Please don’t…

After a very busy week, this is one of the last posts before Christmas.

Once again, there is some bad behavior on display

I hope you see my point in all of the cases…

I also hope that you had a great weekend, see you soon!

London – fashion shows, exhibition, theatre

As I’ve told you in my last post, I’ve attended two fashion shows last week. Now I’m about to share my experiences with you.

ATTENTION, THERE IS A LOT TO READ IN THIS POST 

The first event was the London Designers Fashion Show near Liverpool Street. Though only six models were employed, four collections have been presented, three whose names I still can’t understand on my voice record that I’ve made and Brett Russell’s. The last one, Mr Russell, is a 15-year old boy, I enjoyed his collection the most. You can see him in the picture with the model and on the last picture too.

My arrival was pretty early which meant that I had the chance to observe the rehearsals. The gentleman in white below was the choreographer, he showed the models which way they should go and what poses they should strike. The presenter was none other than Lucy Ambache of Choice FM, she can be seen wearing sequined leggings and the classic pointy red pumps (the picture has been taken at the end of the show as she interviewed the organizers).

The lights were OK on the stage but as soon as they walked off the stage right in front of us, there were no lights at all, I’m happy to see that most of my pictures still turned out good.

This collage is a “trailer”, I haven’t edited all the pictures (around 170!) nor have I uploaded them yet.

I hope to return to London in March again so I can attend their Fashion Fusion Expo (12-13.03.2010).

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The other fashion show has been organized by the London College of Fashion and it’s 2nd year BA students. As in the case of the other show, I’ve seen the rehearsals at this event as well. They’ve had a zigzag catwalk without a proper stage, which was no problem. The problem has been caused by the lights – again – because they wanted to have almost full darkness with 5 light spots, where the models would stop for a few seconds. Two spots had projections behind them, which gave the two photographers – another guy and me – basically no chance but to try at the other three spots…

I’ve chosen the one in the middle because I saw that every model had two poses, so I had the chance to have at least one picture from the side and one frontal. You couldn’t get in the way of the spectators, of course…

The show was nice but once again, they didn’t really think about the photographers. Use lights, people, lights! All the big brands have well lit runways! Some of the models have been beginners but some of them were already experienced models. All in all, it was a successful show, congrats!

I’ve just finished editing and uploading the pictures (more than 240) for the organizers and for their college newspaper. Here’s a teaser of what happened on the 10th of December:

Download part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4 of the pictures if you’re interested!

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On the 16th of December, I’ve visited the exhibition “SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution” hosted at Somerset House. It has been a truly amazing exhibition displaying projects masterminded by the world famous Nick Knight and his team. He’s a f.ckin’ genius! We had the chance to see details, backstage infos of brilliant and exceptional projects of the last few years.

But that’s not all!

“Innovative and influential photographer Nick Knight shoots 100 portraits of London’s beau monde. Watch his photo-shoots in the Live Studio as part of the SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution exhibition. The portraits will be displayed in a gallery space adjacent to the Live Studio, and published in an up-coming issue of i-D magazine.”

Yes, through a double-mirror glass visitors had the chance to watch him at work. I saw a photo-shoot of a boy and a girl, and though there were no crazy ideas for the poses, the pictures turned out magnificent! Next to the “studio”, in an other room a girl has been very busy: she was putting the thumbnail galleries of the shoots on the wall, which means that the wallpaper was a simple black and white photo collection – there I saw some amazing shoots!

Trailer:

If you have the chance, go to Somerset House until the 20th of December and enjoy the exhibition, don’t be a fool to miss it!

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Last but not least, my girlfriend and I were in theatre again, this time we saw Aladdin at the New Wimbledon Theatre – with Pamela Anderson being the guest star as Genie for two weeks (till the 27th of December).

The play was really good, with many excellent ideas and a lot of (local) jokes and humor and also many contemporary music tracks have been featured. I really do recommend it!

Of course, we waited at the stage door again to see Pam closer. I really felt like a paparazzi and I felt ashamed a bit. My own picture made using my phone:

Thanks for reading, soon I’ll return with posts about shoes

Help!

I’ve been a bad, bad blogger this week, but I simply had no time to post.

However, this week wasn’t uneventful as I’ve attended two fashion shows (one at the London College of Fashion!) and I’ve made plenty of pictures that I’m going to share with you as soon as I’ve finished editing them.

Until then, I need your help to identify the shoes below:

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I hope you’re having a great weekend, see you soon!

