Sucker for LOVE

So yes, every girl is a sucker for Love, and so am I. DUH!

I'm not usually very mushy, but these two videos just really really make my heart melt everytime I watch them.

The modern Romeo and Juliet, with Leo di Caprio and Claire Danes with beautiful background music by Des'ree.

Then, there is the modern equivalent of Romeo and Juliet, which oddly but true, is Twilight.

I think everyone grew up with reading Shakespeare's love stories, sonnets and plays.

I know I did.

Hands down, you have to give it to the man - he is simply the best at writing about love, that even to this day his written works are being read and performed and modernized over and over again.

I really wonder what he must have been going through which brought him into the state of mind that he was in, to have been able to write so greatly on LOVE.

Stephenie Meyer has taken a modern approach at this incredibly binding love between two individuals, as portrayed in Romeo and Juliet, by telling a love story between a human and a vampire.

In this part, which can be seen in the video I posted, you can really tell the emotions Bella is going through, and even if not by a vampire, we have all been broken up with and been in this painful state of being.

The amount of pain, mixed with lust and the strong attraction Bella feels towards Edward....the cold and icy speech he gives to her while breaking up, is just God-awful and heart-wrenching. I can feel my gut churn at the sentence "you're not good enough for me". Bella is so prepared to give up everything for him and doesn't see any worth in her living without him - just like Juliet felt about Romeo - her simple but true words "If this is about my soul - take it, I don't want it without you!" are just a marvelous portrayal at rare and powerful love.

Props to Kristen Stewart for portaying Bella's role so wonderfully and adapting into her character so well.

Enjoy!

XOXO,

C



Music for the Soul

So I'm feeling a bit mellow lately, just thinking about a lot of things, trying to process life and where I want to go with it...what my next step will be and I just feel really STUCK sometimes.

And I really just ADORE music in moments like this.

Music really gets me in the mood, but every emotion has its own music and when I feel down this is just the perfect playlist to listen to:

The Editors - No Sound but the Wind / Bettie Serveert - Lover I Don't Have To Love / Amy Winehouse - In My Bed / Deftones - Change / The Rasmus - Not Like The Other Girls / Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth / Alexander Desplat - Meadow / Yiruma - Kiss The Rain / Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah / Florence and the Machine - Heavy In Your Arms / Sia - My Love / Lykke Li - Possibilities / Band of Horses - Life On Earth / Billy Joel - Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel) / Norah Jones - I've Got To See You Again

I listen to this playlist, and seriously....I feel like I'm floating in freedom...a peace of mind.
It's a great feeling. All the emotions I am keeping buried inside just let lose.

<3

XOXO,
C

Skirt Frenzy

Aaaaahhhh....soooo these skirts I'm about to show you may leave you blind, as they are just so awesome, - so be warned!!!

This purple Gucci is just smooth.
Comfy fabrik, beautiful color, right length.
Superb!

 This J Crew crepe tulip skirt adds spice to the classic mini with its cut. I especially love the elastic belt they have with skirts lately cuz they are just so fantastic and makes the skirt feel somehow 'secure' on you.

This Kaufman Franco is reaaally cheeky and playful. When I first looked at it, I thought that it was a bag, but then I was like "woow, it's a skirt!" Definitely a total gamechanger - and love the suede! THUMBS UP!!



This watermelon colored Roksana Ilincic is just fab for a hot summer day.

The color itself is already an eye-catcher, but its light and barely there, - you feel free!

At the same time, it's not the typical skirt. It's asymetrical and its draped.

Aaahhh, I think I'm just a sucker for anything with crepe or drapes.

So I know I say this a lot, but I really do love this.

Why? Well here it is....

I have been looking for a skirt with fluffy flying feathers for - like,- EVER and haven't found one anywhere until I saw this Adam ostrich feathered skirt and my heart just dropped.

GOT TO HAVE IT!!!!!

Ok, this is NOT one of my favorites, but it intrigues me and that's why I had to show it here aswell. It's very interesting. I love these feathers anywhere and I love anything with sequins, but together..?!?

I am not so sure.

It seems a wee bit too much when both are combined. You will probably look like Pocahontas gone glam if you wear it.

No?

XOXO,

C

Baby Dior

So in case you were wondering, well maybe not, but I'll give it to you anyway!

When I say I have been a fashion-junkie since forever, people think I'm just saying it in the rhetoric sense,
but.... NO!

I was actually dead serious. And here is the proof:



My first bathingsuit was of course nothing less than - BABYDIOR!!!!

So this makes me a natural FASHIONISTA!!!!!!

BA-BOOM!!!!

XOXO,

C

JUMP Suit

I never really liked Jumpsuits until a short while ago...
I don't even remember when and how they started growing on me, but I guess somehow they did, because I find them very uh-la-la!

If you are a bit of a tall woman like me, I think it really does your body justice.

This Gucci jumpsuit is one sexy piece. At 1,500 $ a piece, it is well worth the money spent on it I think. It's black, it's silk and has a beautiful belt that dangles down the waist very casually. Simply ->      L-O-V-E it!!!!

This is definitely not just a jumpsuit, but it is a PLAYsuit. Yes, that's right. And oh boy, what a playful playsuit it is!!! Just looking at it makes me go all mooshy and aaahhh inside....
Sooo damn beautiful this nude silk-crepe playsuit from Haute Hippie.

This tube 3.1 Philip Lim jumpsuit is also absolutely gorgeous !!!

















XOXO,
C

Short Story

As the summer is about to commence and its flashing heat waves will reach us in no time, it is time to share a short story.

“There once was a girl, who didn’t know what to wear, until she met the right pair of – shorts!”

Shorts are a call of freedom for the summer to look glam day and night, more comfy than skirts as you can move and sit without worrying about any peek-a-boo flashing moments and  have a tremendous edge of sexiness to them.

So as I was rading around for some glam shorts for the summer, I came across these beauties and just HAD to show my picks:

These watermelon-colored Antik Batik shorts are fabolous to wear all summer long during the day and shine up your day.

I really really love Isabel Marant so friggin much! She does the casual-sexy look the best.

Rock these with her glam boots and hot damn!!!! Heads will turn!!

I love the bow belt and the high waist on these lamé shorts from Thread Social. Always looks good with a plain white tank and some chic sandals or stilettos underneath.

SO this is probably my fave, because well, as it is, I just looove anything with sequins because it just really glam up anything!

I want to wear these TIBI shorts when I go out in the summer with some sexy stilettos!!

OMG! I can’t even find the words how damn cool this silk sarong from Willow is!!

Sarongs are like THE alternative to wear in the morning and then continue until the night.



XOXO,

C

Goodbye, Christophe!!!

So, as you all probably already know, Balmain has parted ways with master-designer Christophe Decarnin.

Having worked as creative director at Balmain for 6 years, the man was truly a GOD who spiced up Balmain and gave it a new twist.


He brought back shoulder pads and military jackets, funked it up with studs and stones and loooots of leather goodies!!!

Balmain is no new brand, but it has become one of my fave brands during Christophe's Creative Director days.....

He definitely brought sexy rock chick back and will always keep his place in my heart.

So, here's to Christophe:

XOXO,

C