Adventures of Barbarella

Christmas shop windows: Harrods

I took these photos for me, but thought I might aswell post them. Harrods has an extremely beautiful swarovski display for Chrismas this year, on a theme of decadent parties and "masquerade ball" type iconography. Loved everything from the sparkle to the mannequins. 

Bill Blass

R.I.P. Amy

She was such a character, so natural, so true to herself, so authentic. Very sad.

EDIT: we went down to her house today. It was SO sad. It was a funeral.

Girlcrush of the day: Josephine de la Baume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disco jewelery

Came across this spread in this month's Instyle and I had to photograph and post it. The makeup, the clothes, the jewelery! The jewelery is a mix of fine like Bulgary, Pomellato and designer costume pieces from fashion houses, and i love the way in which it's piled on there.

 

Jewels sneak peek

Again, an unedited photo from this shoot, which has most of my favourite jewlery on it:



Shorts are siwy, clogs are Philip Lim, jewlery is tons of different things!

Heroines: Nico

Had this in my tearsheets folder

Let's throw it out into the world! Gorgeous

Sent from my iPhone

*Sigh* So hot

(Candice Swanepoel)

I LOVE HER!

How can one manage to look sexy and funny, at 65 years old, in THAT?

I love her hair. I'm gonna wear my Muks today.

I love her so so much

Such vitality!









Goldie Hawn

I think he is so gorgeous

Does that make me a lesbian?

(Andrej, serbian male model)

"Do you have any idea what the fashion trends in summer 2011 will be? Xoxo "

For me it's gonna be:

- 70s disco everything, just like the last two seasons...flared jeans/ trousers, sparkly rich fabrics night dresses, maxi dresses..I'm definitely going for long dresses right now




(Chanel, Blumarine above)

Can't go wrong with references to Versace..it doesn't matter what year you look..I don't even know when these pictures were taken. It's just Versace:

Fur...






Slinky jewel-toned satin...






Wide-leg satin-like patterned pants, as seen in Miu Miu: (and shorts! yay)

- Drapey fabrics more than structural things. Cardigans better than blazers. Sheer little capes, like last season




- Cape dresses ! It's been going on for a while but they're mass-produced this season...super excited about this (not about the mass-produced part, but it does make them more accesible, I used to wear my mom's ones. I love cape dresses)



- i don't think the 60s are going anywhere for makeup and hair and general ladylike-ness




- patterned jumpsuits...predictable. And here is where my missoni jumpsuit comes in (can't find a picture of it)

- Lots of platforms and lots of low heels. I'm a fan of both

 




- Cropped tops I think will be back soon. I haven't really seen this anywhere, I just think they will

UPDATE: Blumarine did some cropping:




- Pijamas as outerwear, just like last year...I loove wearing silk pijamas out and about, big fan of that







- And finally all the typical summer things...lolita shorts + platform espadrilles, fluffy poetic dresses, blouses, white crotchet dresses






...and for me, ad lib dresses as always, because they're all I ever wanna wear!

Victoria's Secret - Best Of

2010 Memorable Mentions

When the sensational mama Jo spoke during our Striptease class about how confidence is everything. She was so right, and so eloquent when she said (i misquote her):

"Those women that walk around, head up high, with airs of grandeur and behave as if they were the prettiest, most desirable thing to exist..We love to hate them, and we might complain and moan to other women.."look at that girl..the way she dresses, the way she talks, flaunts, struts..

Isn't she FABULOUS?""

Happy New Year!! & "Darling"

Yesterday night to celebrate (hate nye parties) we drank champagne and watched the gooorgeous 60s movie Darling...behold..

Julie Christie....!

The hair, the clothes, the jewlery, the photography..

Watching Shanghai Express

Marlene Dietrich. Epic!

Sent from my iPhone

Love the dress but what's going on with her skintone

Look it's me!

Shoot day

Loved this shoot, I was so excited I started sending photos to everyone halfway through. I have plenty of photos of me prancing around in my underwear being silly, but I'll post some "serious" ones first.

The mixtape I made for today:

Phenomenal Handclap Band - You'll Disappear
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (this is actually one of my favourite songs ever :X)
David Bowie - Hang on to Yourself
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs ( I just loved the title of this. Not sure I actually like the song)
Britney Spears - Gimme More (no shoot mixtape is complete without britney)
Hole - Samantha
Hole - Skinny Little Bitch
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Razorlight - Golden Touch
Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch
Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose
Marilyn Monroe - Everybody needs a Da-Da-Daddy
Glenn Miller Orchestra - A String of Pearls

These are still unretouched. I'm loving the makeup I came up with, I'll do a breakdown below because this is one of my favourite looks ever. I was originally going for a very rock&roll black eye, but then I started adding purple glitter and lashes and it ended up more like a 70s thing.

