The good thing about running errands? You get to see parts of the big city you didn’t really get to see before. For instance, I had to run around town and figure out where to pay the electricity bill. Of course I took the wrong way, had to walk a lot, got stressed out and [...]

“There is melancholy in the wind and sorrow in the grass.” (Charles Kuralt)

“Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow—
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a [...]

First two photos: Elle U.S.; last photo: i-D December 2007.
Looking at the fashion spreads from December issues of fashion glossies I noticed different moods. Photographs that tell a story, that you can relate to, those are the most precious. For example this Elle U.S. “Down By The Sea” editorial. I liked it so much [...]

Left: fashion editorial in Preen magazine, latest issue; right: Jan van Goyen paintings.
When I first saw those photographs from the magazine, I instantly thought of dutch painting, particularly those famous Dutch landscapes of the late 16th, 17th century. “Typically, a Dutch painter of the 17th century (also known as the Dutch [...]

Japanese fashion designers rule! [Why should I search for more exquisite ways to express myself when this is basically what I think/feel?] Just click on the collage above to enlarge, and enjoy some amazing hit designs of the Japanese avant-garde of the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s. I know how calculated these designs are (everything [...]

 
Monthly, I post the editorials from Elle Romania, so people from other countries who read my blog, can see that things move forward (or at least synchronize internationally) fashion-wise too. But after looking at the fashion spreads from Tush Magazine #10, I have to share them with you. I mean, the cover photograph of Julia [...]