Eighties Fashion Style

She's the pop singer seen jogging in Central Park. Madonna captured the style and fashion sense of generation. Especially teenage girls in the 1980s. Madonna is among the most influential people of the 1980s.

Madonna has always had a special relationship with the media. While many stars try desperately to avoid the paparazzi, Madonna has the power to manipulate the media to her advantage.

In 1985 Madonna ruled the airwaves and MTV too. Madonna at her peak was making music, videos and even movies at a fevered pace. Madonna had the media all sewn up by the mid 1980s. Madonna never had too much trouble from the paparazzi. She, in fact, seemed to embrace the photographers throughout her early career.

From her wildly teased and colored hair to the return of lace and fishnet stockings, her accessories were outrageous, and girls around the world wanted to be like Madonna even going so far as to add her trademark mole to their cheeks.

eighties fashion
eighties fashion
eighties fashion
eighties fashion
eighties fashion

Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week as always was a major destination for the designer crowd recently. Boasting some of the hottest names in the industry and an A grade guest list, Paris is the home of Haute Courture.

Naturally plenty of press were on hand to give a blow by blow description of each days high and low lights. Now that the closing ceremony has come and gone the critics have given their overview of proceedings and as always it has involved an over use of adjectives and overstating the obvious.

paris fashion week
paris fashion week
paris fashion week
paris fashion week
paris fashion week

Tropical feeling

Ich wünschte ich könnte ein aktuelles Outfit posten, aber leider fehlt es mir in den letzten Wochen an Zeit. Ich habe so viel für die Hochschule zu tun, dass ich dieses Wochenende sogar von 8 bis eben (23:00) gelernt und gezeichnet habe. Ich hoffe aber, dass es nun wieder besser wird und ich wieder regelmäßig meine Outfits ablichten kann. Und eventuell entstehen auch mal interessante Sachen in der Hochschule (bisher waren es nur langweilige Akt-Zeichnungen, Farbcollagen und undefinierbare Holz-Werke.../ es kann ja nur besser werden).

Für heute Abend ist aber erst mal Schluss mit dem lernen. Ich hab ein Outfit-Foto rausgesucht, das vor meiner Bloggerzeit entstanden ist (und bevor ich wusste wie man rote Augen entfernt). Da hatte ich noch kürzere Zottel-Haare. Ich hab das Kleid zum Feiern im Sommer getragen und war wie immer... overdressed. Ich hab dieses Foto rausgesucht, weil mich das Kleid an Sommer und leckerer Cocktails errinert... und das könnte ich jetzt brauchen.

ENG: I wish I could post a current outfit, but in the last weeks it lacks in time. I have so much to do for college, so I was even learning and drawing from 8 till now (23:00). I hope it will be better now and that I can shoot my outfits regularly. And perhaps something interesting will develop at college (till now it was just boring stuff like nude drawings, color palettes and indefinable wood-works/ Things can only get better).

For today it was enough learning. I sought out an outfit-photo, that was taken before I started my blog (and before I learned how to remove red eyes). I had shorter fringy hair back then. I wore the dress in summer to a party and... was overdressed. I picked this photo because it reminds me of summer and tasty cocktails... which I could use right now.

photo: Lukas (via Casio Exilim)

dress: Cubus

jacket: vero Moda

shoes: Zara

clutch: H&M

HATS OVERLOAD ( + ME OVERLOAD)

Some time ago I modeled hats for Fiona Timantti. Here are the results; the photos of her fabulous hats!

Fiona's own site is not up for the time being, but if you are interested in hats of hers I suggest you check out her blog and contact her!

The Photos are taken by Riku Ryynänen.














So Iäve been thinking of getting myself one of Fiona's creations but how on earth am I going to choose??

Spring Summer Moodboard

Just a quick post with a photo of a mood board I made to let you know that I am alive and well and that the exams haven't killed me (yet...)
I have lost my voice and have been living on soothers and cups of tea for the past 2 days but still, you get the idea. 6 exams down and 11 to go so once they have all finished expect much more posts to make up for my current absence.

Anyway, back to my moodboard. It is a spring/summer themed, taken by my beautiful Canon 1000D and consists of a few things that are currently inspiring me.

