The stuff of fairytales: flower crown, full skirt, fur and rings

I know everybody is inspired by somebody, inspiration is what drives us all. In life inspirational people are called heroes, in fashion they are called style icons.

Is not that you want to dress exactly like them, it’s just that you like what you see, something about their style is different, original and fresh and gives you all sort of ideas.

So when the guys over at DivaHair asked me to be part of this competition where a couple of Romanian fashion bloggers have to post an outfit inspired by a fashion icon of their choosing, I said why not?

I guess my outfit was unconsciously inspired by Ulyana Sergeenko as I didn’t even know about the contest when I took the photos.
The reason I love this Russian photographer/socialite turned fashion designer is that she doesn’t look like anybody else except maybe some past royalty who had to travel back in time an update her look a little bit. Her outfits are out of this world feminine, it’s all about maxi dress or swing skirts, defined waists, majestic coats, high heels and a lot of unusual hair accessories, scarves, tiaras and hats.

The contest is sponsored by DailyBrands, an online store where you can buy clothes and accessories for both men and women from brands such as: Custo Barcelona, Guess, CK, Diesel, Moschino, Dolce & Gabbana at bargain prices, especially when they have a seasonal sale.

I'll make sure and let you know when the voting begins!:))))

My get up may not be something girls born in the last three decades would wear, but it’s totally me – romanesque over the top daywear with lots of jewelry :))).
I just have to stop reading fantasy novels which are basically fairytales for adults or I might as well say my inspiration for the outfit is a mix of Jon Snow and Ulyana Sergeenko. OMG!!!! I’m the fashion love child of these two!!!!

The romantic roses and crosses flower crown I’m wearing is handmade by me and part of the cool stuff I made recently. Make sure and visit my Etsy Store to see more of my handy work.

I'm wearing

dress,  faux fur collar/rochie, guler blana: vintage

leather jacket/geaca: H&M

tiger brooch/bosa: random brand

rings/inele: random brand and Forever 21

purse, belt, watch/geanta, curea, ceas: vintage

shoes/botine: BB Up

Russian princess red roses and crosses flower crown: Alice&Sara (handmade by me)

Confessions of a green, glitter dress

My mother is really going to flip out when she'll see these pictures of me wearing her “party” dress from way back. In fact I think she was wearing this when she was my age or even a bit younger.
I love it, it’s nothing fancy, she had it made by a seamstress, it really simple but flattering and kind of sexy because it’s a bit see through and sparkly.

Can you imagine?

Being a cute dress and being loved by a girl, being with her in some important and happy moments of her life, maybe seeing her fall in love and then somehow being forgotten by the said girl in the closet, staying there for years, sad and nostalgic, hearing the stories the other clothes are telling about the world and your “girl”, husband and children and then, 20 years later, another girl comes, in a way she resembles your original girl (she’s her daughter) and she snatches you from the old closet and happily wears you, and you get to see the world again, you’re now getting to make new friends like the black leather jacket she’s usually wearing over you and you hope that this new girl will love you for a long time and you won’t be abandoned in the closet again for years and years.
You really want to see this girl dancing and falling in love too.
The new girl wears a lot of jewelry and a huge camera that she uses to take photos of everything and everyone, she’s also super tall so you get to be shorter and see things that you never got to see before :))))).

Dear dress, don’t worry, I will love you forever and I promise to show you the world, things have changed but it’s still amazing!!!! says the new girl (me that is – I’m the new girl, you guys!!! :)))).

Now that you know the story, all that I have left to say is that the peacock feathers hair pin I’m wearing is made by me; you can see more of my work in my Etsy Store.

Quick photo session in the center of Bucharest before attending an event! People everywhere going about their business!

This one is with the blitz on!

  I'm wearing

dress/rochie: retro

leather jacket/geaca: H&M

bracelets/bratari: random brand

rings/inele:  Miss Selfridge and New Look

purse, belt, watch/geanta, curea, ceas: vintage

shoes/botine: BB Up

peacock feathers hair pin: Alice&Sara (handmade by me)

Child star - Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau

I’m sure that most of you saw at some point a picture of this little girl.

I did too and instantly wanted to know who she was. A few googles later I knew the basics: she is a 10 years old French “supermodel” poetically named Thylane Léna-Rose Blondeau.

