Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The fashion world of Jean Paul Gaultier

Fashion is a huge inspiration for me. I won't say I know a lot about it, nor am I the most trendy or 'fashion concious' person out there (whatever that might mean..) but that doesnt mean I cant let it inspire me. It started with Japanese street fashion, and from there I discovered amazingly creative and inspiring designers. Vivienne Westwood, Meadham Kirchhoff, Betsey Johnson just to name a few!

But I never really explored the amazing world of Jean Paul Gaultier. I had seen the iconic perfume bottle in my grandmother's bathroom, and the specially designed Coca Cola bottles but that was about it. When I saw the beautiful exhibition posters around town though, I knew I had to go. And I'm so glad I did. It was amazing.
I want these in my room, right now.
Where to begin with this exhibition made of pure awesomeness.. There were about 6 seperate spaces, each with its own theme. The first room was called 'Odyssey', which was filled with mermaids, sailors, Virgin Mary style looks... It was like a dark, magical fairytale. The mannequins had faces projected on them that moved (it scared the hell out of me when I didn't know this and suddenly one of them looked right at me!)
Mermaids with crutches? Yesplz.
The next room was 'the Boudoir', where you could see the famous corsets

The room after that was 'Skin Deep' with designs inpired by the human body and S&M. The sparkly black harness/skeleton corset below was worn by Dita von Teese!

The next room was called Punk Cancan, which obviously had a lot of punk inspired pieces.

I want that tulle skirt outfit please, thank you.
The last rooms were Urban Jungle and Metropolis. I especially loved the two designs below, and anything that was black, lacy and glittery in there!
So dreamy...


Afterwards I watched a documentary about the man himself, and he's so inspiring! Can you believe he is entirely self taught? He also seems like a pretty down to earth guy with a lot of positive energy around him, which seems to be rare with fashion designers these days. I could go on and on about it, but then this post will never end. He's definitely a new hero of mine.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Spring, spice and everything nice.

Some snap-shots of the past few days! As usual filled with pink, glitter, food and art. Aaaalll the loves of my life.
Moodboard in progress
Precious new cute bracelets!
BEAUTIFUL pink and blue sunset
 Banana chips and almond butter 
Random fun painting!
Playing around with hair and make-up (。・ε・。)
a pretty mess.
Omnomnom veggie eggie dinner!

Are you ready for the new week? I totally am! This spring weather gives me some kind of magical high and I hope it will last for a looooooong time. Keep sparkling!




Sunday, April 28, 2013

Bold, bright, fun and little bit more ladylike.

Pinterest Summer and Style
Today I dug into a bit of my savings to go for a little shopping spree. Even though I know I should be saving money, I just really needed it to lift my spirits and have myself a little make-over! I was seriously getting so down by having hardly any clothing that fits the kind of person I want to be right now. I want to be bold, bright, fun and little bit more ladylike. Right now Im hugely inspired by Kate Spade and Gala Darling which results in clothing in black and hot pink, animal print and bold patterns! For lots of people Springtime is the time to reinvent yourself, do make-overs, spring cleaning! And I am also that kind of person.

I also went to smell some perfumes and I'm head over heals in love with Prada's Candy. Not only the scent, but also the packaging. I just can't stop sniffing my wrists right now! I haven't run out of my Katy Perry Purrrrfume yet though, so I couldn't justify buying it... And I also kinda want the Taylor Swift Wonderstruck. Oh decisions decisions..

Even though you can't buy happiness, this definitely had an enormous positive effect on my mood n.n I felt so intensely happy walking around the city I call home now, browsing the shops, looking at all the gorgeous items and fun prints and fresh fruit stalls, accompanied by the loveliest sunshine ever.

Maybe I'll take some pictures of all my stuff later, or you will just see it pop up in some of my pictures in the future ♡♡

Friday, April 26, 2013

Peaches and pink, sparkly cowgirls.


I need this, gigantic sized, right on my door. More than not I need a reminder that you can't please everyone. That you can't have everybody like you. And that this is totally fine. I do want to add to this though, that I wish people could be more respectful. I mean, I am totally fine with you not liking me or my style, but that's your taste and opinion and not a fact. I am still a human being, and I deserve to be treated with respect. Just because you don't like someone or something doesn't mean you can't appreciate or acknowledge their qualities, bravery or just the fact that, they too, get through this pretty tough thing called life every single day.

