I wanna live in Fendi Palazzo

Karl confuses me. He makes a horrible Chanel RTW collection, but then he designs a lovely Cruise collection. Then he photographs the ad campaign for Fendi which is 100% boring. He photographs an editorial with Julia Stegner that I absolutely adored.

And then he makes this wonderful Fendi Palazzo campaign. Please Karl, be good all the time!

The making of:

And you will always be fashionable...

These pictures are 3 years old, but don't you think they could be from this season?

Look at that vest (very Alexander McQueen), those shorts, the plaid shirts, the majorette jackets, the fur vest... are we old-fashioned or was this editorial visionaire?

Lately I've been thinking that all this "what's in what's out" is a lie. There's nothing "out". Fashion is about making new things, and wearing what we like, not about rejecting some clothes because they are "so last season". You like baggy pants? Ok, wear them. You like colored glasses? Wear them.

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Estas fotos son de hace tres años, ¿pero no os parece que podrían ser de esta temporada?
Mirad ese chaleco (muy Alexander McQueen), esos shorts, las camisas de cuadros, las chaquetas de majorette, el chaleco de piel... ¿estamos pasados de moda o esta editorial se adelantó?

Últimamente he estado pensando que todo esto de "lo que está in y lo que está out" no sirve para nada. La moda es ponerte lo que te gusta, no consiste en dejar de ponerte cierta ropa porque sea "muy de la temporada pasada". ¿Te gustan los baggy pants? Genial, llévalos. ¿Te gustan las gafas de cristal tintado? Llévalas.

Sweet Mona
Vogue Paris March 2005
with Mona Johanesson by Patrick Demarchelier

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Songs that make me smile

The Adventures of Frowie The Front Rower: Help him find an accesory!

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Start dressing like Erin Wasson before everyone else does

Is it me or Elle Spain is choosing the right trends? Maybe it is not very difficult for us bloggers (we knew this "model off-duty" trend since it came to Alexander's Wang mind), but I am surprised, really.

¿Soy yo o Elle España está empezando a recomendar las auténticamente buenas tendencias? Para los bloggers no es tan difícil (ya conocíamos esta moda de "model off-duty" desde que a Alexander Wang le vino a la cabeza), pero la verdad es que estoy sorprendida. Espero que sigan así.

New favourite models

Some of these models are new, some of these are not so new, but they just made it to my list of "Favourite Models", which I update from time to time. The truth is that I always stick to the old models, like Daria Werbowy, Julia Stegner, Lily Donaldson... and I don't really care about the newbies.
But this time it's different.

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Algunas de estas modelos son nuevas, otras no, pero acaban de pasar a mi lista de "Modelos Favoritas", y la verdad es que me suelen gustar las de siempre (Daria Werbowy, Lily Donaldson, Julia Stegner...) y no dejo paso a las nuevas.
Ya era hora de que hubiera caras nuevas.

Toni Garrn


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Taryn Davidson


Maryna Linchuk

New Miss Dior Chérie Ad (view more)



Karlie Kloss

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Ali Stephens




Siri Tollerod




Kasia Struss




Anna Selezneva

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View full editorial here

Masha Novoselova



Who are your new favourite models?

Air, Lula, Trip and Lux, and my photos.

Lately I've been listening to Air non-stop. I also bought my first Lula issue some weeks ago (I used to read it online, but it's the first time I have a "real" issue on my hands), I can't help but watch "The Virgin Suicides" videos on youtube, and I love looking at Alix's photos on her blog, The Cherry Blossom Girl.
One day I took the camera and captured some dreamy things in my room inspired by all the things I listed above.


The best mix for a sweet evening: Nylon, Zooey Deschanel, Sofia Coppola and Lula.
I still can't believe how much I love Lula. The articles are sooo good, I remember this one about the "not so popular girls", like Violet from The Incredibles, Wednesday Addams, Margot Tenembaum... it was a brilliant article.


It was 17:00, I looked through the window and saw this. I still don't know if it was heaven or a scene of a film.


Too many magazines? Oops..


Some necklaces, and the drawers of my table.



PS: Yes, it was Marina Pérez, the model painted black! :)

I wouldn't have recognised her...

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(old Vanidad issue, not this month's)
(Este número de Vanidad es antiguo, no es el de este mes)

Can you name this model? Maybe it's too easy, but I wouldn't have guessed it!

