RECYCLED

I spotted my friend modelling for Viivi Vein and strated browsing around the VV designs realizing I really need that mint green ruffled bag! All the products are unique however so let's see if it's possible for me to get my hands on it - or a similar one!

The Viivi Vein prodcts are made out of all-recycled materials, or consist of revamped vintage products. You can see more of the bags in the slide on her myspace and browse her collection here.

www.viivivein.com

And remember, there are still five more days to sign up for my Chickdowntown giveaway! (It breaks my heart that there's only one dress to give away ond not one hundred :) But try your luck anyway!)

"Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola"

"Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola" The Kinks


Soooo excited for this new Marc Jacobs perfume!
Marc Jacobs said that the 'Lola' is the "vampy older sister" to Daisy, the floral fragrance from last Spring, which I love. Both are complete with a cute flower on top but while Daisy is light and fresh Lola will be more sensual and flirtatious.
'Lola' hits stores in August and I can't wait, just check out the snazzy bottle top...

TIME FOR A TREAT

Since no-one can ever have too many dresses I'm happy to announce that one of you have the opportunity to get yet another one - for free! You have the chance to win a BB Dakota Moonstone Blue Flawless Dress from Chickdowntown!





Chickdowntown is an online designer store that carry over 150 designer pieces from such as Diane von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs, Betsey Johnson, Mystique, Mink Pink, L.A.M.B and more - as well as a selection of vintage items.

You you can stay tuned with news, giveaways and gift cards by following Chickdowntown on twitter or joining them on facebook. You also get a 50$ gift card when you sign up for their mailing list!

Well, back to the contest - all you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post I and will let Miss Fortuna decide by drawing one winner next Monday morning (July 6th, to be more precise). In other words, the contest is up for one week, and if you don't have a blog account remember to leave me your email address! Good luck :)

www.chickdowntown.com

JSP

jsp is a creative team that consists of the sisters jelena and svetlana prokovic. they work together in the aria of styling, costume design and fashion since 1992 in belgrade.
on this year belgrade fashion week they showed there ss09 collection.
the inspiration for the collection for spring/summer 2009 named “recyclique - recycle, cycle, clique” is an exclusive group of people who share interests, views, purposes and patterns of behavior or ethnicity.











looks very nice and together with this great shoes by lilu (designer danijela biskup)... is just perfect.

Fashion Inspiration- Selena Gomez Teen Vogue Cover

I am not sure about how often Teen Vogue are putting Disney stars on the cover of their magazine (remember Zac Efron, Vanessa Anna Hudgens and Miley Cyrus?) but I think Selena was a good choice.

She seems really down to earth and is obviously gorgeous but mainly I love the styling of this photo shoot with the masses of pearls, girly necklaces and florals against Doc Marten style boots and tough belts.

Definitely my inspiration of the day...Daisy Lowe Doc Marten Campaign Agyness loves her Docs Floral Doc Martens Givency gold multi-layered necklace Givency Neon Bib Necklace as seen on Selena in the first cover photo (a similar one from topshop below and much cheaper!)
Necklace Collage- All Topshop

RIP Micheal Jackson aka The King of Pop

POSSIBLE - IMPOSSIBLE

(Some of my minor words of wisdom again...)


It's possible to drink too much sangria in the park on a sunny day,
and it's also (unfortunately) possible to eat too many cherries at once.
But it's impossible to ever wear too many or too big flowers in your hair.


(But this is of course only half-way there. I want them bigger! More!)

SALE, SALE, SALE.....

on spring/summer 09 collection from aleksandra wisniewska at ostblock.











photos from styleserver.de

TWIRLING DAISIES

Tinkerbell made me the cutest daisy-like tassels ever, which I use for my Elovena number.

They twirled last Friday already at Loose and will twirl some more at the Helsinki Pride Women's party tomorrow! (*wink wink*, in case you're in the mood for some burlesque :)

BLICK AM ABEND

on monday i had a look at blick am abend and there was a photo of me.
tina weiss took this photo at kreislauf 4 + 5.

365 Self Portraits...

I would love to do a 365.If you havent already heard of it it's when you take a photograph of yourself everyday for a whole year. There are so many great examples on Flickr, all really inspiring me to start my own- that is as soon as I haved saved up for a Canon 400D!
Its amazing to see how people change and also how someones photography skills improve over the course of a year.
Here are a few of my favourite 365's either completed or in process...

