tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60864027771152214812024-03-12T17:00:24.211-07:00Fond of Fashion by FUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086402777115221481.post-79301165746795295892011-10-12T08:45:00.000-07:002011-10-12T08:48:43.185-07:00Mad as a hatter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6xmLmzDJAGd4V7nqptrRHos9mGL6rE2zfO1zbh3C8j8DOVf3i-WnB4iFKVxxbV_S5TSAOgUwVfTnZS-W2d5PlAqHL9nww5cURH1ewj-fR9y4jYRD8f30FleNU-Neh0xPh-kpnOWx3q4t/s1600/mad-hatter-tea-party.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6xmLmzDJAGd4V7nqptrRHos9mGL6rE2zfO1zbh3C8j8DOVf3i-WnB4iFKVxxbV_S5TSAOgUwVfTnZS-W2d5PlAqHL9nww5cURH1ewj-fR9y4jYRD8f30FleNU-Neh0xPh-kpnOWx3q4t/s200/mad-hatter-tea-party.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I have a few <i>obsessions</i>, and one of them is Alice in Wonderland. I love the book, the movie, and the flamingo's. But my favourite character is <i>definitely</i> the Mad Hatter. I think most people are so <i>boring</i> and everyone thinks inside the box. The Mad Hatter is someone who definitely <i>doesn't</i>. And like I told in the post about the <a href="http://fondoffashion.blogspot.com/2011/05/circus-inspiration.html">Circus</a> I love people who are open-minded!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And another reason to love Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter are the ubercool hats! Last fashionweek I saw <i>lots</i> of them on the catwalk, and I chose the coolest hats to show you! I think to design hats like this, you need to be<i> quite</i> mad...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And some dark magic by AF Vandevorst and Alice Lee:</span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1d0f0f; line-height: 23px;">But of course after ten minutes or so, I drag out of bed and lie on my sofa for a while. Then I'm ready to face the day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1d0f0f; line-height: 23px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1d0f0f; line-height: 23px;">But, especially in winter, I have to face <em>another</em> dilemma in the mornings. Picking out a decent, preferably fashionable outfit. Maybe you know it: you've just been torn away from the <em>love of your life</em>(your bed), your feet feel cold on the floor, you're shivering in your pyjamas and all you want is to slip into a <em>warm</em> hoodie and some socks, and go to the kitchen for a coffee/tea.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1d0f0f; line-height: 23px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1d0f0f; line-height: 23px;">Sometimes I wish it was generally accepted to wear your pyjamas to school<em> </em>(or work). No one would look at you like you were a total<em>retard</em> while you walked down the corridors in striped pants, a warm hoodie and slippers. Not that I'd ever try, I mean, of course I manage to pick something <em>decent</em> every morning...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1d0f0f; line-height: 23px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1d0f0f; line-height: 23px;">But this situation is about to change I think! Because when I saw the<em>amazing</em> pyjama-like trousers at Paul Smith, I felt that if I wore those to school, no one would think I looked <em>strange</em>. And Paul Smith wasn't the only one who seemed determined to change the classic pyjamas into a cool <em>fashion statement</em>.</span></span><br />
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Until these ubercool clothes become avaidable, I'll just have to endure this <em>painful</em> process every morning... But change is about to come!<br />
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Love, F</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086402777115221481.post-42985266939525128582011-05-08T08:01:00.000-07:002011-05-08T08:05:51.319-07:00Circus inspiration<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbQeD_Ya3fiz1t41LZsgCNGBrmAtZQUkc21RFh-JOVP3XgTM6QUJ7iLfiDqcfiHNamMAVnYDLgyP1f6UOmDFds_S0AxDyvvdmrchebALJwzEny0N0NxZ9G2eIUU_Fx77cRm1G-rBVcT6a/s1600/old-circus-photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbQeD_Ya3fiz1t41LZsgCNGBrmAtZQUkc21RFh-JOVP3XgTM6QUJ7iLfiDqcfiHNamMAVnYDLgyP1f6UOmDFds_S0AxDyvvdmrchebALJwzEny0N0NxZ9G2eIUU_Fx77cRm1G-rBVcT6a/s200/old-circus-photo.jpg" width="158" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Finally, the circus is in town again. So this morning I was all exited and went to see a show. The best part was definitely when awesome looking women in bright-coloured clothes danced around and made a huge pyramid. This may sound plain to others, but I live in a country where there are no chearleaders, so I don't see human pyramids every day. And I don't like acts with animals in it because I'm against animals in a circus.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But I think circuses always have something magical. A group of people travelling and performing together. The anticipation of the audience when it's almost starting. And their creativity. I mean, look at the sparkling clothes and the amazing performences. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">My little sister used to be so scared of the circus when she was younger, that during the first act she cried, then she fell asleep. She slept through all the noise and the entire orchestra that was playing, until the tigres and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">lions came in. She liked that part. And when the tigre and lion act was over, she fell asleep again. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I also like it when fashion reminds me of the circus. That colourfull, playfull creativity of the circus is sometimes showed on the catwalk. </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But there's another way to remember our two weeks of China, and that's when I surf to style.com. Because Asia stormed the catwalk the past seasons. Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Alberta Ferretti (spring 2011), Ralph Lauren</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, Derek Lam, Manish Arora... You can find a hint of Asia in many collections. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I particulary like the coat by Derek Lam, because it also shows the pureness and simplicity that all Chinese people seem to radiate. Did you know elderly Chinese often go to parks in the morning to practise Tai Chi? I think it looked really calming. Maybe I should try it sometime... (ok I'm not going to do it anyway. Get up earlier before school to practise Tai Chi? I think I prefer sleeping, also very calming).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">During our stay in China, we visited the cities Chengdu, Wuhan, Guilin, Yangshuo and Hong Kong. To me, China is the country of differences. Tropical rainforests, deserts, mountains and plains. The Chinese are so into rituals, but at the same time they destroy their beatiful original houses to build giant flats.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Also great wealth (I've never seen a Chanel store that big, and a Louis Vuitton shop in a giant Louis suitcase) and extreme poverty. People living in flats with 'cages' in front of the windows, trash everywhere, and children playing around in dirty clothes right opposite my hotel made me really think about how lucky I am.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But this is not a time for preaching, and I like to remember the happy sides of China (I'm such a hypocrite).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I think the hair is so pretty, I wish I had hair like that! Every time I tell myself my hair should grow longer, but after a certain amount of time I think it looks dull and I cut it off...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The other picture is a man in the streets of Yangshuo, who's selling flutes. His hat looks (almost) exactly like the hat from Alberta Ferreti!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">There's another funny thing about the fashion & beauty culture in China. We keep trying to make our skin tanned, but sadly the result is always yellow or orange. Or tanned in an army-camouflage way. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">In China it's the other way around. Instead of tanning lotion, the shops sell creams that make your skin whiter! In China being tanned means that you've worked on the land, and that means you're poor. Also, the models in adverts in China are mostly Western-looking. So women see this and want to be white too. I wish this was popular over here as well, because then I wouldn't have to be ashamed to walk around with my toothpaste-coloured legs. Or try to find a glimpse of sun to sit in.</span></span><br />
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