each season, designer peter jensen chooses a new muse to inspire his latest collection. for fall 2014, he set his sights on the career of the iconic faye dunaway. each piece draws reference from her various roles in films like the thomas crown affair, network, and mommie dearest. if you’re a film buff, it’s a delight to pick up on all the meticulous references, but even if you haven’t seen her movies, the collection alone is a feast for the eyes. plenty of ’60s and ’70s styles with the usual jensen twist and pitch perfect styling.

as you can see, i’ve been browsing through my fall inspiration folders lately. one favorite that i can’t believe i hadn’t yet shared is the peter jensen fall 2012 collection. at first glance, i found myself overwhelmingly distracted by the grey wigs, but that quickly faded as i focused-in on the beautiful pieces and impeccable styling. jensen always has a muse for his collection (i was in love with his resort collection inspired by a 1970’s meryl streep), so i did a bit of sleuthing and discovered that his latest collection was inspired by the fashionable milliner, thelma speirs. while the reference may have been a bit lost on me (shame for having never heard of bernstock speirs before), i still found myself completely obsessed with this quirky collection.