Monsoon Rains...

That's what this beautiful image by Raghubir Singh is called.

The word it brings to my mind though is: RESILIENCE.

The resilience of these women with their fragile looking bodies bracing themselves against the wind and rain,  yet remaining in the middle of it instead of running for cover. The resilience of women all around the world with our perceived fragile dispositions (we are the weaker sex they say, but they lie), braving the world and life on this planet with so so few cultures that really, honestly honor women. Resilience.

Iconic...

One of my favorite images EVER...

Richard Avedon -  Dovima with Elephants.

The one that got away...

My best friend moved house recently and she mentioned that she had to throw out a lot of her old magazines in the move. This reminded me of my one regret after moving nearly 7 years ago.

Alek Wek on the cover of Elle November 1997. Alek was Elle Magazine's first black cover model.

I could get into the debate of fashion magazines' notorious fear of putting black models on their covers, but I'm not going to. As we say in Holland: "Mooi zwart is niet lelijk."  Translation: Beautifully black is not ugly.

Alek looks absolutely stunning! The contrast of the crisp white suit against her radiant dark skin is just so so beautiful. I still regret not having the presence of mind to save this issue when I moved, but thanks to the wonders of internet, this image was not lost to me forever.