a girl and her dreams

What is alluring my senses...

2011-03-26T10:17:00.004+01:00

1. Florence Welch, 2. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, 3. English Tea,
4. Edna St. Vincent Millay - her life and work, 5. Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel, 6. Vera Karalli and her Dying Swan

and 6. Laura Marling and Johnny Flynn

I apologise for my long absence and wish you all a beautiful spring ♥

just a single drop of blood from his heart

2010-11-11T19:27:00.005+01:00

Malá mořská víla (1976)

screencaps by Mahlie (check out her tumblr - it´s an amazing place for all movie lovers)

enchanting mood

2010-09-05T15:33:00.004+02:00

Peter Lindbergh
Vogue Italy
September1997

source

all what I want

2010-09-05T15:01:00.006+02:00

fall wishlist - all from asos. com

they shoot horses, don´t they?

2010-06-13T20:20:00.004+02:00

rita

2010-06-04T19:37:00.009+02:00

If you haven´t done so yet, go and watch Gilda - Rita Hayworth steals the show, is totally mesmerizing and proves that she really was one of the most beautiful women of all times.
But beware - it´s that kind of movie that´s going to force you to wear silky stockings, throw away your ripped denim shorts, crave satin robes and the time when men were gentlemen and women ladies (or at least they looked like that:))

"After all, a girl is... well, a girl. It`s nice to be told you`re successful at it. "
Rita Hayworth

source: the fashion spot forum - rita hayworth thread

"I like dresses that look like cakes."

2010-06-04T18:31:00.007+02:00

Leith Clark - "That" girl behind LULA magazine, stylist and friend of Keira Knightley and Kirsten Dunst

collage by me

Interview by Imogen Fox
Monday February 4, 2008
The Guardian

Q: Who do you style?
A: I have my own magazine called Lula and I style Keira Knightley, among others.

Q: What are you wearing today?

A: Topshop dress I bought before Christmas when I went back to Canada, where I'm from. A Phillip Lim jacket that I ordered from the show last season and shoes by Maloles, which were a gift from the label. Tilda's collar is from Mulberry. It's the first day she has worn it.
Did you subconsciously tone your outfit with Tilda?
No. I was planning to wear a Rodarte dress today, but I had a weird morning and thought I would wear something that was more like a uniform. The easiest thing to wear is a dress and a jacket, and I always have a pair of Chanel flats on me. It's partly because I have a dog and so I can go to the park and play. You can't in heels, no matter how high or low they are.

Q: Does Tilda wear dog clothes?

A: She has a grandfather-green cardigan to keep her warm in the winter.

Q: Describe your style.

A: Lolita is the wrong word, but I guess it's quite playful and eclectic. If I want to buy something, it's usually for some sort of nostalgic reason - because it reminds me of Alice in Wonderland or Little Orphan Annie. I think we are most true to our tastes when we are young and before anyone has told us what we should like.

Q: Has your style never changed then?

Q: Probably not. I think I dressed the best at high school - I'm 28 now. I was experimenting with things for the first time. Now I know that certain clothes mean certain things. In high school, I wore old men's sock gaiters with thigh-high socks. It didn't cross my mind that it was sexual.I just thought it was cool. Now I wouldn't do it.

Q: Is your fringe your trademark?

A: I guess so. I've had it since I was 15. I'm not a very upkeep girl, so I have to be reminded that it's time to cut it.

Q: So are you quite low maintenance?

A: With beauty things, yes. I don't wear makeup very often - I like my freckles.

Q: Do you swap clothes with friends and clients?

A: Only a select few - people I have sleepovers with.

Q: What is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

A: I try not to dwell on the price because otherwise you convince yourself not to buy something. When I was 15, I didn't buy a pair of Miu Miu shoes because they were expensive. They still haunt me now. I once bought three pairs of Chloé shoes in two weeks because they had appointed a new designer and I was nervous.

Q: Do you dress differently when you are in Canada?

A: No, but I wear jeans and that makes me feel lazy so I don't do it that often. It makes my boyfriend happy when I wear jeans, T-shirt and no makeup. I subconsciously try not to do that!

Q: Whose style do you admire?

A: Marianne Faithfull in the 1960s, and I like the dresses that the Vivian girls wear in Henry Darger's paintings.

Q: How do you decide what to wear in the morning?

A: I think it should be instinctual and not thought through. If I haven't hung things up, those things don't exist. That means I have less to work with, but sometimes when you give yourself limitations you end up making more fun choices.

Q: On what occasion do you think you looked best?

