she sells seashells on the seashore

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?

serious delirium!

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!

Ida Sjöstedt S/S 09 catalogue

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.)

On the search for Eggleston and Bourdin in BCN

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!

Uslu airlines

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. 

No hay vuelta

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)

Moda Fad 2009

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

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)

Martin Lamothe at 080 Barcelona Fashion

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)