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V for Vintage fair — summer of colors

May 5, 2012

Luiza Racovita & Casual Art’s fancy Tee- Shirts Happy birthday, Nivea! with Zahara – the famous blue box remade entirely out of natural sugar Welcome to Zahara – I discovered these entirely handmade sweets with natural ingredients and flavours done by two lovely young sisters guided by their mother, passioned by confectionery Mihaela from Zahara also does jewelry (here worn by her sister) and went at the Fine Art Highschool Lady Magpie Alin Mihalache from Maison Estetique and his unique…

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Luxury & the white shirt exercise

April 15, 2012

“Le luxe, ce n’est pas le contraire de la pauvreté mais celui de la vulgarité.” Coco Chanel Le luxe (lat. luxus) est le mode de vie consistant à pratiquer des dépenses somptuaires et superflues, dans le but de s’entourer d’un raffinement fastueux ou par pur goût de l’ostentation, par opposition aux facteurs ne relevant que de la stricte nécessité. Par extension, le luxe désigne également tous les éléments et pratiques permettant de parvenir à ce niveau de vie. Cet aspect…

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Tavi Gevinson — when the Rookie becomes the reference

April 14, 2012

Tavi the Rookie. The teenage fashion blogger who celebrated a cuple of days ago 4 years since she’s a fashion blogger with “style rookie”, presents Wren’s fall 2012 collection while launching her teen magazine RookieMag.com. For sure Tavi is more than a teenager “trying to figure it out” as she put it so nicely in her own words – she makes things happen. Relaxed and without taking herself too serious. * video of the campaign Wren Fall 12 \”Beware of…

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To Alt or not to Alt – Casta’s cover for French Vogue

April 13, 2012

There’s a lot of talk about Laetitia Casta and Carine Roitfeld lately. Separately – Laetitia had a beautiful picture exhibition in Paris by fashion photographer Dominique Issermann while Mrs. Roitfeld is lauching in September her fashion biannual magazine CR, one year after her departure from Vogue. As the French issue of Vogue is out, the two names are remembered together this time. The corsican model is featured on the cover. And the new direction given by Emmanuelle Alt is clearly…

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Another Prada in town

April 12, 2012

Tuesday evening the spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada was at Cocor, one of the main fashion department stores in Bucarest. The designer known for her very colourful creations assisted at the fashion shows presented by the students of UNAB – National University of Arts of Bucarest. Mrs. de la Prada presented some of her creations at the corner of designers at the second floor of the store.

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About image & designers with Daniela Balaei — at Dalles style & design classe

April 11, 2012

Last Monday 9th of April, we had our first guest at Dalles design & style classes: Daniela Balaei, brand manager at Euforia TV. The exchange with the students was interactive, fun and vivid – Daniela talked about the importance of branding, brand philosophy, team work, marketing and interaction between designers and television. A natural meeting who gave ideas to my students, thrilled to meet such a fascinating and nice personality. Thank you for coming and sharing your evening with us,…

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Style & collection exercise at Debenhams

April 11, 2012

Monday 2nd of April – Debenhams. I prepared for my design & style class a practical exercise with the help of Debenhams stores in Bucarest: to learn how the different family of products are structured and work together in a collection in a mass market brand. Was very excited about it since it was the first outdoor exercise as well as the first of this kind with this class. I was curious to see how my class will react. Doing…

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Heaven is a place on Earth

March 19, 2012

A white house kindred with a luxurious Hercule Poirot setting, next to the Otopeni airport. Tall Renaissance paintings with angels welcoming you like a good wish in the living room as well as in the refined care cabins – you arrived at Belle Maison Spa. Cole Porter, tea with  ginger and home-made formula biscuits or a tray with fresh fruits and in the sunny days, a cosy swimming pool. Sorina, gentle and delicate, takes care about all your beauty worries…

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