zig zag wanderer

sequined legs

2009-08-24T01:36:00.000-07:00

(Christopher Kane for Topshop, Stine Goya A/W 09, Miu Miu A/W 09, Stine Goya S/S 10, Stine Goya A/W 09)

zig zag wandering

2009-08-12T13:16:00.001-07:00

Hmmm, sorry my dear blog, for ignoring you for months... I've been zig zag wandering around Europe and soaking in rain and sun in varying amounts, and not really thinking about clothes, or fashion, or even less blogging.

Two weeks ago though I did get the honour of helping prepare the Stine Goya fashion show for Copenhagen's Fashion Week. She has been one of my tip top favourite designers on the planet, and I can admit I almost fainted on the way to her studio on my first day. I can however report that she is one of the nicest, and most down to earth, amazing favourite designers of mine in the world. During the week, we made some of the Michael Jackson tribute gloves, bought and painted shoes (her own range wasn't back from the factory in time for the show), spray-painted tights (which unfortunately turned out pretty terrible) and beaded the swimming costumes that the synchronised swimmers wore in the intro bit.

she sells seashells on the seashore

2009-06-01T14:06:00.000-07:00

i-D's 300th anniversary issue reached my personal top 5 list of magazines of the year, for their albeit brief (and delayed!) review of Barcelona's 080 fashion week and the Miami editorial by Magnus Unnar, styled by Sarah Richardson. I hadn't paid as much attention to any S/S 09 shows to the extent of studying the jewellery and whatnot, but I love the Stella McCartney sea-shell pieces that were used in these pictures. There is no way I would pay anything more than 5 euro on any piece of jewellery, despite it being the year of the 'it necklace' and all, but this is definitely a refreshing and inspiring take on the seashells as jewelry thing that might be a good DIY starting point. Maybe good old Fimo could be the answer?

sex on legs

2009-05-28T03:02:00.000-07:00

I love the trashy 80s-ness, energy and tongue-in-cheek vibe of this editorial in the June/July Vogue Paris, photographed of course by Terry Richardson. Who else would have been able to pull this off?

photos from fashionspot.com

The printing of... a fake swimsuit catalogue

2009-05-26T02:54:00.000-07:00

The day has come... when all my pocket-money shall be spent on ink and paper to print my final project...

This whole experience has just confirmed that I am definitely not a graphic designer. Anyway, here they are, the final selection, scanned-in, retouched, medium format goodies in all their glory!

Photography: Edith Bergfors
Make-up: Leida Arruabuena using MAC
Model: Carla Garcia @ Models On
Styling: me
Clothes: River Island & vintage

serious delirium!

2009-05-25T01:22:00.000-07:00

Apologies for being a lazy blogger... well, the truth is I've been cerrado in my bedroom, photoshopping, powerpointing, indesigning and cropping all weekend. 4 days til my masters is finito! Aaahhh.

Fun news though! My tutor Clara has asked me to model for her accessories and jewellery brand D-Lirio! When we sat down to look at her ideas for hair and make-up on her laptop, I discovered a whole file of unattractive, drunken pictures of me that she had taken off facebook, to see what my hair was like, etc! So kids, watch what you put on facebook (if you didn't already know...)

But anyway, back to the topic! I get to pick a bag for myself from the new catalogue! But I can't decide... they are all like little candies... I need a pick and mix, not just one!

booked my ticket home

2009-05-20T23:40:00.000-07:00

Barcelona-Copenhagen 11th June, Copenhagen-Stockholm 16th June, Stockholm-Turku 17th June, Helsinki-Barcelona 23rd June

Do's and don'ts

2009-05-19T07:33:00.001-07:00

Olivia Merilahti from the The Dø

clothes from topshop

Wendy Bevan photography

2009-05-19T06:54:00.000-07:00

more at foto_decadent , Wendy Bevan and Don't Panic

studio shooting

2009-05-19T05:48:00.001-07:00

DIY idea... curtain holders

2009-05-16T06:54:00.001-07:00

photo by Giampaolo Sgura, styled by Miguel Arnau, from El Pais Semanal

Matthew Williamson... for men

2009-05-15T11:43:00.000-07:00

Exciting news! I'm styling an advert for Estrella Levante beer next week! Mmm... sexy beer.

