BATMAN'S GIRLFRIEND

Yes I know, I really am trying to outdo myself when it comes to coming up with stupid headlines.

But anyway.


I've always found comics with a touch of film noir as well as superhero- and classic comics rather inspiring (not to mention noir flics themselves too of course). The world that's drawn, the way it's drawn. But most of all, the ladies in them.



The men in this world have troubled minds (they're most often a detective or such), they wear a trenchcoat and hat and have a weakness for alcohol and women. Or then they are the superheroes; in daytime rather regular guys, at night time worldsaving hunks. And they all have a somewhat complicated realationship to the The Woman. *

The Woman is something of a femme fatale, showing up at the office door behind a curtain of smoke.
She has a habit of getting into trouble.

Or, then she is trouble.

The Superhero Girlfriend again is rather preppy but still adventurous, hanging out on rooftops and running around dark alleys in her fitted skirt and always perfetly shiny hair while trying to find out the identity of her superhero boyfriend (while possibly getting into trouble).






Jacket and blouse - oldl H&M, Skirt - Selfmade,
Silk Bow Stockings - Vogue, Shoes - Minna Parikka

*) Most of the guys around here actually fit the first descrition pretty well - the alcohol and women but minus the trench and the hat (and without us being in Gotham city). That, and the fact that Johnny Depp is already taken -he has nothing to do with comics but is worth a mention every now and then anyway- makes me go for the option of the Superhero Hunk. I wouldn't mind being Batman's girlfriend for a while. (Preferrably -ok, only - the Bale version. Oh yeah and with a happy ending).

(The comic and film noir images are googled up and the rest of the pics taken by Ina.)

SOFT DO-WOOP SUNDAY

Today I have had an unbelievable amount of different cakes and pies (mm-mm-mm!)and can now only lie down and listen to musci that would make me want to dance a little bit.

ALMIRA SADAR LJUBLJANA

almira sadar designs uniquely styled clothing for those who are not content with merely a superficial appearance, but buy apparel by touch. her creations are distinguished by an imaginative combination of fine materials with a special emphasis on exquisitely conceived details.

she has very nice shop on tavcarjeva ulica 6 in ljubljana. boutique was designed by sadarvuga arhitects.

TEMPORARY BOUDOIR/ STUDIO

i don't have to write anything or?



looks like i have to...
on december 6th, 2008, saturday, 6-9 pm
at F+F schule für kunst und mediendesign
flurstr. 89, 8047 zürich
the project "temporary boudoir/ studio" from mariela gemisheva

the text from the invitation:
the challenge to go to zürich and be provoked by the works of artist such as sylvie fleury and pipilotti rist...

looking at their works with the eyes from the vantage point of fashion desogner i am at exploring a new venue for interaction between fashion and art where fashion is using the aura of art while art is using the attributes associated with fashion. that is
actually the ultimate statement of my work as an artist.

by symbolically transferring my own studio from sofia to zürich and by adapting it to be a kind of a decor, which is itself a commentary on the works of sylvie fleury, pipilotti rist as well as my own, the products of this atrange communication actually become pieces of clothing and conceptual objects that are kind of self- portraiture as an artist inspired by the works of sylvie fleury and pipilotti rist. they exist within an installation in a temporary boudoir/studio space.

mariela gemisheva + project assistant bojan petrushevski

DON'T MISS IT!

hopehope adventscalendar with manadico, vestibule,aa, levi's, freitag,toujours-toi, set&sekt, radical chic, lux plus, secondseconds, duo hinterletscht, globus, no way, erbudak, lee cooper, griesbach, streetfiles, maud, dings... and OSTBLOCK starts this monday.

this nice christmas doggy mathilda brings you everyday a suprise!
don't miss it!

IN TRENDI

I have caught the flue and might give people the impression that I'm related to Rudolph and I still have a bunch of work to do so I'm mostly running around all incognito in my black uniform (no sneakers though, we have snow here so it's all winter boots now!)

So, I'll continue to rely on others to supply me with nicer pics than the ones I'd be capable of taking right now...


