Fashion at your Fingertips

Just a littled something that made me smile.

Rubbish Magazine in London is introducing a collection of finger puppets in the shape of  famous international fashion figures. There are about 20 puppets, divided into four sets that represent the fashion capitals of the world.

The Paris version:

John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Sonia Rykiel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alber Elbaz.

And the Milan version (hmmm, not sure what Viktor & Rolf are doing here):  

Donatella Versace, Giorgio Armani , Miuccia Prada, Viktor & Rolf, Anna Piaggi. 

Well, Karl is a bit bald and the sweater Viktor & Rolf are wearing isn’t very fashionable, but otherwise it’s pure genius! Even Donatella’s skin colour is true to life.

There’s also a London edition (with Giles Deacon, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith and Luella Bartley) and a New York one (with Donna Karan and André Leon Talley). Each set, in a limited edition of 100, costs £ 75 / $120 (……ok, I guess I won’t be giving these to my nieces for their birthdays this year), and will be sold at Liberty of London and Selfridges, and online at fashionablefingerpuppets.com.

Source: nytimes.com

New Brand for Me! Velvet Leaf to make cool fall wear!

Talking bout leafs falling of the trees!

Velvet Leaf delivered some really yummy stuff! check this out:

You can cop it at oa at Shopbop.

Or at their own online store.

And just look at their classy looking website: Velvet Leaf.

Dutch Beat Girl: Mariska Veres

Sometimes living in the Netherlands can give me a sort of complex. Yes, the Dutch are know for tulips, windmills and drugs, but definitely not for fashion icons and/or music. But then I remembered that one of the best bands from the sixties, and the coolest girl from the sixties are actually Dutch! I’m talking about Shocking Blue, the Dutch beat group from The Hague and their lead singer Mariska Veres. The band started in 1967, in 1968 Mariska joined them, in 1969 they recorded Venus, and scored a number one hit in the US. The band split up in 1975. Unfortunately Mariska died in 2006 because of cancer.

Their music and Mariska’s unique voice still sounds great after more than 40 (!) years. Mariska is to me in the same league as style icons like Nancy Sinatra and Marianne Faithfull. Some great pictures of her and the band are added to this post. If you want to know how to get great hair like her, there is a simple solution: wear a wig like she did (she was always very open about that). She hated being seen as a sex symbol and was never the standard bad girl of rock:  she never smoked and she did not like alcohol (favorite drink: tea).

View Mariska in action (wearing a beautiful coat) in the video for Mighty Joe (we all know Venus, but they had so many great songs, I wanted to show something different). Just don’t pay any attention to the weird ostrich in the first 15 seconds of the video.

Kate Moss for Topshop Fall 2009 Collection

The campaign pictures of Kate’s new Autumn collection for Topshop are here! I’ve fallen deeply in love with this collection, except for the sweaters and the coat on the last picture (reminds me of a hedgehog), but everything else, aaah…..pure unconditional love. But I don’t know the prices yet 😉

The collection will be available at Topshop from the 27th of August, so don’t forget to set your alarm clocks!

 

Pictures from www.teenvogue.com

Our House, in the Middle of the Street!

Finally, we bought our own littl crib, our own condo, our new appartment is gonna happen on October 1st!

And what you have to think about when you bought an appartment or house is how to decorate it!

This French website offers the most amazing Wall Stickers to decorate every room! From kitchen to bedroom, from living room to studie!

http://www.domestic.fr/index.php

The website is divided in several sorts of wallart, wall drawings, one strip stickers, mirror art, plates, whole wall landscapes and more!

The pictures used on the stickers are provided by several great artists from all over the world!

As Tado, Fafi, Ich&Kar.

And to show you what it will look like:

I’m in love, now to convince my boyfriend!