helpless helpless helpless

i have been sitting on the no. 21 collection for a while, and trying desperately to think of something to say that sums up the way it makes me feel.

i'm failing.

sigh.

i will say that i didn't know no. 21 (headed by alessandro dell'acqua) before this collection, and i'm gonna spend a lot more time and attention on it in the future. magical? magical. i give up.

and, of course, the shadows. the heartbreaking shadows. 

{pre-fall no. 21 2012, photos courtesy of no. 21 by way of style.com}