My favorite scene...

Primavera

Santorini

Santorini always catches my eye ... the stunning blue of the Aegean sea against the whitewashed walls of the villas ... 

could look at this view all day, a good option for my honey moon. These photos are from the Katikies Hotels in Santorini.

3 Days to Holidays...

Gracefully…

“Instead, now perhaps we can look at a beautiful woman and know she will be beautiful to the end of her life. She will be different, of course. And yet, like a fine Proustian sentence, she will have gathered time and harvested memory, lived through a million bodily shocks and mental joys and arrived at the perfect embodiment of herself right now. The girl she once was in the summer dress had always known this could happen.” -Andrew O’Hagan

Rain

smell like rain...

Shoes

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world" - Bette Midler

All I need is...

a bed...

Video Games

Blue Moon

It`s Friday!!!!

Koop - Island Blues

History of Art

The Number of September

This week go on sale September numbers fashion magazines, the year's most important examples in which new season trends are examined in detail, and is elected to the celebrity or fashion model and more projection for the cover picture. In addition, the roll increases during this month, as it is a number that works very well in sales. This year has started the season with records and advertisers pages of fashion publications.

The relevance of this issue was reported in the documentary The September Issue, which analyzed the development of Vogue U.S. September 2007 with Sienna Miller on the cover. He left the magazine kiosk as more pages of history, and with an overwhelming list of advertisers. Both, which sold a special case to carry it. Unfortunately, just a year after the collapse occurred in the market price of Lehman Brothers and the global financial crisis erupted, affecting squarely in the press. Since then the numbers of journals have not returned to count the pages in kilos, but as noted in International Business Times, it seems that this year is full of good news for the sector. The issue of Vogue U.S. is composed of 665 pages of advertising (will be the second largest number in its history), within walking distance of the 725 they got in 2007. This data, collected by WWD, is presented as the ultimate sign of recovery. Glamour has increased its advertising by 18% over the previous year, and W 17%, with a total of 288 pages. Along with the great influence of the digital world, paper is still a critical factor in the marketing strategies of fashion brands.

Fall is in the air

Fall is just around the corner...

Think Happy*Be Happy

Will & Kate and Prince George

The first official family photographs have just been released : The Duke & Duchess and tiny Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, and of course, Lupo, the cocker spaniel.  The photos were taken by Kate's father, Michael Middleton, in the garden of the Middleton family home in Bucklebury earlier this month.

Finally Friday

The Great Pretender

Mad Men

Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl

A look into Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl idyllic life. Their outfits and street style photos look like they were from a magazine spread! Amazing couple.

Efêmero

Paris

Paris is always a good idea!

10 Things to learn from Olivia Palermo

Olivia Palermo is one of my favorite it-girls for their impeccable yet original style and attitude. It represents one of the best definitions of the term current it-girl (the original is first applied to Clara Bow in the 20s). It is one of the essential in parades, stars fashion campaigns, is one of the socialites par excellence, and his style is ideal to go for a walk with your dog. What lessons can we learn from Olivia?

· Forget the conventions: Why wear heels everywhere? Olivia usually look dancers and oxfords, and not lose one iota of elegance and femininity.

· Risking: Who dares, wins, and in terms of fashion, even more. Sometimes you have to mix clothes that seemed impossible to bring together, the result is often surprising (for good). Bring several different prints, long shirts under jerseys ... Olivia knows no bounds.

· Be true to your style: Olivia points to many trends (the maxi-necklaces for example), but it would be difficult to see with a grunge look. In short: take only what you like.

· Glowing what best fits you: There are more flattering clothes than others, and that Olivia is very clear. If palazzo pants upset you, better leave. Rarely has taken too flashy makeup, and never has been crazy hairstyles.

· Be discreet: There is nothing worse than going dressed for the sole purpose of attracting attention.

· Adapt the clothes to your figure: One of the regrets of Olivia when reviewing some of her outfits for years is not to carry the clothes fix did not sit perfectly. If you like that dress would look better with shorter low, or that new shirt looks a little wide, go to a dressmaker or a site arrangements (type the Retoucherie).

· Work and work: Olivia Palermo began as an actress in The City, and although the interpretation was not one of his greatest talents, he tried. Then he built a style that has managed to establish over time (it-girls have the expiration date?), Worked as an intern at Quest, signed by a modeling agency, is or has been the face of several firms (Mango, Hogan, Rochas), has a website (although it takes a team of editors full-time) ... Of course, we must recognize that belong to a wealthy family has its advantages. Anyway, Olivia proves that you should never sit still.

· Having a good basic base: Blazers, jeans, little black dresses ... you saved on more than one occasion.

· In the accessories's the difference: You might take a look very basic, but with a nice necklace or a pair of sunglasses elegant styling can become perfect.

· Smiling: It sounds cliché, but one of the qualities of Olivia Palermo is his kindness, which I have seen in person. Even his publicist is attentive and friendly. It costs nothing ...

Feeling like Fall

The Leavers Dance

The Leavers Dance

Berenice

My hands my feet are worn

As much as yours are

And though my head my hands my heart are forming

They still feel worlds apart

Berenice

Beneath it all youre golden

And thats all im feeding on

And though my head my hands are growing colder

We move in circles now

Berenice

Theres no release at all thats not worth dying for

And its not for our desires but our design that we all fall apart

Exhausted

The Right Ending Sending the Wrong Message?

Last week’s New Yorker contained an article that certainly caught my attention and prompted me to look at Sex and the City with even more understanding, appreciation and a quandary. Written by Emily Nussbaum “Difficult Women: How ‘Sex and the City’ Lost Its Good Name”, the question is raised why it has been so dismissed and trivialized since it has gone off the air.

Nussbaum analytically looks at each of the characters symbolically pointing out observations that the virgin eye may miss if watching the censored versions on TBS or Style, and then raises a question at the end that gave me pause.

Who would Carrie have been if Big was not directed to rescue her? And why don’t we allow female characters to stand strongly on their own in the finale – especially when the premise of the show is about friendships?