A nice summer dress from Fred Perry.
My take on a typical catalan dessert “mel i mató”. Just found out I like it, after 28 years thinking I didn’t!
I got a new phone that is ridiculously large but that I love already.
Adrian Tomine’s mini comic “Scenes from an Impendidng Marriage” that I bought a while ago.
A pretty pair of summer shoes from Hudson.
I know I’m not alone with that stupid bipolarity us women tend to have with short/long hair. Silly as it may be, it’s annoying to always long for the hairstyle of whatever girl you see around (incidentally it’s usually the opposite of what you’ve got). And I feel even sillier going to the hairdresser’s with a photo of, say, Carey Mulligan and tell them “I want to look like that”. Which is why I never bring photos when I go to get my hair cut, and probably why I’ve never really had a hairdresser cut my hair the way I wanted it.
I’ve realised one of my main stimulus that never fail to make me want to cut my hair into a pixie is Belle and Sebastian. On december 2010 I attended the Bowlie 2 festival curated by Belle and Sebastian with a freshly cut pageboy style, that I chopped off in the bathroom the very first morning of being back home. It also made me avoid walking by the hairdressers who had done the page cut for me merely days before, afraid that she might see me and ask what happened.
It always seems that there’s just so many awesomely cute short-haired girls in the Belle and Sebastian imagery. Some of their earlier albums feature pixie-haired girls, Tigermilk and Dear Catastrophe Waitress come to mind, as well as many of their singles (Lazy Line Painter Jane, I’m a Cuckoo…). These girls are also in the videos, like the one for one of my favourite songs Wrapped up in books.
Of course that just might be Stuart Murdoch’s type of girl I guess, but the fact is if I’m in a phase where I’m listening a lot to B&S and don’t have a pixie cut it’s all over for my hair follicles and they have to go.
The other night I was watching Belle and Sebastian videos (I mean I was working after hours) and the next morning I woke up like this, even though I swore I’d go to a professional “next time”. Oh well, thankfully my hair is too flat and thin to notice the many DIY mistakes.
And while I’m aware a haircut isn’t going to turn me into one of the God Help the Girl indie heroines, I am fairly happy with it.
I first stumbled across the japanese (yet again) brand Mother in a rather non-fashion related website: I Love Cat. I love Cat is basically an online magazine featuring interviews and articles about their cats with professionals of creative careers like designers, manga artists or singers, and lots of terribly cute cat photos.
But back to fashion, Mother’s designer Eri happened to be featured along with her two adopted cats Yuma and Coco and I did a bit of research on her line.
Athough Mother’s style is a bit frillier and with more lace than I generally like, I find the current spring/summer colection really beautiful. I love the use of prints, the neutral palette and the loose silhouettes that are so useful when temperatures start rising. The styling of the lookbook is also simple and refreshing with the natural-looking models and those cute sandals with the bow.
For a while I’ve been slightly obsessed with geometric patterns, and particularly triangles. I’m dreaming of colourful printed dresses, porcelain pieces with triangles painted on them and geometric necklaces.
Secret Squirrel | Ferm living | Matthew Williamson | Meyer-Lavigne | Après Ski | Sketch inc | MSGM
Well it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I have been buried under a pile of work, having bitten more than I can chew once again. Without having a moment to realise it, swallows are already back even though the weather is still quite cold for this time of the year. Ever since I was a child I’ve been really excited about the first swallows arriving from Africa, they are my favourite sort of bird. Hearing them make a racket over the river early in the morning makes the walk to work much more pleasant.
Over these weeks I have been busy editing an 84-pages magazine for university, we handed it in last week and if I say so myself, it looked pretty rad. However these days are just a small breather before I start working seriously on my final major project, my little team of two is developing a fashion and lifestyle online mag for men, and I’m super excited about it. The finish line can be already seen in the distance. I’m looking forward for a bit of free time but I am enjoying myself a lot working on these projects and in my internship too, so no complaints about the lack of sleep!
This bag has been my best (and only) purchase as of late, I love that it’s cheap and sturdy enough to carry around everyday without worrying and its amazing storage capacity reminds me of Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins is, by the way, my favourite film of all times and I’m proud to say I can quote it in its entirety to anyone who will listen. Aside from that it’s got polka dots, so what else can this girl ask for?
Top: H&M | Skirt: Women’ secret | Shoes and bag: Pull & Bear | Coat: Dahlia
