PUNK came alive at the Met Ball

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that the theme for the Met Ball 2013 was Punk: Chaos to Couture. Well, it kind of makes sense as punk references were all over the catwalks this season and it feels only right to pay the tribute to such a significant force that influenced our culture and fashion.

Costume Institute Gala is one of the most important fashion events of the year and guests really dress to impress. However, looking through the pictures of this years event it is clear that not everybody made enough effort to read the invitation and dress accordingly, and instead chose to play it safe and just look pretty… Well that’s just plain boring…

Here are some outfits that, in my opinion, really rocked the red carpet.

Gwen Stefani in Maison Martin Margiela

Cara Delevingne in Burberry

Sienna Miller in Burberry

Nicole Richie in Topshop

Sarah Jessica Parker in Giles Deacon 

Gisele Bundchen in Anthony Vaccarello

 Madonna in Givenchy

 Taylor Swift in J. Mendel

 Miley Cyrus in Marc Jacobs

 Lily Collins & Jamie Campbell in Moschino

 Anja Rubik in Anthony Vaccarello

 Zandra Rhodes in her own design

 Allison Williams in Altuzarra

Shoreditch Vintage Fair

Saturday afternoon I went to see Schoreditch Vintage Fair with another blogger Joana (Grow in Fashion). Everyone loves a bit of vintage, right? So we went there to look, buy and drink some tea (yes, old, good and very English tea!).

The fair was not huge but it seemed like the best pieces of vintage were under one roof. Old denim, customised Levi’s, printed dresses, 70s clothing, Great Gatsby wardrobe and lots of vintage ‘bling’ brought us back in time and let us feel that old and sometimes forgotten elegance and beauty.

I was obsessed about the jewellery I found! Amazing and unique vintage rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces can really make a difference to anyone’s wardrobe and you can be sure you won’t find a bunch of people wearing the same stuff when walking down the Oxford Street.

My other favourite thing was the amount of sunglasses representing different decades. You could find anything between 70s Hollywood glamour shades to white and black Mickey Mouse sunnies famously worn by Lady Gaga. There was also a Lipstick & Curls service ready to transform any girl into a vintage diva.

The real star of the day! Everybody couldn’t get enough of this little ‘vintage fan’ and he was obviously enjoying the attention!

After we finished browsing the racks of clothes and ‘ooohhhhing’ and ‘ahhhhing’ over the accessories, we went to look for the promised tea served in the vintage china. When we went into the room we saw this…

OMG! Is this Heaven?! We wanted everything and, as you can probably guess, it’s pretty much impossible to resist.. and it didn’t disappoint.. If you are not the biggest fan of vintage, these cakes are the reason alone to come to this fair! Yammm…

And the BEAT goes on…

I’ve stumbled across an amazing dance/house music channel on Youtube and couldn’t not share it with the world. It is called LithuaniaHQ , and – as the name suggests – there is work by Lithuanian DJs, mixers and all other beat creators, and it definitely got me listening and I’m usually not a big fan of this kind of music but these tracks are GREAT!

So here are a few of my favourite tracks. I guarantee you will be pressing ‘Replay’ button more than once!

P.S. At the end I put a pop song which also from Lithuania and in my opinion deserves some attention.

Pop track:

Weekend playlist

NME’s tracks of 2012

You’re Welcome!

New melo crush: Imagine Dragons

 

Made me to check out a debut album “Night Visions” and it definitely deserved the space on my iPod.

Hope yours too?

Wild Style – Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry has been a fashion inspiration for many decades and is still going strong. At the age of 67, she’s touring the world with her legendary band Blondie and is not shying away from the bold fashion choices.

Her style has been talked about for years and the pictures are known for everybody but I just couldn’t resist to pay a tribute to a great style.

Influenced by 70s and 80s music scene, Studio 54, Andy Warhol and New York youth, Debbie created a unique, rebellious, and unmistakable style with a major sex appeal which helped to sell records and make it in the music business as well as become a style icon. Wild blonde hair, sharp cheekbones, slender figure and daring clothes make the signature look of the Blondie’s front woman.

The fascinating thing is that looking through the pictures of her I realised that her style is pretty much in all the trends we have in the High Street right now. Double denim, rock’n'roll T-shirts, florals, trouser suit, neon make-up etc. are up on our styling lists so I guess that makes new wave princess Debbie Harry very relevant in a fashion world indeed!