Anyway, while I was trawling through the mens' departments looking for some potential clothes, I came across the Matthew Williamson for H&M range... which is no news... but! I actually like the men's range a lot more than the 'main' women's range. There is a really interesting Henrik Vibskov-like kaleidoscope print that he has used in a t-shirt, as well as piping in the blazer and panels in a sweatshirt. Also, fluoro-colour jeans and shorts with studs along the waistband. And an amazing studded motorcycle leather jacket. Much, much cooler than the blingy, pseudo-hippy, women's range.

the camera worked!

2009-05-13T04:21:00.000-07:00

I am beginning to think last week's shoot for my final project was blessed by the heavens. So not only did we have perfect weather, the perfect model who was perfect and fitted the clothes perfectly, and the perfect hair and the perfect make-up and we finished early cos everything was so perfect... but the medium format pictures on the Yashica D camera actually worked, and came out pretty perfectly! Here is a preview of one of the unretouched negatives.

Photo: Edith Bergfors
Make-up: Leida Arruabarrena
Camera: Yashica D

Ida Sjöstedt S/S 09 catalogue

2009-05-12T17:23:00.001-07:00

I came across this catalogue of Ida Sjöstedt's S/S09 collection at Snö and instantly fell in love with the girly, playful and innocent DIY aesthetic that the catalogue creates with its mix of mixed-material collages, drawings and dreamy low-fi photographs. I especially love the pink leopard print page... (and how its juxtaposed with the virginal white page across it.)

my mother's style, circa 1988

2009-05-11T17:02:00.000-07:00

80s Marimekko-style print swimsuit - Topshop / Oversized 80s silk shirt dress - Preen for Topshop / Opening Ceremony sandals - mum would approve / Studded leather bag - River Island - a few studs to avoid total mumsiness

girls in hats

2009-05-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

The final pictures!

Photography: Hannah Lipowsky
Make-up & hair: Samanta Falcone
Models: Sima, Dana, Raz, Lina, Amandine

holiday photo

2009-05-11T06:29:00.000-07:00

Edith in Marbella

snapped by the pap

2009-05-10T12:19:00.000-07:00

Showing off the results of my old-man-spectacles necklace project

At the Appeal to the Eye cocktail party - more at it's not love i'm just drunk

The making of... a fake swimsuit catalogue

2009-05-09T08:59:00.000-07:00

I'm super pleased with the results... good team, amazing and co-operative model (Carla from Models On), perfect weather in the end (had a sleepless night worrying about clouds), nothing stolen, and no hassle from passers-by... We shot using medium format film on our grandfather's old camera, which might work and be absolutely amazing, or it might also not work whatsoever... We will find out on Tuesday!

On the search for Eggleston and Bourdin in BCN

2009-05-05T13:54:00.001-07:00

This is some of the yield of today's hunt for spots in Barcelona that I can use to replicate some of the atmosphere of photographs of Guy Bourdin and William Eggleston that I am using as inspiration. I especially love the "Smarty" car-wash in Llacuna! It has the exact tone of sun-bleached, chipped paint red I am after. Also, the Forum will be great for some of the more architectural, stark and slightly surreal shots that Guy Bourdin would have approved!

I also came home with an extremely fashionable t-shirt burn... white shoulders and red arms... ahhhh! Wont need a t-shirt tomorrow, as I already look like I'm wearing one!

Moodboard

2009-05-05T07:15:00.001-07:00

This is my moodboard for the photos of my final project, a fake swimwear catalogue...

Today I went location hunting. Barcelona's Poble Nou area is brilliant for this warehouses in Brooklyn in the warm afternoon light...

Desguace

2009-05-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

Silvia sent me the first few retouched pictures from a few weeks ago, when we did a shoot at a car junkyard. More to come...

Hats!

2009-05-04T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hannah and I finally did the long-pending hats project this Sunday. We used large format polaroid for the final images, which Hannah is going to scan and slightly retouch this week.
Here is the final selection...

And a close-up of Sima we took with the G9 for Samanta's portfolio...

and us getting hat-envy!

I can't wait to see the final results... will post them when they are ready.