A: Probably on Sundays when I'm not thinking at all. I'll go out for brunch and ask my boyfriend if I look a little nuts and he'll say, "Yes, but it's cute." I pair things that I don't really think look nice together, but then it's Sunday so I don't care and then I end up getting ideas from the nutsness.

bubblegum hair

2010-05-20T21:22:00.004+02:00

perfect for spring - the first time in my life when I regret a bit having hair of colour of a chestnut
source: tfs forum

america´s sweetheart

2010-04-14T09:40:00.006+02:00

Time to tell you where does my profile photo come from :)
Karlie Kloss by Alasdair McLellan in Born in the USA inVogue UK May 2010

source: fashiongonerouge.com

my spring

2010-04-09T11:01:00.006+02:00

my goals to make my spring even more beautiful than it already is:
-to make and eat pastel coloured desserts
-to find and buy the most beautiful floral top (this one is by Luisa Beccaria)
-to buy a peachy coloured lingerie
-to smell fresh flowers everyday
-to rock these wedges from Topshop
-to watch all Brigitte Bardot movies (at least 1 per week)

enjoy your spring too!

orlando

2010-04-09T09:05:00.009+02:00

As long as Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf is among my favourite books ever and Tilda Swinton is one of my favourite actresses this movie is a must for me.

And the visual side - just look at these screencaps and short video.

"Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust."
Virginia Woolf (Orlando:A Biography,1928)

source of pictures: une fille1

spring wishlist

2010-03-12T08:44:00.006+01:00

waiting for snow to melt...

edit: to answer the questions in comment section - the shade of lipstick is no.59 - Melon d´or
and this particular bag is from Net -a - Porter (and absolutely out of my price range unfortunately) but is quite easy to find very similar ones in vintage shops ♥

we miss you already

2010-02-11T18:48:00.006+01:00

May your soul rest in peace.

the great white lodge

2010-02-09T18:00:00.016+01:00

Photography: Benjamin Alexander Huseby
Styling: Mattias Karlsson
Model: Iselin Steiro
Acne Paper Sweden #9 F/W 09.10
tfs

Walt said that the dead turned into grass...

2010-02-07T16:39:00.010+01:00

This is the first sentence of the book Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham.
Filled with Whitman´s poetry that the characters cite and with his spirit and philosophy that rules to their destinies and influences their secret dreams and innermost desires.
This book forced my heart to flutter because of the beauty of Whitman´s poems and Cunnigham´s words beautifully bound together here, impelled my mind to wonder if the life I´m living is the one i want to live and made me love Whitman and Cunningham even more.

Broadway would be Lucass heaven, Broadway and Catherine and the book. In his heaven he would be everything he saw and heard. He would be himself and Catherine; he would be the calliope and the lamps; he would be shoes striking pavement, and he would be the pavement under the shoes. He would ride with Catherine on the toy horse from Niedermeyers window, which would be the size of an actual horse but perfect in the way of toys, moving serenely over the cobblestones on its bright red wheels.

He said, “I am large, I contain multitudes.” A man in a topcoat, passing by, glanced at him strangely, as people did. The man would be among the angels in Lucass heaven, just as plump and prosperous as he was on earth, but in the next world he would not consider Lucas strange. In heaven, Lucas would be beautiful. Hed speak a language everyone understood.

excerpt from the book Specimen Days

girls just wanna have fun

2010-02-05T18:59:00.013+01:00

bows, bright lips, intense eyes, sky-high platform shoes with crazy patterns and puffy skirts

have a great weekend and don´t forget to have fun♥

1., 5., 6., -Erin Fetherston F/W 09, 2. YSL S/S 2010, 3. Charles Anastase S/S 09, 4. Miu Miu S/S 2010 7.Antonio Berardi F/W 09

source: elle.com, style.com, tfs
collage:made by me

la belle personne

2010-02-04T14:16:00.023+01:00

Beautiful French movie with Léa Seydoux (she reminds me a bit of Anna Karina) and Louis Garrel directed by Christophe Honoré.
La Belle Personne is based on a French classic La Princesse de Clèves (1768) by Madame de La Fayette.
The atmosphere of this movie, that does not takes place at the royal court as in the book but at the high school, is so convincing as much the performances of all actors involved.
At last I have to mention the music ( mostly by Nick Drake - I can´t believe that I had not heard about him before I watched this movie - his work means so much to me now), all songs were chosen so well that they complement the story perfectly and add to the whole movie special depth.

You can find the movie uploaded on YouTube if you´re interested.

Here is the trailer

what I like (right now)

2010-01-30T09:14:00.012+01:00

feminine dresses, Marie Antoinette (waiting for the book about her by lady Antonia Fraser), strawberry pancakes, mod eye make-up, old buldings covered in snow - so enchanting, handwritten letters.

have a lovely weekend darlings!

source: 1. unicorn diaries,2.fuck yeah! kirsten dunst,3.girl in london, 4.sophie jade, 5.flash of light, 6.graphic exchange

karl, je t'aime...

2010-01-26T18:43:00.010+01:00

( ... maybe ich liebe dich would be more appropriate here.)
Somebody was probably inspired by the colours of Laduree macaroons, I guess:)
These designs are beyond divine ( don´t let the hair to distract you from this fact) and I can´t wait to see Diane in one of them ♥.
chanel haute couture S/S 2010

via tfs - photos uploaded by Festat from catwalking.com

There is a holiness to the heart's affections

2010-01-26T17:48:00.007+01:00

Keats: I had such a dream last night. I was floating above the trees with my lips connected to those of a beautiful figure for what seemed like an age. Flowery treetops sprang up beneath us and we rested on them with the lightness of a cloud.
Fanny: Who was the figure?

