Cloths full of spots

Don’t you feel terrified when you hear the words in and out? In today’s fashion when everything is popular, and when trendy is no longer synonym for style, I consider words like these useless. Unless you are trying to sell something.
Take for example polka dots pattern. The pattern that is named after the dance of the same name and originates from 19th century, was very popular in the middle of last century, so the '50s girls were those very fond of sweetheart dresses that had glance of candies and rainbows. After the 50s the pattern wasn’t the star in the trendland, but is always present everywhere, from runaways and streets to shops.
Polka dot is frequent pattern for light summer dresses or blouses, but we somehow forget to wear it in colder seasons. That’s why this season I like to see around in shops tights in this pattern that on simple black or white dresses with bit of jewelry will look very chic. With polka dot blouses that are ideal for office but also for rendezvous, we will be very feminine. And in the shirt or tunic dresses with carefully picked details as buttons or collars, we will be very cute. And these little spots will add vivacity to this very sleepy, snowy and rainy wintertime.

Images: Dress from Topshop, illustration by DixieLeota on deviantART, girl with tights via, camera on the polka dot box by youcaughtme on flickr, lyrics from What Katie did

Girl with parasol

She has brushed her hair. Standing in the corner of the room, she listens the rain outside. It’s falling for last half an hour with this sound of cry. Lovely rain. It washes out everything. The sorrow, the pain. Also it heals. It’s doctor for roses, azaleas and apples in the garden. They’ve been whining these days for drinks, so she doesn’t blame them for their joy. She picks up huge burgundy shawl and covers herself in it. She pours water into the pot and with the finger on which is rounded ring with emerald stone moves a wavy forelock from her eyes. When the tea is ready, she sits down on the faded tortoise settee on the porch and squeezes the eggshell porcelain cup. On these rainy days when sitting on the porch, she feels like someone ‘s here. She cannot see them, nor imagine them but these creatures from some other universes that don’t talk are trying to attract her attention. She enjoys in that serene sound and taps her fingers against the cup. Gazing at rain, she imagines one of those spring nights when the moon shines like sun on the water while clouds around are doing their own dance like frisky young. On one of those nights she will come home from party, very exhausted but she will stay on the porch for a while to listen to the whisper of flowers and petite animals that you cannot see with the eyes.
She will wake up in the dawn, and her black coffee will be bitterish. She will drink it in backyard pavilion. Then she will enter her wardrobe and put on shiny velvet dress. She will match it with her mother’s hat that has a feather on the side. On the doorstep while hugging the parasol made of most delicate Chantilly lace, sun would look at her and smile. Her hair will be smooth, and her skin will be soft. Next time that day when some planet sees her, it would be in the moonlight. And she will be on the train. Moon will tenderly stare at her when she will make herself a pillow out of her burgundy shawl. His shadow will sing her the silent lullaby. When the moon repels roguish clouds, he would see that lullaby finally calmed her longing eyes.

COLLAGE: Song Bohemian Love by Coco Sumner, Girl with green hat: photo by Saga Sig, styled by Linda Portman, Victorian Chantilly lace parasol from Vintage Textile, Ring from Kabiri

Model Crush; Aline Weber

Fans of Alexander Wang probably remember her wearing that infamous sheer dress at SS09 show, while I spotted her first at McCartney. She fits naturally in clothes made by Stella cause she has just right balance of femininity and rock and roll vibe. Brazilian beauty might not be super chameleon when it comes to transformations, but she obviously has what it takes to last in the modeling world for more than 5 years. After opening of Balenciaga show back in the 2008, everyone was talking about this girl and she became one of the regular faces in magazines. She recently did campaign for See by Chloe while earlier campaigns include clients like D&G, Missoni and H&M. This season she walked more than 20 shows but her most successful season still is autumn of 2008. For i-D magazine said she listens to Rolling Stones and Beatles and her favorite designer is Marc Jacobs. Apparently she is not just i-D mag chéri, but also of Carine Roifteld, so she appeared in seven editorials for Vogue Paris during last two years.
Also Miss Weber, is one of the rare models of generation that had a cameo role in movie. And we are not talking about an ordinary movie, directed by ordinary director, but by Tom Ford and his A Single Man. Aline as Lois with black-lined eyes and blonde hair a la Bardot, earned the applause if for nothing, than just for the way she smokes. Maybe this title should be supermodel instead of model crush. Don't you agree?



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EDITORIAL INFO: Dazed & Confused June 2008 by Mariano Vivanco, i-D Magazine September 2008 by Richard Bush, Brooklyn on my mind by Jeff Olson, Vogue Paris June 2008 by Patrick Demarchelier

IMAGES VIA tfs, models.com, Lois via

Queen, King and The Velvet

The rich, luxurious fabrics like velvet is, once upon the time was intended just for royalty. You must remember from the history lessons, images of kings and queens in the velvet cloaks trimmed with fur or embroidered with brocade. In the moments when I wasn’t sleeping in the class, I was amused by velvet tunics with puff sleeves and tights on gentleman and enchanted by renaissance lace-up velvet gowns on ladies.
In the time when non-blue-blood riffraff discovered it as something that can be very sensual and romantic but also glamorous, it became very popular. It was often used as appliqué and not just on gowns in manner of Vionnet, but also moved from clothes to décor in our homes. Luckily, we don’t have to fashionably survive like Miss Scarlett O’Hara that ripped mother’s curtains to make a green velvet dress. We can choose, and most often between Eighties inspired dresses and those with softer shape like tunic dresses. Velvet is very warm material, so that makes it perfect for winter fashion. Finally designers gave up of using summer materials and sewing swimsuits in the winter! In case of the fall runaway, velvet fabric was omnipresent star, no matter are we talking about fashion houses with tradition like Halston and Vionnet or about those newly founded.
In case of TBA, British label TBA, that is all about adoring, velvet dress is very romantically bohemian. Designer Binbin McNiven could be a new age royal dressmaker because she found a perfect mix of tenderness and luxury, combining velvet with delicate collars. So, the swinging sixties mood brilliantly met up with Victorian romance. Casual shape allows it to be a regular daily dress and also a party dress. Who says we wouldn’t know how to reign in dresses like these.



VISIT TO BE ADORED, GREEN AND ORANGE DRESS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT ASOS, ALSO THERE IS ONE MODEL IN NAVY, AT URBAN OUTFITTERS