Dani Alves for Playboy

2009-05-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

I finally managed to track down the April issue of Spanish Playboy, the lucky publication to be the first to credit me as a stylist's assistant. Hahaha. I wont annoy you with posting a close-up scan of my name in print...

All that glitters is gold

2009-04-27T10:27:00.000-07:00

Glitter.... I used to pile the stuff on every morning to wear to school, paint it on my fingernails, and spend hours obsessing about the perfect glitter. My favourite used to be holographic silver. Then I forgot all about it.... but now, it's back, it's back, wohoo!

i-D May 2009, Kayt Jones

(Vogue Italia May 2009, Steven Meisel)

(Lula, Spring/Summer 2009, Damon Heath)

Uslu airlines

2009-04-27T05:12:00.000-07:00

Best make-up related news of the year! Paco Rueda at Jaume 1 has started selling Uslu Airlines nail varnishes, the best nailvarnishes in the world! No other brand combines such amazing colours with long-lasting wear. The colours are named after airports around the world too, which I like. It's sort of like taking a little trip, just by painting your nails. But a lot cheaper.

I've been wearing the MRK (Marrakech) Red for about two years straight, but now I'm going through a turquoise OSM (Mosul) by Bernard Wilhelm phase.

Two ultra-feminine campaigns

2009-04-26T07:25:00.000-07:00

Stella McCartney S/S 09 by Ryan McGinley and Dinos Chapman.

Gucci's Flora perfume - video directed by Chris Cunningham

Tutti Frutti

2009-04-25T02:40:00.000-07:00

Sailor love

2009-04-23T09:15:00.000-07:00

Just another reason for a weekend in Paris.... the Musee de la Marine in Paris is holding an amazing-looking exhibition on how naval uniforms have inspired fashion over the years, from portrayals of wholesome American sailors to homo-erotic fantasies of Jean-Paul Gaultier.

The museum is being quite modern in its promotion of the exhibition - note the exhibition's own blog, with interesting tid-bits of information and some gorgeous images from sailor fashion and the exhibition.

Audrey Tatou in the upcoming film about Coco Chanel

I love how fashion history is taught at French schools!

(pictures from the Musee Marine Blog)

Ciel a nuit

2009-04-22T00:56:00.000-07:00

(photos from stinegoya.com and style.com)

I loved the colour palettes at both Chloe and Danish designer Stine Goya's S/S 2009 shows, which featured shades of lemon, coral, burnt peach and gold, juxtaposed with a sheeny, dark, rich, blue. Makes me dream of Oriental holidays...

Stella Tennant in Damascus, shot by Tom Craig - Vogue UK May 2009.

(photos from Vogue UK)

I present you... Camilla Staerk

2009-04-21T14:46:00.000-07:00

Camilla Stærk is a Danish-born designer, currently living and working on her label Stærk in New York. She originally designed under a label named after her full name, but after it was bought by CS DK she made a quick exit. To add insult to injury, that label doesn't even exist anymore! Just proves that they should have listened to her...

Her collections are consistently inspired by strong (her name Stærk literally means 'strong' in Danish), powerful, interesting women in history, such as Karen Blixen, and always feature a subdued colour palette, using textures such as leather and lace to create a modernist, minimalist, clean but slightly dangerous (for the lack of a better word) silhouette. I get the feeling that she is a very personal designer... that she designs very much for herself. She is a big fan of headwraps, scarves and hats for example, which are always used in the styling of the shows.

Here are some of her offerings for S/S 09:

Send me a postcard darling...

2009-04-21T13:42:00.000-07:00

I'm hoping for Finnish relatives to send me mail lately (which they never do, so it's in vain, I know) because Julia Lundsten's Finsk, along with four other Finnish designers, have designed a range of stamps in Finland. Since discovering Julia Lundsten's brand, I have consistently followed and drooled over her designs online (and in Faith, where she does a diffusion range) which always combine an unexpected but harmonious juxtaposition of colours, finishes and materials. Manolo Blahnik has praised her work, citing it as "nothing anybody is doing at the moment, exquisite, divine, perfect."