Keats: I must have had my eyes closed because I can’t remember.
Fanny: And yet you remember the treetops.

Keats: Not so well as I remember the lips.
Fanny: Whose lips? Were they my lips?

Bright Star

via tree castles and krissysayshello

beauté naturelle

2010-01-15T14:50:00.019+01:00

Winter solitude--

in a world of one color
the sound of wind.
.

Winter solitude by Matsuo Basho

photo by abless

spring in a bottle

2010-01-13T09:44:00.013+01:00

my new love - diorissimo by christian dior
smells like a lilly of the valley, reminds me of spring, gentle sun, white lace dresses, hair in braids, love, happiness and singing birds

which fragrances are your favourite and why?

photos by sylvie malfray
source: hey crazy

poetry

2010-01-07T12:45:00.024+01:00

poem by stella mccartney

island

magnolia tree

love her

lose your dreams and you will lose your mind

2010-01-06T11:42:00.007+01:00

via incorrigible dreamer

First of all I want to apologize for being away for so long, I was so consumed by my everyday obligations that I did not have the time for thinking of all these beautiful things and fantasies. And so I´m here again with my new year´s resolution to spend more time dreaming because sometimes it´s the only thing that keeps me sane:).

I hope you all enjoyed your holidays and wish you all the best to the wonderful new year (and don´t forget to dream)!

via the girl who tamed the tiger

she walks in beauty

2009-10-28T18:21:00.006+01:00

Valentino S/S 2010

it looks nothing like usual Valentino but it´s one of my favourite collections ever, every single piece is absolutely stunning

style.com

what would I love to see on the red carpet - part 1

2009-10-02T16:27:00.014+02:00

all by balenciaga

all by alexander mcqueen

Recent Emmy Awards almost made me cry, so many beautiful women and so many bland dresses (except Olivia Wilde in Marchesa and January Jones in Versace - these were beautiful and daring) - and made me also think about what I´d love to see on the red carpet instead of what I have seen before.

These are my first picks - short dresses by Balenciaga and evening gowns by Alexander McQueen.

What would be your choices ?

style.com

a beautiful fall

2009-09-06T15:37:00.010+02:00

Ida Sjostedt

I´m getting quite tired of seeing almost every single girl trying to copy the style of Erin (although I adore her) and that is probably also the reason why I´m drown to something more feminine and classic lately.

This is something I would love to spend my Fall in. Not too fuzzy but feminine, simple but still beautiful.

What do you all think about "trends", can they make you loath something you loved before?

ann-sofie

2009-08-28T17:46:00.009+02:00

ann-sophie back is my new favourite designer, her creations are seriously beautiful-
mix of Wang, indian princess, goth, victorian countess and Demeulemeester

source: ny mag

do not be the animal

2009-08-09T20:03:00.016+02:00

"Delight passed him by, as it was not paid for by suffering. Life has no value without pain. At that time, he longed for pain."

Markéta Lazarová (1967) by František Vláčil
- one of the most poetic and overlooked movies of all times -
(few minutes of the movie could be seen here)

days of summer

2009-07-29T08:28:00.024+02:00

maplesyruponly

grace

christian chaize

jonathan leder

rock.too.fast for.love

jonathan leder

what I´m enjoying right now:

swimming, sunbathing, smell of fresh leaves and flowers, summer dresses, loads of strawberry and home-made bluberry ice-cream, pancakes almost everyday for breakfast, waiting for my vacation in Austrian Alps (can´t hardly wait!), listening to the Beach House, going to open air cinema in our town (it´s quite small - for about 700 people, next to the swimming pool and surrounded by huge popplar trees and with a great atmosphere), going to bed late to watch the stars fall and waking up early to see the sunrise (but not on the same day ;)), visiting castles and chateus - there´s one on almost every hill in this country, painting my nails with coral nail-polish, baking cinnamon rolls, hanging out with my friends, reading everything on what I lay my eyes without being biased( for example: the first thing was comics about Nietzsche and the next were True Blood and Madame Bovary), watching Mamma Mia for about seventh time with a girl friends of mine = dancing, singing and laughing, and much more...

I hope that your summer is at least as great as mine;)

littledoe is love

2009-07-07T18:59:00.010+02:00

these handmade headpieces are really love...
you can order one costume made for yourself and see more of their products here - littledoe is love.com

source:littledoeislove.com

obsessed with...

2009-07-03T09:50:00.028+02:00

feathers and nude colours (cavalli S/S 2009), Ann Demeulemeester lace up sandal boots,Marianne Faithfull - her style and her voice

As long as I have holidays I feel immensely free and it also reflects the things I love now - I say no to minimalism and I´m all about mixing patterns, fabrics and colours, feathers and lace. I paint my eyes in sixties black,wear my hair in braids, love and live unconditionally - it´s wonderful!

source: style.com, sea of shoes, tfs,screenhead.com

in love

2009-06-30T10:10:00.009+02:00

Beauty at its best, all by the creative team of Vogue Paris.

