pyramids.

(Ranya in Russian Vogue)

words are unnecessary.

cinema.

on saturday my little sister and I went to the cinema to see Tim Burton's new movie based on the Alice stuff.
I don't know what I expected, I guess I expected nothing but just hoped it wouldn't be bad, 'cause I love Alice's Adventures in Wonderland so much and I like Tim Burton, and I just hoped he wouldn't spoil the stuff. I know it sounds strange that I was worried about that even though I usually like his work, but well, I don't need to explain it... (._.")
So, I was happy really happy about the outcome.
Well, the "real" Alice stuff is a little chaotic in the movie, but I think it's ok 'cause for me (personally) there were some happy-making messages in the movie.
Haha, I know it might sound weird, but well, it made me happy, so...( ^^)"

And Mia was SO pretty as Alice.
And Mr. Depp was so wonderful as Mad Hatter, I have always imagined Mad Hatter rather looking that good & crazy than as bad and scary as he looks in the drawings of the original book.

雪。

雪が降っている。
少しだけ、降っている。

Christian Dior autumn/winter 2010/11 part 2

irresistible.

Christian Dior autumn/winter 2010/11

(love these oberknee socks.)

(pictures from vogue.com/gorunway.com)

I wasn't a huge fan of last season's collection, but this time some very girlish, bright coloured, playful pieces among the autum/winter collection caught my eye.
I love this innocent, dollish look.

lunch.

have just eaten o-sushi, it was tasty.

GG.

(click for fullsize view)
There is this japanese brand called GADGET GROW I'm really into, and I thought I should introduce it here.
What concerns menswear, this is really one of my favourites.
Well, you can clearly see where the brand (or rather those who design the stuff) is drawing its inspiration from but I like the outcome and well... one can pay it, which is a big PLUS.

Have a look at the campaign photos and the pretty model.
Some of the photos are a little darker, but never gothic.
GADGET GROW

sketch.

sketching around a little these days.

a constant state of flux.

"My outlook is in a constant state of flux. I follow a given course for a period of time until it stops producing results then I question where I find myself and what's still applicable to life in the present. At any given period our main focus might be on only one or two aspects of our being: the sensual, the emotional, the intellectual, the metaphysical. Working our way around this can be both painful and enlightening but always rewarding."
by David Sylvian in i-D magazine issue 305

local color.

"Perhaps, like most of us in foreign countries, he was incapable of placing people, selecting a frame for their picture, as he would at home; therefore all Americans had to be judged in a pretty equal light, and on this basis his companions appeared to be tolerable examples of local color and national character."
from: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Yes, and I still ask myself with what kind of people I was hanging with when I was travelling last summer.
Oh, by the way.
In Tokyo many girls do their make-up on the train, and one day when i was in really a hurry I did it, too.
Not until recently would I have known that this is quite an embarassing behaviour, even though those girls do it.
(:_;)

a little more Galliano.

picture from vogue.com
John Galliano SS2010

When I found this in a magazine from January, I was like : "Haven't I seen this before somewhere?"
It really reminds me of some certain (or uncertain...) guy whom I don't want to name here.
By the way,
I like big dots. The bigger, the better.

cherry lips.

photo from vogue.com

I have just printed out this photo from Galliano SS2010.
This make-up is so awesome, I'd really like to give it a try.
Anyway, I'll add it to my inspiration poster.

my breakfast.

Somehow grapefruits look like healthy, happy, little suns.
Eating them makes me happy somehow, just like bananas.

monokel.

Wie unglaublich gut das aussieht, Herr Yamamoto...

Köln.

Gestern machten sich M. und ich auf den Weg nach Köln, um uns sowohl den neu eröffneten Weekday store als auch zwei weitere Geschäfte anzusehen, deren Namen ich leider vergessen haben, die aber Vivienne Westwood und Comme des Garçons führen.

Meine Meinung zu Weekday ist folgende:
Der Shop scheint auf den ersten Blick ganz überschaubar, was sich aber als Fehlglaube herausstellt, da er sich immer weiter nach hinten in das Gebäude zu erstrecken scheint und leider geht einem da auch ein wenig die Übersicht verloren.
Das ist aber eigentlich nicht weiter tragisch, denn ich persönlich finde, dass wirklich viele Teile bei Weekday gut aussehen und leistbar sind, was auf jeden Fall sehr gut ist, nicht?
Die Vintage Ecken haben mich zwar nicht sehr angesprochen (also Vintage gerne, aber nicht die Kleidung die sie da angeboten haben ... (:_;) ), aber der Rest des Ladens war doch schon ganz gut.
Gekauft habe ich dennoch nichts- a) habe ich erst kürlich eine Menge neuer Sachen gekauft und b) bestand auch kein konkreter Bedarf, das heißt ich besitze zu den Stücken, die mich am meisten ansprachen, ein Äquivalent in meinem Kleiderschrank.
Eins haben M. und ich aber nicht ganz verstanden-
Weekday führt doch Kleidung für beide Geschlechter... oder?
Naja, die Damen haben hier den Vorteil, entschieden wir uns.

Leider gibt es auch in Köln keinen Schmuck von Vivienne Westwood und als Grund wurde mir angegeben, dass man diesen in so hohen Mengen abnehmen müsste, dass es sich für kleinere Läden nicht lohnt.
Auf auf ihr Kaufhäuser, wofür habt ihr denn das Geld ?!

Dort, wo Comme des Garçons geführt wird, hatte man leider nicht geöffnet oder ist generell nicht offen für spontane Besucher, vielleicht muss man sich ja anmelden....
Jedenfalls fand ich es ziemlich schade, dass man nur einen Blick durch die milchigen Scheiben der Glastür des Ladens einen Blick erhaschen konnte.