INCREDIBLE IBIZA

I just came back from one of the coolest trips I could have had this summer. And fell in love. With Ibiza.

The facets, the weather, the vibe of the island and the right places with the right people - all of this filled me with so much energy that I'm ready for all the changes that will come pretty soon. One of the most beautiful places I visited, was definitely the trip to Formentera. The last time I saw such a water condition (no exaggeration), was actually when I spent my holidays on the Bahamas. 

I never expected an island like Ibiza (which I honestly supposed to be an island full of party-enthusiastic idiots that destroy most of the places with their behaviour) to offer so many inspiring locations being far far far far away from any ugly, dull party-people. Like all of those beaches I spent the mornings/middays at. Or  the Atzaró, one of the cool restaurants I got to eat at. Built in the middle of literally nowhere (on the more countrified sites of the island), a breathtaking area with a loungy atmosphere surprised me and was accompanied by a delicious cuisine. 

Another surprise that went behind my expectations was the variety in furniture-offerings. Sluiz, for example, shows an incredible amount of (sometimes useless but still funny to look at) interior decorations and La Maison De L'Elephant is one of the most impressive shops (you can actually call it HALLS) I ever went to. I will do a separate post about La Maison De L'Elephant since I hate blog posts with too many pictures (+ I want to avoid my "picture-editing-and-eliminating" problem, which then again results in complete dissatisfaction - it's all so complicated when you're 19 and this could be your only current problem). 

Overall, Ibiza is a beautiful place to stay and I hope that I will come back some time again. Possibly next summer. I wish ... 

SLUIZ

Me + my disability of taking pictures of myself more professionally therefore posing in the mirror like an idiot just because I'm that impressed of what I'm wearing 

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MhmcQueen... Resort 2012

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So, I've been not writing much about anything relating to McQueen for the past months. I've been not mentioning Savage Beauty (quite frankly I have to admit that I'm a little jealous because I already know that I won't be in New York that quickly again so I saw no reason in writing about it), I've been not commenting on this year's f/w ready-to-wear collection and I just felt of having had a tiny bit enough from all of the hype I've been triggering with at least 1000000 other people over the world.

While I was creating wild head-stories of russian mafia boss wives in my head when looking at pre-fall 2011 (just loved that character of strict-and straightness featuring sexy tight cuts and clean lines), next year's resort collection leaves me somehow disappointed, shocked and above all confused behind. Sarah Burton obviously has a special thing for broad, very broad, statement-belts and long, very long, skirts & dresses. Not that this is not fine with me, but while remembering the last two collections those two details have been already spotted and need a definite pause. Being put in the same combinations (long dress/skirt/normal trousers + broad belt), I'm completely left with a big questionmark on my front. Why doing the same stuff again? I want to see something new, inspiring, something McQueenish that I've never seen before. How would Burton call the theme of the collection? Maybe I'm currently lacking of phantasy but it all appears repetitive. Although I can see Burton's input of sewing accessories on the pockets of her jackets, there is nothing I would personally scream for except from the last few dresses, which enhance the slightly monotone collection. Despite the dresses, it all seems so okay but that's not what McQueen stands for, is it?

I'm sure Sarah Burton, McQueen and I won't end up like Balmain, Decarnin and me (from "in a relationship" to "it's complicated" to "single") but I'm really hoping for the best for all of us (which fortunately would be a blasting, absolutely never ever seen before s/s12-collection).

COLLECTION-CRUSH ON:

On a small, German island...

...there's plenty of time to take pictures and hang out in lovely cars. Especially when the weather's actually not that good as you expected it to be. I so look like I'm ready for autumn. And I can't wait for my SUMMER-holidays to come on Tuesday.

Jeans: Zara
Tanktop: H&M
Jacket: Iceberg
Scarf: noname
Ballerinas: Pretty Ballerinas
Sunnies: Ray Ban
Bag: H&M 

Today's cravings

a chill at the pool

lace

spending free time at paradise

white & gold (simply love creoles)

nothing else to add

this bikini just in black. 

this adorable top/dress 

and a healthy looking calorie bomb. 

Mirabell Gardens

...one of my favourite locations in Salzburg. 

Dress: Zara

Flats: Bloch

Sunnies: Ray Ban

Sex and the City + NEW FACES!?

