Ride the Pegas!

Everybody is extremely excited in Romania!
PEGAS is back!!!

As you can see from the images, PEGAS is a bicycle. But not just any bicycle! It's an image of our childhood! All my friends had one when they were kids and so did I! And the connection between a child and his/hers bicycle simply cannot be broken!

I don't ride anymore. I'm not even sure I remember how to do it...but you know what they say 'Easy as riding a bicycle!'...so I'm hoping! Because I really really REALLY want one!!!

Of course, this comeback is with a new look, just perfect for the urban life. But believe me, when one is talking about PEGAS, it's all about the little flying horse! I guess it's something like wanting to have the cool jaguar on the hood of your car (uh...me, I hate the new flatted image they got going on right now...but that's another story).

So, hopefully you're feeling me in my love for PEGAS! And...maybe one of these days I'll get one! +lots and lots of pictures with it!!!Images: Bicicletele Pegas

Keep Calm and...LEARN!

You all know it!
You all know the derivatives! Ok, maybe not all of them, but most of them for sure! :))
And now, now it's time you learn how it all started:) So sit back, relax. Watch the short video and then: Keep Calm and Carry On!

These were kept in storage in case of a dire attack on the country, while the other two designs were circulated that September. Since there was not a large-scale attack or occupation, the design was never used. Most of the “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters were destroyed or lost in time, with the exception of 7: 6 found in 2009 that are in storage at the Imperial War Museum, and 1 that resides in a British book shop.

Text: KnowYourMeme

Pasta e Basta!

Are you hungry for...fashion?
Why not combining the food and the fashion industry? Well, this isn't the first time this happens...we all know that. But this truly is a whimsical approach.

Farfalla (the pasta shaped as a bow-tie), actually means 'butterfly'. Yep...got me confused there, but it works! Don't you just love this colorful pastas?! Uh, so so cute! Yes people, I'm in a bow-tie period of my existence (already owning more the 12, in different colors and prints).

I can't tell you more about this particular pasta like bow-tie. Because I just can't understand a thing from the MassItem site. Hope you'll have better luck. But until then, feast your eyes on this glossy beauties!From: MassItem

Feel For Me

Imagine a jacket.
Not a special one. A simple one. It keeps you warm, makes you look a little cool...does what an ordinary jack does...AND MORE!

What if this jacket could communicate your felling to others? What if this jacket became part of you (knowing how you feel and what you want to do)? This is the project of canadian industrial designer, Lorea Sinclaire. A jacket that does all that!!!

About it:

The wearable device uses symbolic language to communicate a need or receive a notification. For example different touch gestures imply different meanings. Doing up a button will send out passive signals of your location. stroking the discrete lining of the hem will send out a ‘friend call’. A combination of two hands swiping the outer arms implies you need serious help.
This user interaction utilizes embroidered conductive thread as touch sensors, and an integrated GPS module to send out location.
The user receives feedback whenever someone nearby signals. a gentle vs. a strong pulse of vibration will denote the volume of presence of friends nearby.

Pretty cool, right?
Now, sorry for just copy-pasting the text. But I'm not much as far as technology goes and why would I make a better description then the designer of the project?! :)
Even so, I can admit liking it a lot...but I'm not sure how much good can it do. Aren't we getting to exposed already?! We live our lives in the open and I'm afraid this sort of this is just too much for me. Maybe it was high-time to draw the line!

But I do like it! :P
A cool mixture between technology, patterns, fabrics etc!From: Design You Trust

Black Cat on Friday 13th

Before I start getting ironic and so on, believe me when I tell you I am a superstitious person. Yes...I'm into all that mambo-jumbo, but at the same time I can have a laugh at it. Strange enough...

Today is Friday. Friday the 13th!!!
Any other Friday would be just a Friday. But because of that 13, everything is different, with a twist, crazy!!! Now, I had luck today. A brick almost landed on my head but I managed to get away from it. Smart move! But as I slipped to the side of the sidewalk, a cute black cat got scared of me and cut me off!

Taaaa-dammmm! As I said, I am a superstitious person, but when it comes to black cats I take a stand! Come on!!! they are so cute and elegant and...shinny!!! So, I decided to investigate on this whole black-cat-issue! The result:

Good things:
• In Britain, on the Yorkshire coast, wives of fishermen believe that their menfolk will return safely if a black cat is kept in the house.
• A black cat in the audience on opening night portends a successful play.
• In the south of France, black cats are referred to as matagots or magician cats. According to local superstition, they bring good luck to owners who feed them well and treat them with the respect they deserve.
• In the English Midlands, a black cat as a wedding present is thought to bring good luck to the bride.
• A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it. ~Italian superstition
Also sings of good luck:
• Possessing a black cat.
• Having a black cat greet you at a door.
• Having a black cat enter your home.
• Meeting three black cats in succession.
• Touching a black cat.

