HALLOWEEN HORROR FILM WEEKEND pt.2

Halloween horror film weekend continues!
THis time with another classic, although perhaps not familiar to all; Polanski's Dance Of Vampires / The Fearless Vampire Killers, from 1967:











More funny than scary, my sisters and I knew this by heart when we were kids and we used to act out the scene at our summerplace with Sarah in the window and Kuckol beneath (out of solidarity to each others we did take turns being the girl or being the hunchback).

Photos from here.

Puma Shoes

Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two agreed to split in 1948, forming two separate entities, Adidas and Puma. Puma is currently based in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

Elegant Black and White Puma

The company is known for its football shoes and has sponsored acclaimed footballers, including Pelé, Eusébio, Johan Cruijff, Enzo Francescoli, Diego Maradona, Lothar Matthäus, Kenny Dalglish, Didier Deschamps and Gianluigi Buffon. Puma is also the sponsor of the Jamaican track athlete Usain Bolt. In the United States, the company is probably best known for the suede basketball shoe it introduced in 1968, which eventually bore the name of New York Knicks basketball star Walt "Clyde" Frazier, and for its endorsement partnership with Joe Namath.

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Following the split from his brother, Rudolf Dassler originally registered the new-established company as Ruda, but later changed to Puma.[3]:31 Puma's earliest logo consisted of a square and beast jumping through a D, which was registered, along with the company's name, in 1948. Puma's shoe designs feature the distinctive "Formstripe",[3]:33 with clothing and other products having the logo printed on them.

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The company also offers lines shoes and sports clothing, designed by Lamine Kouyate, Amy Garbers and others. Since 1996 Puma has intensified its activities in the United States. Puma owns 25% of American brand sports clothing maker Logo Athletic, which is licensed by American professional basketball and association football leagues. Since 2007 Puma AG has been part of the French luxury group PPR.

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HALLOWEEN HORROR FILM WEEKEND pt.1

It's Halloween weekend and I am away from home in rather un-halloweeny circumstances. But at least I will be wearing a black dress... (Uuuuh, spooky). So I thought I'd get us all in the Halloween mood with some good ol' horror movies!

I am a big fan of horror movies. In fact, I have most likely watched too many. I can still bear being home a lone as long as I have the safety lock on (although I do freeze for a moment if the cats react to some sounds in the staircase). But I can't drive out to Eddi's farm on the un-lit winding roads trough the dark (we're talking really dark) woods and mist filled fields without being sure I'll catch a zombie in my headlights at some point. (Or then I just think of Twin Peaks and Bob!). And it freaks me out that Eddi does not lock the door there at night. (Of course, he is not aware of all the serial killers running around in the world as he is sure the area is only full on southwest Finnish farmers.) And you can of course imagine what I come up with when I'm on the night shift and the last ones to leave our part of the harbor, with the dark warehouse and long corridors in the building. I have totally mind fucked myself. But I can't stop watching.

Old horror films however brings up a different kind of scary and do not play a part in the fact that I might hurry a little on my last steps out of a dark room. Films from back in the days may not come out as frightening as the horror movies of today are or freak us out in the dame way, the elements of fear are in most cases more subtle and less raw than those of today. But the old films do create an ambience of spookiness and haunting darkness that I love, especially silent films. And the scariest vampire of all time is of course Nosferatu.

Here are some classics to get you in a Halloween mood:


Robert Wiene's Dr.Caligari, 1920

F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu, 1922

Tod Browning's Freaks, 1932


At least the two first ones can be sen as a whole on youtube.

Book of inspiration 4: Flowers & Knitware

Blumen trägt man im Sommer? Strickwaren im Winter? Ich bin für beides im Herbst!

Und hierzu gibt ein mal wieder einige Seiten aus meinem Inspirationsbüchlein.

ENG: Flowers are for summer? Knitware for winter? I like both in autumn!
Ans therefor I made a few pages into my book of inspiration.

MY FAVORITES KNITS

hers are some of my favorite knit pieces at ostblock.


handmade knit dress by aleksandra wisniewska.


knit trousers by niOka.


knit cardigan/jacket by i-gle.

SWANS AND NATURE

The beautiful colours from a few weeks back have now fallen off the trees and are on the ground instead, most of the branches are bare. Which is beautiful still, only a different kind of beautiful.

Biking trough the park into town is like biking trough a small piece of nature documentary each and every time; fasans strutting about, squirrels munching on cones (Eddi hates squirrels but I still find them pretty cute, although I know they eat bird babies) and lots of small little birdies whose names I learned in school but cannot recall anymore. Every single time I curse not bridging my camera along.

Last week however I happened to carry it and took some photos of the swan couple that has been haning around here lately.






