R.I.P. Ruslana

Very sad news.

She left the world some amazing photo's.

Turning this mess into something positive...

First of all.

Vote for Laurel, this girl so deserves to win the V magazine model competition. In case you didn't know yet, you can make 1 vote a day, so vote for Laurel every day. It's always good to support someone!




Second:
Check out Danken, a blog by Ashley Rose Helven. She has such a great eye for beauty and is very inspiring and creative.

Look at this beautiful felted vest she made! It's amazing!




Third:
Some pictures that are just beautiful.

MADLY in love with Topshop newest

Madly in love isn't even describing the feeling i have for Topshop's newest collection.
I found it on Milks, and the first thing i thought was; damn, this girl is actually able to wear all of it and it will look fantastic on her.
Second thought: well, it won't all look fantastic on me, un(very)fortunately, but i WILL find a way to worh this style and hopefully invest is some of he items.

The items i am really getting excited about are the first dress, the shape and fabric is amazing! Also the body in the third outfit makes me feel sexy only looking at it.
And the last top/body (?) in the middle is also amazing.
I am still very much in love with all things bustier and corset like (without these horrible ribbons on the sides and back !)

I am happy i can order at Topshop now, because they ship to the Netherlands and you can pay by Paypal, but still the prices are quite high for a students budget.

Let me think, i'll be back on this later.

Seductiveness

By good old Wendy.

Emily Chalmers' place

Interior stylist Emily Chalmers did lots of great work for magazines and she contributed to many interior and decoration books as well.
Luckily she found some time to decorate her own place. Ans she did a great job, in my opinion.
I love how she really seems to be a collector of all sorts of things, but she keeps it all looking organised and not messy at all.
I like to think of myself as that kind of person as well....

I'd love to have her book 'Fleamarket Style'. To order at Amazon or bol.com.

Her apartment






Her work






Thanks to Oh Joy.

Tagged!

I got tagged by the lovely and beautfiful Laurel from It's her factory. Thanks babe!

The Rules:
List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.

Here we go:

1. Sia - The girl you lost to cocaine (Stonebridge Edit)
2. Amy Winehouse - Valerie (acoustic Live version)
3. Coldplay - Your love means everything
4. Yann Tiersen - Summer 78
5. Tuck Andress and Patti Austin - Time after time
6. Amy Winehouse - Love is a losing game
7. Alexi Murdoch - Orange sky

The girls i'll tag are: A red lipstick, Collette Rose, Dreamecho, Endless dreams, Field below, Heart in a cage and Rose Sucre.

Always room for a French girl

Source

See, how i can't even live without this blog for a few hours.
How am i ever gonna stop?
Maybe it's better to continue and find some peace and rest while blogging in stead of quitting it while it keeps bringing me small moments of happiness.

Emptyness

Sometimes uglyness and beauty lies strangely close to each other.
To me this picture is a perfect example of that.

I also wanted to post a picture which kind of shows the way i feel right now.
I never wanted this blog to become (very) personal, in a way like telling you all my personal (difficult) stuff here. Simply because that's not interesting.
But i don't want this blog to be absolutely NOT personal either.
Like it belongs to nobody.
I don't know what to say really, because i feel empty and without any inspiration whatsoever.
I hope i'll find some 'hope' again and with that some inspiration to post about all thing beautiful.
Maybe i won't and that means i won't be posting (a lot) on this blog anymore.
I really don't know by now, because it seems to be in my character to think the totally opposite way about it all tomorrow.

Anyway, i want to thank the people that took the time to leave me nice comments and kept coming back to my blog. I really appreciated.

Photograph by Zoren Gold en Minori. To see more, click here.

Kissing Zebra's

Oooh, how gorgeous is this dress!
I love it so much, i am seriously thinking about putting all my birthday money (i'll probably receive this sunday) together and just buy it.
The colours, those kissing zebra's. How can i resist?
It's my new love, for sure.
Oh, let's not forget Laura Dawson makes everything out of organic materials and all of her designs are fair trade made in NY.

Some of her other designs for s/s 08

A place like home

A few weeks ago my mom gave me the collectors edition of Vogue Living Australia.
It already exists for 40 years!
Until today i hadn't had the time to really sit for it and read and view this very big issue of Australian Vogue Living.
I was very pleased when i saw the home of the Australian designer Collette Dinnigan.
It's very romantic, cozy and with some sweet little French accents, which i love.

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Photographed by Hugh Stewart.

I'd better leave the light on

Dad, this one is for you.

I know you love it.
And I love you.

Dream and Awake

Swedish stylist and ethical fashion consultant Amanda Ericsson adds a new string to her bow – fashion designer extraordinaire!
After a lifetime spent collecting old dresses and vintage fabrics she’s just launched Dream and Awake, in which her beloved pieces have been re-incarnated into modern day frocks.
(From Style Will Save Us, read the interview here)



Make sure you visit Amanda Ericssons' Dream and Awake website.
It's truly overwhelming. I think it's the most beautiful and inspiring website i've ever seen. I'd love the know what you think about it!



One of the contributing photographer for this website is Lina Scheynius, one of the greatest loves of my life.



Another photographer who contributes to Dream and Awake is Roberto Rubalcava.
I think his pictures are amazing....
For the Dutch people among us, if you visit Roberto's website and chech out his first book, you will recognise a familiar redhead from a certain tv show.

The Blues

Via ABT.

Blogger Love

I know it has been a while, buy i had some difficulties figuring out which of all the great bloggers to choose.
Well, here she is: Klara.
Not just another Swedish girl, her style just intruiges me.
Klara puts great pictures on her blog, is a really beautiful and fresh looking girl and she makes unique clothing combinations. Note: not everyone can pull off four different flowerpatterns in one outfit!