Pink Luggage

How amazing is it to find something like this in a thrift store?

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by simple moth on flickr

Crystals and Feathers

Gemma Ward by Patrick Demarchelier in Vogue India October 2004

Move Over, Robert

It's Jackson Rathbone.

Twilight, passion for music, dirty messy hair, bad boy charm.

Sounds familiar?

Luminous Symphony

Luminous Symphony
by Libero Altomare

I love brazen lights

that violate the delicate Night

decked with jewels, that snatch

the dreams' veils fluttering in the air

of the slumbering City;

the electric bulbs

that illuminate insomnia's

sluggish veins, the innumerable

bloody pupils of gold, alert

to illuminate the treasures

that it flaunts, like a courtesan,

before succumbing to dishevelled

sleep, at midnight, with secret

clocks solemnly snoring.

(..)

The Man

This man seemed so familiar to me. Like from a book I've read, from a song I've heard. Like from a dream or a dream of a dream. I chased him down the street, but he just wouldn't stop. He kept striding with his long legs away from me. He slipped away. I did not get to see his face and understand why he was so familiar, why he was so important. But I know that it was the hat in particular that made him stand out so much in my subconscious memory. And because I'm such a bookworm I gave him a nickname.

Shooter.

What I'm Loving Today

Deer Stencil

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Chairsocks
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Square Stud Sandal by Steve Madden

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Drawings of British Plants by Stella Ross-Craig
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Men's sweaters

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Art by Cassandra Rhodin

Aren't these wonderful? So quirky and a bit scary. I am fascinated!

The black heavy eyelids and lashes, and the dark mean apathetic and a little bit bleary look of the girls are the best.

Explore here.

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LoVe

Lily Donaldson by Terry Richardson in US Vogue July 2009

Louis Vuitton Monogram Coquette Pochette in Pink

This is as good as Louis Vuitton gets. I simply don't believe anything could be more divine than this studded quilt clutch. I'm in LoVe!

Bells on God's Cap

I'm so tired of life. So tired of shouting, arguments ... words. Most of all I'm tired of people who make all this useless noise. We run about, stressing about our problems that overwhelm us. ''Me'' is the most important word and condition. But what use are we really in the big system called Universe? I'm surprised at people who dare to think that we are the only civilization is this wonderful and complex thing. We worry about Global Warming, we try to stop it, we try to avoid the end of our World. We now realize what we have done and are trying to stop it. How about letting everything go its way? Maybe this is how it was supposed to happen. Mankind, with all its scientifical progress and development, would destroy itself by thinking that this world is ours, that we can do anything we think of here. We can cut trees, tear up holes into the surface of the earth and what not. From the very first man, walking this Earth, we are doing nothing, but slowly destroying the Earth with our growth. The more we learn, build and create, the more damage we do to this world. But has anyone stopped to think what change would it be if our planet Earth really stopped spinning, stopped existing? ... NOTHING. Nothing at all would change in the Universe, because we are a tiny dot on the neverending map. Less than a dot. Yet we seem so big and important to ourselves.

I know this sounds depressing but I sometimes really feel like this and, as this was a bad day for me, I decided to put it out here. It might have turned out a little bit cramped, but those who understand how I feel, will know what I meant. I hope I will be in a better mood tomorrow, which means I hope things will turn out better than they did today.

"All of you, people,

are just bells

on god's cap."

/Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovski: A Tragedy

1913 /

Birds of a Fether

Spotted at LOLITA. I'm in love with this whole thing - the idea, the style, the twittering of birds, the clattering of heels ... It all gave me pleasant little shivers.