In love
Vogue Paris April 2001
Frankie Ryder by Terry Richardson
styled by Emmanuelle Alt

source : tfs - scans by BerlinRocks

muse of the moment: Jane Birkin

2009-06-27T17:34:00.019+02:00

it could not get much better, don´t you think?

source: tfs

russh

2009-06-23T19:55:00.022+02:00

Every time I have the chance to see new issue of Russh, my heart skips a bit, that gorgeous are its editorials.

source: tfs - scans of Russh Australia July/August by rox yr sox

spreading liberty

2009-06-22T08:05:00.021+02:00

There are loads of liberty prints out this Summer (you can even buy Nike shoes with this print) and I love it! I´m craving for liberty print bikini;)

Marc by Marc Jacobs S/S 09

Cacharel S/S 09

Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony

My styling tips for APC liberty dress:

the"grunge" look

by mj175

the "girly" look

by mj175

with a tee

by mj175

mad about red

2009-06-20T19:09:00.009+02:00

I´ve been obsessed with red lipsticks lately. I think that what makes me so fascinated with it, is that there´s something so unexpectadly fresh about red lips in Summer .
And another plus is that they can add the feel of chic and allure even to the outfit that consists of the simplest items as shorts, tanks and ballet flats or sneakers.
That is also the way I like them the most - simple: with hair in messy bun or beach waves, lashes with light sweep of mascara and white loose dress.

the queen of red lips herself - Chloe Sevigny

Sienna Miller

Kirsten Dunst

lipcolor I purchased today - Christian Dior - Stage Red, it´s the best shade, not too pink, not too orange

random dose of loveliness

2009-06-18T13:05:00.010+02:00

kate via sugarpoptarts

via makemymood

audrey via bob willoughby

via julia

I´ve just discovered tumblr. com ( I love the idea of scrapbooking), is anybody of you there?
I would love to check your sites, so let me know your adresses and I´ll stop by.
Mine is dailyloveliness.tumblr.com

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...and gues what happens when Karl and Chanel meet English National Ballet...

...this gorgeous costume for Swan Lake

you can watch private performance of "Dying Swan" in Chanel Salon, shot by Lagerfeld himself here

inspiration

2009-06-14T10:03:00.009+02:00

text via baby, instant soup really doesn´t grab me
photos by annabel mehran via her site

you gotta love her

2009-06-13T11:38:00.015+02:00

new cruise 2010 collection by Stella McCartney

all these pieces are lovely and the whole idea of this shoot is great - and it´s great to see model ( in this case absolutely gorgeous Anouck) smiling and having fun for once

more here

source: style.com

...and so live ever--or else swoon to death..

2009-06-11T09:40:00.011+02:00

screencaps from the movie Bright Star

Greig Fraser (cinematographer of this movie) did a wonderful job, all scenes look like they´ve just jumped of Keats poems and his mind.

The soft light, vivid colours, the fragile beauty of nature ( you can almost smell those flowers and feel the light breeze in Fanny´s hair), intimacy and deep of their relationship - it´s all there.

source: costumersguide.com

inspired by... the virgin suicides

2009-06-06T09:12:00.013+02:00

cacharel S/S 09

erdem S/S 09

cacharel S/S 09

"So much has been said about the girls over the years. But we have never found an answer. It didn´t matter in the end how old they had been, or that they were girls... but only that we had loved them... and that they hadn´t heard us calling... still do not hear us calling them from out of those rooms... where they went to be alone for all time... and where we will never find the pieces to put them back together."
from The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola

source: screenmusings.org, style.com, nymag.com,imdb.com

beauty is all around you....never forget it

2009-06-04T08:53:00.009+02:00

American Beauty is one of the movies that change your life, make you think about it and realize that no matter what, there´s still beauty everywhere around you.

This scene captures the main idea perfectly.

you can watch the whole scene here

"It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in."
Ricky Fitts in American Beauty

source: imdb.com, screenmusings.org

Paris, February 1951

2009-06-02T10:46:00.017+02:00

model backstage at Balmain fashion show

first row at Elsa Schiaparelli´s fashion show

Dior fashion show

Pierre Balmain controlling the dress before his fashion show

all these pictures are from Paris fashion week in 1951....things weren´t so much different from today, maybe just a little a bit calmer.

source: life magazine archives ( you can find real tresures there!)

and btw ... look how gorgeous was Sienna last night..

source:celebritycity.com

the beautiful life

2009-05-30T19:59:00.008+02:00

photos from the set

This new CW´s TV show ( is supposed to air for the first time in Fall ) is about models and with Mischa as a leading lady. Don´t know how much we can expect from the plot and actors (Mischa seemed to me a bit wooden every time I had the chance to watch her performance...) but it looks quite promising fashionwise.

What do you think about this show and which TV shows are inspirational for you ?

source: tfs.com

wishlist...

