Het ene na het andere land zag de officiële première van de langverwachte Sex and the City film passeren. Zaterdag 31 mei volgt ook België. Uiteraard kan je hier maandag een uitgebreid verslag lezen over het evenement dat waarschijnlijk de meest glamourous rode loper van het jaar wordt. Om de spanning al wat te breken, hieronder een quote uit van wereldberoemde costume designer Patricia Field, die de SATC sterren er steeds verrassend origineel laat uitzien:
"Mijn favoriete outfit was de eerste waarmee je Carrie ziet in de film. Het is een crèmekleurige jurk in jersey uit de jaren '70 en er zit een grote bloem op. Omdat het publiek zo'n belangrijke rol speelt bij SATC, wilde ik hen op deze manier warm welkom heten!"
I just got back from the midnight screening of the faaaabulous Sex and the City movie.
I was against this movie from the very beginning, but like I said, I was going to
be the first person in line to see it. And I was!~
I won't spoil it for the rest of you but I will say it was fabulous. Just listen
to the theme song and tell me it doesn't get you completely excited.
New Release and affordable, u ask why? cuz i got fun making my stuff thats why im selling them on a reasonable prices.
This week new is a nice Bikini (some called it tinikini, hehehe) and i wanna thank my mate who help me to fix this stuff ...huggs mateeeee thankiessss!!
Available as usual in my Main Store and also on German Fashion Week, and in all Fashion Doll Outlet
always brings the heat and this time they bring fire! Their summer '08 collection is literally burning hot and we love it! Ms. Lawn continues to deliver self explanatory graphic tees and also threw in some really cute acid-washed denim and double waisted shorts, which adds that extra edge and flare. Items are currently shipped to a store near you, click to view the list.
Jewellery : Traditional when its gold and silver, and also lots of junk....
Shoes : kolhapuri's, Mojri's
Make-up :lipgloss , kohl( Its another story that I could never apply it right or smudge it the way I want)
Just in case you are wondering why on earth am I writing these purposeless facts about my personal style,its just because I had a very hard time coming to terms with fashion police during all my growing up years.I was perenially perplexed when people around me poked fun at my preferences....but that was way back then....with every passing year I became less stranger to myself and also realised that there are many similar people out there (thought few) who shared my fondness....and now I have this I-dont-care a damn attitude when somebody starts lecturing why I should dress with more bling and color....I give them this "whatever" look and move on....
I do love bling and color...every woman does...but its just that my idea of bling and color is different....its not polyester and heavy machine embroidery with garish coloring...instead its pure cottons with natural-dyed hues......Being comfortabe is stylish :) Ain't it ?
But this self-realisation didn't come easy...I guess it took its own sweet time for it to dawn upon me.....My first stint was when my grandmom visited us and I loved her handloom sarees with wonderful woven borders...I secretly admired them and also shamelessly asked for one as a gift while she was leaving....I didn't know what was it made of or where is it woven...I just loved it...only later after a lot many years did I get to know that its the famous cotton saree of ...this love affair continued...I always seemed to like handmade and natural fabrics ....so much so that everyone around me thought I stupid ( this way way back in late 80's and early 90's when anything flowing and synthetic was the in-thing and cotton was for old and poor people)....many of them made open comments saying that I have a boring and granny type taste...and there were many days when I felt very bad and hurt ....all this while I was around 9 years or so...at that time I didn't have as much clarity on my choices as I do now.....but I didn't wither and succumb, instead embraced it with a vengeance (well, I was in my teens by then) and am glad I did.
My parents never objected to my preferences...they just let me be and also encouraged it...so from the day I started chosing my clothes the fabric was always cotton, linen, jute, crepe etc....and I loved it...the range and variety out there is mind-bloggling....the mangalgiris, handpainted, blockprinted cottons, , chettinad's, ,, and lot lot more...India is a treasure trove and I celebrate it to the full extent....
Of course my nagging relatives always whined about it and also bestowed unwanted advice upon my mom..how she should not let me be the way I am....since everyone around will think we are not doing well in life.....I never understood the relation till date.....to dress to appear affluent... I dress in a certain way because I identify myself with that....what if it appears simple and boring to others.....its not my problem....