Best of November 2009 and extras

It’s been such a busy weekend, I had no time to post my usual Sunday post! I’ve managed to do it today though

November has been a superb month regarding pictures, there have been so many events, so many brilliant photos! The aspects I took into consideration have been the usual points: photographic value and beauty. I narrowed it down to my 30 favorites, plus a selection of pictures from the event of the photographers, the highlight of the year, the Victoria’s Secret Show.

Adriana Karembeu

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Alexandra Burke

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Alicia Keys

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Angelina Jolie

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Ashley Tisdale

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Beyonce

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Daryl Hannah

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Elle MacPherson

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Gina-Lisa Lohfink

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Heidi Klum

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Heike Makatsch

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Éva Horváth

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Joanna Krupa

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Julie Benz

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Katy Perry

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Lady Gaga

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Laura Dundovic

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Leona Lewis

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Lily Donaldson

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Lucie Jones

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Maggie Grace

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Marisa Miller

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Michelle Trachtenberg

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Miley Cyrus

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Queensberry

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Rihanna (the photographer at this event is a genius!)

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Fergie

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The Saturdays

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Victoria’s Secret 2009

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All pictures can be downloaded in high resolution from here (Rapidshare) or here (Mediafire).

Credit to the photographers.

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Speaking of fantastic photos, today I share another interview with you. Despite missing out on the first round (where I have interviewed Sam from Daily Fashion Boost and Celine from/aka The Shoe Girl) she was still kind enough to send me her answers and pictures.

Who am I talking about, you ask. I said, fantastic photos – does this ring any bells? Okay, it’s Hanh from Life in travel!

D: At what age did you start to show interest for fashion in general? How did it start?

H: I was actually interested in fashion at an early age. When I was about 10 years old I started making clothes by myself just using my imagination. It was not well made but I had fun. Being a girl, I just wanted to look pretty.

D: What do you think about the importance of the shoes in an outfit?

H: The shoes are a very important element for an outfit. Pairs of fabulous shoes make a boring outfit become an exciting, stylish one.

D: What is your opinion of fashion trends? How do you decide, what to follow and what is not worth it?

H: Fashion trends are fun as long as we are not going crazy and taking it too seriously. You have to understand your body and your taste to apply it for yourself. To me, fashion is all about fun.

D: Who is/are your favorite shoe designer(s)?

H: Gosh..I really don’t have one. Whatever they look fabulous I love. Although, I have many Givenchy, Ysl, Giuseppe, etc… shoes in my closet.

D: Show me your favorite shoe of your own wardrobe!

H: For now, I love Proenza boots.

D: Sketch/draw your dream shoe!

H: This is my drawing for my dream shoes for spring/summer 2010.
Sorry for not good at drawing a portion of the shoes, but it’s a idea how the shoes would look like.

Thank you for the interview, I really appreciate it! Thanks for your time!

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I wish everyone a pleasant week!

Adorable? Cute? TDF?

In the first part of today’s post, I’m presenting four pairs of boots – I know, the pictures are from November.

These boots have 4″ heels, 0.5″ platforms and cost $89.

Next, it’s the fashion icon of 2009 (at least in my opinion):

These lovely booties have 11 cm high heels and cost now – reduced price! – $629! Do you like them? Let’s see what else Rihanna had on:

Half inch platforms, 4″ heels and these over-knee boots costs you only $1385. Do you want them?

Finally, another pair of ankle boots:

These babies cost only around $320!

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After that, I would like to share a story with you.

Last week, on the 25th of November, my girlfriend and I went to see Calendar Girls at the Noel Coward Theatre in London. Ok, I admit, when I’ve chosen to see this play I was heavily influenced by the poster that can be seen all over in the city:

Kelly Brook? Yes sure, let’s go and see it It was a very good play – great story and excellent performances – I loved the beautiful English accent as well! Anyone who hasn’t seen it so far but has the opportunity to do so, get the tickets!

After we’ve left the theatre, I remembered pictures where Kelly leaves the building – just at that moment, we saw the stage door and some photographers in front of it. We went there, hoping to see Kelly Brook in person. We had to stay there for about 40 minutes, it was f.cking cold out there – the paparazzi left, we were still there lol. Finally, she came out of the building and I had the opportunity to get a signature on the Calendar Girls poster. My girlfriend took a picture:

Yes, that’s me, dresses up very warm, but these English ppl never seem to be cold! How do they do that?

Of course, Kelly was wearing Christian Louboutin:

Like this, the night turned out to be even better than we expected.