2009-05-28T11:17:00.006+02:00

I fell in love with Bona Drag and I would love to own almost everything they sell...
I should raid bank:)

source: bonadrag.com

sweet liberty

2009-05-26T17:39:00.010+02:00

these just scream "Summer!!!!" to me

RUSSH AUSTRALIA ISSUE 22
Sasha Beznosyuk by Steven Chee

treehouses

2009-05-25T10:07:00.004+02:00

childhood dreams come true...I want one too!

source: beatcanvas.com,treehouseguy.files.wordpress.com

tagged...

2009-05-22T07:50:00.015+02:00

....I've been tagged by lovely Sarah from kissing her cage goodbye...

What is your current obsession?
sitting in my garden, enjoying the smell of flowers, listening to songbirds and whispering in leaves ( I could do that all day long), reading poetry and trying to understand

What are you wearing today?
white sundress (it´s hot outside!)

What's for dinner?
chocolate cake...I know, I´m spoiled:)

What's the last thing you bought?
book - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

If you could choose only one dress that you have to wear till the end of your life, which one it would be?

this Givenchy one

What are you listening to right now?
Beth Orton - Don´t Need a Reason

What is your favourite ice-cream flavour?
lemon with green pepper

What do you think of the person who tagged you?
I don´t know Sarah personally, but as much as I could "meet" her through her blog, she lives in a lovely world, full of dreams and beauty. Reading her blog and seeing those beautiful pictures always put smile on my face:)

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
anywhere on the beach (not overcrowded, please) or in the woods

What's your must have piece for summer?
swimsuit

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?

here.... this photo was taken by my friend on our holiday stay in Croatia

Which language do you want to learn?
French ( and improve my Russian)

What's your favorite quote?
"The future belongs to ones who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt

Who do you want to meet right now?
lady Antonia Fraser, Sofia Coppola, Sophie Scholl and many, many more

What is your favorite colour?
purple

What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
loose tank dress - it´s just perfect

What is your dream job?
teacher - I´m a crazy idealist, I want to inspire people and show them the way...

What's your favourite magazine?
Vogue Paris and Lula

Which picture describes the mood you are in right now?

If you had £100 now, what would you spend it on?
presents for my dear ones

Favorite designer?
Riccardo Tisci and Alberta Ferretti (when I´m feeling girly)

Do you admire any one's style?
charlotte gainsbourg, sofia coppola

Describe your personal style?
simple, minimalistic with few statement pieces ( few things of lace , chiffon and feathers for times when I´m in romantic mood)

What are you going to do after this?
study...

What are your favourite movies?
Atonement, Diamonds of the Night, Donnie Darko, A Very Long Engagement and many more

What's your favourite fruit?
strawberries

What inspires you?
life

What music do you like this week?
listening to Donnie Darko soundtrack again and again...

The rules :
1. Respond and rework; answer the question on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention, add more one question of your own.
2. Tag eight other people.

So I think I´m breaking the rules a bit but since I don´t want to force anyone to do this, I´m tagging anyone who hasn´t done this yet and wants to have fun:)

sources: style.com, flickr.com

cannes!

2009-05-19T09:01:00.014+02:00

I know that there´s a big part of Cannes Film Festival ahead of us, but these are my favourite moments so far:

This is the movie for that I´ve been waiting for so long!
Jane Campion, Abbie Cornish ( she´s going to be huge, believe me - think Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman) and Ben Whishaw ( my favourite actor and soo cute) at the photocall for their new movie Bright Star.
This movie about John Keats is getting excellent reviews (mesmerizing piece of art! exquisite! etc.) and it´s considered to be a favourite of this competition.
You can watch excerpts of the movie ( trailer is not out yet) and interview with Jane and Ben ( I love how passionate they both are and how beautifully they are talking about their movie) here.
I can´t wait to watch this movie...

Isabelle Huppert is the president of jury of this year, she could not be more charming and more beautiful in this Armani gown.
When I grow up I want to be like her :).

Charlotte Gainsbourg at premiere of Lars von Trier´s new movie Antichrist (that is according to reporters quite shocking - but that´s not surprising - well, it´s von Trier). She and Willem Dafoe play a couple that lost their son and seek their sanity in woods.
She´s gorgeous as always in this Balenciaga dress and i want her shoes!

sources: zimbio.com, lexpress.fr, celebutopia.com

diamonds of the night (1964)

2009-05-17T14:56:00.007+02:00

63 minutes of incredibly strong movie that you can´t get of your head
no music, almost no words, minimalistic, unique, surreal and so touching

movie by jan němec, based on the novel darkness casts no shadow by arnošt lustig

cotoure garden

2009-05-15T08:19:00.007+02:00

Eugenia Volodina and Julia Stegner by Karl Lagerfeld for Vogue Russia, April 2004
it reminds me of Art Noveau

and I have to share this....

it´s not flawless, their technique could be better but despite this all, their performance is incredibly beautiful and moving.
music, costumes, choreography - everything is perfect.

inspiration

2009-05-13T07:53:00.006+02:00

A stylist who is half Spanish and half British, mixing good British taste and Andalusian heat, Vanessa works this LOOK and others with the same conviction: feeling good and freedom above all.

