Black and white with pink all over!!!

Jean Paul Gaultier style up this classic old-school musical with Martina from Dragonette and French DJ/producer Martin Solveig. Fantastic collaboration of cheesy dancing and fantiastic outfits. It is part of promotions for Ma Dame, the latest perfume of the French designer . It was actually shot in Gaultier's own home in Paris.

Love the optical effects of the massive amout of black and white, with the splash of hot pink here and there, where it is necessary. Can we talk about the striped stockings??? Those sheery contrast of stripes make me go 'ulala uu u uuuu'

Ignoring the metro heat

Too hot on the metro.. taking pictures with Marina helps ignoring the heat!!

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Dress from china town, Zara ballerinas, happy face pin, heart sunglasses and vintage bag

New Look!

After searching for inspirational images for the new banner, we decided to make our own, and the queen of the rabbit hole , after hours and hours of begging, gave in to modelling for it.

Let me know your thoughts!

Denise Julia Reytan

German artist and Jewelery designer Denise Julia Reytan is mocking consumerism in the fantastical pop way. She uses materials that fascinate her from the everyday life and modern consumption, mostly anything that is special and can tell a story. They are fused into rubber / silicone (My guess) giving them surreal bright colors that make you want to put your teeth into them. Her latest project: The T1me Piece the nickle free stainless steel that comes in silver or gold, that reminds you not of the time, but to forget about time and just enjoy life!


I am totally mesmerized by her work, with one word in mind.. UNIQUE UNIQUE UNIQUE.

See more images on her website, flickr and her fantastic wacky video

Introducing.. Cesar

Cesare, also known as Queen C, is one of my dearest, dearest friends. He hangs a lot around the rabbit hole, such as here, here, and here , and encourages me to do too much shopping.
He was born in a very stylish family from Le Marche - Italia, graduated with me from Istituto Marangoni and now forms part of the Dsquared mens line designing team.

I've always loved his sketches, so when he sent me this one a couple of moths ago I had to share it with you all plus a bonus interview so you get a sneek peak of his terrific personality.

Aysha- Tell me about the look of the day...
Cesare - Hat: Lanvin / Scarf: Burberry /Jacket: Dsquared / Shirt + Pants: Marc Jacobs / Shoes : Prada

A- Why did you pick this look for this day?
C- Boh, I was craving the winter time

A- but winter had just passed and you already wanted it back?
C- I love winter, I like wearing layers and layers of clothes

A- Are these all your favorite brands?
C- Not all of them. (laughs)
By the way, I designed the jacket!

A- Favorite?
C- Marc Jacobs

A- You drew yourself with dark eyes..
C - It's not me, he is a little gay boy doll.

A- It could be your son! A very chic mini Cesare.. if you marry
freckled red hair
C- I don't want to be pregnant, I would get ugly and fat
(laughs, laughs, laughs)

A- Will I get some more of these personal sketches?
C- If you behave..

A- By the way this is an interview
C- Oh gosh!

A- any final words...?
C- mmmm... is Gabbana with one or two 'B's' ?

I wanna dance with somebody...

For those that hadn't noticed my love and desire to find a time machine and go back to live to the 80's, this is a little confirmation. Why did I have to be born so late and miss out on all that trashy fab fashion, the pop and rock'n'roll music, big hair, neon colors and tacky make up? Lately I have been obsessed with song and video, it embraces my mood of the moment.

...I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls

Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me...

Some snapshots of my favorite moments, which I am desiring to embrace sooner or later.
HAIR

SKIRT and enthisiasm.

Hair + scarf and makeup

Look at those dance moves, the jacket and the belt!! I think I already conquered this look.

Striped, tight and belly out!

My favorite is the red tube dress with one sleeve! I find it quite funny.

more chicness on the metro...