So Dior… Dior tale at Harrods…

“On 12th February 1947, Christian Dior presents his first collection and dreamed of reviving the joy, femininity and elegance that women had been deprived of during wartime. The Dior style created a shock, an outright revolution. Instantly dubbed the ‘New Look’, it sparked unprecedented excitement, unique in the history of fashion. “

So History of Fashion it is… and the history is portrayed in Harrods department store where an exhibition of the legendary fashion brand Dior is shown. While walking outside the store, I was already feeling the magic of Dior exploding into the streets of Knightsbridge… Illustrated windows, landmark London’s phone booths with the mannequins dressed in Dior costumes and fascinating window displays of Dior perfumes (many Miss Dior bottles positioned on the London Eye’s wheel instead of ordinary capsules). Christian Dior adored Britain and everything British so the presentation of British landmarks as a part of the fashion spectacle come as no surprise. 

At the entrance of the exhibition, on the fourth floor, there is a huge Dior ‘house’ (well, a wall really) made out of many little windows of a British townhouse. Some of these windows are ‘hiding’ Ladies of Dior and only their slender shadows are visible in a dim light. Other windows allow us to peak into little Dior ‘rooms’, decorated with different perfume bottles, chairs and stools. 

Further down there are rare videos shown from the different decades and usually featuring famous ladies wearing Dior couture at important social gatherings. The most striking part of the exhibit was a corner with the mirrored walls and a little stage which was covered with endless rows of golden bottles of Dior’s J’adore perfume. Standing in the middle was a mannequin with a dazzling silk and sequin dress. Pure luxury… 

Everything was beautiful, elegant and graceful; just as Dior is supposed to be… J’adore…

Music edit: Icona Pop

Icona Pop is another great Swedish music export! It’s a DJ and synthpop duo currently taking over the world with their great up-beat songs with influences from electro-house and indie pop. Girls were touring all over the States recently and now is time for Europe!

Loving their edgy and grungy style and ‘I love it’ video is totally awesome and was also featured in HBO’s TV show ‘Girls’ which is now showing in the UK as well and I’m in love with it..

Icona Pop is definitely on my ‘Must see Live’ list and iPod! 

Find out for yourself!

 

 

 

Music edit: Kat Dahlia

With my Music edit column, I’ll share with you the new artists who caught my attention and, hopefully, you will like them too!

So, today meet a singer – rapper from Miami, USA – KAT DAHLIA !!

Her song ‘Gangsta’ is totally my favourite right now. I really love husky vocals and that growl!!! Quite awesome! The whole sound is quite unique too. 

Kat was born in Miami but moved to NYC to pursue her career in music and, after very bad and intoxicating relationship, she started recording her songs that were inspired by the experience. 

 

 

New cool shopping gem in London

So, finally, the day had come! We have a new and hip shopping place to visit! Yey! (We can never have enough of those, right??) & Other Stories, a new label under the H&M‘s umbrella, opened the doors in Regent Street on Friday. 

The first thing that caught my attention was the design of the store. It felt quite sophisticated but creative at the same time. Quite minimalistic interior design, with a dominating white colour and many wooden as well as glass elements. Huge white staircase in the middle of the store creates kind of a classy feeling which makes our shopping even more enjoyable. And you can’t help but notice stage lights attached to the ceiling across the whole store. Anybody said ‘Cool’?

 

A few hours after official opening, the two-floor shop was buzzing with stylish fashionistas and, I had a feeling, there were some important fashion people wondering around and judging a new shopping gem too.

 OK, so what is this new shop about?

It is something between East London meets modern classic meets new season trends. But it’s really about mixing and matching different pieces and creating your own unique look. Modern cuts and unusual garments differentiate & Other Stories from other high-street stores. I was particularly impressed with an edgy jewellery designs and footwear. Mostly In metallic or black colours, the shoes have the most creative designs I have ever seen (pictures below). East London hipsters will have a place to shop in Central London for sure. And let’s not forget a huge amount of make-up and beauty products available. The prices are also affordable for all of us who can’t really stock up on Chanel just yet..

 

So let’s get shopping!