I find the fact that swans are monogamous romantic, although I know that it's only nature and features of a species. A few summers back however we had a crazy killer swan hanging around our island in the archipelago, attacking others. There was also a lone mother and her swan baby. One day the male swan attacked the mother. We interfered with nature by driving the male swan away but then he returned and drowned the mother by keeping her head under water while the little baby swan went all peep-peep next to them. Nature is cruel, but I didn't know birds did that, whatever the reason was... and now I made everyone feel bad, myself at least, the story always makes me cry a little bit, while this post was meant to be more of a feelgood one.

Oh, ignore it, just think of the nice park and loving swans instead OK.

ONE ABSOLUTE FAVORITE AMONG MANY

I seldom have the time to take any outfit photos of myself when going out (you know as in out-out, to a show, venue, party or so) mostly because I am always a bit late and also as my going out nowadays almost every time includes me performing somewhere.(Which means that I leave the house for the stage check in rollers and comfortable wear and do the dress up backstage at the venue.)

But, sometimes I do manage to get a pic taken - here's me in one of my favorite going-out outfits; a curve-hugging halter neck pencil dress with matching bolero from Vivien of Holloway.

I think it also works for more formal occasion, business meetings, lunches and such, as long as you keep the bolero on. You may remember that I have the same combo in red with white dots too, as well as a sateen sarong combo.

Well anyway, to the point; as you know Vivien of Holloway is one of my favorite brands, and the people there are really nice and helpful - now we've worked out this little thing togehter that should please all of you lovely readers:
You get a 10% discount when shopping online on www.vivienofholloway.com until the end of this year!


Use the code: VOH_F4shionF4b to get the discount.
The code can be used once and is valid until December 31st.

All powers to the flowers

Es lässt sich leider nicht leugnen, dass es auf die kalten Monate zugeht und trotz all der tollen Klamotten in camelfarben und allerlei anderer Herbsttrends, bleibe ich den Blumenprints treu. Egal, ob auf Blusen oder Leggins. Ich weigere mich diese Muster aus meinem Kleiderschrank zu verbannen. Sie lassen sich nämlich auch hervorragend mit den Herbstfarben kombinieren, oder nicht?

Die Bluse habe ich übrigens zu einem super Schnäppchenpreis bekommen, weil das Preisschild an der Kasse plötzlich nicht mehr dran war (muss beim anprobieren  versehentlich abgerissen sein) und der Verkäufer dann einfach davon ausgegangen ist, dass es eins von den reduzierten Teilen war, da er kein zweites Exemplar davon im Laden finden konnte.  Ich habe ihn natürlich nicht darauf hingewiesen, dass die Bluse nicht sonderlich mehr kosten solle.

ENG: I can't deny, that cold days are coming, but in spite of all those pretty camel-colored autumn trends I can't let off of floral printed clothes.It doesn't matter if blouse or leggings. I refuse to ban them from my wardrobe. Besides they match pretty good with autumn colors, don't you think?

The blouse was a real bargain, because the salesman couldn't find the price and sold it as seasonal clearance sale-piece. I naturally didn't correct him.

photos: via Canon Ixus

blouse: Zara | pants: Laura Scott | shoes: Vero Moda | bag: via TK Maxx | belt: Primark |

LULU IN THE BATH

Here's a little cat-pic for Monday morning.

I have tons of these pictures as I for some reason have to take one every time I see one of the cats have gone and stuffed themself inside something. WHich is pretty much all the time...

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Who wants those beauties?

Die Story: Ich war in einer Pause zwischen zwei Kursen mit einigen Kommilitoninnen Sushi essen und anschließend noch ein wenig shoppen. Bei TK Maxx wusste ich mal wieder nicht wo ich zuerst hinsehen soll und habe die Anderen damit ziemlich genervt, deswegen hab ich einfach zugegriffen, als ich diese tollen Wedges sah - leider ohne anzuprobieren. Solche wollte ich sowieso schon immer haben, die passen einfach zu allem - egal auf Hose, oder Kleid und Wedges sind viel bequemer als High Heels.

Zu Hause dann die Enttäuschung: Die Wedges sind zu groß!! Umtauschen konnte ich nicht mehr, weil ich in der Eile den Kassenbon natürlich nicht eingesteckt habe. Ich tue es nur ungerne, aber mir bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als mich von diesen Traumschuhen zu trennen.

Die Chance: Die Wedges habe ich kurzerhand bei ebay eingestellt. Ihr könnt sie dort ersteigern.

Der Link zur ebay-Auktion: Wedges zu ersteigern

Viel Spaß beim bieten! 

Und hier noch einige Lookbook Bilder mit ähnlichen Schuhen.

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