W.E or M.E M.E M.E?

I  love Arianne Philips' work.  A Single Man was styling elevated to art, her recreation of June Carter's look in Walk the Line made my heart go howdy and Andrea Riseborough's costumes in W.E have to be seen to be believed... but if today's Oscar nomination leads to a win on the big night I can just imagine Madonna trampling long time fash pal Arianne to the ground as she runs to collect the statuette babbling about how she stitched every last seam herself with her freaky, veiny monkey-talons.  Ugh.

 Anyway, to take your mind off that, here's a gorgeous picture of the most stylish king-stealing upstart of all time, Wallis herself.

Drool... This lady gave seriously good collar, eat your heart out Alexa Chung!

Still it is reassuring to know that even one of the most stylish women of the 20th century had an occasional 'circle of shame' moment... even if this is one of the most inventive methods of covering your nipples on a frosty morning I've ever seen

"David Darling, they'll never suspect we are international peanut smugglers now"

"Well done Wallis, but what I really want to know is can you spin those badboys?"