Friday night, party time, and chic people don't mind taking the metro to the party. Shabby/chic is the new way to travel, no traffic, always reliable, until 12am, and off course, with the recession these days any penny you can save up is always good. One of these people is Vanna Quatrinni, fashion designer, model and socialite of the Milan night life. Occasionally she likes to ride in the back of my bike, but this day we decided to go underground!

THANKS TO THE ARTIST THAT CHANGED THE MODERN MUSIC.

A piece of my youth has left with him. The end of an era.
RIP

Self Service

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Vintage polka dot shirt, tube skirt by me, H&M stockings, Fornarina shiy red heels, vintage bag and sunglasses

more snaps from Pitti...

Pitti People

Pitti Immagine Uomo 2009 76th edition, took place last week at Fortezza da Basso - Firenze, and I had the opportunity to attend with my collegues for research and to work at our brad stand. Well, it was mostly work, but I had the opportunity to escape and slither around the fair.

On one of these escapades of mine the photographers from Pitti People snapped me, making me and Marina part of the community, a community of people from all over the world that gather at this fair to share the passion of fashion and to absorb all the trends of the moment.


During theses 4 days, some young italian bloggers were picked to invade Fortezza da Basso and hunt down all those memorable trendy moments, of cool fashion, unique styles and facinating people.

All the images were posted on this huge wall in the middle of the fair, that you were forced to pass by where ever you went, looking almost like an immense magazine publication.

Apart from being on this wall you can also find a small selection of them on the website, and on other web pages related to fashion, luxury, and street style life, that connected to the fair as these peoples blogs: Silvia Bergomi, Luca Bortolotti, Federica Di Pierri, Enrico Grigoletti, Stefano Guerrini, Marco Maggetto, Tamu McPherson, Francesca Querci, Simone Sbarbati, Simona Tamassia e Jacopo Volpe.


What I enjoyed the most was seeing th photographed people search for their snapshot in the middle of all these pictures, and once they found themselves, the smile from chee to cheeck was priceless. I alwayes went to check what was their pic, what they wore yesterday and what they were wearing that next day.

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Hey Trends top, My antique key collection necklace, vintage sunglasses and polkadot scarf

Happy Birthday to me!!!

My birthday was on the 11th of June, a fantastic picnic night, with my dearest friends, lovely food, wine and music, form the bar in the park. Gabriella made me a lovely paper hat at work, that she thought I wasn't going to wear , but I loved it so much that I wore all night, now she is producing it in real fabric!

My friends are a mix of nationalities, as so am I, Colombian, American, Italian, Brazilian, Argentinian, South African, Swedish, Turkish, so there was an interesting cultural exchange, ha!

My dearest Cesare gave me the bets gift ever! A duckie that is supposed to be used to water plants, I used it to serve my guests wine all night!

source: daniele fragale, that took the behind the scenes

At 10.30 pm the sprinklers went on, something unexpected, but magical..

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Birthday outfit: Renko strawberry dress, jelly ballerinas, Gap belt, heart sunglasses, Chanel bag

OMG preview of the new wonderland!

I can't believe this , the preview!! What a marvelous preview! Long live Tim Burton that has transformed my favorite cartoon movie to life, transporting you to an even more magical and wackier world. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait, can't wait.. did I say it enough?

Take a glimpse at the individual character pics, the make up and the costumes are out of this world! Of course, you couldn't expect less from a Tim Burton movie, and I couldn't imagine another director that could bring back to life this Disney picture without creating a cliche.

I wonder who will play the rabbit...

Alice

Mad Hatter

Queen of Hearts

New character: The White Queen

Tweedledee & Tweedledum
sources: deep pencil., perez hilton, slashfilm,

I WANT TO GO DOWN HIS RABBIT HOLE!

Night People

Last month I went to the opening of the Joy Showroom Cafe, a new place in Milano where you can drop by to do some shopping while having a coffee or enjoing a fresh cocktail full of art, fashion, design and good music.

A friend of mine, Daniele Fragale, had the opportunity to expose some of his latest photographs of the fashionable, wild people that are always present at the most known events and parties of Milano, it was entitled Night People.

