Looking at the new Pierre Dal Corso editorial of Natalia K for the Holiday issue of Zink, we like Fashionising.com’s direction of taking the conversation beyond vixen wearing party dresses.

‘Libertine’ is a good word to describe Natalia K herself in these images. Trust us when we say that Natalia K has somewhere to go in these delicious Libertine outfits.

Already knowing the definition of ‘sensuality’ in the dictionary, we can’t wait to investigate ‘libertine’.We’ll spare you the anti-religious sentments and philosophy behind the word.

Let’s just say that Carine Roitfeld is a libertine, and no further explanation is necessary. In 2002, Roitfeld told the NYT that libertinism was making a big comeback in French clubs.

An updated search suggests that Paris is still swinging in new venues. But isn’t everybody?

The difference is in Paris, being a libertine has an undercurrent attributed to the aristocracy and the intellectual elite, the educated. As an aside, perhaps now you understand why the average French woman spends twice as much money on lingerie as American women do.