Our burlesque group is part of a story about burlesque in Finland in this month's Trendi magazine, togheter with Sally Vanilla, Minna Parika and Kirsi Nisonen.
(Photo by Kaapo Kamu)

I was actually sick at the photo shoot but it went quite well anyway, except for that the hairstylist didn't show up when we were to be shot! I did panic for a while since I hadn't touched my hair after the shower, it was a mess, and I only had a few of my mandatory bobby pins in my purse. Luckily I can manage pretty good by myself and with some borrowed hairspray there was no damage done :)

My black and gold corset in the photo is made by Tyra Therman btw.

(and funny enough, the hairstylist did fix some very nice glamour hair to some of the others who were photographed later but their picture is shot in such a way that the hair doens't even show...)

UMMM...

I'm not usually not much for contests and stuff but if I find myself in one it would of course be nice to, well, win or something.

So if you find me nice and fabulous and stylish and all that why don't go on and put in a little vote for me in the Supermelons Best Real Style Contest?
Time's until December 19th!
Thanks in advance, heheh :)

EDIT : ...but in order to vote you have to register first. You'll get a membership to The Supermelon then, but they won't start sending you any emails or such though.

FINALLY

already for a long time i want to write something about fashion designer( and more ) sanja grcic.
today i found her homepage. you should have a look at her work.



at the moment she is in new york. during her three months stay in nyc she will continue to work on a project entitled avba on manhattan. avba is a traditional slovenian women's coif.

IN COLOURS

20 MINS

aleksandra wisniewska at blickfang fashion show.




pics from 20min.ch

MILK+WODKA GOES OSTBLOCK

i already wrote milk & wodka is going to have a exhibition at ostblock( openning on december 6th at 2 pm., exhibition till january 17th).

my friendship with roman and remo has started more then 10 years ago in ljubljana. at this time they were on the tour with there band los tres lulus. this was really great band. i am very sorry they don't exist any more.
some years later milk & wodka was born. till now they had showed there work in zürich, ljubljana, berlin, rom, vienna, hamburg, istambul.

and now is coming ostblock.
roman and remo are going to show there new works on theme " romantic and problematic in (former) eastern europe caountries from russia to cuba".

remo and roman with the los tres lulus


roman and remo as milk& wodka

RED

Another coincidence, although this one is not that strange since chrsitmas seasong is sneaking upon us, and we were infact throwing a so called "Little Christmas" party with our music quiz team. (My feet are the ones with the most practical shoes for the snowy evening, eh).

So everyone was actually wearing black or red or black and red (but I actually broke the code a little bit by having my beige checked skirt on.)

Little Christmas parties are always quite hilarious. I pimped our tomteluvor a bit too.


And by the way, very now and the it's good to remember not to take onself too seriously :)
Have a great week!

NEW AT OSTBLOCK

more or less every week you can find something new at ostblock.
photos from some new pieces.

wool jacket by bojan petrushevski


cotton blouse by mariela gemisheva


wool silk dress by rozalb de mura


silk blouse by aleksandra wisniewska


asymmetric trousers by mariela gemisheva


wool trousers with high waist line by rozalb de mura


wool kashmir coat by bojan petrushevski

OVERSIZED BAGS

i don't know if i like oversized bags...
but i am sure i like oversized bags from russian fashion designer sudaryanto.

WHO DOESN'T KNOW VIKI?

aw 08/09 collection from vika gazinskaya.

VOLT MAGAZINE

Me and my Burlesque group are featured in Volt magazine togehter with Olivia Rouge today! I think the pics are great (sadly though one of our girls is missing since she couldn't attend the shoot), and now you also get to see a bit of the outfits I made for us.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD FOR MONDAY

some weeks ago i meet famous bulgarian designer dr. mariela gemisheva. more about her and her work is coming soon.
i am looking forward for monday...
on monday mariela and her assistand bojan petrushevski will bring some clothes from bojans collection called "the girl with spiders in her hair". it is inspired from the rich fantastic world of director tim burton.
dark, comic, intriguing, playfull, infantille are few words with which he could describe it.

SLIGHTLY PINK FOR A WHILE

Cardigan - H&M, Dress - Selfmade
Belt - Indiska, Shoes - Vintage

I went to the hairdesser the other day to fix my roots (I know, this comes as a real chock but I was actually not born platinum blonde :) and to get a slight tone of colour adjusted. Something got a bit wrong perhaps since my hair got an undertone of soft pink. But I catually like it! Sadly it will dissappear after wash or two...

