Music – If Your Night Sounds Like This: Gotye, Somebody That I used to Know

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2012, 80s, 90s, album, art, artist, Australian, body, bodyart, bodypainting, canzone, cd, chart, clip, colours, concept, contemporary, cool, da club, duet, fail, Gotye, hit, hits, instruments, kimbra, know, kymbra, love, lyrics, music, musician, painting, performance, police, pop, punti di vista, purpose, relationships, review, rhythm, share, show, singer, single, social, somebody, song, songwriter, sound, sting, summer, thisgirldiary, track, travel, tune, tv, unhappy, used, vacation, video, voice, youtube

I got into this song little by little. I started to listen to it here and there while driving, or in some café in the evening. I like the multiplicity of voices that speak from the lyrics: we all felt like both ways at least once in our lives. The video, using the complicated pattern of triangles reflects as well the complications, angles and cuts that always end up coming out during relationships, despite the purposes we started with. Gotye defines himself as “not a club guy” that would not know how to consciously create a big pop hit, but He also says to put most of his effort writing the lyrics, and so he’s finding himself glad because of the huge success of the song. I think I like this tune: one of those that pop up on the radio while you’re driving around, that sounds like Sting in the Police Era.

Mi sono appassionata a questo pezzo poco alla volta. Ho iniziato ad ascoltarlo per caso mentre guidavo la macchina, o in qualche caffe’ la sera. Mi piace la molteplicita’ delle voci presenti nel testo: tutti ci siamo trovati in entrambi i punti di vista della canzone almeno una volta nella vita. Anche il video con il pattern di triangoli che ingloba le persone rimanda alla complessita’, ai tagli e agli spigoli che vengono sempre a crearsi nelle relazioni, a dispetto dei nostri propositi di partenza. Gotye si definisce “uno non da club”, che non saprebbe come comporre consciamente una grossa hit pop, ma dice anche di mettere molta energia nella scrittura dei testi, e quindi e’ molto felice che una canzone che non era stata concepita per un grande pubblico abbia raggiunto una tale popolarita’. A me sembra un bel pezzo: di quelli che ascolti in macchina alla radio, molto Sting ai tempi dei Police.

The New Dior Video is set in Versailles and Sends Sparkles with a Depeche Mode track

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80s, abiti, bags, band, beautiful, borse, brand, castello, castle, chateau, clip, clutches, collection, collezione, colonna sonora, corto, couture, daria, dépêche, depechemode, designer, dior, dresses, electropop, enjoy, entertainment, fashion, feel, film, french, garden, gardens giardini, gowns, haute, http www youtube, inez, location, look, lusso, luxury, maison, marieantoinette, melancholy, moda, mode, model, modeling, models, movie, music, musicale, pink, pochette, prêt-a-porter, pubblicita’, purses, ready-to-wear, reali, regia, rosa, secret, secretgarden, short, silence, song, soundtrack, stile, strokous, style, supermodel, topmodel, track, travel, tune, Versailles, vestiti, video, vidooh

Inez and Vinoodh shot the model Daria Strokous for this short film “Secret Garden – Versailles” wearing Dior Fall 2012 ready-to-wear in some cult spots of the chateau, from the Hall of Mirrors to the manicured gardens. Also, the video features an excellent soundtrack: Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode. This awesome song, united with the melancholic looks and moves of the model and the unique location, give the video a very suggestive Marie Antoinette feel.

Il video “Secret Garden – Versailles” e’ stato girato da Inez and Vinoodh, che hanno ripreso la modella Daria Strokous con indosso alcuni pezzi di Dior pret-a-porter dell’Inverno 2012 in alcuni luoghi simbolo del castello, dalla sala degli specchi ai giardini. Inoltre il video ha una colonna sonora d’eccellenza: Enjoy the Silence dei Depeche Mode. La canzone mito, unita con gli sguardi e le movenze melancoliche della modella e alla location unica, danno al video un’anima alla Maria Antoinette molto suggestiva.