Oh, yes! He included one of me!

NIGHT PEOPLE - They are the chocolates that aren't considered perfect enough to go in the fancy boxes..
They don't conform to the expectations of what a proper chocolate should be, they're something different, a little strange ..! J.C

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To see more of Daniele's work click here.
For images of the event, drop by here, there are some nice ones of the event + my friends and I!

sweet Macarons!

Manu went to France to show her end of year collection for the first Istituto Marangoni Fashion show in Paris! Lucky her! and lucky me she was sweet enough to bring me back a gorgeous little box macarons, something I had always wanted to try and never had the chance. So colourful and delicious!

"...While origins can be murky, some culinary historians claim that that macaroons can be traced to an Italian monastery. They came to France in 1533 with the pastry chefs of Catherine de Medici, wife of King Henri II. Two Benedictine nuns, Sister Marguerite and Sister Marie-Elisabeth, seeking asylum in the town of Nancy during the French Revolution (1789-1799), paid for their housing by baking and selling the macaroon cookies, and thus became known as the “Macaroon Sisters” (the French word is macaron)..."

images from: Paristexas - Casa sugar - WishWishWish

Jimmy Choo for H&M

Latest gossip! Jimmy Choo is creating for H&M some glamorous shoes, the kind the Hollywood VIP's wear... let's see how he translates his glamor into something.. affordable. They will hit the stores on November 2009. A little preview above...

source : Mariclaire.it

Staple here, staple there..

Marina, my Argentinian friend and desk neighbour, on a boring afternoon, crafted in the blink of an eye a flower headband with a piece of jersey and a cotton print flower, all put together with a stapler. Fantastic isn't it?

NDEUR

Mathieu Missiaen, french graphic designer/fashion designer/ art director/ artist, based in Toronto, has been doodling on shoes , t-shirts and other accessories for a while now, creating fantastic hand made geometric designs that pop out to the eye.

Recently NDEUR paired up with Make it a Paper world to create DIY futuristic designs of jewels and heels out of paper. If they were real I would be walking down the street in a pair of these, though they would also be spectacular as a house piece decor.



For those of you that are wondering how to pronounce the name, it is UNDER, an anagram to the under world, an ironic approach to the underworld scene of art and design.
Some more Q&A here.

Giadadanielle

My lovely Mexican friend has always innovative accessories. This time she introduced me to Giadadanielle, two girls based in Italy, with the mission of creating a brand of accessories and beachwear which show their modern cultural backgrounds, Swedish/American, with innovative materials and designs.

The beachwear line is inspired in lingerie, with sexy piping and contrasts of nude colors and black, that help the women figures to sex up and be sensual not only int the room but also in the water.


Anabel has one of the clutchs from their accessories line, a small collection of bags made out of car seat belts. Eco-friendly and elegant, you would hardly think they would be made out of belts because of their shine and their minimal aessential designs.

Glamour Italia , June 2009

find them at http://www.giadadanielle.com/

Doctors orders

When I was little I use to play Doctors with the little Fisher-Price doctors kit, which I still keep for old good memories.

I have been looking for a real doctor's bag for a long time and finally on my last visit to Humana Vintage I found it.


It is from the mid 80's, we know because it had an old asprin dated 1983 or something, I threw it away immideately because knowing my clumsyness I would have had it on one of those bad headache days.

I have been wearing this short 90's t-shirt I made my self. I hadn't showen my belly button in a long time! Thugh I am pairing it with non trashy garments so it doesn't seem I am straight out of that era.


I was saving up for the original heart sunglasses from Moschino, but I found the 5 Euro ones in Chinatown and I couldn't resist.. sorry.

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Vintage doctor's bag, scarf and skirt, black t-shirt by me, cardigan with customized umbrella buttons from Naf Naf, un-branded jelly shoes and heart sunglasses, ballerina pin from Greece.

images from : Dawn LeBlanc , atomic mall