The Opulent Ostertag

One of the rising stars of German fashion, Marcel Ostertag, still in his 20’s is certainly a force to be reckoned with. Producing entire 50 piece collections on his own, hard labor, doesn’t come without benefits, after all he is the winner of the Karstadt New Generation Award during Berlin Fashion Week, this is only [...]

Old Bones

Today, I spent the majority of the day walking around…. window shopping, checking out the scenes, looking for visual inspiration. As a native Californian, the age of the city the old churches and antique stores.
I don’t think I’ll ever get over neck ruffles, even these medieval church sculptures inspire…

Bone to pick
The antique jeweler Horst Fuchs [...]

Messy Hair, on purpose…

Messy Hair, on purpose…
As happy as I am to see more natural hair on the rise (thank you Mary Kate Olsen), you know hair that is not particularly straight, or curly, nor perfectly shiny and brushed. I’m even more intrigued by messy big hair, done up on purpose. Ratted hair has always been seen on [...]

5 Ways Peplum

An optimist will make constraints an opportunity for creativity. I’m not going to lie, lately I’ve been experiencing some economic restraints, and shopping a couple of times a week isn’t really something I can do at the moment. But looking back on it, my shopping habits were kind of crazy, buying new stuff, maybe wearing [...]

Mustache Envy

I’ve had a long, sick fascination with mustaches. It all began at the cinema with Gangs of New York, where I realized I was strangely attracted to Daniel Day Lewis. He’s a great actor, don’t get me wrong, I loved him in every movie, but attracted? No… and when I saw him being interviewed, all [...]

State of Grace

There are few people as powerfully unique as Grace Jones. Beautiful, eccentric and iconic, it’s amazing to see how after all these years, I’ve come to truly admire her sense of style. Perhaps we’re just now starting to catch up to her, but I remember being just absolutely shocked by the way she would wear [...]

Search And Destroy

Do you remember the days when jeans were way cooler with rips and holes? You know, like around the time Axel Rose could still complete a sentence. I remember doing all kinds of things, dripping bleach, cutting holes, drawing ankhs and peace signs, sometimes even the boy I happened to be going out with at [...]

Dream Beds*

*it would be lovely, but my adult life won’t allow for it.
My entire life, I’ve wanted a canopy bed. Maybe it’s my inner princess? I remember dreaming that one day I’d have this magnificent bed, you know, “When I grow up”. As far as fancy beds go, I must say, fancy beds go in the [...]

Black Agy

Did anyone else catch Agyness on Altamira? I’m not one to fawn over models, though their job is certainly a tough one… I must say, after becoming aware of the photoshop culture in magazines, I’ve come to be skeptical of the beauties seen in magazines. But every picture, I’ve seen of Agy, has been great, [...]

10 Things to Wear When You’re Feeling Blue

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln
There are days, and then there are blue days… It’s inevitable, no matter how many feel-good books you’ve read, how much exercise you do, how well you eat, nor if you’ve taken all your vitamins and all your meds there will [...]