Inspiration: Blue Velvet

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2012, 80s, accessories, belt, blouse, blue, booties, bow, celebrities, christian, christian louboutin, clip, couture, david, david lynch movies, dress, fall, fashion, film, girl, hair, haute, heels, high, isabella, isabella rossellini, kyle, lace, louboutin, luxury, lynch, maclachlan, makeup, moda, model, movie, mytheresa, newyork, peaks, polyvore, prefall, pumps, redcarpet, ribbon, Rossellini, sandals, skirt, sole, stile, style, top, trailer, twin, valentino, velvet, vestito, video, watching the snow, wedges, winter

Since during this month there’s a retrospective about David Lynch movies at the BFI in London Southbank,  and I can’t help but singing endlessy Blue Velvet in my mind while watching the snow that doesn’t intend to stop falling, this is my inspiration today.

Poiche’ in questi giorni c’e’ una retrospettiva dedicata a David Lynch al BFI a Londra, e non faccio altro che cantare Blue Velvet mentre guardo questa neve che non la smette piu’ di scendere, questa e’ l’inspirazione di oggi.

[From top: dress, Valentino Pre-Fall 2012, shoes Christian Louboutin @MyTheresa: for more details about the products you can visit the Set on Polyvore. David Lynch and Isabella Rossellini during the making of Blue Velvet].

Today’s Inspiration: Synthethic Hair Bows

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80s, accessories, asos, backstage, band, blonde, blue, bow, brunette, catwalk, chignon, clips, collection, colour, cute, dresses, extensions, fashion, gaga, girl, hair, headband, hershesons, howto, jacket, jewellery, lady, ladygaga, leather, look, lyrics, makeup, model, monster, mother, music, new, photos, pink, rare, ribbon, salon, shade, song, studs, style, styling, sunglasses, telephone, trend, tutorial, up, volume, wax, wig

Usually I’m pretty skeptic about this kind of hair accessories, but this looks really cute and easy to wear. They are available in two sizes, a small and a bigger one (and as you can guess I’ll probably go for the big one, not afraid of the fact that huge bow will tower over my ridiculous height..), in six different shades: from shocking pink and blue to blonde and brown.

The celebrity-fan that wore it better is Lady Gaga that chose the maxi version, of course.

Di solito sono scettica riguardo questo tipo di accessori per capelli, ma questo e’ davvero grazioso e facile da mettere (e tenere addosso senza disastrosi effetti-parrucca). Sono disponibili in due misure, una piccola e una piu’ grande (e come potrete immaginare io andro’ per la piu’ grande, noncurante di come quel mega fiocco torreggiera’ dalla mia umile altezza..), e in sei colori: dal rosa shocking e azzurro ai biondi e castani.

La celebrity-fan piu’ bella, e’ ovviamente Lady Gaga, che ha scelto la versione maxi, ovviamente.

Both the large and small bows by Hershesons are available online at Asos.

Potete trovare sia la versione mini che quella maxi di Hershesons su Asos.

[Above, Set created with Polyvore. Images from Asos > Hershesons Hair Extension]

Tags: Haircut, Short, Blonde

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00s, 10s, 2011, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, beauty, blonde, Christmas, diary, dress, edie, editorial, fashion, girl, hair, haircut, magazine, makeup, michelle, mulligan, outfit, party, photograhy, photos, pixie, salon, seberg, sedgwick, set, short, style, styling, this, trend, tumblr, twiggy, vintage, W, wasikowska, williams

Unbelievable how many different connotations this very simple haircut can get.

Incredibile quante diverse connotazioni puo’ assumere questo taglio.

The iconic mod kid: Twiggy

That french vague: Jean Seberg

The edgy, arty clubgirl: Edie Sedgwick (and Sienna Miller as her)

The new 90’s Grace: Gwyneth Paltrow

A Tomboy in Fashion: Agyness Deyn

Minimal chic with a contemporary twist: Michelle Williams

The new teen gamine: Mia Wasikowska

The new Hollywood glamour: Carey Mulligan. Here below, photographed for the latest issue of W Magazine.

