Vacay ...goin... goin...gone.

The Louboutins are in the carry on, the flip-flops,crazy Lacroix dress, and about two more tons of shoes and clothes packed and off we go today to the Philippines for three weeks of Manila, beach, friends.Will be back in a while with lots of shots and some about our adventures!

Till then I'll leave you with this fabulous summery image made by 'The Sartorialist' in Rio.

Vogue

http://fora.tv/2009/06/02/Why_Fashion_Still_Matters_with_Vogues_Sally_Singer

For anyone who loves fashion an intelligent , informative interview with Sally Singer of Vogue US. ( its about an hour but there are shorter clips)

Ol-fashioned prettiness...

Just some proper old fashioned prettiness for today ... amazing set-up amazing colours, amazing dress... what else do you need? (ok maybe an occasion to wear it would be great!)

photo from Martha Stewart Brides.

Thimister Fashion Show

Wow had a fun if not extremely relaxing weekend. Saturday spent all day in the Grande Epicerie looking for foodie gifts for our trip . In the evening we were invited to a dinner party with friends ..
Sunday getting ready for the trip and then in the evening my fabulous friend Pia asked me to be her wing man at the Thimister fashion show.
It’s been a while since my last time . When I first arrived in Paris being part of all that and invited to fashion shows was my main goal . I got to work for Fashion File and for about 2 years did all the fashion weeks either from the press pit or (when my boss was nice) with seated invites. It was fun and insane at the same time and I got to make friends with some of the camera/photo guys and see some incredible shows, Lacroix Haute Couture ( my personal favorite ) Chanel YSL etc.. But then I got a bit tired of the circus , changed jobs and so yesterday was my first show after a long time.
Thimister was the opening show of the couture week , with a Russian / military theme and though I’m not usually into the Dutch design sensibility ( Ann Demeulemeester etc) it was cool and a bit wacky and had some lovely dresses, and it was fun running into old acquaintances being seated in the front row across from L’Oreal heiress Mme. Liliane Bettencourt ( you can see her in the corner gaping at the models in some of the photos I took ) . Not to mention how nice it was to be there with my friend Pia, have somebody to chat about it and enjoy it for the fun it is, without it being my job to be there.

All photos by me with my tiny Canon

Word.

 

Photo:me.

Oh Joan!

I think girl-crush on Christina Hendricks has increased even more when I read that she changed her hair color to red as a teenager, cause she got inspired by reading Anne of Green Gables! Something about that is very endearing. ( Ok so I loved Anne of Green Gables too.)

Not just is she a great actress ( Joan!) and insanely gorgeous she also seems to be the only actress out there with non-enhanced curves, that I can actually identify with.

Now I just wish that some of these days I’ll have the guts to color my hair red too . I’ve been wanting red hair for years. The maintenance, money and possibly damaging my healthy hair scares me. Not to mention my horror of showing roots, one of the most off-putting things out there.

Bright Star.

 
Just saw it. Slow, dreamy, moving. Beautiful.

Image by me