photographer of these photos.
She made the adorable gold wire and pink stone necklace and amazing ear cuffs!

www.shophardcouture.com
Make-up and Hair by Christine Cook.

Summer Lookbook

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Photos by Cameron McCool.

Model Czarina

Styling and Wardrobe by Kristine of Hardcouture.

Spotted in Hardcouture: Lookbook.nu feat. Joellen!

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Our fave lil blogger Joellen rockin' one of our pieces again.

Hype her look here.

Trunk Show

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Photos by Joellen and Caylen

sold sample hc pieces, vintage clothing, handmade jewelry and accessories at the cultured wasteland trunk show last saturday. it was a wonderful turn out, got to meet some fans and lovely customers. i was so happy that i got to share a booth with my lovelies : joellen and caylen. view their blogs & shops.

we'll be doing another event at the end of the month.

please stay tuned!

Royal Wedding

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Soooo amazing! Kate Moss and James Hince's wedding. These photos were just released this weekend!

Her dress is amazing.

Styled in Hardcouture

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Photo by Teddy Meyer

Modeled by Angelina Bordeaux (LA Models)

Make-up by Maria Barolos

Wardrobe by Kristine / HARDCOUTURE

Styled this shoot in Malibu.

Hardcouture X JoellenLove Closet Shop

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We've teamed up with our lovely friend Joellen to bring some Summer Staples: Short Shorts!

These items are one-of-a-kind so hurry and get yours today at our online store HERE.

Shorts made by Joellen. Follow her amazing closet shop for more rad clothing deals HERE.

Mermaid.

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Photo by Teddy Meyer.

Model- Angelina Bordeaux (LA Models)

Styled a photo shoot in Malibu.

Perfect location to spot a mermaid in HC.

Follow our tweets here to see Behind the Seams!

Spotted in Hardcouture: Olivia

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Made my baby sister this white chiffon amazing-ness for her prom. Worth all the hours and sweat spent on creating this piece. See here for behind the seams.

Photos from Olivia's blog.

Girl Crush: Chanel Celaya

2011-06-17T16:58:00.000-07:00

Girl crushin' Chanel Celaya. You've most likely seen her in the Guess / Bebe ads. But the above beauty story she did is one of my favorites.

All photos via TFS

Wildfox Fall 2011 White Label Collection.

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Love Wildfox's Fall 2010 White Label Collection's styling. So cute, so hippie/girly/pretty!

Check it out at www.ilovewildfox.com

More Noir Lust S/S 2011 Photos.

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Photography by Caesar Sebastian

Modeled by Xian

Make-up by Nikki Star

Hair by Jenny Williams

Just wanted to share a few more photos from our Noir Lust collection.

Piece available at www.shophardcouture.com

Click HERE to shop.

Skin Deep.

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(Source: Hoodoovoodoo)

Titty Tuesday featuring noir inspirational photography.

Shark Week.

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Source: Tumblr

Shark tooth earring - shophardcouture.com

Like us on Facebook and be automatically entered to win the earring above!

Click here.

Hardcouture June 2011 Playlist

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Blue.

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We have sea side romance in the brain, mermaid lust in our hearts. Here's a lil water-ful inspiration post.

Photos from tumblr.

Featured In: NYLON JAPAN!

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Olivia Lopez wearing our latest dress from our Noir Lust Collection in Nylon Japan.

White on White.

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We are very much into the white on white look. White symbolizes elegance in our point of view. Don't you think?

1971.

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Life in the Golden years for the rock star.

Our 7 favorite Rolling Stones jams.

Enjoy!

More Noir Lust Couture S/S 2011 Collection.

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More photos of the limited, handmade couture pieces from our Noir Lust Spring 2011 collection.

Photographs by the ever so talented Caesar Sebastian.

Purchase these original pieces before they sell out here.

Girls Girls Girls

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Summer dreamin' of running through a field, impromptu photo shoots and lots of flowers. Summer 2011, we're ready for ya!

Astrid Berges-Frisbey

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We fell for Astrid Berges-Frisbey after seeing her as one of the main mermaids in Pirates 4.

Ga Ga for Alexa.

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Cute style, cute career, cute face, cute boyfriend. We can't get enough.

See more cute madness here.

Proof we've been obsessed: 1 & 2.

Parfait.

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One of our fav models and bff's Giza photographed by Cameron McCool.

http://cameronmccool.net/

Pink Lemonade.

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Summer Inspo.

Something About Summer.

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Black and White photo inspo from Tumblr.

http://hardcouture.tumblr.com

Noir Lust Collection.

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Unveiling our newest collection: NOIR LUST.

Available now for pre-order at www.shophardcouture.com

Spotted in Hardcouture: Jade

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Jade looking lovely on a night out in LA, wearing Noir Lust Collection's Floral Noir Chiffon Maxi Skirt. Click here to pre-order.

www.shophardcouture.com

Hardcouture Summer Intershipsss!

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As our company slowly grows, we are always in need of extra help. Due to the success of having had 2 wonderful interns from Fall 2010-Spring 2011, we are extending more internship opportunities this summer. (Production Intern, etc) If you feel you are a great fit for our brand and have the qualifications we are looking for send us an email for consideration.

Requirements

Live in LA/OC.

Have a vehicle.

Available at least 2x a week for at least 10 weeks from June-August 2011.

Sign our privacy and disclosure aggreement.

1) How did you hear about hardcouture?

2) Production intern position

-summary of sewing exp.

