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13 Feb 2013

Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before

This makes me sad. It demystifies great fashion designers.

It also makes me very proud of one of our leading fashion masterminds.

17 Jan 2013

Concrete Genezis

Have you seen IVANKA's fantastic concrete collection?
The Hungarian duo is offering the ultimate lovechild of architecture and fashion.

They presented their debut line a couple of years ago at Paris FW and are now selling out in Milan and China.

Though the accessories and jewellery are stunning, as far as experimental clothing is concerned,
I go with my mothers infamous words 'You can make this yourself'. But never will.

Faculty of Architecture should offer a concrete fashion design course. Just sayin'.

all photos © IVANKA Studio / Balazs Mate and ivanka.hu

Urb

I honestly think I'd have a hard time styling this, but hey, it's latex melting down your thighs, never a bad thing!

Check out Sara Urbais' webshop URB-Clothing.

6 Jan 2013

Wishlist

Again, a week before my birthday, I'm posting a list of things I most likely won't get.

I've been tempted to buy a famous Konjac sponge for a while now, but didn't feel like paying 9€ for a novelty like that. So after finding it cheaper in KIKO shop, I gave it a go (marketing 'ho' much?). Anyways, the thing works. It's so gentle to the skin, it's basically getting a facial micro-massage by angels. I don't get the concept of using sponges to 'clean' more than twice, so I use it after I've cleansed my face. Don't ask me how it works, but after using it, the skin is soft and glowing, not dry and thirsty like after rinsing the cleanser off. And it's actually a vegetable (from Konjac plant root), hence worth its money even just for the joy of squeezing it. Happy new year by the way.

21 Nov 2012

CHANEL na Fashion Days

Na spletni strani modnega kluba Fashion Days bodo ekskluzivno med 22. in 25. novembrom na
voljo vintage Chanel torbice. Priložnost za vse, ki cenite vintage, obožujete Chanelovo klasiko in ste
odvisnice od večnih torbic, ki bodo popestrile vsako garderobo, obogatile osebni stil in ob primerni
skrbi mamile tudi naslednje generacije. Za več o zgodbi Chanelovih torbic si lahko preberete na
blogu kluba FD.

''Nesmrtne Chanelove torbice pri Fashion Days

Chanelove “vintage” torbice so sveti gral vsake ljubiteljice mode. Na Fashion Days smo zato zelo zadovoljni, da bomo v
četrtek, 22. novembra, našim članom lahko ponudili kolekcijo nesmrtnih Chanelovih torbic. Tudi Božič je že pred vrati in
morda je ravno košček modne zgodovine tisto, s čimer lahko letos presenetite svoje najdražje.

V ponudbi bo na voljo klasična kolekcija od zgodnjih 60. pa do 90. let. Modne navdušenke pa bodo lahko izbirale med
klasičnimi, elegantnimi, pisemskimi, športnimi in večernimi torbicami.''

Coco Chanel (left) with actress Romy Schneider in Paris, France, in 1960

27 Oct 2012

Make-up rambling

Hello there. I haven't been posting frequently for the last 6 months or so due to piles of work and other stuff going on. As some of you know I recently started working as a professional make-up artist. It's one of the best decisions I have ever made, I can't think of anything else I'd rather be doing or doing it with greater feeling of devotion and satisfaction.

And make-up, or better, perception of beauty, is what I wanted to discuss in this post. I decided to share this thoughts with you after yet another client coming to me saying they're ugly and old, referring to wrinkles and lines. ''Make these disappear.''

Whatever I said, I couldn't make the lady see how beautiful she was. Yes, the skin a bit saggier and eyelids droopier, but amazingly good looking for her age, she must have been in her fifties (if she was 32 I take it all back). Another woman in her eighties said she used to be beautiful, but now shes wrinkled and unattractive. She had that loving grandmother look about her, and was utterly sweet and delicate.
We all get wrinkled as we age, it's the natural process, if anything they are reminders of wisdom and experience (in some cases only the latter) and you should be glad you have them - if you didn't it meant you didn't live long enough too get them.

One client came looking for a bright pearly purple jumbo eye-pencil she was about to run out of. She likes to apply it heavily under her lower eyelid. We know that's 'wrong' in more than one way - don't put purple on the under eye area if you have under eye circles or tired eyes, avoid putting pearly anything on mature face, and so on). I didn't have that exact product, so I offered to help her find something that might suit her needs - nothing would make me happier in that moment than wowing her by doing her make-up in the most flattering way- but she clearly wasn't there looking for advice or prepared to try anything else, so I didn't say anything more. After she has left, my mate popped out her eyes. We all thought the same thing, but the truth is, if she felt comfortable, confident and beautiful wearing that somewhat horrible shade, let her. After all that's the point of wearing any kind of make-up, so bless her.

The industry based on consumerism is washing our brains to unbelievable extent. Nobody needs make up (unless you're a TV presenter or a red-carpet regular), it's a matter of choice, an accessory that highlights your good looks. I'm not there to fix you, but to make you feel even more beautiful, if you let me.