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Finally, I had some time to upload the pictures that I’ve taken at the fashion shows I’ve been at in September and October.

The first one was a charity fashion show (Azafady Fashion Show), but I’ve missed the first half of it because I couldn’t find the location. Both the show and the audience was spectacular, I really liked it.

The second show has been organized by a model agency at a very cool night club near Leicester Square. The catwalk was scheduled to be in the middle of the night – it’s a bit weird. The stage has been put in the middle of the dance floor, and though I expected good lighting, there was almost none. Unfortunately there was not enough space for photographers, my flash usually “died” in the arm of the guy taking pictures in front of me. I have to say, I was quite angry…I wished they had organized the event better. The show itself wasn’t as spectacular as I expected, though it wasn’t terrible – there was just no sign of something “futuristic”. After the show, the party continued…

Click here to get to the gallery.

Highs and lows

In this post I’m presenting you two high-end pairs and two pairs with more reasonable, affordable prices. Let’s start with the more expensive ones.

These pictures have been taken back in October, but I didn’t had any time to post them so far – the time has come to feature them on my blog:

This pair has a 3,5″ heel and a 0,5″ platform and costs around $1080.

The other high-end designer product is the following pair:

It has 4″ heels and prices may vary from $800 to $1100. These sandals could be perfect for next spring/summer!

Please take a look a look at the low-price pairs. Both are by ALDO, and even though you can’t label them as extremely spectacular, they are still trendy and chick – please choose these over fake designer shoes!

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The Fawson is available in three colors (gray, black and taupe) and costs $90, while the Segura has a wider range of colors (purple, gray, taupe, medium blue, med. silver, black satin, black suede and black patent) and costs $80-90.

Tell me if you like them

Polydress for November 2009

After almost a week of absence, I’m back with a dress made on Polyvore.

The main concept was to create a set with evening dresses – of course with fabulous shoes. Are the shoes the X-Factor?

I hope you like it and maybe you’ve found your new love regarding both the dresses and the shoes.

The shoes are made by L.A.M.B., Jimmy Choo, Rupert Sanderson, Halston, Thakoon and Christian Louboutin.

Details of the dresses are available here.

Guilty pleasure

Dear Shoe Addicts,

another opportunity has come to spend a lot on shoes again. Well, if you like them, of course.

Dear Shoe Addicts, give me one good reason why you wouldn’t!

How can it be, that each and every pair by her is a fantastic piece of work? The sandals cost around $400, the boots cost around $800 (4,5″ heels plus a 0,5″ platform). What else do I have for you?

The “Detroit” has a 4″ heel, easy-peasy, right? Jessica must have spent around $1000 on them…

The last pair I’ve got for you today is yet another marvelous pair by Mr Louboutin:

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Which one is your favorite?

I’d like to…

… appear at the Prada book launch cocktail party

… amaze people with my Louis Vuitton boots

… party with my sistahs

… have my own underwear line

… do ads for Calvin Klein

… jump around on the bed with my shoes on

… roll with the girls in the city

… have a good relationship with my friend

… be close to my college

… have a sold-out concert even if I’ve been kicked out of X Factor (despite I had the best voice among the competitors)

… wear harem pants with Jimmy Choos

… have fabulous hairstyles every week

… make amazing editorials

… be a supermodel at the age of 22

… have fun with the girls over and over again

… play dress up with the girls and go to the park

… throw kisses to the world from the Times Square

… rock the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

xoxo,

your Fantasy

Become a princess!

It’s not that hard! You can do it! I’m sure you’ve been dreaming about it!

What are princesses famous for? Most of them are beautiful (just like you), some of them have knights fighting for them (just like you, even if sometimes the knights call each other homies), some of them live in towers (sure), some of them are kidnapped by dragons – but what they all have in common? They all have marvelous shoes and dresses! Just like you?

Still looking for the perfect shoe to become the princess? Luckily for you, I’ve got four   f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c   pairs today for you! Pick…one!

Aren’t Pixie’s D&Gs TDF? Platforms rock, and the texture is eye-catching, isn’t it? Not spectacular enough? How about Lady Gaga’s Gallianos? Those must be good enough even for the craziest princess!

Haven’t found the perfect pair yet? No worries, here we go:

A cute pair on Diane and a classic one on Whitney. If I had to choose, I’d be in trouble, lol.

I hope there’s nothing more what could stop you from becoming the most beautiful princess in the area you live in

There is one in London...picture by me