berry anyone?

How about camel?

These are a few of my chosen items from the fall collections. Enjoy.

All pictures, courtesy of style.com

 

crisis fashion

 

 

the famous online fashion store net-a-porter adapts to the shopping rigors of the economic crisis with an outlet branch that promises to host over 200 fashion brands.

 

It will open in April and will comprise items from previous years collections.  

 

So whether you sighed over a piece of fashion that you missed at the time, or you’re a shopaholic on a budget, there’s a new outlet for your addiction.

 

Also, there are the timeless pieces you can now acquire for a dreamy price (or at least, I hope so) – a DVF wrap dress, a CK suit, a silk shirt, a velvet skirt, why not, never-goes-out-of-style denim.

 

It might be an option as long as again I slobbered over various brands online, and the franchises here bring only 10% of the collection and I have nothing to buy!

 

I saw in the news a woman who lost 30 kg due to the crisis. She was freaked out by the prospect of not being able to pay her installments, so she lived on a food budget of 8 pounds a week.

 

Total happy end: she paid her dues and she has a lovely figure to show!

 

So ladies – look for the bright side of crisis: eat a salad a day and include vintage in your wardrobe. It’s a win-win situation to survive the crisis in style.

 

Or, as the slogan goes “it’s chic-onomics!”

 

 

return to innocence

 

what we need now in this mad world where traditional morals and values are rotting in the past is a return to a joyful candor and simplicity.

Maybe that’s why music turns it’s face for inspiration to the 50s, advertising and fashion to the 80s, as I stated many times before.

Here is my latest crush, an Australian young designer, Josh Goot.

His simple shapes are seductive without being revealing.

He handles strong colors as well as pastel in demure smoldering femininity.

It’s a new age we’re living, let’s try and get inspired from this clean designs or pure music.

It’s an evolution we should all embrace.

coronation

 

Bear with me. Probably most of the blogs in the world cover yesterday’s Inauguration.

 

It was another show to remember. I have an obsession – who is the actual Director of these American shows: election night, inauguration day?

 

What impressed me was the actual appearance of the 44^th President and his first lady.

 

After Bush clumsily went down the stairs – I was waiting for him to stumble and fall every second now – the new President GLIDED. He is really majestic, distinction and class seen seldom if ever. His presence is overwhelming.

 

The first lady reminded me of a Queen mostly due to her adorned brocade golden outfit completed with the precious necklace. I guessed Prada or Balenciaga, but I was wrong.

 

Of course, her garment was a statement of change and youth – out with the old, in with the new – a Cuban young designer, Isabel Toledo.

 

She accessorized in great style with a pair of teal kitten-heeled Jimmy Choo pumps and lime leather gloves.

 

And the King and Queen are backed by the American people and the entire world. Rarely in the entire history was a leader endorsed by so much hope. Never before was the planet so united in worshiping a sole God.

 

Not even the artists benefit from such unanimous support.  I hope he’ll deserve this general emulation.

 

This is a different century by all means. All the norms and stereotypes are blasted away – socially wise. I’m an amateur anthropologist that doesn’t cease to wonder.

 

’tis the season to be jolly…

Oh, joy…

 

Finally the shopping spree that makes me feel it’s holiday.

 

After some long period of restrains, I escaped in a few of my favorites shops: Promod, Miss Sixty, Kookai and S Oliver…

 

Finally the long dress I longed for belongs to me. And another one too.

 

Also new pajamas, bright sweaters & booties make this winter more cheerful and my disposition sunnier.

 

 

what’s that too much purple?

the all mighty beanie

As seen on the catwalk from Burberry, Hermes, Alexander Wang

 

Spotted on the London streets by Siena Miller (wearing a Madeleine Thompson cashmere one) and… humbly yours truly.

 

 

 

 

 

Fallen Shadows

 

(Prada is) still setting global trends and leading the way in true fashion innovation, despite being a global mega brand (which usually spells one thing: boring).

 

[...] a fabulous signature quirky Prada twist in the form of lavish fabrication and intricate prints. Not for the faint-fashion hearted. 

 

Still with Prada, parts of their beautiful new shoe collection look as if they have slipped straight out of a Salvador Dali painting or some other strange alternative universe where there are no design rules.

 

We love the decorative heels, which look more like pieces of grand, hand-carved furniture than a pair of pumps. They’re almost too good to wear.

 

by Lisa Evans

Source: thecoolhunter.net

 

why of course I adore purple

 

purple pledge

 

As most of the collections have a burst of red or various interpretations of tartan,

I shall rebel from the bottom of my heart and from the height of my heels.

 

I vow never to fall in this trap of Scottish checkers I can’t identify with.

 

I shall not be one sheep in the herd that will fill the streets in the worst and mundane interpretations.

 

I stick to my colors & my beliefs. After all, it’s about personal style.

 

(images courtesy of http://www.diorcouture.com/)