Preen sheepskin leather jacket (above). I get this jacket into as many pictures as I can. Same goes for the one below. And below I'm wearing: trusty Miu Miu clogs, vintage mink jacket, Angie Gooderham necklace, the Great Frog skull earrings

Makeup:
A light layer of Face Atelier Ultra Pro Foundation in Wheat. Love this, the makeup stayed on flawlessly and it did not shine, or look cakey at all.
YSL Touche Eclat
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage concealer in SC-4
Bobbi Brown Pale Yellow Loose Powder

Benefit Hoola Bronzer as contour
NARS Mata Hari Blush just on the top of the cheek

On the eyes:
YSL eyebrow pencil #3?
YSL eye pencil black as a liner on the top lid
The darker warm brown shadows from the Urban Decay Naked palette all over the upper lid
NARS Mata Hari on top, on the crease and blended to the browbone
MAC Blacktrack eyeliner
MAC Glitter Brillant purple glitter on the lower lid
Shu Uemura Luxe Black eyelashes
Shu Uemura Natural Lower eyelashes

Lips:
Too Faced Lip Injection (always prep with this for pictures)
MAC Creamola lipliner (love obvious lipliner)
YSL Rouge Pur Couture #10: prettiest pink ever

This is what happens on the floor of the studio when I'm doing makeup.




I let my hair dry naturally and then used 5 big Babyliss hot rollers this morning

 

This is the only leather dress I've liked this season

I hate the ones that look like t shirts!

Sent from my iPhone

Wow that is so pretty

oh no. This photo makes me wanna chop my hair off

I could be *her*!

This picture is my reference for everything

I only just discovered it's Nancy Sinatra :X I actually had no idea how she looked, even though she's one of my favourite artists ever

A few tearsheets

 
   

    
 
 
 
 

Louise Dear prints

How wonderful are these candy coloured, flowered-sprinkled illustrations?


 By louise dear


  

"The Little Dictionary of Fashion" by Christian Dior

 
 
 
I picked up this charming little book from the Victoria & Albert museum the other day. Divided in letters like a dictionary, t's the closest I've found to a good reference guide to style. It gives you a clear perspective on things and it's very good to unclutter your mind.

Some favourite quotes:

Nonsense: I could write a book about nonsense in fashion! (...) Good fashion is always a natural evolution and based on common sense. I dislike trick fashions - designed only for publicity's sense. They may be eye-catching but they are never elegant.

Individuality: Until the time we are converted into robots - and I hope this time will never come - individuality will always be one of the conditions of real elegance. (...) Try to understand well what is your personality and never forget that individuality does not mean eccentricity.  

Fit: A good dress is, first of all, a well-fitted dress. (...) It is the fitting that helps to emphasize the loveliness of yourself and to hide the little faults you might have.

Elegance: (...) I will only say now that elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care, and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Just pretension. 

Colours: Colours are wonderful and glamorising - but they must be used with care. Even the prettiest colour, if you wear it every day, will lose its effect. Colour needs change. We wouldn't appreciate blue skies if they were always blue, it is the clouds, the ever-changing scene, that makes the sky so beautiful.

  

 

Abbey Lee Kershaw

New favourite model. This girl is so beautiful, I can't stop looking at her.

  
 

 

 
 

  
 

 

i might have succumbed to these..

shhhhhhh!

 

LOVE! Calenamanero pearl necklaces

At Brownsfashion.com

   
Chanel-inspired, anyone? 
 

miu miu gets it right

 
 

 
 

love elvgreen

I'm actually not a fan of his "type" of girl (much prefer vargas) but i really like their clothes.

  

 
 

Miss Love

I've always thought this girl was absolutely gorgeous and talented. And her personal life is nobody's business. She has some mad makeup skills!!!

 love herrrr


  

 

I'm sick : ( . Watching Charade. Audrey Hepburn Givenchy's costumes are gorgeous:







And her hairstyles!

I never understood Cary Grant's appeal. Maybe he's just not my type. I'm more into long-haired grunge musicians.

60s longing...

The 60s are my favorite period..I love the inital still-corseted, still red-lipped period..I love Brigitte Bardot and her unrestrained hair, I love the simplicity of Mary Quant...I love Courrege, I love the "space" look...

Marilyn in a perfect adaptation to the times



Even the clips used to pincurl hair were pretty. *sigh*



Dresses that fit properly (that's Bardot with Picasso)..



Fantastic Julie Christie



Beautiful hairstyles

non-photoshopped Twiggi



The soft lipped, bed-eyed Brigitte...

blue eyeshadow, liner...red lips! Tiaras..Okay this is me.

Perfectly coiffed hair

Tan, frost...the natural hippies

Slowly but surely I'm turning into my favorite widespread

So this is the page I was loving back in October. I just realised I've ended up with her same exact hat (it's from Lock & co. who knew), her tights and her skirt. And some pretty darn similar shoes that are zebra instead of spotted.

wow

Seen on pixiwoo's blog (http://pixiwoo.blogspot.com)

wow lindsay

 

panthers

 

bam

Balenciaga

i look scary today. As for walking in those shoes? you don't.

jump

 

Summer

i don't know these people but this is the most romantic photo ever!

awww

say hello to my friend, on the right. And his new girlfriend.

this photo is hot