Who? Katherine Elizabeth- recently finished 365er, from LA

Where? Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katieelizabethphotography/

Website: http://www.katherinelizabethphotography.com/index.php

Who? 18 year old Rosie Hardy, Flickr celebrity

Where? Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosie_hardy/

Her's and her boyfriend Aaron's (they met on Flickr- cute!) blog:

http://nacedesign.com/blog/

Who? 16 year old, Jacqueline Rivera (also known on Flickr as shes_jacks) from San Diego

Where? Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shesjack/

Blog: http://-lionshutter.tumblr.com/

Who? Lauren Nicole, another great young photographer, who has the prettiest details in her pictures (look at the reflection in the one above- the crown on her head and the birds in the corner-perfect)

Where? Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurennicole81/

Hope you enjoy looking at these fantastic pictures as much as I do...

♥

B xx

SUMMER GIRLS IN VINTAGE SKIRTS

Oh summer vacation! Makes me wish I'd never have to work again!
(Even though I at this very moment have some work files open too. That's the thing with freelancing, you always work a little...)

But anyway; it's almost all-vacation for me. I started my day with strawberry-, yoghurt- and honey filled pancakes after which I biked around in the sunshine, listening to two Johnnies on my ipod (Kidd and Preston). Later I met up with Ina for lunch and some swimsuit fabric shopping , I'm going to sew us a couple of very cup cake-y bikinis next week!

INFLUENCE

mediterranean fashion festival, from 3rd to 5th july in koper, slovenia.



text from influence home page:

Attributes that could easily be assigned to a young person? Perhaps … But as for the world of fashion, these are indeed desired characteristics of each fashion story. What is beyond the conventional brings freshness, new attitudes towards the world and furthermore shifts that can be made firstly by the courageous and the daring who are then followed by the crowds; together they can overcome the boundaries of narrowed, old-fashioned norms.

Having influence means having power; power to change the world and general mentality. That is the essence of our first international festival.

We believe that each of us can have an influence to make something great, something that will last

Aljoša Krošlin Grlj
Organizer of the festival Influence

We have invited internationally renowned experts from the world of fashion, media and advertising to take part in the event. We want to send out a message that the 21st century is not a lost era, but a time of opportunities for all of us, irrespective of gender, religion or race.

Young and promising creative people will, through lectures and workshops, get an insight on the methods of work in fashion, media and photography world. Lectures will be presented by people renowned for their regular and stabilized practice, in an extensive international sphere.

A professional jury will decide who will receive the awards; consisting of many well-known national and international experts. Koper is without a doubt a city of the 21st century. Step by step it is becoming an economical, cultural and tourist meeting point. It is time to outline its way to success!


Everyone can be different; everyone can fallow their own life philosophy and create collections in their unique style.

INFO:
Contact us: info@mff.si or press@mff.si

for more information about the event you can also have a look on facebook page

i got the information that there will be more then 30 designers on the festival...
and it looks like there will be a lot of male fashion.

adrian sommerauer


dimitri stavrou


tijana paulov


katie eary

I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF

I did some of my kind of internet porn, which is watching pretty dresses on sites I have labeled as forbidden (like Trashy Diva, where I lurked today). This time couldn't resist the Click and ended up finally ordering a dress I've been drooling over ever since it appeared on the site. Oh!

SUMMER

There's lots of green on both sides of my window.

Its going alright, More insane by the minute

Gah, I feel ill.
The nose is running, the head is aching and the tissues are out.
But it is my best friend's birthday party later and I am determined to feel better by then.

So I am listening to one of my ultimate feel good songs (but nothing beats James Brown’s “I feel good”) and looking at pretty pictures on my favourite blogs to make me feel better.

Here are some of my favourite images, on newly found and loved website http://www.thestreethearts.com/ a street style website from Oslo by photographers Andreas Schjønhaug and Eirik Slyngstad. I think that it has an edge over the Sartorialist (at http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/ ) because it tells you where all the items of clothing are from. Also quite a lot are bought in high street shops which is a nice change as it stops me from lusting over clothes and shoes I know I can't afford, which is a frequent occurrence on Scott's blog.

(Top- Maya, Above- Minni)

(Julianne)

(Sofie)

(Cara)

(Mari)

John Gold "Its Going" always makes me feel a bit better :)

Beth xx