A Woman: She settled in Paris two years ago to work with Marie-Amelie Sauve, an editor who’s pointed tastes provide campaigns with the best names in fashion. With a degree in French, Spanish and cinema, from the University of Edinburgh, it was during a year sabbatical that Vanessa Reid began to assist a photographer – and caught the fashion bug. She divides her life between her 1st arrondissement apartment in Paris and her studio in Portobello, although her return tickets often show regular stopovers in New York and California.

A Style: “My style? It depends on (or corresponds to) the environment I am in. Sometimes I’d rather wear urban jungle clothes, sometimes I’d rather be undressed with flowers in my hair if I am in the outdoors”. In any case, Vanessa Reid would rather look at all dimensions of designers – Balenciaga, Martin Margiela, Anne Demeulemeester, Comme des Garcons – who have the best ready-to-wear. With one absolute rule: it has to feel good and be durable. “I like pieces that you can keep beyond the trend of the season. I don’t buy anything because it is the hit of the moment, but because I believe in the clothing.
Another principle: mix your pieces, a feminine top with a masculine pant. Current taboo? “Jeans. But, it’s a question of mood … I will surely return to them”.

Q.G (I think this refers to favourite stores) In Paris, the vintage store Brigitte on Crusoll Street, and in London, One of a Kind. “It’s an absolute paradise, run by Jeff, a guy who has more class than the whole of the United Kingdom.

Fetishes: Lingerie: “It’s the look under the look: I spend more time choosing my lower parts than on anything else”, explains Vanessa, more of a follower of the effects of silk and lace than of the basic neutrality of white cotton or the ease of string. Where to find: Carine Gilson in Paris, “the haute couture of underwear”, Jean Yu in New York, and in London, Underneath Margo at Coco du Mer – but also Agent Provocateur.

Accessories: An oversized Balenciaga bag, which carries her three iPods, a Blackberry, vintage Cutler and Gross sunglasses, and a Hermes makeup case. Also, Alaia and Jill Sander shoes, and jewellery – “as chunky as possible: it’s my Latin side”. She wears an amulet, an Andalusian medal of the Virgin given by her grandfather. “It supposedly saved his life by stopping a bull’s horn”, she explains as she lights a cigarette, sitting in front of green salad and a quart of San Pelligrino at Alfredo Positano. “But I love everything that suggests Naila de Montbrison, in Paris, or the mind-blowing zodiac rings from Solange Azagury Partridge in London.

Evening: “It’s more of a question of attitude, otherwise the concept is the same”. “Fluid materials, silk or other muslin, whatever has the honour, but the mood, it remains the same: lighthearted and amusing.

Beauty: All her products are certified organic - Jurlique Pure Rose Water spray and Dr. Hauschka’s daily Rose Cream, and Ren oils for hands and body. For makeup, only Cle du Peau mascara, because, after all, “the eyes really are worthy of it, because they are supposed to be the mirror to the heart”. Her beauty recipe? “A bottle from Vina Ardanza, the best Rioja (wine) today, and a sleepless night with my boyfriend”.

Escapes: In Seville countryside, the San Rafael Hacienda - “Sublime” - , hidden away in the middle of an olive-wood and covered with bougainvilliers (flowers). Once a year, at least, Africa: Botswana for its nature and safaris, Mozambique for “its unimaginable beaches”, and Swaziland for House on Fire, a sort of Medici Villa dedicated to theatre, dance and music and that gathers musicians from all over the world to play world music. “I’ve never heard anything like it elsewhere”.

Hobbies: Cooking in general, and Honeycomb ice with honey from the restaurant J. Sheekey especially. Raymond Carver novels (for their worldly chaos) and John Fante books (for his ability to put humour in extreme situations). But also movies (Almodovar, Lynch, Wong Kar-wai…) and the exhibitions of the Gagosian Gallery at the Tate Modern. Also Scottish whiskey, with one condition: it being really good.

Elegance?: Everyone has their own Paradise. Everyone has their way of wearing clothes. Foch Street is not the privilege of the chic. It’s what is in fashion but also your attitude: since you have to get dressed every day, you might as well make it fun.

une fille un stylle from vogue paris is currently my greatest source of inspiration and not only stylewise!
what inspires you?

souce: tfs, great thanks to diorette (scans) and vikingqueen (translation)

kate moss and mario sorrenti

2009-05-08T17:01:00.013+02:00

in their early modelling days, Seventeen magazine September 1992

1993

kate by mario sorrenti for CK Obsession campaign, 1993

mario by kate moss

the times when these two were a couple, start of Kate´s way to stardom and Mario´s career as a photographer (he used to be a model before)

P.S. who knew that kate is so talented (and mario was looking so good)!

source: calicartel.com, life magazine, channel4,moodboard.typepad.com

the costume institute gala: the model as muse

2009-05-06T15:06:00.014+02:00

daria werbowy in balmain

lou doillon with olivier theyskens, in nina ricci

ashley olsen in the row

my favourite looks of the night
(more here)

source: style.com, tfs

milla is back!

2009-05-04T18:37:00.010+02:00

source: garancedore.fr, tfs

all i need is....