I feel much prettier and confident in a natural fabric kalamkari outfit with complimenting silver jewellery rather than an expensive badly made heavy zardosi one with modern jewellery...... is such a beautiful art which is viciously and badly churned out in huge quantities these days....I come from the land of zardosi and can vouch for that...the authentic ones are bewitching and are a real treat for the eye...
Also I heart /...not the mass produced ones...but the aesthetic stuff...and love antique simple gold jewellery with that....now when I dress this way people say I dress like an old woman ( since the in-thing for a newly married woman is to wear shiny clothes and all the bling she owns) Yuck....Isn't a kanchipuram or a banarasi shiny enough for them.....
Its sad how they get caught with this in-thing business....style is something which is innate and fashion changes by season....I want to be identified with my style..and refuse to be a clone...and I strongly believe in the adages "Less is more" and "Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art".
And India is the birth place for arts and crafts...it sure deserves more respect and appreciation from us fellow Indians....it hurts very very deeply when I read of a weaver/artisan leaving his profession because there are no patrons .....and something inside me dies each time when an artist gives up his/her life since he/she is not able to make both ends meet.....all this for being extremely skilled and talented...when we all know how everybody abroad(my boss, colleagues and friends abroad loved them crazy) is higly appreciative of Indian arts and crafts ....then friends, "where is the link missing ?"
I do my own teeny-weeny bit by buying at weaver exhibitions and co-operative fairs and would one day want to do something more serious like reviving an art form or similar thing....well, these are dreams...and are very close to my heart....
Okay, so there is one part of Roger Federer's French Open that Nike didn't tone down -- look at his bright red duffel!
It's a style similar to what he used at last year's , , and .
What do you think of the bag?
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Marriage brings together two people to create "one" entity.
In the past two weeks I have attended two weddings. One of the weddings was heavily religious while the other was void of religion. Both weddings, although different, reiterated many of the same ideas of two becoming one. As always I was thinking of how I can incorporate these ideas into my work.
Marriage is forever. (At least most people would like it to be when they say "I do." According to , 41% of first time marriages will end in divorce.)
Recently, I created a wonderful portable space that is an interesting marriage. I created the Pink Seahorse tote. This tote is a marriage of not two individual ideas but rather three.
I started off creating this bag with a large piece of red fused plastic material. I knew when I was fusing the material that this was going to create a bag that was BOLD and vibrant. A lady in Red bag that catches everyone's eye.
When I began creating the bag I drew up sketches that brought to mind K. After a few sketches I married these two ideas, Lady in Red and King Triton. Not too long into their honeymoon I introduced King Triton to a new lady - a simple, shabby chic lady who was caught up in the Earth Friendly trend... Here's when my thoughts on polygamous marriages changed. Both of these ladies conveyed wonderful images to form a whole along with King Triton. Together all three of the individual ideas were able to demonstrate what they could do individual as well as help out the others when needed.
Most of the time we hear about polygny in which a man has multiple wives. Consider, , a woman with multiple husbands. Along my rather short path in life a wise woman told me that the secret to a successful marriage was to keep your husband's stomach full and balls empty... I think with one husband that is more than a full time job already - I can't even imagine juggling two men.
For now I will keep marriages solely in ideas throughout my creations. In life I will remain a bachelorette...
What was lost has been found, and they were really nice about itat the Post Office too. I walked in this morning and the post master saw me and went out back. I was standing in line behind 2other people and he calls me out and tells me they'd found my missing package. YAY!
I just got my fabric in the mail today... my very expensive hand woven silk; it came all the way from Japan and I had to sign all kinds of papers from the Post Office and customs to release it, but I got it home today... and oooohhh, is it worth every penny! softest stuff I've ever touched! It's soooo pretty! I'm loving it. I can't wait to start sewing it! I've never spent so much on fabric before, but I wanted to make this costume historically accurate and it took me 3 months to find any one that had it. I can't believe I actually bought 5 bolts of it! It should be enough to make the 4 kimonos and one hakama.
Well, the next step is to get it up on the loom so I can start embroidering it. YAY!
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