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.

Tears Dry On Their Own

She could have had it all. The money, the success, the rehab and a life. But she said no no no. 

Amy Winehouse was one of those talented stars on the horizon of a dead and a nowadays more than fake pop industry. And that's why so many people react completely shocked to those news although her whole lifestyle lead to an expectation that must end in a tragedy. Her voice became her reason for success ... and her doom. I've been writing about suicide (and how I think that such a choice to end ones life that way pretty much sucks) a while ago. Surely, there are so many other more tragic things happening in this world right now.

There are thousand of reasons not to be shocked and sad about someone who chose to die because of all the trouble that life brings with it when you are public person. 

Nevertheless I say that it's human to react towards that Winehouse drama no matter in what way. Somehow everybody thinks that he/she knew that person behind songs like Rehab, You Sent Me Flying and Fuck Me Pumps.
To me, she appeared to be an icon. Probably someone I never want to swap lives with but someone who was gifted with talent. Karl said so, too. So did good old Mick.

She didn't make it through the pressure of her business, she couldn't cope with herself but what she has left is a gift to all of her fans: Her recorded voice telling stories about a life. A life that she didn't want to live any longer.

Lakeside

If I wouldn't know it better I'd say that those pictures were taken somewhere at the Caribbean (ignoring some details like those mountains in the background) but noo too bad all of this happened somewhere in Austria last week. There's not much left to tell. It was a hot day so I decided to put on my body bought at Topshop ages ago & simple, old Abercrombie shorts. 

OMG! MGM! Models Gone Mad!

Normally, I don't care about that whole model-issue (who's in, who's out blahblah) except it has something to do with a pure excitement of my aesthetic feeling (e.g. "Asia's Hottest").

Either the moving hallstand is extraordinary,worthy-to-mention beautiful or it isn't. (what a great metaphorical outburst of myself).

However, when it comes to little chill-out minutes in life, you might click through rubrics you normally wouldn't care at all. And so did I. This time, it was that "fresh faces"-rubric of fashiongonerouge.com and I just decided to go on and all of a sudden those few pictures hit my eyes and triggered two kinds of excitement. The one letting my "aesthetic feeling"-heartbeat go faster and the one letting my honest feeling of disgust come out.

We were all told once in a while that "beauty lies in the beholder's eye" and I agree to some extent, but let's get real and look at the pictures. Like those of Kelly Mittendorf. Where is the beauty? Where? If someone finds it, please let me know and possibly explain why every at least 1,80 m tall bitch can call herself a professional model (seriously, you tall people heartlessly destroyed my little-girl-dream of becoming a superdupermodel ;)). Not that I'm in a bitchy mood on Mondays but she seriously reminds me of those sphynx cats. The eyes and all. I just feel like eww-ing all the time I go over the pictures. Yeah, maybe that's absolutely immature of me, myself and I but it is what it is. 

And what about Nadiia Shapoval? A liittle biit masculiine iin her face.

Leaving those two aside, I also found some pretty people. Such as Aygul Galimullina (what a last name... :D) and Ilva Hetmann. Ilva is German which surprises me since I haven't seen much beauty (coming from my second homecountry) after Toni Garrn Superstar.

Overall I'm asking myself what some agencies are thinking when employing examples like Nadiia or Kelly. Maybe it's THE look. Too good I will never see those faces covering ELLE, VOGUE or anything else. Because let's be honest: A beauty editorial wouldn't be very coaxing...

Nadiia Shapoval

Kelly Mittendorf

Aston Martin & Colette: Another fashionable car?

Since I've been discovering the fashionability of some car-designers, I was ever since a huge fan of the Fiat 500 in its Gucci edition. Although I've been commenting it positively enough to indicate another car-wish of myself (which is absolutely rare and completely unnecessary thanks to my cute car standing in front of my door), I've been already forgetting the possibiltiy of other designers to bring out a similar car. Thanks to Aston Martin and Colette, that French concept store situated in Paris (we've been all their at least once in a lifetime, haven't we!?), I got attentive for another little luxury car again. 

Admitting some serious investments in researches, the Cygnet model is the smallest of all produced by Aston Martin (and to all the male readers: please forgive if I'm wrong). The limited edition of the collaboration with Colette is exclusively produced 14 times and is especially decorated with blue details, which is the absolute feature of Colette. I would not go for those blue details but I'm sure Colette doesn't care that much about my opinion. Too bad. The radiator grill, the bonnet, the rims and side mirrors  - it's all about electric blue, which I'd normally appreciate but not when it comes to car "accessories". Also that brown leather-equipment, which is dedicated to Colette's mascot Oscar (a brown dog) can't gain any further excitement. 

Also I'm a fan of quilted details but I'm not convinced of the alcantara-sun visors in quilt-optic and those leather pillows in electric blue... . 

However, I wouldn't say no if some insane person would ask me if he or she would buy me that car just for fun and just because it's so much easier to find a parking place in September, when I'm finally moving to London again (please feel the irony). Maybe I'd go for the simple version just calling itself Aston Martin Cygnet. Preferably in black. And without those pillows (I'm a fast driver, what do those pussy pillows have to do with my fast driving lifestyle ?! ;)). 

Dreaming is such a wonderful thing...

My favourite: 

Patrick Mohr SS2012 (MBFWB) - "I WANT MOHR"

Quite strangely Patrick Mohr started his fashionshow on Thursday as the last designer of the day. With a monotone music always repeating the slogan "I want more" that Mohr changed to "I want Mohr", male as well as female models were literally sneaking down the runway. Strong statement-eyebrows and undone-styled hair were just two of the many interesting details Mohr added to his straight collection. Although asymmetry was mostly ruling the cuts of his pieces, everything seemed pretty much futuristic with a feature of layered chill-out looks and a well kept straightforwardness. Bizarre "shoe"-wear in form of latex like socks were adding an unexpected twist. So no wonder nearly half of the tent seemed to get excited as the last model walked down in something that looked like a heel but rather reminded me personally of the remnants of some sheet metal like stuff. It must have been a lovely joke for him but I'd rather keep it a little more realistic and leave this as the simple part of a designer's "creativity" (whatsoever).
I personally would not like to "have Mohr" (more) of those pieces but oh well .. I think that's how Berlin would like to see every Blogger attending the fashionweek. Mainly not dressing up but coming undone and totally, alternatively underdressed.
Go to hell with this attitude and have a nice Wednesday.