You gotta be kidding me! I know that gossip magazines like InTouch eventually aren't the most reliable resource but when I got to read that Carrie, Samantha & Co. are planned to get "new faces" I was in a shock. I'm a true SATC lover although Sarah Jessica Parker is by far not a ...classic beauty... but Carrie without that face is like Samantha being replaced by someone like Blake Lively. Can you imagine Blake Lively aka Serena Van der Woodsen playing Samantha in the planned third part of the SATC movies?! (Please note that this is intended as a rhetorical question!). That's just the most ridiculous thing I could have read. Beside the fact that Blake Lively instantly pisses me off as she is definitely not Chanel-approved for any kind of commercials (Karl, what have you done?!) nor outstanding, she is above all a bad actress. And if anyone thinks the opposite, then you either don't understand English or you don't get that mumbling instead of talking in proper sentences isn't one of the new conditions to become a famous actress. I loved Kim Catrall as Samantha. She is authentic, she is simply amazing. Choosing Blake Lively is one of the biggest miscasts ever. At least choose someone who's worthy to represent Samantha in her earlier days but not someone who's most of the time playing some unnecessary bitch from the Upper East Side who doesn't know what she wants and who seems to fall in love with the hugest losers all the time. 

And what about Miranda played by Emma Roberts? Roberts? Beside from her famous, talented aunt ... for what is she famous for? A guest-performance in a Disney series? Being a mermaid?

And Carrie? Carrie will probably find herself again in the body of Elizabeth Olsen. She once said that she wants to be different from her sisters but in fact the only thing that distinguishes her from her siblings is her face (which honestly is not that duck-face-meets-alien-reminding).

Oh and who is Selena Gomez? Another real-life-mickey mouse arising from Disney Channel and meant to play Charlotte in her younger stages in life. And as InTouch has perfectly informed me, she's the insane girl being in a relationship with that Bieber-creature. Are you serious? 

Above all the most disturbing thing is not their (dis-?)ability to act in general and their probable talent. It might be that Miss Gomez or Miss Olsen the 3rd are pretty much good in their job as Disneygirls (whatever) but I personally see the biggest problem in their ability to transform the right characteristics of Carrie & Co. . With other words: I'm doubting their ability to play each role "the right way". How can a 17 year old transform the character that was determined to be a women in her 30s-50s with "the normal problems" that come with them? That's the most unrealistic thing. Plus: Who's interested in Carrie's, Samantha's, Charlotte's or Miranda's "problems" when they were as young as we are? I think there are already ENOUGH series (like the one Lively was originally employed for) in which the teen/twen-problems are represented at its best. And at its dumbest. So why the hell using one of the best series ever existing and trying to produce some bad stuff out of it? 

I really hope that all of this is just a bad rumour and an even worse joke by Candice Bushnell and her frankness to other actors. You just can't do this to me! :( 

blog awards & a big thank you

Some time ago I've been receiving several awards. The first five ones above are all coming from the beautiful Daria from http://fashionsurf.blogspot.com/, who obviously has an amazing blog & is above all absolutely inspiring. Thank you a lot, love!

The other one below is once again from the lovely Deborah from http://www.hopethinkknow.com/. She has already awarded my blog for the very first time and now does it again! Thanks so so much! You & your blog rock!

NO-LITA!

Thanks to fashionista.com I finally found out who that little girl in British Vogue's latest issue (and earlier in Vogue Paris) is. Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau (which celebrity's child is this!?) is just 10 years old but I guess beside from her age and her height there are just a few things that remind me of a child. The look, the make up, the way she gets dressed - everything seems pretty much like she is supposed to act like a 25 years old supermodel in her best days.

Thylane is pretty. Period. But her parents seem to be something close to an insane state of mind. The more I think about those shots and the more I flip through those pictures, the more I get some serious mortifying feeling. A feeling that makes me vomit while thinking about how many pedophiles eventually will be the happiest people when looking at those images. Not that I'm that conservative to be shocked about each controversial photoshoot or anything else happening in fashion but when it comes to little 10 year olds posing and above all acting like they were 20 something (and all of this actually not happening at home but on in an official, popular magazine) I guess all of my liberalism comes to its borders. Surely, we girls remember those times when we snaffled mommy's lipstick and all of her other stuff and started a little make up massacre on one's own face. But being (involuntarily?!) put in scene and actually not expressing a child's nature is something different. Could someone please buy her some clothes that fit her and put her in something that looks a little more natural to her age?! Let her pose for an appropriate RL commercial. I wouldn't mind this. 

Even if someone would claim that this girl loves posing in front of the camera in a golden bodycon dress with shoes three sizes too big while being surrounded by bunnies ( + other macabre settings), I personally see all of this as more inappropriate than funny. There's just a little hope left that Thylane's parents get back to reality and realise her daughter's actual age and possible interests. 

"Quel maquillage à quel age"? I'd say as soon as you are able to hold a lipstick and work legally as a model. 

"Comment se maquiller à 13 ans"? - I doubt that a 10 year old will be able to answer this. Gross.