Pastel Couture: Alexis Mabille

No secret: I adore Haute Couture because it is unavailable and excuisite.. I have a huge respect for the craftmanship needed to establish oeself in this fierce invironment, and though I did not know of Alexis Mabille four years ago, I think he is nailing it every season.

And tell me one, who does not appreciate a soft pink runway!? A gorgeous choice to match his looks.

These are my favourites.

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Det er ingen hemmelighed, at jeg elsker haute couture netop fordi det er uponåeligt of fuldendt! Jeg har stor respekt for det håndværk, som skal til for at kunne klare sig i denne hårde verden, og selvom jeg ikke kendte til Alexis Mabille for fire år siden, så kan han altså fange trenden hver gang.

Og nævn én, som ikke vil elske en lyserød catwlak!? Et fantastisk valg tl hans kreationer.

Disse er mine favoritter.

Alle images from Elle.com

{Tumblr Crush} this is the story of how i died

A little new feature I am starting because there are some really great blogs over at Tumblr which is not just reblogging the same stuff as Pinterest.

 

First up is this marvelous blog called this is the story of how i died run by Drew. He makes the most amazing fairy tale picspams and you can make requests. He just scours the whole internet for the photos which would create a harmonous homage to a fairy tale and I would love to show you some of his works.

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Dette er en lille ny ting, som jeg vil bringe her på bloggen fordi der er så mange fantastiske sider på Tumblr, som ikke kun er en fortsættelse af Pinterest.

 

Den første er Drew, som har bloggen this is the story of how i died (link ovenover) og han laver de mest fantastiske collager af eventyr. Man kan komme med forslag, og han tager eventyr i et ret bredt begreb, men de er super smukke, så her kommer en lille smagsprøve på dem.

 

 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe / Løven, heksen og garderobeskabet

 The Nut Cracker / Nøddeknækkeren

 The Princess and the Pea / Prinsessen på ærten

 The Ugly Duckling / Den grimme ælling

 Alice in Wonderland / Alice i Eventyrland

 

Seriously, are they not amazing? I am baffled, flabbergasted, and the lot over so many of these. The five presented here are small tributes to the season, Hans Christian Andersen, and one of my favourite stories ever. But please visit his blog and check them all out.

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Er de ikke fantastiske? Jeg er mundlam over dem. De fem jeg har udvalgt er små hyldester til den nuværende årstid, H.C.Andersen og en af mine yndlingshistorier nogensinde. Men bliv ikke her, smut over til hans blog og se resten!

*Marilyn Monroe*

Time and timelessness is a curious thing. On Sunday it is 50 years ago that Marilyn Monroe died. She has a long time ago entered the realm of myths and legends, so much that sometimes you kind of forget that she was a real breathing person. Even her sorrows and lows in her short life don't change that fact but even enhance her mythical status. I always find it slightly weird that my grandparents saw pictures of her in magazines and her pictures in the cinema when her movies was new and not-yet classics.

For a lifetime she has been gone, and most people just know the photos of the smiling blonde with the sexy walk at best. I have never thought that those studio-photos did her any justice. They were all too polished (my views are the same with today's over-retouched images) and never let her character shine through.

We will probably never know for sure whether her death was murder, accident, or suicide. However, I can't say that I don't understand her if it was the latter. No person can live up to a living legend-persona without problems at some point.

Last year (I think) a book with a collection of her diaries and notes was published, and fittingly called Fragments. The fragments until then had been the photos, films, biographies en masse, and other quite one-sided views about her. Now we had a small glimpse into her mind.

I guess we will always wonder what could have happened if a too-young artist had not died, the same goes for Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, James Dean, Boddy Holly, John Lennon etc. Would Marilyn have embraced her aging, become braver or more difficult, married, had children? 

Could it have been possible for Marilyn to be happy? 

From what we know, it seems like she was too fragile and that her life was a candle burning brighter than all the rest - and twice as fast.

Perhaps she knew in a way that her life would be rather short. The continiously growing collection of pictures of her is a rather startling contrast to her short career (I don't really think 14 years is that long). I keep seeing 'new' pictures of her. It is like they compensate for her non-physical appearance, like statues of godesses scattered around old empires.

I have always loved her Vogue-sitting from 1962 photographed by Bert Stern. Especially the images of her more contemplating looks. Her maturity and innocence is captured just perfectly here, and I find that a worthy way of remembering her. I hope that she agrees.

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Misce-nail-ious

Well, the pictures say it all. Taking the opportunity of the sunny weather and sporting some different shades on my nails.

If you have questions regarding one of the colours or designs just send an ask.

Oh yeah, and there's a photo of my feet - just in case you have something against feet in general!





{Chanel Haute Couture}

Some beautiful photos of the devine collection fra Chanel. Granted, there were a few pieces which were off key in my opinion, but overall the standard was very high. I love the palette of pale pink, grey, and black. Especially the dress just below is my favourite look - I just wish it was full length!!

How wonderful it must be to see these works of art up close, and to study the embroidery and feather details. I get easily fed up with the looks par se but I admire the craftsmanship anyday - even with the looks I am initially less keen on. I still don't understand the wing-trend going on at Chanel (like the photo above). Nevertheless, I am sure they look faboulous up close.

Well, there isn't really much to say about this, except that it is a very beautiful and cohesive collection, and I will start sporting the palette, and perhaps embellish a beanie!

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{Frail Nature}

Hi guys, long at last! Truth be told, I had my final oral exam last Tuesday and it went beyond expectations, so I am very happy.. Nevertheless, I could feel the strain the stress had taken on me and thus was in much need of place, space, and quiet musings of and on my own. I have been ctaching up on my reading - for pleasure!

I almost started crying one day when I was sitting at a café reading, and realizing that I couldn't remember when the last time I had done that was... So overwhelmed just by finding myself doing one of the things I treasure most in the world. It was kinda scary really.. So I will be taking it very nice and easy this summer before the last battle is at dawn (meaning my dissertation).

These images are of another of my favourite things, branches. Their strength and frailty all at once; the stern boldness as well as the delicate flowers. At this point in my life, I feel very much like such a branch.

A small part of the bigger tree, but the tree wouldn't be without the branches, and yet the branches possess just as much beauty on its own as joined together with the rest of the tree.

{images from my Pinterest and Tumblr}