Glamour in the City

Are you wondering how the hat goes with this outfit? Well, I didn't choose it to wear for myself, but carried it to a photoshoot I had the pleasure styling!

We had such a great time the day before with Gabi, the subject of the portrait/glamour session, working out her outfits and combining pieces of her wardrobe and clothes and accessories I'd brought. The main thing for me was to create looks she'd feel comfortable and great in - and most importantly, truly herself.
Here are some of the many great pictures Zsófi took that day.

Meet wonderful Gabi, with hairclips made up by me with flower pins I'd brought, after Zsófi's genious suggestion to use fallen leaves.

How gorgeous is the setting? No wonder we couldn't resist playing with the leaves!

(You might remember this overdress of mine from this guest post over at The Ginger Diaries blog. It suits Gabi so much better! :)
Here are some other pictures in another outfit - a darker tone in another great setting, a steep old street.

Zsófi is a brilliant portrait photographer - catching so much of Gabi's personality, and so many facets of it.

It wasn't the first time we worked together with Zsófi Raffay on a photoshoot and I sincerely hope there will be many others! :) Here's Zsófi's website and her blog, plus her Facebook!

I'm wearing: 

Promod trench, Takko jeans, Shoe Zone boots, Zara bag, Chinese scarf, Debenhams hat.
Gabi's wearing:
In the first look: Her own dress and shoes,  my overdress and trench, hairclips by mother nature. :)
In the second look: Her own dress, coat and scarf, and my Debenhams hat.

Illustrated Shoot - The Day of

These pictures are inspired by John Wyndham's book, The Day of the Triffids.

As you might have guessed, it describes how giant human-eating plants take over the Earth.

It sounds quite like a terribly corny horror, I know. :) But it's much more about human nature than creatures of fantasy. It describes a post-apocalyptic London haunted by armed bands so well, sensible Englishness turned upside down and inside out, that when I went to London and my bus went past places mentioned in the book, the memories of the Triffids welled up really strongly. I'll always see Swiss Cottage surrounded by man-eating plants.

Not a word of fashion was mentioned in this post, but at least you can read what I wore... :)

Wearing: Zara dress, Second hand silk jacket, Doc Martens, Random hat and scarf and tights,

Jojó Art Shop handmade flower pins.

Illustrated Shoot - Cartoon Coat

My Mum thinks I look like a cartoon in this coat. Well, you don’t have to take her word for it. :)

I was just about to type: „I love this coat”, when I realised how many times I practically sing lovesongs to my clothes on this blog. This is one of the effects of blogging that I’ve never dreamt of – I have a much more personal connection to my clothes. One of the reasons for this might be the fact that many of you know me through the choices I make in terms of clothing, so I’m much more conscious how they’re a part of my personality.

I’ve always loved finding nice clothes and accessories and trying out different outfits in the morning. Most of the time I work from home, but even if I don’t meet a soul the whole day, I always dress up for myself. Some of my friends find it strange that I never wear tracksuit bottoms and torn t-shirts when I’m just at home… I wouldn’t feel myself if I did that. (Besides, I don’t even own any tracksuit bottoms.) (Oh, OK, I have one pair.) (But I don't wear it.) (Enough brackets!)

I feel lucky I can wear clothes that make me happy about myself, I don’t know how I’d feel wearing work appropriate black and white all week long! Instead, I can wear things like this coat, which fits the cartoon-character part of my personality just perfect.

Wearing: Second hand coat and dress, Promod hat, C&A cowl, 

Calzedonia tights, Chinese shoes.

Cats and Owls

Hello yellow!

My lovely friend Martina thought of me when she saw this t-shirt as I draw similar cats to this yawning one, and she got it for me. I haven't been this happy with a gifted piece of clothing since I was a child. :) 

I also love this shirt which I bought second hand for about 3 dollars. It's Miu Miu. :)

Wearing: T-shirt: gift from lovely Martina, Shirt: second hand Miu Miu, 

Jeans: Takko, Bag: Zara, Boots: Chinese shop, Ring: Promod, Earrings: customized by me.

Figure 1: Nyafi (our cat) briefly cooperating with me to keep the photoshoot topical.

Figure 2: Nyafi seemingly admiring the cat on my t-shirt, but in fact she is seconds away 

from ferociously attacking my leg. Possessed, I tell you.

And if that wasn't scary enough for Halloween, here are some close-ups of the sculptures 

that you can see behind me. They are an installation by Anna Erdő(s), made from Raku ceramics, 

and they're called The Forest of Owls... Enjoy! 

And have a spooky Halloween! :)

Illustrated Shoot - Fuel

... for the imagination.

Wearing: Second hand dress, C&A cowl-shawl, Calzedonia tights, Doc Martens.

Illustrated Shoot - Autumn Light

Hey, I'm back! It's been a long time away from blogs - but here I am again!
There are a few new things around, one of them is my new pair of glasses...

But I guess the new layout is a bit more prominent. :)

You might ask what I have been up to in this past month or so. Well, among other things, I've been thinking a lot about the place of the blog in my life, and I decided that I'd rather enjoy the time I spend on blogging instead of trying to post more frequently. From now on, I'll post less often, but I hope the posts will be more enjoyable for you as well! I'm planning much more Illustrated Shoots, for example. :)

After all, I still have no wish to become famous and I'm not interested in collecting freebies from sponsors either. I'd just like to be proud of whatever I create, and I hope there will be some readers who enjoy my creations too.

Thank you for bearing with me and returning to read my little blog! See you soon!

Wearing: Glasses: San Marco, Jacket: second hand, Shoes: from England, 

Scarf: Chinese shop, Hat: Promod, Bag: Laoni.