Jazzy Mood

I fell for your jivin' and I took you in
Now all you got to offer me's a drink of gin
Why don't you do right, like some other men do

Peggy Lee - Why Don't You Do Right

For most, Jazz is all about the city. The noises, the air, the buildings and the people. The music of the city, ringing in your ears in a hypnotic manner. But for me, jazz is about passion.

Call it pleasure, call it lust. Whatever. Because the end result is just the same! In jazz, I see smoke, drinks, sheer fabrics and a lot of skin. All pain and games. Sweet pain that you will just keep craving for!

What is JAZZ for you? How do YOU feel the music?From: Photographer and Muse

Spring-Summer 2011 - Frashion Trends

For HER and for HIM!!!
Now, I don't really enjoy doing this at the beginning (middle...whatever) of the cold season. But knowing next seasons trends might help you be a smart shopper. So, I guess I'm doing this for the good of humanity ;)))

Right...
;)) Just because we (professional fashinoistas) all need to know them. We shop smart and cool and this...this is going to make our job way easier! Here you go! Enjoy next season's trends:

New Edge
In New Edge, we represent a strong desire for modern shapes that we would like to be pure yet sensual. This modern outlook offers a radically simple, minimal aesthetics found appealing once again, updating an idea of classicism and timelessness. Between a search for original purity and the redefinition of shapes, we identify the contours of a new frame of reference. Highly stylized, shapes and lines are defiantly structured or erased to leave room for a comfortable ergonomic with generous, enveloping, air-conditioned fullness. We draw strength from the desert, a fascination for expanses without borders and opt for timeless eroded denim and sediment-like fabric effects.
Soft Alternative
Start dreaming of a more gentle connection with time, of a return to a more authentic existence. Between pragmatic realism - a better quality of life, sustainable and local consumption - and fantasized idealism - the dream of a simple and fair life, of authentic values ... Enchanted euthenics offers a continuation of the slow movement, but has a more elaborate and richer artisan edge. It is a celebration of generosity, gentleness, richness and consistency and a desire to rediscover a refined, long-forgotten savoir-faire and seek graceful sensuality with old-fashioned charm. Compose a refreshing romanticism, without naiveté. Like a wistful collector, list the outfits of forgotten trades and crafts or prefer endearing and dainted touches for an enchanting bucolic mood.
Technicolor Summer
This is a call for pure relaxation, cheerfulness and vacationing : a joyous escape from everyday life. Take up the colors of summer and the codes of seductiveness and give them a joyful spin, without fear of being over the top. We play Summer clichés «to the hilt» between jet-set opulence sultry seduction and impetuous glamour of the Happy Hour. Or opt for a California cool, coloring the preppy look with show-off humor, and playing with beachwear and American casualwear to concoct a smart relaxed look. Summer once again has a mythical attraction !
Urban Jungle
A sign of the times, Urban Jungle reflects the need for a strong, daring, imposing, confident attitude to better integrate and confront the intense, everyday life of the city. Effervescence, high performance, hectic rhythms and survival of the fittest ...To evolve everyday in urban environments which slowly mutate into urban jungles, we take inspiration from the fantastic, primitive forest: intense and wild, it symbolizes a thirst for survival and revives a dynamic, energizing primal force. Prints mimic and explore a rich Equatorial wildlife in luxurious camouflages or take inspiration and graphic strength from indigenous traditions.From: Fashion Trendsetter

A Partner...in Crime!

And now comes the evil laughter!
Mwahahahahahahaaaaa!

There you go! I'm ok now! Why this post? Well, just wanted to tell you all that I love Frankie ! Because he is sooo cool! So stylish (he is wearing different autumn sweaters eight now)! So perfect!

Yes...I just wanted to brag with my super-duper Frankie ! (on the other hand I still love my cat, Mitzura...uh. The confusion!) A dog person? A cat person?...don't really know. Don't really care!

So, who's your partner in crime?
Mwahahaahaaaa! (again...had to do it!)

Absolutely Fabulous Fashion & Vintage Fair No. 10

November, 6th
11:00-19:00
Villa Rodizio (I.L.Caragiale Str. Nr. 32, Bucharest)

So come and take a look and meet the ultimate guest:
MELANIE GALEA!!!
She will be there all day long ready to snap! snap! all you fabulous fashionistas!

So start preparing for a very fashionable day, all thanks to Diana Enciu and Alina Tanasa - the Absolutely Fabulous Girls! More on what I will bring there, next week.
All I can say is...
...IT'S GOING TO BE COLORFUL! ;)

Arina Varga - We Love Couture

Last week We Love Couture up-dated the fall/winter collections. Among other Romanian fashion designers, you can find pieces singed by me.
Also, alongside the new collections, you can get pieces from older collections, with a great discount!

So, enjoy the All Along the Watchtower pieces! Enjoy shopping! :*Images: We Love Couture

L.O.V.E. nurse

L.O.V.E. nurse - Halloween Costume
(dress + head thing)
150ron + transport
(for an extra 20ron, we can have it splashed with red paint, mimicking blood splash)

Orders can be placed at contact@arinavarga.ro
In order to get it by Halloween, you must place the orders no later then Monday evening.
Available sizes: S,M,L (with your specified length)

;) so, let's get Freaky! Images: Arina Varga

Them About Them...

