drawing room: self-destruction

“I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.”
― Sylvia Plath

pessimistic

(photo via looking glass)

Annie Hall

1977

the look: diane kruger

Wearing Prabal Gurung.

Wearing Nina Ricci.

Wearing Giambattista Valli.

(photos via suicide blonde and US weekly)

Diane Kruger at Cannes Film Festival... flawless.

it's dark and tormented

I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it because ‘romantic’ doesn’t mean ‘sugary.’ It’s dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can’t attain.

—Catherine Breillat

the look: cannes film festival

(photo via suicide blonde)

Michelle Rodriguez at the Killing Them Softly premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Total girl crush! wish I could see more of her on screen.

(photo via US weekly)

Eva Longoria wore an outstanding Marchesa gown to the Cannes Film Festival.

only you and you alone bring out the gipsy in me...

(wearing an orange lace top and snakeskin belt from forever 21, random jewelry from everywhere and a black  chiffon maxi skirt made by me)

"winona forever"

 (photo via la tristesse durera toujours)

“When I met Johnny, I was pure virgin. He changed that. He was my first everything. My first real kiss. My first real boyfriend. My first fiancé. The first guy I had sex with. So he’ll always be in my heart. Forever. Kind of funny that word.”

- Winona Ryder

the look: L.A.

Amber Heard spotted in L.A.

objects of desire: a-morir sunglasses

 A-MORIR sunglasses

OBSESSED with all of them!

drawing room: drowning

the great gatsby!

To Rome With Love

the look: BALMAIN

(photo via suicide blonde)

Diane Kruger in Balmain on Le Grand Journal for Cannes.

How I wish I could wear Balmain...anything... but Balmain!

nothingness

As if to build a fence around the fatal emptiness inside her, she had to create a sunny person that she became. But if you peeled away the ornamental egos that she had built, there was only an abyss of nothingness and the intense thirst that came with it. Though she tried to forget it, the nothingness would visit her periodically - on a lonely rainy afternoon, or at dawn when she woke up from a nightmare. What she needed at such times was to be held by someone, anyone.

—Haruki Murakami

trend report: safari

 Africa will become the most popular continent this summer, so prepare yourselves for a safari because the ride is about to start.

 

(Michael Kors SS2012)

 Far from Indiana Jones’s khaki safari suits; this trend brings us sensual animal, tribal and ethnic prints in different range of colors; not to mention leather accessories, feathers and fringes.

 (Just Cavalli SS2012)

Fashion designers took this look on to another dimension; Michael Kors and Giambattista Valli gave a new meaning to tribal; Just Cavalli added its always sensuous touch to the printed vaporous dresses; and Paul & Joe presented a very contemporary proposal with basic colors and innovative silhouettes.

Venture into the exotic magic of this exuberant continent.

Keep reading the full article and WHERE to buy the trend, HERE!

drawing room: girly, huh?

A guy told me the other day that I was a "girly" girl... me, a girly girl... I can't imagine what he thinks of people that dress in florals, ruffles, pastel colors and wear bows or coach flats and bags.... I'm still tripping on the idea.. don't get me wrong, I have nothing against girly girls.. my sisters are super girly and femenin when it comes to dressing up and doing their hair and stuff... I just never thought of myself being like that too...

I'm gonna shave my entire head now.. maybe half of it wasn't enough...

I am irregular, unbalanced, uneven, abnormal... I am asymmetrical

 

 

 

(wearing a denim shirt from Pacsun, black wedges from Bakers, black ray ban wayfarers, fang earring and black asymmetrical maxi skirt made by me)

new items on my etsy shop

New items added to my etsy shop: asymmetrical dresses, t-shirts, kimono capes, lace tops....

Visit my etsy shop, HERE!

mermaid

"I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."