¿Puedes reconocer a esta modelo? A lo mejor es muy fácil, pero yo no lo habría adivinado fácilmente!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

I have already posted this editorial, but I don't know why but they keep publishing different versions of the images that we saw on the magazine.
Now that Angelina is on the cover of W again, I felt like remembering these pictures, which are beautiful.
They'd have been perfect if they weren't so serious... why? I don't understand it, it was supposed to be an editorial about a family...

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Ya publiqué un día esta editorial pero no sé por qué, pero van apareciendo más de esta editorial. Ahora que Angelina vuelve a estar en la portada de W, me ha apetecido recordar estas fotos, que son preciosas.
Habrían sido perfectas si no hubieran posado tan serios. ¿Se querían hacer los duros? Porque no lo entiendo... si se suponía que era una editorial sobre una familia...

Domestic Bliss
W july 2005
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (did I need to add that? lol)
by Steven Klein (genius!)

View the rest here

Miss at la Playa mentioned in Ragazza

Thanks a million Gala for recommending my blog on this month's Ragazza! :)
Gracias Gala por recomendar mi blog en el número de este mes de Ragazza! :)

Model Quotes (Part II)

"At school I got harassed so badly for being too tall, too thin, too pale - too everything that has gotten me where I am now, which is quite ironic." -Karen Elson

I love that Karen Elson's quote. It is so true. It reminded me of this Coke Tv Commercial where Uma Thurman appeared, under this slogan: "Your differences are what make you wonderful".



"Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery." - Beverly Johnson, talking about poverty.

"My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'" - Beverly Johnson

"I was the world's first supermodel, and Tyra and all the other models owe me at least a Christmas card every year because I broke down the ethnic barrier to begin with." -Janice Dickinson

"I don't get out of bed for less then 10,000 a day" -Linda Evangelista

"Now I get out of bed for a much better reason. I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and Aids all over the world." -Linda Evangelista

"I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. I work very hard, and I am worth every cent." -Naomi Campbell

"The people with the best style for me are the people that are the poorest. Like, when I go down to Venice beach and I see the homeless, like, I'm like, 'Oh my God, they're pulling out, like, crazy looks and they, like, pulled out of like garbage cans.'" Erin Wasson

"You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress." -Eva Herzigova

"When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work." -Paulina Porizkova

"I felt that was huge prejudice. That was a black girl at the time, Beverly Johnson, and they made her feel like she was in competition with me." -Iman on racism

"You know they're like Superheros." -Tyson Beckford on the supermodel era

"I have done it. I have everything I want. I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about." -Natalia Vodianova

"All my doctors said I should become a model." -Niki Taylor (this one is the best one!! hahah)

"It's harder than you think it is ... It's a lot of long hours, a lot of traveling and a lot of being away from your friends and family." Heather Marks

"I never really cared about what I looked like." -Gemma Ward

"It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher. -Linda Evangelista

"I got tired of feeling like Dracula. I wanted to see some daylight, and not just at six o'clock in the morning." -Kate Moss

"Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament." — Jerry Hall

"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it." — Cindy Crawford

"I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought." — Christie Brinkley

"It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout." — Cheryl Tiegs

"The worst was when my skirt fell down to my ankles — but I had on thick tights underneath." — Naomi Campbell

"Now every model wants to be an actress"-Christy Turlington

Claudia Schiffer
"I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face."

“The difference between the girls today and models of the past is that we are not only interested in fashion: we are going in so many different directions at once. We work harder -- at night and on weekends. [On the modeling profession].”

"When I was little, I hated having my photo taken. If I was asked to smile on demand I just wanted to disappear."

"It's something I decided from the very beginning I would never do - nudity."

“I actually don't meet very many men because they are, I guess, afraid to approach me or think that I'm from another planet.”

Also read Model Quotes (Part I)

Latest style crush: Leeselooks

I found Lisa's blog from I don't remember where, but what I do remember is that I liked her blog. I don't know why. Her outfits were nice, she seemed a very nice person, and I bookmarked her site.
She lives in South Africa (for love reasons), she's ukranian and comes from Canada.

Now I read on DirrtyGlam that she's the blogger of the month. And I think: I knew it.
She's a mix between Gala, Karla and Rumi, but with her own touch.
I felt like I had to share this little piece of style pleasure. I tell you she's going to be big.

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