-photos of work sample

Social media/web intern

-link to portfolio

-blog/chictopia/lookbook accounts if have them

4) Availabilities for summer.

5) Where do you reside in LA/OC?

6) Where have you worked/interned?

7) What do you expect to gain from this experience?

Send Email to hardcouture@gmail.com

Lace Crochet.

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Grab your lace crochet at www.shophardcouture.com

Flashback: Hardcouture Desert Fox Collection

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Flashback from our Desert Fox photo shoot with 2 of our lovely models. You can still purchase some pieces at www.shophardcouture.com!

Wanderlust - Yours Truly

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what I wore to the desert..

see more at http://designerrdiary.blogspot.com

Street Style: Coachella Babes!

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Photos from this weekend Coachella parties.
View more at www.facebook.com/HardcoutureCo

Girl Crush: Isabel Lucas @ Coachella

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(Source: JustJared)

Our girl crush for Isabel Lucas just went up from 10 to 1,000 with these gorgeous photos of her at Coachella.

Spotted in Hardcouture: Kendra Paquette

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Kendra is wearing one of our first pieces from the Modern Gypsy collection.

She is soooo frickin cute in this video!

Video by Will Tee Yang.

Song "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Nouvelle Vague.

Short and Long.

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1. Lastnightsparty
2-7 Tumblr!

Spotted in Hardcouture: Kathleen of Inspirafashion.

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Look who we spotted in the Hardcouture Floral Noir Bloomers! Kat of Inspirafashion is uber cute in her perfect spring ensemble! We love Kat <3 Check out her blog HERE.

Spotted in Hardcouture: Nikki Star

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Lovely LA-based make-up artist, Nikki Star in our Summer Cotton Fringe Bandeau. I feel so privileged to work with this total babe and talent! Making models pretty everyday and exuding beauty inside and out. Check out her inspiring blog HERE and portfolio HERE.

Buy the Summer Cotton Fringe Bandeau HERE.

JUST IN: New Hardcouture Spring/Summer Jewelry

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All items available now at www.shophardcouture.com.

Summer Prelude.

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Summer is fast approaching and the past 2 days has been heat wave heaven. I cannot wait for my favorite season of all to come already.

NEW IN BOUTIQUE

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NEW IN STORE- Noir Lust Pink Tunic Top <---Click to Shop

Bronze Babe.

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1. Chloe

2. Unknown
3. Chloe

4. Hanneli

5. Tumblr

6. TFS

7. KittenMag

8. 9. 10. Unknown

Behind the Seams: Peep into the makings of Hardcouture

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Better resolution photos in the future. We cannot wait to unveil the Spring Collection. Last photo = Preview.

Magazine Covers We Lust.

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Bohemian Rhapsody.

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Interiors & Exteriors.

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Last photos is a little sneek peek at what's in store.

Pamela Love's Work Space.

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(source: teenvogue)

I love seeing another designer's work space (where all the magic happens).

Girl Crush: Isabel Lucas

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Vintage Musing.

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I cannot wait to start wearing my spring/summer vintage finds.

Spotted in Hardcouture: Joellen Love

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Joellen is wearing the newest Hardcouture jewelry, HANDMADE CONNECTER CHAIN RING.

Joellen is a favorite blogger and lovely friend. Her blog features her ever-so dainty, dreamy cali life style. You will be a constant follower to her blog in no time.

CLICK HERE FOR HER BLOG / CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE HC CONNECTER CHAIN RING.

Le Blanc.

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source: faking fashion

Springtime Florals.

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Just dug these up in my email from a few months ago... Styled by Sheree C.

Model in Floral Noir Bandeau and Skirt.

Fairy Lust.

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If these photos of Abbey, don't make you just go GAGA for her, nothing will.

TOPSHOP

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(source: maureenas)

A whole collection inspired by dogs! LOVE.

My Mind in Spring Mode

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sources unknown.

HARDCOUTURE X JOELLENLOVE GIVEAWAY.

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Hardcouture is giving away a pair of DESERT FOX LEOPARD BLOOMERS via my lovely friend Joellenlove. To enter, view the rules on her blog. Contest ends March 8th! Follow us for more promos and giveaways!

Sophie Srej

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Sources: Unknown.

Space.

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I've been inspired enormously by interior blogs and zines to re-decorate my room. This one is just amazing and the vintage body form hits the spot.

Street Lust.

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Vanessa Jackman captures alluring well-dressed women around the world.

Numero

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Numero Magazine feat. Barbara Palvin.

Vintage Harlow Kimono

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just in.. vintage kimono to die for.

www.shophardcouture.com

Milk.

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Featuring our original Hardcouture design, Desert Fox Milk Sheer Tunic Top.
www.shophardcouture.com

Lovely.

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Get romantic in florals, vintage, and beautiful accessories. Now available at www.shophardcouture.com

Photos by Onur.

Models- Summer and Taylor.

Behind the Scenes: Flashback Summer 2010

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From the Hardcouture Summer 2010 Photo Shoots Archive.

Midnight Delight.

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1 / 2 / carolina engman / 4 / 5

Flashback: Hardcouture Modern Gypsy Collection

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Video by Will Tee Yang.

Jordan in Modern Gypsy Collection.

Pieces available at

www.shophardcouture.com

Hardcouture Vintage Editorial 2011

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Model wears all Hardcouture vintage.
All available at www.shophardcouture.com

A Walk in the Park

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Inspiration Post. I just wanna make "loungire." Looking pretty at home for no one else but myself.