The second i started reading Vladimir's novel Lolita, i was instantly in love. For its literary value alone, this book is absolutely amazing - Nabokov's prose are ecstatic and beautiful, rolling off the page and off the tongue more like a lengthy poem than a dry old love novel. However it is not only his words that make this story so enchanting - it is also the story, a story of love versus lust, and its characters: the humble narrator Humbert Humbert and his peach-fuzz child love, Lolita. Throughout the book, Nabokov takes great care to describe Lolita's childlike wardrobe: her full petticoats, her slouchy bobby socks, her saddle shoes, and through the years several different film versions of this classic have taken on these descriptions and made them into full on icons.
who can forget Stanley Kubrik's 1962 famous rendition, where he showed us Humbert's first view of Lolita (played by Sue Lyon): sunbathing in her 1950's bathing suit and sunhat, and of course peeking with sultry eyes over a pair of now-iconic red heart sunnies.
who can forget Stanley Kubrik's 1962 famous rendition, where he showed us Humbert's first view of Lolita (played by Sue Lyon): sunbathing in her 1950's bathing suit and sunhat, and of course peeking with sultry eyes over a pair of now-iconic red heart sunnies. 
Then there was the 1997 remake, when Lolita was portrayed as a young, sunny, russet-haired & long-limbed Dominique Swain, complete with braids and braces. 
Lolita has long been my biggest fashion inspiration,
and lucky for me pinafore skirts and heart sunnies are plentiful these days.
trends can kill nearly anything,
but something tells me this icon will stand the test of time.
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