#twistedfrank

These are two brands I respect and admire for serveral reasons: Hermès for the craftsmanship and ability to modernise itself (just check their website) staying true to their values and Comme des Garçons for their conceptual and disruptive take on fashion. Since its inception in the eighties, Rei Kawakubo has managed to always deliver creative and original collections, both questioning beauty and fashion values and not compromising her artistic vision.

The Carrie Diaries

I watched the first episode out of sheer curiosity, I must confess i wasn’t very thrilled with the idea of a Sex and the City prequel. However, episode after episode the series has captivated me to the point that I’m now anxiously antecipating the next episode.

As usual, I loved the entire Bimba & Lola Spring collection and wouldn’t mind to live in it as well.

This collection features pastel colors mixed with strong prints, that can’t help but to remind me of Portuguese “azulejos”. They always achieve this perfect mix between cool and classic, business and casual, with great basics, as well as some stand-out pieces. Their prices might be a little more expensive, but I think the quality and finishings totally make up for the price you pay.

In a society that is so obsessed with things new, young and perfect, Ari Cohen’s blog is a breath of fresh air. In his blog, Advanced Style, he shows pictures of women well into their 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s or even more, who prove that age is nothing but a number and great style has nothing to do with money or this season’s Must-Have items.

Madeira, 2008

Suno Resort 2012, from Sunony.com

Random things that make me dream of Summer.

I was watching the Chanel Fall/Winter 2012 collection and all those giant crystals on the set reminded of a video I watched recently on The Selby.

For this Fall collection, Lagerfeld indicated Nature “the greatest designer” as the starting point and inspiration to the collection. He mentioned the shapes of crystals, “milions of years old” and applied them on cuffs, trims and shoe heels. He explored the shine and reflection of these stones through different fabrics and shilhouettes and also explored some interesting polyhedron shapes in coats.

The collaboration between Anna Dello Russo and H&M is no news to anyone. The news here are the video teaser released last week.

In the video, Dello Russo – professional fashionista, street style bloggers’ sweet-child and editor-at-large for Vogue Japan – dances and sings to her own record track “Fashion Shower”, released last May. In the song she shares some pearls of wisdom and her own fashion rules or advices. And they none other than:

Sarah Lazarovic decided to stop buying clothes in 2012. Instead, she painted all those dresses, tops, skirts and shoes she wanted to buy and compiled them in the beautiful A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy.

Her essay ponders on the ways the Internet has perfected itself to offer us a bunch of things we do not need. E-commerce is growing by the day, the offer and variety in clothes, accessories, brands and e-shops is bigger than ever before and even payment methods are more practical, yet the question remains: “Do I REALLY need this?”.