From top left clockwise:
Red topshop heart shaped clutch, designer dress (any idea who designed it? I stupidly cut off the label when I cut it out of Grazia) Pastel coloured nails, feather skirt from topshop, vintage photo, Miss Dior advert shot by Tim Walker, Vivienne Westwood for Melissa heels, 50's advert cut out of a Guardian supplement, my fan I got out of a Christmas cracker, lace print nails, Emma Cook for topshop heels, makeup print clutch bag, Gemma Ward photo from Vogue, Luella SS2010 collection, Juicy Couture advert (LOVE the pink zebra) and floral Nike dunks.

Oh and a parcel arrived for me yesterday from Conde Nast...

Yes that's right I got the first of my years subscription to Vogue. Still buzzing that one of those beauties will land on my humble doorstep every single month.

Hope your all having an amazing bank holiday weekend. You doing anything exciting?
I am just off to watch Dr Who now :)

Hugs and kisses,

Beth xoxoxo

Anne Keothavong In Action

Anne Keothavong has claimed she would have done broken into the world's top 50 years ago were it not for “unprofessional people” at the Lawn Tennis Association.
The 25-year-old rose four places to 48th in the rankings, following her run to the semi-finals in the Cellular South Cup in Memphis last week.
She is the first British woman since Jo Durie 16 years ago to make it into the top 50, and it continues the relatively late blossoming of a player who was ranked 134th 12 months ago.
But, although Keothavong is now content with the support provided to her by the LTA, she has criticised the sport's governing body in Britain for hampering her progress earlier in her career.
The Londoner, who turned professional in 2001, said she was now reaping the benefits of working with coaches she could trust.

Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong
Anne Keothavong

Andy Murray Pictures

Murray prescribed, “His beginning was very fine and sound, striking the ball solid with his forehand and I was hitting it short. But after 3-0 in the first set I performed well until 5-1 (in the second) and then completely misplaced attentiveness, and finished up being in a battle at the end, which I didn’t essentially need.

He further said, “I was much gladder with the means I punch the ball today compared to my first match, bar the first and last three games.”

Somewhere else, sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina facilitated past Janko Tipsarevic 6-4 6-1, and 11th seed David Ferrer of Spain defeat Croatia’s Marin Cilic 3-6 6-3 6-4.

On the other hand In the women’s draw, 13th seed Caroline Wozniacki defeat fourth seed Elena Dementieva 7-5 6-4 to participate in a quarter-final against eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, who beat fellow Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-2 6-1. Samantha Stosur carried out her win over second seed Dinara Safina by thrashing Amelie Mauresmo 6-4 6-4, and the Australian now face 11th seed Victoria Azarenka , who crushed Agnes Szavay 6-2 6-4.

Andy Murray
Andy Murray
Andy Murray
Andy Murray
Andy Murray

Andre Agassi Top Tennis Star

NEW YORK - When Todd Martin announced his retirement from tennis on Monday night after losing his first-round match to Frenchman Fabrice Santoro in four sets, Andre Agassi became the last graybeard on the men’s circuit. Older players such as Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, David Wheaton and now Martin have stepped aside.

Can Agassi carry the mantle himself by winning his ninth career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open? Frankly, I don’t think so. Why? Age has caught up with him.

That said, I think we must admit that this has been a very puzzling year for Agassi in that he never knows whether he is going to play well or not. Agassi once slumped during the 1997 season, when he plummeted out of the top 100.

Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi

Anastasija Sevastova Tennis Pictures

Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova

Anastasia Rodionova Pictures 2010

Third seeds Sania Mirza and Shahar Peer survived a scare from Tatiana Poutchek and Anastasia Rodionova before advancing to the doubles quarter-finals of the US $600,000 Bank of West Classic tournament in Stanford.
The Indo-Israeli pair beat the unseeded Belarussian-Russian duo 6-1, 0-6, 11-9 in over an hour at the WTA Tour hard court tournament on Wednesday.
Sania and Peer will meet the Uzbek-German team of Akgul Amanmuradova and Angalika Bachmann.
Sania, who is aiming for a second successive doubles title after her triumph in Cincinatti with Bethanie Mattek last week, and Peer failed to convert two breakpoints in the third set which saw them being broken thrice.
But they got their act together in the super tie-breaker to advance to the quarters.

Anastasia Rodionova
Anastasia Rodionova
Anastasia Rodionova
Anastasia Rodionova
Anastasia Rodionova