— Anais Nin

the look: neon gaga

(photo via Nylon Blog)

drawing room: evil twin

the look: bijoux

(photo via fashion-canvas)

Abbey Lee Kershaw

the phantom of the black lace

I'm currently working on black lace pieces... the black lace spirit has visited my studio... muahahaha

drawing room: don't ask

the look: May 14th

 

Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron at the London premiere of Snow White and the Huntsman, May 14th

 Xiao Wen Ju at Chanel Cruise 2013 at Versailles, May 14th

 

Tilda Swinton - Chanel 2012/13 Cruise Collection Photocall, May 14th

 Jessica Stam - American Ballet Theatre’s 2012 Gala, May 14th 2012

(photos via suicideblonde, bohemea)

This is what they wore yesterday... what did you wear?
I know I didn't wear anything that cool.. not even close.

inspiration: banksy

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. 

━ Banksy

drawing room: sabbatical year

I'm taking a mental sabbatical year...

I'm losing it...

there's a rave party on the moon and all the planets are invited

Hey guys...
sorry for the lack of attention to the blog, I've just been so caught up on work.

I've been sewing constantly because I'm working on a new collection I'm about to present on June 9th at a local event, so there is very little time for me to finish up. I've spent the last 2 week-ends in my atelier, working from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m... no kidding!... I haven't partied or anything at all, but that hasn't stopped me from a squeezing in a few glasses of red wine while at it; actually I think I'm mastering the art of sewing under alcohol influence... which is an awesome skill to add to my list.

Anyway.. I won't talk much about the collection, I don't want to spoil it.. but I'm only gonna say  that my inspiration is "there's a rave party on the moon and all the planets are invited"... so you'll see lots of cosmic and galactic party dresses for a girl from every planet... does it sound good to you? oh I hope so.


Sneak peek : the color palette

 

 (image via colorcombos.com)

the look: legs

(photo via suicideblonde)

Alice Dellal

inspiration: late 60's

(photo via devorahmcdonald)

"With Acid there was an emergence of young people who dressed to die for" 

-Christopher Gibbs

drawing room: losing her mind

must-have: full mOOn sunglasses

Sunglasses have been around for decades and though their main purpose is to protect the eyes from bright sunlight, we have got to admit they’ve become a fashion statement.

During spring/summer 2012 fashion shows, a lot of sunglasses accompanied different outfits; some designers went for the cat eye, others for plastic and colorful ones and even the Lolita (1962)  inspired heart-shaped sunglasses appeared at Jeremy Scott’s runway.

But one of the major comebacks in sunglasses this year are the round spectacles; as seen on John Lennon back in the sixties and seventies, these circle-shaped specs are definitely the season’s must-have accessory.

Need more inspiration to own the look? check out these characters with epic round sunglasses...

Keep reading my full article on examiner.com, HERE!

WHERE TO BUY:

1. Elizabeth and James wooster sunglasses

2. THE ROW leather oversized sunglasses

3. Karen Walker PINK harvest sunglasses

4. Karen Walker Bunny sunglasses

5. ASOS

6. Karen Walker Von Trapp sunglasses

7. TOPSHOP

florence welch meets frida kahlo

 

 (photo via Florence and the Machine facebook)

You must know I'm seriously digging this photo... Florence Welch paying tribute to one of my biggest inspirations: Frida Kahlo. This photo was taken in a mexican restaurant at Las Vegas.

Look closely at the image, the walls are filled with her portraits and paintings.. I think I'm on a new mission, which is getting my room or studio or any wall in my house to look like that. 

Feel free to send me Frida Kahlo portraits, paintings, magnets or postage stamps for the collection. :)

This is what Florence said about Frida in an interview by LAS VEGAS SUN:

-D.C.:  What do you like to do when you’re in Las Vegas? You mentioned onstage that you were downtown.

-F.W.: Yeah, we went downtown, we went to a vintage store. It was amazing! I managed to find a Mexican restaurant, which had all these pictures of Frida Kahlo everywhere. I am obsessed with her. It was like finding Frida. It was magical.

-D.C.: What do you like about Frida? How do you relate to her?

-F.W.: I love her style, and I think she captured so much strength and fragility in her portraits and the quandary of being feminine and mixing up these ideas of masculine and feminine and the real and the unreal and the pain. She was an amazing artist.

style icon: Betty Davis

 

 

 

 

(photos via urban bush babes)

Betty Davis