Sylvie Markovina is Accessory Royalty

Britney – don’t hold it against us.  But the highlight of V magazine’s 70th issue (the spring 2011 ‘Star Power’ issue) is not your pretty face on the cover or the ten-page spread inside that reasserts your pop princess status; it’s page 161 where another “femme fatale” model Karmen Pedaru, styled by Andrew Richardson and shot by Mario Testino, dons a Sylvie Markovina headpiece fit for a queen.

Markovina’s 2010/2011 collection began as a merging of two different cultures and aesthetics: 1920s Los Angeles and Mexico; an unlikely combination, both connected by a lost highway.  Inspiration for the collection evolved from the image of the formidable Frida Kahlo (after whom this particular style – the Kahlo Headpiece – is named) and the architecture of the iconic Ennis House in Los Angeles.

Sorry, Britney but who needs a tiara when you can have a crown?  One made of roses -- and thus, so perfectly spring-apropos -- at that.  Get yours at Vivre.com or Pixie Market.

Originally published April 12, 2011.