things I ♥

February 8, 2013

…pink blush for a youthful look. My favorite at the moment is Pink Happiness from the Dior Chérie Bow Edition.

November 30, 2012

… foundation brushes! My favorite is the Rouge Bunny Rouge foundation brush 009. Using a foundation brush is so much fun and this one is perfect. Follow the white rabbit!

There’s another RBR product I love, it’s the long lasting eye shadow Solstice Halcyon, a mauve beige with a slight shimmer. Wonderful for the „model-off-duty look“.

November 5, 2012

…pink and red lips! My favorite red lipgloss: Dior Addict Ultra Gloss Ceremony Red (774) of the Le Grand Bal collection. Cherry lips for Xmas, yesss!

Photos: via Into The Gloss, Dior

September 14, 2012

…violet blossom leaves candied in sugar by Demel. A souvenir from my friend Anja’s trip to Vienna. I love violets!

December 16, 2011

…Igor + André. Just wow!

www.igorandandre.blogspot.com

November 21, 2011

…the new photo series ‚Foulard‘ by Martin Klimas!

Exhibtion until December 16, 2011:

Martin Klimas
‚Foulard‘
COSAR HMT
Flurstrasse 57
40235 Düsseldorf
www.cosarhmt.com

„High-quality silk scarves from establishments like Dior, YSL, Hermes or Louis Vuitton provide the thematic background for the new photo series ‘Foulard’ by Martin Klimas. Their nature oddly ambivalent between two- and three-dimensionality, these scarves are themselves subject to an identity crisis situated between object and picture. They are strange hybrids that are perceived as images and serve as objects. It is in fact the pictorial character of these fashion accessories that specifically interests Martin Klimas in his current works. The silk scarves on display here not only hold a mirror up to the last 50 years of fashion – Klimas deploys scarves from the 1960s up to the present day – in their own way they also stylistically reflect the art of the time. As fashion, they are more Zeitgeist than avant-garde, do not shape style so much as quote artistic trends such as Abstract Expressionism, Op and Pop Art and make us think of artists like Rothko, Vasarely or Lichtenstein. This reference is what Martin Klimas highlights in his current works, giving yesteryear’s motifs back their autonomous character.

To the viewer, Klimas’ photos look like large-scale paintings caught between figuration and abstraction. Expressively luminous color spaces encounter minimalist geometric patterns that completely take over the picture plane; each fall of the folds becomes an orchestrating gesture modulated by the reflection of the light on the metallically shimmering silk. In association with the patterns, complex perspectival constructions result, opening up intriguing pictorial expanses whose visual power is absolutely bewitching. Martin Klimas’ photographic series ‘Foulard’ testifies, on the one hand, to half a century of fashion history, while at the same time, via the most advanced camera technique, lends the scarves a visual presence they never before enjoyed.“

Photos: Martin Klimas, Installationsansicht COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf 2011 & Martin Klimas, ohne Titel, Archival Inkjet Print, 150 cm x 204 cm, Auflage 2, 2011

www.martin-klimas.de

October 17, 2011

…the ocean. I miss you!

Photo: via moodboard

May 13, 2011

…berry colors – Lip Mist Feather Pink by Burberry!

May 10, 2011

…sweatshirt by Wasted German Youth

November 18, 2010

Cedric Rivrain!

Kate. Alexander McQueen dress. Numéro, 2007

www.cedricrivrain.com

October 15, 2010

The exhibition Voyage en Capitale, Louis Vuitton & Paris at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris runs until February 27, 2011.

Photo: Alexandra Mendes

September 20, 2010

This song and the photo!!!

Twin Shadow I can’t wait…click here

Photo: Katrin Belgardt

August 31, 2010

Mariage Frères teas smell like perfumes! No wonder that Jean-Claude Ellena spent hours in the Mariages Frères store in Paris when he was working on a tea scent. My absolute favorites are Earl Grey French Blue with blue cornflowers and Thé au Sahara, red tea blended with mint leaves and rose petals. I am delighted that we have a Mariages Frères counter at Galeries Lafayette in Berlin. You will find me there after testing some perfumes on the first floor.

www.mariagefreres.com

July 28, 2010

I really love the blog We could grow up together of New York based photographer Kwannam Chu. It is about lifestyle, fashion, photoshoots, friends, food and having fun. This makes my day!

www.wecouldgrowuptogether.blogspot.com

Photos: Kwannam Chu

July 13, 2010

Here you will find the most beautiful interior design in Germany! If you are in Düsseldorf don’t miss to visit the Uwe van Afferden showroom. Awesome!

www.van-afferden.com