Hollywood kids II

Alexa Chung and Emma Watson

Stream of Consciousness

I've been on the road lately and now I have to suffer the discomfort and chaos of the renovation. That gives me a lot of wish to think, think back, think over and so on. I feel unarranged and confused. Time is cruel. It is moving too fast. September is coming by storm and I desperately grab at the last remains of summer joys. My 20s are approaching and I wish I could have stayed 17 forever. I suppose I will always have the chance to return there by plastic surgery and silly behavior, but that won't be quite the same. Now, don't get me wrong, it's not like I was of silly behavior, but of course it was different, still beingin high school. Somehow I always remember my 17th year as fulfilled and juicy, full of crazy, irresponsible adventure, but even back then I was more down-to-earth, serious and meditative than others at my age. I've always been. I'm quiet, shy and don't say a word if I don't feel like saying something. When I do however, I choose the right words, usually the ones that are on the tip of my tongue. But I wasn't always like that. I sometimes think of myself as of a little phenomenon. I grew up within one year, when I was 14, 15. Nothing big happened, nothing life-changing. I just realized I had to change. There was no ''click'' in my head or anything, but I just did it. I decided to be a better person, decided to be someone I wasn't and became myself. That was a good change. I am proud of myself. Looking back I have to be terrified at what an air-head I used to be. Now, however, I am on the other side of the road. Is this place better? I doubt it, but I am still exploring. Still looking for that Golden Mean.

Kitchens

As we are renovating our kitchen now, I spend a lot of time wondering about the best ideas and posibilities. That includes a lot of Googling about kitchens too. Here are some of the most beautiful kitchens I've seen recently.

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countryliving.com

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Holly Abston

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Contented me

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room envy

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Adore_Vintage

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decor8

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Shabby Chic Furniture

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Stud Shoes

I saw these at a nice little second hand shop. They were only $1!

Pity they were too small for me. I love the little studs on them.

Hippie Headband

I so want to try this hippie look.
Just listened to ABBA today and thought that with this pretty headband I could really get in the right mood. Reminds me of summer music festivals a lot.
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How about throwing a fabulous party, dress code: ABBA (think - gold, sequins and feathers)?

WANT

The Fingers of God

This guy is amazing. Check him out on youtube.com I should learn to play this one too. It's a great song.

I Served The King of England

This is one of my all-time favorite movies, but whenever I mention it, no one knows about it, so I think it's worth making a post for it here. I definitely recommend everyone seeing it. It's perfectly playful, funny, witty and erotic.

Director: Jiri Menzel

Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia

Year: 2006

Cast: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Milan Lasica, Zuzana Fialová

Producer: Rudolf Biermann

Screenplay: Jiri Menzel, based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal

''Jan Díte has one ambition: to be a millionaire. And he has only one notion of how to achieve this: to be the best maitre d’ at the flashiest hotel. Or at least at the best brothel. Or, for that matter, in Nazi human breeding camps…
Following a long prison sentence, Jan Díte looks back over an eventful life, which has seen him elevate himself from humble waiter to Nazi bridegroom to millionaire criminal. One of the most ambitious and expensive Czech films of all time, this historical epic is the long-awaited result of a protracted struggle for the screen rights to Bohumil Hrabal’s famed novel.

Jirí Menzel’s adaptation is his fourth to be drawn from Hrabal’s work (including the superb Closely Observed Trains). Combining sheer visual excess with sardonic commentary upon European mores in the first half of the 20th century, I Served the King of England proves worth the wait. It’s a beautifully performed and designed film, shaded with irony and festooned with moments of delightful physical comedy.''

/James Rice, Edinburgh Film Festival Programme/

Charlene Mullen

Don't you just adore her work?

Charlene Mullen

Alicia @ Ford

Alicia McElhone

Agency: Ford Models

Age: 19

Ethnicity: American

Photo: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

(V Magazine 35 Summer 2005)

I'm in love with her, with her big eyes, dark brows and full lips.

In the photos she is 14, 15 years old.

Anyone knows where she is now?

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Boy, I've been lazy this month. Only three posts, but I promise I'll try and grow better. I hope that there are some people out there who've been waiting for me to post something new, so today I will share with you two of my favorite editorials ever.

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-No 1-

Grazia Russia

March 2009 No 8

Photo Steve Lever

Style Madeleine Christie

Model Martha@Union

Versace dress, that I'd kill to have.

The mini-scallop on the Emporio Armani top is so cute but the heavily ripped jeans tone the cuteness down a bit, adding rebel instead.

The color and facture of this Chanel dress are just the way to go.

I adore the color and scallop detail of this Chloe blouse

The Chanel bag is to-die-for. Worn with jeans it shows off the exactly right amount of everyday chic.