Bike shorts

2009-04-17T10:28:00.000-07:00

Miu Miu F/W 08 - Alexander Wang Pre-Fall 09 - Susie bubble - H&M Spring 09 - Ingrid at anywho.dk - Abaete S/S 09 - Alexander Wang Pre-Fall 09 - Ingrid at anywho.dk

Maria Carla by Lina Scheynius

2009-04-12T14:08:00.000-07:00

I love these photographs by Lina Scheynius (some of which are in the latest issue of Another magazine) The shades of pink, Maria carla, and the almost eerie, sexy, absurd, poetic, tense, melancholic atmosphere that only hotel rooms with quilted blankets and old, patterned carpets with the right afternoon light can provide.

Grey Gardens

2009-04-11T08:03:00.000-07:00

(photos from the sartorialist)

(photos from stylebytes)

Edie Beale, a true style icon and inspiration, as seen in print and on the street.

PURE - Falter magazine

2009-04-07T13:20:00.000-07:00

paper snowflakes and big knits take me straight back to finland

photo: per zennström
styling: pirjo nimelä
hair & make-up: tony lundström

No hay vuelta

2009-04-06T16:15:00.000-07:00

Extremely talented upcoming young designer Ida Johansson came to our poker-night last week and brought lovely surprises for me! A gorgeous dress, and prints of Carlo and I modeling her final collection last summer.

The print of the dress is something that my inner 13 year old will never stop lusting.... i.e., anything shiny, golden, and flower-print... even better if all at the same time! I think I'm going to combine it with some tougher elements like an 80s studded denim vest to tone down the flowery-ness every so slightly... or something grey, and woollen. Like a crazy librarian. Or wear it as Ida intended, with the sheer white dress over it. Though I love the print and shininess of it too much to hide it!

Mmmm... shiny flowers....

Here are some of the Mito Magico photos that Ida ended up using in her final presentation of the collection:

I'm still so surprised that she managed to can these pictures in about 2 hours of messing around in a field!

Here are some pictures of Ida's A/W 2009-10 show, which she presented at Cibeles Madrid fashion week!

(photos from Vogue.es)

Scholl shocker!

2009-04-06T15:54:00.000-07:00

My sister Edith sent me this surprise. Scholl, famous for making our mother's horrible sandals has actually made some decent shoes! I think the only real revolution I am still waiting for in fashion is to find comfortable massive heels... could this be them? Or have Scholl just appointed someone to design some high-fashion heels as a re-branding exercise?

Recent Facehunter goodies

2009-04-05T11:28:00.000-07:00

Amazing colours... that grey minky taupe blonde, with the powder coloured dress, with added zing from the lime yellow cardigan and the golden brown shades...

I love this ruffled almost organic scarf... which appears to have been made out of old nylon socks and tights?

Gorgeous shades of taupe, beige, brown, gold and white... laid-back vintage sophistication. The patent shoes add edge.

(photos from facehunter)

wow

2009-03-28T08:49:00.000-07:00

Perfection.

Mood magazine
Photography: Alessio Bolzoni
Styling: Rossana Passalacqua
photos from 2DM

Test-shoot numero 1

2009-03-28T07:58:00.000-07:00

Photography: Edith Bergfors
Styling: Ida Bergfors
Model: Rebecca Chandler at Models1
Location: Roof terrace at South Villas, Camden

Not just a pretty head

2009-03-28T04:39:00.000-07:00

Hannah and I are planning a series of portraits with hats and headpieces... Here are some of the pictures I've collected for inspiration...

So it turns out there is a scientific explanation for all the garish, colourful, patterned, weird impulse buys sitting at the back of my closet....

2009-03-27T07:09:00.000-07:00

I found an interesting article on Berlingske Tidende about the psychology of shopping. A new study by Minnesota University has shown that our shopping choices are directly influenced by our states of mind (well, I think all women would say they already know this...)

But what this study proved was that if you are feeling scared and anxious, you are most likely to make "safe" shopping decisions, follow the herd, and buy things for the acceptance of your peers. If on the other hand, you are feeling happy, accepted and in love... you will buy things that will make you unique and stand out.

So, to add a very cheesy conclusion... happiness is the key to style! (Aarh did I actually say that??)

Happy Friday everyone!

(image by hello bum)

(image by anna morosini)

(image by the unicorn diaries)

Mosaic mad

2009-03-25T15:39:00.001-07:00

I found this Zimmermann bikini on net-a-porter and I think why I love it so much is because it reminds me of typical Barcelona modernist tiled floors...

