Lectura de sambata dimineata

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.

Summer, dropping so easily a delicious everything upon your skin and lips. Like a never-ending kiss—taunting, deep, and luscious. The sun. The heat. The thousand echoes of a timelessness before time, when every day seems longer than the next and no day seems likely to ever truly end. Summer.”

Stiu – inca nu suntem in iunie, inca nu a inceput vara. Dar este aici; o simtiti, nu-i asa? Diminetile sunt perfecte, aurii si interminabile, zilele au o fierbinteala placuta iar rochiile noastre subtiri ne imbie sa le purtam, serile sunt blande si contin sentimentul acela de anticipare al unei veri memorabile, splendide, exceptionale.

Mai avem o saptamana pana la inceputul verii calendaristice, dar cat de multe avem de facut! Weekendul acesta este din nou plin-ochi.

Mergeti neaparat la Bookfest si treceti pe la Galateca sa vedeti The journey through the history & future of jewelry (este o minune de expozitie de bijuterie contemporana, stati de vorba cu designerii, priviti cu atentie exponatele – si neaparat cumparati o bijuterie, in locul unui accesoriu oarecare). Cumparati-va inghetata cu gust de pepene galben si menta sau o limonada racoritoare. Descoperiti locuri noi si gradini din Bucuresti (sau din orasul din care ma cititi), opriti-va la Institutul Francez pentru Designer’s Drive-In, iar daca ajungeti in Centrul Vechi intrati in Hanul Gabroveni la ultimele zile ale Romanian Design Week (da, stiu ca v-am spus si saptamana trecuta, dar chiar merita vizitat).

Raman tot la capitolul „invitatii” de weekend: in 6 iunie puteti veni la o noua editie Style Conversations, a carei tema – Style Me Slimmer – este pentru toate femeile a caror silueta seamana mai curand cu cea a Monicai Belucci decat cu cea a Keirei Knightley, iar in 27 iunie puteti bifa inca un Style Masterclass, cursul meu intensiv de 1 zi dedicat educatiei voastre vestimentare si raspunsurilor la absolut toate dilemele voastre stilistice.

Va las sa va bucurati de recomandarile de lectura ale acestei saptamani, sa aveti o dimineata de poveste…

The overriding trend for next season? How about confusion... – „Not the physical „what” – we were seeing clothes, obviously, great little black dresses and sexy high-cut kilts studded with metallic buttons. But what season? I was told it was autumn/winter, but would be available immediately. But this is when everyone else’s pre-fall collections begin to drop; and everyone else showed their autumn/winter womenswear collections two to three months ago…” In The Independent

Becoming Marni: a year in discovery – „Composed of a Flower Market in Milan, a Roof Market in Hong Kong and a Blossom Market in Tokyo, the project has culminated in an exhibition entitled Becoming Marni that launched during Venice Biennale, completing the brand’s international circuit, returning to its Italian home.” In Another Magazine 

Boutique perfume: on the scent of a deal – „Frédéric Malle, the dapper and ebullient founder of Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, stands in his small red-and-black boutique perfumery just off the rue de Rivoli in Paris. He is presenting his perfumery’s latest fragrance to a group of beauty…” In Financial Times

Poor but cool: how has the Cold War become a defining symbol for modern fashion – „”I like this idea of Soviet girls in Berlin in the late 80s to 90s,” said fashion designer JW Anderson after his Fall/Winter 2015-16 show in London. „We were looking at places where women weren’t able to express themselves. You had to find your freedom, put your stamp on something.” In Calvert Journal

Hermès doesn’t make it easy for you to buy its stuff. That’s why it sells so well – „Hermès inaugurated its DC boutique with a grand, eccentric flourish befitting a nearly 180-year-old French luxury firm that was born as a harness-maker and grew into the purveyor of $10,000 Birkin handbags. At a seated dinner in the stately surroundings of the Andrew W.” In Washington Post

How Japan’s anti-bling styles are taking the fashion world by storm – „Walk into a department store – or thumb your mouse through any fashion website – and you’ll be struck by a dichotomy between their offerings for him and those for her.” In The Independent

How Bloggers Make Money On Instagram – „”I have an idea if you’re open to it,” Danielle Bernstein, 22, a personal style blogger who runs We Wore What, wrote me recently. I’d emailed Bernstein to ask if she’d be open to explaining the business of bloggers being paid by brands to feature their products on Instagram.” In Harper’s Bazaar

The fashion blogger who makes $15,000 per Instagram post – „Read it and weep: there are fashion bloggers who can charge upwards of $15,000 (£9,500) for one Instagram post. Yes, one picture featuring a product they are paid by a brand to promote. The astonishing sum has been revealed by Danielle Bernstein, the US fashion blogger behind the We Wore What personal style-diary website.” In The Telegraph

Vogue China prepares to celebrate its 10th birthday – „When Angelica Cheung became the first editor of Vogue China 10 years ago, she learned the hard way what the elite fashion world thought of Beijing. Photographers, designers and models turned down requests to do shoots in a country that is now probably the world’s biggest single market for luxury goods, but was then seen as a crass backwater.” In The Guardian

Why Genderless Fashion is Not Going Out of Style Anytime Soon – „On the surface, the official Instagram account of Proenza Schouler presents carefully-curated snapshots that reinforce the brand’s message of forward-thinking luxury. Close-up shots of runway pieces like a grey mélange tweed top that ties like an enormous knot in the back showcase technical details.” Pe Yahoo.com

How to find the perfect floaty dress – „Now I find myself mad for dresses. The wafty, floaty chiffon variety. Have you tried one lately? They’re incredibly flattering and such a mood-altering change after seasons of androgyny. You don’t need boobs, hips or any of the other „feminine” accoutrements to look and feel utterly feminine in one. But if you have got boobs, hips or other undulating contours – no problem. Our wafty, floaty, chiffony friend undulatingly accommodates.” In The Telegraph

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