2009-05-02T16:53:00.013+02:00

...sun, holidays and that miumiu dress in that first picture...

PLAYGIRL

Mario Testino for Vogue UK July 2001
Erin Wasson and Delfine Bafort
styled by Lucinda Chambers

I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the Summer.
My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music.
It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips.

Violette Leduc - Mad in Pursuit

source: tfs

when life imitates art

2009-04-30T17:00:00.014+02:00

Ophelia by James Everett Waterhouse,1852

Maggie Rizer

Lady Agnew of Lochnaugh by John Singer Sargent, 1893

Amanda Laine

Elena Pawlovski by Amedeo Modigliani, 1917

Stella Tenant

source: artchiv.cz, style.com,lizziesiddal.com,tfs

atonement

2009-04-26T11:26:00.024+02:00

"The anticipation and dread he felt at seeing her was also a kind of sensual pleasure, and surrounding it, like an embrace, was a general elation - it might hurt, it was horribly inconvenient, no good might come of it, but he had found out for himself what it was to be in love, and it thrilled him."
(p. 85)

"They were beyond the present, outside time, with no memories and no future. There was nothing but obliterating sensation, thrilling and swelling, and the sound of fabric on fabric and skin on fabric as their limbs slid across each other in this restless, sensuous wrestling. ... They moved closer, deeper and then, for seconds on end, everything stopped. Instead of an ecstatic frenzy, there was stillness. They were stilled not by the astonishing fact of arrival, but by an awed sense of return - they were face to face in the gloom, staring into what little they could see of each other's eyes, and now it was the impersonal that dropped away." (p. 128)

"Nothing as singular or as important had happened since the day of his birth. She returned his gaze, struck by the sense of her own transformation, and overwhelmed by the beauty in a face which a lifetime's habit had taught her to ignore. She whispered his name with the deliberation of a child trying out the distinct sounds. When he replied with her name, it sounded like a new word - the syllables remained the same, the meaning was different. Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can ever quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly the same emphasis on the second word, as if she had been the one to say them first. He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract." (p. 129)

excerpts from Atonement by Ian McEwan

i´m going to present my work about atonement for my english literature studies course on Wendesday and therefore I had to go through the book by Ian McEwan and movie by Joe Wright again.
words can not describe how much i love both.

source: book quotes, flickr

all about charlotte

2009-04-25T10:42:00.013+02:00

Initiales C.G. from Vogue Paris December/January 07.08
photographed by Mario Sorrenti
source: tfs - scans by Diorette

voices in the garden

2009-04-23T16:53:00.009+02:00

Angela Lindvall by Phil Poynter for POP 7 Magazine AW 2003

source: foto_decadent

sonia´s world

2009-04-21T16:48:00.019+02:00

i want my life to be like a sonia rykiel show - carefree, whimsical, full of fun, bright colours and beautiful dresses

have a great day:) !!!

sources: style.com

inspiration

2009-04-19T11:06:00.013+02:00

"It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality."
Virginia Woolf

source: polyvore.com, flickr.com,bwgreyscale.com

do you believe in fairies?

2009-04-17T09:04:00.017+02:00

erdem S/S 09

kenzo S/S 09

erdem S/S 09

kenzo S/S 09 backstage

kenzo S/S 09

erdem S/S 09

Everytime a child says 'I don´t believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
James M. Barrie

!don´t forget to keep clapping!

sources: frillr.com, missatlaplaya.blogspot.com, thefashionspot.com, style.com

proust questionnaire - sofia coppola

2009-04-14T15:24:00.014+02:00

Sofia´s answers for A Magazine 5

source : tfs, missatlaplaya.blogspot.com

the french still do it better

2009-04-13T09:22:00.034+02:00

charlotte gainsbourg

eva green

clemence poesy

gaspard ulliel

louis garrel

there were the times of catherine , brigitte, sophie, ines , alain and many more to remember. these kids are the new generation and prove that the french still got "it" and we have still too much to learn.

source: tfs forum, weheartit.com

lily

2009-04-11T13:20:00.013+02:00

lily donaldson by camilla akrans
via ecstasy lover from foto_decadent

what does spring do with me...

2009-04-09T18:09:00.011+02:00

i want to be like these girls - wear flowers in my hair, wear lace, pink colour,chiffon and flower prints ( and that is something very, very unusual for me:))

sources: garancedore.fr, missatlaplaya.blogspot.com, weheartit.com

sublime

2009-04-07T18:36:00.007+02:00

photos by czech photographer taras kuščynskyj ( 1932-1983)
sources: ifotovideo.cz, paladix.cz,wwg.cz

backstage

2009-04-06T16:10:00.015+02:00

so much hard work and effort for a few minutes of pure beauty...

sources: daveyoder.com, mateoferrari.com,photoshelter.com,tfs,nymag.com

movie costumes

2009-04-04T19:25:00.024+02:00

from The Portrait of a Lady

from The Duchess

from My Fair Lady

from Elizabeth

from Marie Antoinette

after watching Marie Antoinette i came across wonderful site costumersguide.com and found some gorgeous frocks, enjoy!