Primavera is coming!!

Marble mad

2009-03-25T14:24:00.001-07:00

I couldn't resist this €1 piece of scrap fabric at the Humana shop in el Borne... Maybe it's because I still had Martin Lamothe's marble-print dresses in my head...

Moda Fad 2009

2009-03-23T09:16:00.001-07:00

Although I missed the actual fashion shows for this year's Moda Fad event, I swung by the showroom sale event to see the collections of the 20 or so young up and coming designers.

Some of my personal highlights were:

The structured, knitted, body-armour like pieces by designer Julia Triay, in shades of grey:

The delicate, folded and pleated leather bags and sweet, feminine lace necklaces and head jewellery by Arianne:

I also really liked the collection by "tu cara me suena" with its mix of draping, interesting cuts, and palette of soft powdery colours mixed with black... I spent a good while contemplating buying the grey and yellow (always a fail-proof combination of colours) vintage-print top below right.

Gori de Palma at 080 Barcelona Fashion

2009-03-20T09:25:00.001-07:00

As promised, here are some pictures from backstage at Gori de Palma's A/W 2009 show which was held on Monday at the 080 Barcelona Fashion.

Gori took inspiration from skinheads (checked shirts, white 'whitebeater' vests, suspenders, tight jeans, Harrington jackets and military boots) and new wave, styling the show with loafers and boots worn with white socks, and the girls with short-short hair on top with long bits of hair, 'mullets' worn to the sides and back. The line up included among others, Ritchie W (of S/S 2009 Burberry campaigns), and rising star Uliana Tikhova.

(photo from neomoda.com)

me encanta....

2009-03-20T08:48:00.000-07:00

We spent this morning at the Encants market at Plaza Glories with Lina. For some reason we weren't having as much luck as usual with haggling, but I managed to leave with a faded pink old framed photograph of a ski-slope....

and an old pair of mens glasses.... which I'm going to turn into a Ann-Sofie Back inspired necklace, from her S/S 2005 collection. Will post a picture once it's done!

(maybe putting it into writing like this will hold me to actually finishing a DIY project for once??)

(photo from annsofieback.com)

Martin Lamothe at 080 Barcelona Fashion

2009-03-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

080 Barcelona Fashion, Barcelona's very own fashion week, took place this week. The project is spearheaded by the local council, and part of the Catalan Fashion Action Plan 2007-2010, aimed to revitalise the local textile sector. Local and international designers, including Martin Lamothe, Gori de Palma, Maikel Bongaerts, Aminaka Wilmont and Cecilia Sorensen were chosen to show their collections for A/W 2009 during the week.

I helped Gori de Palma's team with styling the show (pictures tomorrow) but here are some from Neomoda.com from the Martin Lamothe show, which blew me away!

Elena Martin's inspiration came from a road-trip in the dusty deserts of America, making references even down to the power-cables with her prints. The models were styled with greasy and matted straight hair, loafers in shades of brown, and nude tights with what looked like feathers inside the knees to give the appearance of dirt (but a lot better!)

How gorgeous are the sculpted patchwork leather dresses??

(photos from neomoda.com)

While I'm at it...

2008-12-08T08:43:00.000-08:00

To continue with the theme of uploading my favourite campaigns and pictures ever, here is an amazing editorial from Vogue UK May 2003, shot by Juergen Teller, and styled by Anita Pallenberg and Bay Garnett, modelled by Kate Moss. Dream-team or what??

Past, present, and future?

2008-12-08T07:55:00.000-08:00

Hello all and welcome!

I will start this blog with a brief history into the advertising campaigns of Chloé. I spent last Wednesday feverishly searching for these images in time to present them in class that night, which didn't happen in the end. Each one of these images is too beautiful just to have them sitting in a folder of my desktop! It's also interesting to look at them all in a chronological order, as it really highlights the evolution and changes in direction that the label has undergone over the past few years.

I especially love this campaign... and season. I reckon it's still pretty current, with the whole rock chick bohemian masculine feminine blah blah edge. Alexander Wang's recent bags are pretty similar to the ones of this range anyway...