And on the down side...
• Meeting a black cat early in the morning.
• Having a black cat turn its back on you.
• Scaring or driving away a black cat from your property.
• Walking under a ladder after a black cat has walked underneath it.

Well, well, well! What do we have here? It looks like more "+"s then "-"s!!! OK!!! I was focusing on the bright side of it all! :)
By the way, did you notice that this post is no.13, on this month?
Mwahahahahahaaaa!From: text 1, text2, images...from all over!

adidias Originals + Jeremy Scott ss2012

Again a supa-dupa collaboration between adidias Originals and Jeremy Scott, this time for the Spring Summer 2012 collection!

And for me, it's as usual: more then I've expected. I mean, I always expect great, fun, fantastic things to come out of their collaboration, but every time the manage to surprise me (in an absolutely great way).

The crazy prints, the geometrical cuts, the comfortable looking fabrics...it's all just a perfect combination...for success!
I can't wait to see the entire collection!From: C'est La Vie

Records

Starting yesterday, I finally managed to make my record player work. This after a few months of trying without succeeding! Believe me, I was almost at the point of giving up and buying a new one...

I really wanted to make the old one work, because it has sentimental value. Yep...it's worth something just to me, otherwise it's just a piece of junk...that looks really bad! Even so, I love it like crazy!
So, since yesterday we've been listening (at Atelier Arina Varga) to Earth,Wind and Fire, Aura Urziceanu, Rosu si Negru (a Romanian band), poetry by Mihai Eminescu and even a few stories...

Now, to make it all perfect, it must starting snowing. Please!!! Pretty please!!!Images: theFword

One Day....

Say "HELLO!" to MAUDE & TILDA!

Nothing fancy, but 100% Eco-friendly bags...with really fancy texts printed on them. Now, I don't know about you, but I really enjoy these type of bags (I think I have about 5 of them, with different messages). And now, now I want one from MAUDE & TILDA!!! Plsss!!! Christmas time and all...so?...

No comment? Ok...I guess I'll just get one by myself! :) Even so, I hope you will consider changing your plastic bags with Eco-friendly ones. And while doing so, why not go for something "fashion-related"? :))

This is the one that I love! ;)) How perfect is it?
I couldn't had said it better myself. Because we all hope one day to to such a reckless thing! It's a bag, it's so expensive...but we all want one! And to get it by ourselves ... well, that would be fantastic!

One day...

From: MAUDE & TILDA

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

For a Killer Look

I know this is going to be a real treat for all you theFword readers, viewers and users!!! Here, for your delight, we have Ted Noten's makeup kit that turns every woman into a pistol-packing spy!

Because if Angeline Jolie is any indication,
the ideal woman is an ass-kicking secret agent.

The project, a 7 series one, is called Necessities for a Woman (to Feel Like a Woman Through the Eyes of a Man).

Dior001 is a gun (Noten’s signature) loaded with accoutrements, including Dior lip gloss, an antique hairpin, an arsenal of pharmaceuticals, a USB stick with “secret information,” 
and a 100-gram sterling silver bar. Likewise,
Chanel001 conceals Chanel lip gloss, an antique hairpin, a 18k gold toothpick, a perfume bottle with an 18k gold mechanism, a 50-gram 24kt gold bar, a USB stick, and a Viagra pill.
In short, all the stuff a girl wouldn’t leave home without.

Wow...a must have girls! Right? Fashionable, cute, killer cool and geeky at the same time. Yep...all the things I love and need to survive in the urban jungle! ;)) So, Bang! Bang away!From: FastCoDesign

Pin-It-Up!

At a certain point in our life, I sure each one of you girls said to herself: When I'll grow-up I wanna be a pin-up model! That means: perfect, sexy, playful...and with wasp waist!!!:))

Now, this is how they did it (and still do it) back in the day when the first pin-up illustrations appeared. I guess here, like in fashion, it's all just an illusion! In reality: a girl in a basement! The finished product: a girl at the beach, at the like...in front of a fire! What is real?!...

Anyhow, after seeing this I remembered I wanted to do some sort of a pin-up shoot. That's why: Little Red, prepare!!! 'cause I know you'll love every minute of it!
From: 9gag