At first I wanted to write "Boys About Girl"...
But then again, when you see Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, you just don't think about boys. "Man about Woman"?...sound too grownup!

It's going to be an endless conversation...monolog...whatever. I just like this duo and I'm going to listen to it all weekend (starting with Friday, of course). Have a lovely weekend and be sure to make it last forever!Pufff...man!
Do they still make them like these 2?

you CAN buy happiness!

...but only if you are like me! If you have the cravings of a little kid...Only (and believe me: ONLY) if you've tasted Nutella!

It's like Heaven. Like all the best things in life were put in this glass jar! After you tasted it once, you'll never want anything else (as far as sweets go) again...because (if u ask me) this is the taste of happiness!...hmmm, I wander if I could get paid in Nutella...

Nutella is great:
- with pancakes
- tasted with the finger
- licked
- for girls
- for boys
- for endless night of happiness
- for love
- for tears
- for parents and grandparents
- for loved ones
- for YOU!Images: theFword

What's New Pussycat?

Pussycat, Pussycat
I love you
Yes, I do!
You and your pussycat face!

Must love the cat-eye-glasses!
Deliciously evil, sexy and mysterious!..don't you agree? They are just able to give you that special look you've been craving for!

But be careful! You should be able to over-power them, so that they don't wear you...but you wear them!

Brrrrrr!

IT IS JUST SOOO COLD!!!
I'm going crazy here, trying to keep-up with the temperature changes. What?! Is it too much to ask for 18-20'C?! NOOO! I don't think so! But what do I get? I get the opportunity to freeze my ass at 5-7'C!!!

Sorry, but this will be an angry post! I just can't take it anymore...And believe me, the weather (actually) is not to blame for m crappy mood.
The guilty one is me.
All me!
Because I'm not ready for cold weather as far as fashion goes. Yes, same old...same old! I have nothing to wear! That's why I wear everything! End result: I look like a homeless persone!So here I am, in my pretty atelier, with all my pretty clothes and my cool dog.
What am I wearing? Here we go: a t-shirt, 2 light blouses, a hoodie, a black leather jacket...+long socks, jeans, short socks (I don't even think they are the same color), beige leather shoes (no heels)...+2 scarves, hot pink mittens, 2 bags, bracelets (yes...accessorizing here) and a hat to keep me worm
...and to make the "crazy lady look" complete!

Pictures? No way in hell!
I hope that as the day progresses, I will take of some of the lairs :)) But who knows...for now, I am freezing! But today I will start looking for cold-weather clothes...
...you lose a lot of things when you move. And as far as I can tell, not all of them are sentimental. Yep...you also lose goods.

AAAAAAaaaa! Freezing!!!

Fangtasia

I am a big fan of True Blood!
Nope, not afraid of admitting it! I love the TV show!...maybe because I have a thing for vampires or for off the wall stories...or for all the other stuff going on there...

Well, here we have something for all you fans out there! A True Blood Necklace! So, for the price of $169.00 you get this lovely little number, made out of 925 silver and 18K gold plate (also you will receive an additional additional chain so you can adjust your favorite length).

Guess true dedication, for true blood...comes at a true price. Uh...it is pretty lovely, don't you agree? I know I like it a lot (but then again...I have a thing for drips).
From: inAcessory

Dance With Me

Slowly
Elegantly
Vibrant

Just move along the music like water. All around, adapting to any situation, to any body, to any sensation. Because that's what water does...it moves and it feel it all!

So ladies, have a lovely weekend. My suggestion: a "dancing night" as a must...and then basically anything you like/love! Kisses!By Heather Landis
From: Best Bookmarks

Forbidden Fruits

I never was a big fan of Apple.
Never owned an Iphone...or actually...never owned anything beginning with the "I"...and I probably never will.

Even so, I can recognize a great man when I see one.
Steve Jobs was fantastic! A master-mind, that we will miss!

Death is the single best invention on Life. Is the Life agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don't be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary - Steve Jobs

DIY - Pirate Style

For about more then a month now, I started (restarted is a more accurate therm)listening to vinyl records. Yep...I just forgot what I was missing on!
It's just all about that great-fantastic noise when the needle hits the record...Nothing, NOTHING can compare with that!

But, as some of you may know...vinyls are more and more hard to find these days. For example, my friends do have great ones that I can no longer get my hand on (without going bankrupt I guess...). So, as a problem-solving person I found a solution, that's at the same time fun and practical: How to pirate a vinyl record!!!

GOLD!
JACK-POT!!
I'VE HIT THE LOTTERY!!!

So, here I am sharing with you, step by step (in images) and also, here you have the instructions...since I don't see a point in copying them here.

Enjoy and...join the dark side! We have great music! ;)From: SynthGear

Just Give Me a Smile!

Whom ever said Fashion is not fun, was an idiot! How can it not be fun, with so many items to play with!!!
Uh...yes kids, Fashion IS Fun!

Yes, it is all about the F word:
Fantastic
Fabulous
Fierce
Freaky
Funny
Future...
...and the list of F words could just go on, and on, and one...

And I just couldn't find a better example then this photoshoot* for Louis Vuitton! Items so cool, so serious...completely changed when put in the right environment, with the right look!

So, come on! Give me a smile!
Make it a Fashionable one!

*featuring the incredible and adorable work of Barry Reigate!!!From: Design Scene