“All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.” - Angelina Jolie

Sometimes, the best discoveries are the accidental ones.

Serendipity. Such a beautiful word with even lovelier connotations.

A friend of mine who is incredibly passionate about shoes, so much so she quit her job as a high flying lawyer to open her own boutique of niche shoe labels, sent me an article about Rupert Sanderson shoes.

What caught my eye instead however, was the dress that the featured celeb was wearing :

Gwyneth Paltrow at the Two Lovers premiere in Paris

A quick search on Google informed me that the dress was part of the Spring 2009 RTW collection of one Antonio Berardi, who was according to Style.com, " ... a pretty well kept secret until Gwyneth Paltrow surprised everyone by wearing his trompe l'oeil corset dress" and " ... cosmopolitan as he is, it's his Roman Catholic upbringing that he frequently returns to ... " for inspiration.

Antonio Berardi Spring 2009 RTW

Antonio Berardi Spring 2009 RTW

Antonio Berardi Fall 2009 RTW

Indeed, the description that Antonio Berardi approaches his designs with the Catholic Madonna-whore aesthetic is one that is spot on. Strict and sexy, all in one fitted package.