PARTYING

me & my favorite shoes from rozalb de mura aw 08/09 collection.
i love them. they have 12 cm heels... but i can party in them.
and then i am really a tall girl. some likes it, some not....

SOME MORE OF THAT YES PLEASE!

Mission for today; visit Dear Martha!



Dear Martha, run by Josefin, is a delicious blog about crafting, baking and deily luxury. It is full of good looking recipies and decorative, pretty small things to do for your home or to perhaps make a rainy day a little bit more fun. I love looknig at things like that, it gives me a lot of ideas and makes me wish I had more of that luxurious free time! There are also some great links listed at Dear Martha, like one about Tiki cupcakes!

Today Joesfin has posted a little interwiev with me, where I also give a quick tip om how to alter a dress in a simple way.

HIDING IN BLACK

I don’t like leaving home - and seldom do - without being properly dressed and with my hair fixed. But sometimes when I’m really busy; have a lot of freelances jobs to work with and in the same time need to take care of errands around town, or if I have to go to work at strange hours I need to prioritize the comfort in my way of dressing. Even though I might feel like it, I still don’t want to go out looking like I’m about to fetch a pizza on a hangover Sunday afternoon in my pyjamas adn a hoodie. Instead I go for a rather classy and incognito look, which makes me feel a little bit like being in disguise or like I’ve managed to fool the rest of the world that I look good :)

What works for me are the following : I wear all black soft clothes, I put something on my head, I add som detail.

The past week I’ve been living in my black “uniform” ; wearing a pair of comfy velour leisure pants that look like a nice pair of black trousers (which I still don’t own btw) if and only when combined with my black sailor style jacket. I hide my messy hair with my beret or with a black scarf and do a quick make up - a more strong than pretty look; just two sleek and thick strokes of black eyeliner. (I’ve been doing those since I was fourteen so I can get them perfect in five seconds) And then I match the red stripe of my vintage sneakers (yes you read it right; sneakers!) with my mittens and give the whole thing a sailor-ish touch with my anchor bag (which fits things like my calendar, a lot of papers and so on).

In the end it’s actually the jacket that makes the whole thing work so I avoid having to take it of. Illusion ruined, I’m in my leisure wear underneath.

TRIXIES!

Trashy Diva is one of my favourite clohing lines, maybe even my absolute favourite one. Today I ordered one Trixie dress in each colour available, one for each one of us five girls in my burlesque group. I did actually order two dresses of one colour since I'm getting myself two Trixies!

So which two colours do you think I got for myself?

EDIT : I loved reading your guesses and I could have taken all coulurs but the ones I went for now was the red and the bright blue! Looking very much forward to receiving them :)

THE ONE AND ONLY

i am not a fan from blickfang, but this year there is one good reason to visit blickfang design fair for furniture, fashion and jewellery, which will take a place on 21, 22, 23 november 2008 at kongresshaus in zürich.
and the reason is aleksandra wisniewska with her beautiful clothes and adam&eve jewellery.
she will also present her collection on blickfang fashion shows( fri at 8.30 pm, sat at 4 pm and 8 pm, sun at 1 pm and 5pm).

ZEMELKA & PIROWSKA

i just wanted to share with you the nice work of poland based designer duo zemelka&pirowska













some more info about the label...

The collections of Agata Zemelka and Anna Pirowska denote a creative and inventive approach combined with a touch of timeless classic. The young designers use a basic form supported by original, sophisticated accessories and decorations. They experiment with new fabrics, using their features advantageously and imaginatively. They use colour, contrast and juxtaposition unconventionally, resulting in fresh, contemporary and original collections. Much of their work takes its inspiration from the lively and flamboyant 80's. Zemelka&Pirowska collections exude sensuality and glamour served in a unique manner. They use top quality materials and meticulous craftsmanship, achieving superb finish. Their shared vision has produced a joint venture comprising design studio, workshop and sales outlet. Zemelka&Pirowska also supply several fashion retailers nationwide and abroad.