Kate Moss as David Bowie, Again! Let’s Dream On in Glitter

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70s, 80s, aladdin, Antonioni, Balenciaga, balmain, blow, booties, bowie, brian, cover, david, duffy, fashion, girl, givenchy, glam, glitter, heels, icon, inspiration, kate, knight, look, louboutin, mars, model, moss, muse, music, paris, photo, photoshoot, rock, rocknroll, sane, sequin, shoes, sparkling, spiders, style, supermodel, up, video, vogue, vonunwerth, ziggy

..She did it again!

I must tell that I love David Bowie, and Kate Moss too. Actually this cover of Vogue Paris is really breathtaking, and you know why? It’s not for the look itself, that by the way is perfect (Balmain suit), it’s mostly for the feel: looking at this photo you get just right into this glowy warm orange light, where someone is looking at you with that misterious and piercing stare, and I suddenly go back to my childhood when I was looking at the photos of David Bowie on the magazines and just wanted to be as sparkly and fascinating as him.

Kate was shot for British Vogue in May 2003 by Nick Knight, always as David Bowie, but as in the photo (aka the cover of Aladdin Sane) taken by Brian Duffy:

The two were also together in a photo shoot by Ellen Von Unwerth in a Blow Up mood.

Speaking of Bowie, I’d like to share with you some photos I took a few months ago at the opening of Brian Duffy’s exhibition at Idea Generation Gallery in Shoreditch, London. And yes, the Aladdin Sane photos were all there on sale, including a fantastic version in black and white. And I am broke. As always.

Today’s Inspiration: Star Spangled Banner

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60s, 70s, 80s, America, banner, belt, blue, brand, campaign, city, fashion, flag, girl, hair, kitties, lennon, model, models, new york, red, rollerskates, rug, shorts, social, society, spangled, star, stars, stripes, style, sweater, tshirts, us, uses, vintage, white, wildfox

We need to customize symbols of our society and embody them starting from our personal points of views, depending on our epoque, needs and esthetic feelings.

It’s really interesting how many things through the years and different points of views this flag and its colours can still express.

America like a canvas to tear apart with studs and safety pins, like a soft sweater that reminds you of someone and a place, like a flag to play with your friends, like cool bold colors put together, like the stripes of the big white socks you were wearing for rollerskating in the 80s.

Third and fourth photos from up, Lennon Sweater by Wildfox Couture.

Big Chunky Knits, Winter (booo!) is Here

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80s, 90s, acne, ankle, black, bootees, booties, boots, boyfriend, bruno, cardigans, carven, chunky, dolce, dolcevita, edelman, fashion, geometric, heel, island, jcrew, kittens, knits, knitwear, loose, lynch, marant, midheel, missoni, peaks, prints, puppies, river, rykiel, style, sweaters, topshop, trend, twin, Vanessa, vita

I was hoping to push this post as far as I could, but (unfortunately) it’s getting colder and colder and it’s time to talk about knitwear. The big knits that do so end of 80s/ beginning of 90s are back. Tags: loose necks, loose sizes, geometric and neu navajo prints, boyfriends’/daddy’s steals, puppy love, high school pink, Twin Peaks, bright block/pastel/freezin white colours, irregular volumes. They can be paired with skinny jeans, leggings, mini skirts and booties or wedges. I put together here a few picks for big knits in bright colours, and some in pastels:

From top left: Topshop, Clements Ribeiro at Net-A-Porter, River Island, Isabel Marant at Matches, Carven at Matches. For more details you can check the Polyvore Set here.

From top left: Topshop, Missoni at Matches, Sonia by Sonia Rykiel at Matches, Monki, Vanessa Bruno at Matches. For more details you can check the Polyvore Set here.

Above: Twin Peaks

Here below are some ankle boots that can be paired with big sweaters:

Clockwise from top: Sam Edelman in black, Acne, Topshop, J Crew, Acne, Isabel Marant, Dolce Vita at Nordstrom. For more details you can check the Polyvore Set here

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