But ok, coming back to Dita, my friend Alexandra recently noted me about Dita being in 30 seconds to Mars' latest music video Up In the Air and per usual, she looks like a total babe. Seriously though: pink, glitter, gorgeous lingerie and cowgirls = everything I lovelovelove!



Have a wonderful weekend and keep sparkling! Let's celebrate it Taylor style!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

The best Green Chai Tea and Fancy Kitties

Oh pretty daffodils!
Hello there lovelies! Last weekend I finally got to relax for a little bit again and went over to visit my family. I'm homesick far less than last year, but after like.. two months without seeing a 'familair face' I can get pretty down. And luckily, I'm from an island so it's like an actual holiday! It's an awesome feeling getting on that ferry and just really truly be away for a couple of days. As usual, I took a bunch of pictures!
The beach! It may not look like it but it was soooooo cold.
The greatest green chai tea EVER. I always get this tea when I'm having tea at the beach.
Found these fancy kitties while shopping!
Mmmmmm freshly baked bread... I wish I could eat this for the rest of my life.
My mom got me some cute goodies! Can't wait to try out those egg shapers n.n
Purple glittery bouncy ball *_*
Berriesberriesberries. My latest obsession. No berries are safe from me.
Got my niece some cute little goodies for her birthday!
Other loves: hot pink tissue paper ♥ soy yogurt - ohmy, it is the greatest thing ever  not having to wear a coat ♥ a week of no school ♥ my new gigantic (secondhand) iPod!  flowers/floral everything  rows and rows of colorful embroidery thread

I can't wait for this weekend and my week off following that! I really need a short break from school. Going to celebrate it with a loooong lunch tomorrow with some friends and hopefully some fabulous weather! Do you have any fun plans?

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Not your baby.

I'm having way too much fun with using collage, but seriously, what's not to love about it? For school I have to design some 'propaganda' posters and I decided to make some against 'catcalling' or 'public harassment', so  I might be able to actually use them in the near future. This is also why they're in Dutch. The translation is 'My name isn't "Hey Baby"'. They're still a work in progress, but I quite like the look of them already, so I thought I'd share!

These are all made while listening to this playlist. One of the best playlists on 8tracks.



Making these really inspires me so much! Now I want to make zines, cover the city in posters, start a girlgang, make patches. Omg I've got to get to that.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Real Beauty Sketches

Sometimes I'm a bit sceptical about the 'Real Beauty' campagnes of Dove. A couple of times after some research I found out some of it wasn't real at all and then I just don't know what to believe anymore. And I also don't really like the idea of companies using people's weaknesses for their own profit (which companies don't do that though?)

Their new 'Real Beauty Sketches' campagne really touched me though. It has a real truth to it and a beautiful message. I'm sure this campagne can really help women all over the world, even without them buying Dove products. It's really just about the stories of others, knowing you are not alone, and that you are your own worst critic.

It made me feel very sad when I read that 'Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful.' Can you believe that? That's such a tiny percentage. I see beautiful women every single day, and to think that almost none of them consider themself to be beautiful really troubles me.

For a while now I've been dreaming and thinking about what I could do to help. How I want to help. How I could reach out to women everywhere to let them know we should support each other and feel beautiful inside and out. I haven't figured that out yet, but there's just so much girl hate in this world, jealousy. Judging by that tiny percentage, we instead should cheer each other on to shine and be proud of who we are.

Please know that I think you are beautiful. Help me spread positivity and support by being nice to other ladies (even the ones who aren't being nice to you!). Don't talk about others behind their back! Give compliments. Bake a cake. Give hugs. Inspire others 

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Inspiration: Flowers and a kettle print dress,

Kettle print dress on SheInside - First Date eyecandy on Rookie
Sorry I don't have the original source of most of these images anymore, but I just really wanted to put together a little collage of pictures that inspire me right now. Lots of flowers! I'm excited about getting some spring flowers for my home soon n.n The weather has been amazing the past few days, evaluations are going great and I finally get to go and see my family again this weekend! Yay for better days 

Hope you're having a good week so far!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Strawberry biscuits and glitter dishwater.

Some pictures of last weekend...
So many grape hyacinths! So pretty!
Yummy cute Minnie Mouse biscuits I got while shopping for green tea n.n
I'ma eat you ALL.
Drawing with glitter...
And sprinkles!!
And then my dirty dishes look like this. All dishwater should have glitter in it.
Aaaand I re-dyed my hair! It kinda needs to dyed again but I can't be bothered. Purple locks!