a little bling for the pod

cranberry bagels

teatime

dr stuarts.

vintage finds

i didn't come back empty handed from my vintage safari, & thanks to exchange vouchers i had, i didn't even need to get my card out.

west & webb jacket (left) & polo jeans ralph lauren sweater (right).

vintage pleasures

this saturday was vintage browsing day in notting hill. i usually tend to go during the week, & today i got reminded why - tourists walking as if they had been hit by a terrible slow-motion disease...

anyway, at the top of the spotted goodies, a lovely mulberry scarf on pembridge road & some great sparkly bracelets at hirst antiques.

a little photo shooting action

being a final year graphic design communication student, i am now facing the dreaded final major project bit of the year.

i am working for london based jewellery designer leo de vroomen, providing him with new promotional material & refreshing the brand's identity.

the shoot & filming were taking place today at the park plaza hotel at victoria and it was quite hectic & nerve-racking, but i'm really happy to have my images & footage.

overall, i was lucky with the location & with my very patient models, cara & james - when i've got a particular idea in mind, i can become a little bit of a pain - but some people just call that being a perfectionist.

image: a little teaser from today's shoot..

gagalicious

i've just downloaded something that will probably feed my ears for the next month of my life. x

grab it here:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-remix/id370573728?affId=1443761

paris ♥

been dreaming about going back on a trip to paris lately. miroslav sasek's illustrations just make me want to eat ladurée macaroons while eye licking goodies at colette even more...

monday celebration

as a monday celebration (every girl needs an excuse), i went on a little topshop trip... and came back with this really nice comfy pair of wooky wedges. also got back with a few additions to my undies' drawer...

landsdown

the landsdown - london - 7th may 2010

while staring at my toenails...

it was yesterday that i decided to start this blog.

more precisely, while i was up in the air, somewhere between geneva and london, on a comfy airbus seat, blankly staring at my lavender painted toenails.

to be even more precise, i was in a strange mood. caught between the excitement of finding my london pleasures again, and the bitterness left by one of the worst holidays i ever had - thanks to a tiramisu making bastard.

to cut a long story short, i felt like one of those lovely fruity chewing-gums you munch on enthusiastically at first, but which ends up being spitted out and left behind once the taste is gone.

and let's be honest, nobody checks on their chewing-gum once it's on the floor, next to a gutter grate.

so, in the midst of a brutally-cutting-one's-genitals-off daydream, that's when it hit me; i need to focus on myself for a bit and put some creative routine back into my life, hence blogging.

here you are. i am not becoming a feminist and won't stuff my face with ice cream to salve my bruised heart, but i will turn to lipsticks, fashion, books and frappuccinos to feel better.