Usually my skin just crumbles at the sight of a kid acting like a grown person. I’m old fashioned that way and think that childhood should be just that, little creatures acting all crazy without a care in the world, because let’s face it, life sometimes sucks and it’s good to have a little fun while you can.

Leaving all that behind I have to give it to this little girl, she sure knows how to work a photo shoot, she puts me and so many others to shame, poses wise and pretty much anything else. Also, with a face like that, what else is she suppose to be, a math teacher? She has a natural model beauty, very reminiscent of Brigitte Bardot or Lou Doillon.

I know that she posed for Vogue in august and that caused a lot of controversy, being so young and having to put all that make-up and posing a bit inappropriate for her age. While I don’t really get why make a kid portray an adult in that manner even if it’s ironically as Tom Ford explained, I believe the huge scandal this got transformed into was ridiculous.

They even compared it with the infamous nude picture of 10 year old Brook Shields taken in 1975 by Gary Cross which really took this controversy over the top for me, I don't think the two cases have much in common.

That being said I believe that her best photos are when she is just being herself - a kid; she is so beautiful and such a natural. I love her gap tooth, pretty eyes and flawless hair and I predict a bright future for this little lady in the modeling world, I’m guessing she will have even more success when she grows older and can do catwalks, but until then I leave you with some of her beautiful pictures.

What do you think?

Blog Spotlight - Niotillfem

As uneventful as my life can be sometimes, I have rarely wished to be someone else, but I do wish I could live some people' life sometimes (just for a little while though). And, man, I wish I could switch places with Sandra from Niotillfem for a week (I’m not sure she would agree as she’d get the short end of the stick with this one).

I’m reading her blog for years (almost 6 – she started writing in 2005) and Niotillfem is one of the first blogs I’ve ever read and I still consider it to be one of my favorites.

The first 2 or 3 years I was just looking at the photos and imagining what the texts were about, filling in the blanks as I “read” a new post; she wrote (and still does) mainly in Swedish, only now she makes a short English resume of the text and you can also choose to translate the blog with Google translate.

The reason I love this blog is because it's not so much about fashion, but more about living and love and friends and books and music and food and picnics and trips, Sweden and New York.

I feel like I know this girl (I’m being totally weird but in a non stalkery way I promise – she has too much of myself in her to build her a shrine :)))). 

Her blog is in fact a dairy of her life in a more real and authentic way than most, she talks about happiness and joy and bliss, but also about heartbreak and sadness and getting through the day. 

I’m also pretty sure hear original Swedish texts are amazing, they have to be because I can feel that even with Google translate (it’s pretty hard for something to sound halfway decent and touching even when a program automatically transforms a post from Swedish to English).

So Sandra is 27 and she works as a copywriter, she used to live in Sweden until last year when she decided to move to New York as she felt she wouldn’t survive another Nordic winter. And she actually did move to New York (in October I think) which is amazing, she just did everything in her power to make it happen, looked for a job, found one with her friend Nina (they still work together as a creative team in an advertising agency - copywriter and art director), got the USA visa and now she’s living the dream.

The only bad part is that her boyfriend (Ludvig) and her are not together all the time (from what I can gather and can see on her blog, these two have an epic love story going on and are absolutely adorable together, it’s sickening really:)))). He lives in L.A right now, she lives in New York but they make it work somehow.

The thing is she doesn’t have everything figured out, she has insecurities, she doesn’t think about herself as being perfect, but she does fight to be happy and she goes for what she wants which is everything any of us can and should do.

You’ll see a lot of amazing pictures on her blog, an impressive number of friends (her blog is as much about her as about her friends), parties and adventures, trips, nights out and good looking people and food.

When it comes to fashion she has a very clear style, I don’t think I've ever seen her steering away from it. It’s very specific, a retro and endearing mix of sailor pin up and Lolita elements - always feminine, high waisted and sweet. I love it but I would never be able to commit to just one style.

When you read a blog for such a long time you end up knowing a scary amount of things about a person (especially when you have a memory like me when it comes to non essential stuff).

That being said, I feel this is enough, I’ll leave you with the pictures and I promise you’re gonna love her and the blog, the archives are amazing.

All pictures courtesy of  Niotillfem

This article is my way of apologizing for the hundreds of times I read her blog and never left a comment of how much I like it!:)

Isn't she fabulous?

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