sources: costumersguide.com, imdb, antoinettescloset.com

my dream house

2009-04-03T08:03:00.007+02:00

i would love to live there. this house is 104 years old and you can find it in Rhode Island´s Narragansett Bay. what a view they have! more pictures and info here.

have a lovely weekend!

inspiration

2009-04-02T18:53:00.020+02:00

backstage at Emanuel Ungaro S/S 09

dree hemingway

clemence poesy

""If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night,
I´ll bet they´d live a lot differently."
Bill Waterson

there are captured certain delicacy and freshness in these pictures. love them.
sources: elle.com, catwalking, tfs, flickr

antidepressant

2009-04-01T16:34:00.003+02:00

this helps me feel instantly better every time:)
miss dior cherie ad by sofia coppola

Sofia, cara mia!

2009-03-31T08:03:00.021+02:00

in Chanel, photo by Jean - Baptiste Mondino

with Marina Linchuk, shooting of Miss Dior Cherie ad

still from the movie Virgin Suicides that Sofia directed

on the set of the movie Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst

Sofia with Marc

clutch that Sofia designed for Louis Vuitton

with Kirsten in Cannes

Scarlett in still from movie Lost in translation that Sofia directed and received Oscar for its screenplay

in Azzedine Alaia

Sofia for Marc Jacobs

Sofia Coppola can´t do wrong. enjoy!

sources: comunity.livejournal.com/juergenteller, style.com, elle.com, modepilot.de, starpulse.com, imdb.com, vshu.com, marie claire, nytimes.com

would you dare to wear?

2009-03-30T18:53:00.013+02:00

Diane Kruger

topshop

Juan Carlos Obando

Prada

Alexander Wang

at first it was soo 90´s to me, but in some cases it can look really nice.
still not sure if it´s not that kind of thing that looks good only on the runway.

topshop.com, style.com, look.co.uk

my girl crush

2009-03-29T10:19:00.015+02:00

a girl you want to be bff´s with. love her style, she never tries too hard and just glows all the time.
I would love to raid her closet one day....
people.com, tfs, elle.uk.com

leaves of grass

2009-03-27T21:22:00.007+01:00

I´m reading Speciman Days by Michael Cunningham and I´m falling in love with poems by Walt Whitman.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

"And your very flesh shall be a great poem."
Walt Whitman

loveology

reasons to admire...

2009-03-27T19:40:00.012+01:00

...she´s not a classic beauty but she´ s stunning. she seems to be a little bit unkept all the time but also strikingly chic. she was growing up in the public eye but she didn´t break down and became singer, actress, mother, wife and muse for many.
adore her.

style.com, tfs,teamsugar.com

be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

2009-03-25T20:45:00.010+01:00

these just make me to want spring even more...
sources: tfs forum - scans from russh australia magazine issue 26

bright star

2009-03-22T11:13:00.009+01:00

BRIGHT STAR, WOULD I WERE STEDFAST

By John Keats

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art---
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors---
No---yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillowed upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever---or else swoon in death.

1819

New movie by brilliant director Jane Campion ( The Piano), incredibly talented Ben Whishaw in leading role, story about John Keats and his love Fanny Brawne.What more could I wish for?

"Love is my religion - I could die for it"

John Keats

source and more informations at: brightstarthemovie.com

lovely...

2009-03-21T20:06:00.003+01:00

...isn´t it?

source: garance doré

coco

2009-03-21T10:57:00.006+01:00

model Coco Rocha in Milan
source:the sartorialist

there doesn´t exist anything that is more stunning than redhead in pink.

a dress to die for

2009-03-21T09:37:00.008+01:00

on Natalia in V Magazine

this sequined Balmain one is just exquisite. enough said.
sources: the fashion spot forum, style.com

just something beautiful for a snowy day

2009-03-20T07:53:00.005+01:00

snowing again, where is Spring?!

sources: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alice-howlett/, fffound.com

paid in jackets

2009-03-18T17:25:00.008+01:00

as a dear member of TFS Twinstar reffered to, it seems that models who walked for Balenciaga this season were paid in Balenciaga FW 04 jackets :)
it´s a good thing to be a model

sources:style.com, jakandill.com,teenvogue.com, the fashion spot.com

dreamer.

2009-03-17T10:58:00.002+01:00

photobucket.com

L'allure en douce

2009-03-16T18:10:00.002+01:00

Jeden z nejúžasnějších editorialů, které jsem v poslední době viděla.

Vogue Paris Srpen 07.

One of the most amazing editorials I´ve seen in a long time.

Vogue Paris August 07.

beginning.....

2009-03-16T18:09:00.005+01:00

Tak konečně jsem se odhodlala a našla místo, kde můžu " křičet do tmy". Pro to, o čem budu psát neexistuje žádný koncept. Prostě jenom to, o čem zrovna přemýšlím, co miluju, co mě inspiruje a někdy pronásleduje.

I´ve finally found a place where I can " shout into the dark". There´s no concept for things I´m going to write about. Just things that I have on my mind at these days, things I love and things that inspire me and things that sometimes haunt me.