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| in my favourite chair .. i need to get this one day |
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| there is no ikea without meatballs |
Friday, 14 January 2011
at ikea with selma!
awoken.
Just woke up after a good 5 hours sleep after work. I finished at 12pm today because I had an appointment elsewhere and realised that I didn't have any energy left by the time I got home. Had a little shopping spree with my sister too which was fun. Just lying in bed now contemplating whether or not I should turn off my computer straight away and dive under my duvet or if I should stay up and read a bit more until I get reaaaaally tired again. Might have a better nights sleep then?
I have long had a passion for fairy tales (I don't believe that they are only for when you are a child). Fairy tales speculate upon a lot of current matters in the world .. connecting them with ancient folklore to give it a more attractive approach. There is a lot of moral attached to them and that's the main reason I like to read them. Have you ever thought about Cinderella? At the end of the story you realise that her beauty would have been useless if it wasn't for her fairy god-mother, cleaverly pointing out the importance of social connections. Or The Princess and the Pea? The princess showed up at the castle in raggidy torn clothes and an all together messy appearance .. so she wasn't classed as a princess. Yet after passing her test they understood she was a true princess. Moral behind this story is to not judge people by what they look like and that first impressions don't always have to be correct. And I probably don't even need to get into the meaning behind all the events in Alice in Wonderland?
Other fairy tales outline more gruesome qualities such as the prince in Snow White, who kisses her dead cold body to revive her from the dead. Necrophila? Or the evil queen, who actually is Snow Whites real mother. It speaks about a parents jealousy for her young and beautiful children.
Either way discussions about sagas like these can be endless and that's the main reason I get attracted to them. I have always wanted to get a tattoo based upon something metaphorical like this. Like the symbols of the card decks (used in AiW for instance). Something about the unexpected and random nature of our lives and the fact that you never know what's around the corner. In contradiction to this you will be able to live your life in a better way if you play your cards right .. Right?
Ok .. enough with the deep analysis' now. I really need to go to bed as I am stepping into my own tale of re-merchandising our entire full price area tomorrow morning at 7am!
Sleep tight people! / P. x
.. and don't worry dad .. I'm not getting a tattoo :)
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| my favourite collection of fairy tales |
I have long had a passion for fairy tales (I don't believe that they are only for when you are a child). Fairy tales speculate upon a lot of current matters in the world .. connecting them with ancient folklore to give it a more attractive approach. There is a lot of moral attached to them and that's the main reason I like to read them. Have you ever thought about Cinderella? At the end of the story you realise that her beauty would have been useless if it wasn't for her fairy god-mother, cleaverly pointing out the importance of social connections. Or The Princess and the Pea? The princess showed up at the castle in raggidy torn clothes and an all together messy appearance .. so she wasn't classed as a princess. Yet after passing her test they understood she was a true princess. Moral behind this story is to not judge people by what they look like and that first impressions don't always have to be correct. And I probably don't even need to get into the meaning behind all the events in Alice in Wonderland?
Other fairy tales outline more gruesome qualities such as the prince in Snow White, who kisses her dead cold body to revive her from the dead. Necrophila? Or the evil queen, who actually is Snow Whites real mother. It speaks about a parents jealousy for her young and beautiful children.
Either way discussions about sagas like these can be endless and that's the main reason I get attracted to them. I have always wanted to get a tattoo based upon something metaphorical like this. Like the symbols of the card decks (used in AiW for instance). Something about the unexpected and random nature of our lives and the fact that you never know what's around the corner. In contradiction to this you will be able to live your life in a better way if you play your cards right .. Right?
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| a ring i bought last year in japan. slight obsession with suit symbols |
Ok .. enough with the deep analysis' now. I really need to go to bed as I am stepping into my own tale of re-merchandising our entire full price area tomorrow morning at 7am!
Sleep tight people! / P. x
.. and don't worry dad .. I'm not getting a tattoo :)
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
mr bathing ape.
Nigo, the designer and founder of the Bathing Ape has now introduced the company's latest and highly anticipated launch. He has long appreciated the tradition of tailoring and has now created a premium line called Mr Bathing Ape, which is a range of suits, shirts, ties and shoes made to the highest design and production standards. The logo has stayed the same apart from the black gentleman's moustache that has been added. Quite intelligently simple actually (well not the designs .. the logo)!
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| mr bathing ape at united arrows flaghip store in Japan |
Not for my use but i still think its boom!
/ P. x
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
rihannas new perfume: reb'l fleur.
Snapped up a Stylist magazine on my way back home from work and read a quite interesting article about a proffession that you normally don't think about .. yet they produce products we all use everyday: perfumes!
It was a brief summary of the day to day tasks of Ruth Mastenbroek, a perfumer from Buckinghamshire in England that makes scents for a living. In her three years of training she committed over 1000 ingredients to memory and has a perfume lab in her house. It's pretty amazing how all the luxury perfumes that we see everyday in campaign pictures and on the shelves in high-end stores actually start off with someone mixing up ingredients in a lab.
Anyways this is what a learnt:
A perfume is build from three ingredients: a top, middle and base. And the difference between these ingredients are simple. Top notes are citrusy and evaporate from the skin within 15 minutes; middle notes are floral and herbal and can last up to an hour. These could be scents like jasmine and lavender. Base notes are the heavier, muskier scents such as amber and vanilla, which will stay on your skin for hours and hours. Isn't that just absofrikkinlutely cool?
Our favourite Rihanna has also decided to join the mainstream and launch a perfume of her own. Supposely it is very fruity to reflect her Caribbean roots. Unfortunatly the international sale will not happen until later on in the year. I recently decided (well I got it as a gift) to turn back to my own roots and start using Gucci Envy Me. Been smelling the cap for 10 minutes now trying to figure out what the three types of ingredients can be .. but you got me. I best leave that to the proffesionals and instead focus on my own bits. Expanding our full price area massively on Thursday morning so have made huge preparations today and will carry on tomorrow aswell. Bit worried how this is going to go as it is so last minute .. but hopefully it'll be ok. Working a really early shift on Thursday to implement this aswell. It sure is a hard knock life for a VM during this period, with all sale coming off and new Summer/Spring collections hitting the stores. But hey .. instead it only means we only have 5 months left to summer!!
Ciao for now / P. x
It was a brief summary of the day to day tasks of Ruth Mastenbroek, a perfumer from Buckinghamshire in England that makes scents for a living. In her three years of training she committed over 1000 ingredients to memory and has a perfume lab in her house. It's pretty amazing how all the luxury perfumes that we see everyday in campaign pictures and on the shelves in high-end stores actually start off with someone mixing up ingredients in a lab.
Anyways this is what a learnt:
A perfume is build from three ingredients: a top, middle and base. And the difference between these ingredients are simple. Top notes are citrusy and evaporate from the skin within 15 minutes; middle notes are floral and herbal and can last up to an hour. These could be scents like jasmine and lavender. Base notes are the heavier, muskier scents such as amber and vanilla, which will stay on your skin for hours and hours. Isn't that just abso
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| debut perfume reb'l fleur by rihanna. due to hit macy's stores (US) on the 25th January |
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| my baby |
Anyways .. Going to make some concept sketches on some pieces I am working on now and then maybe try to go to bed a bit earlier tonight? We'll see .. Sketches will go up in the blog later.
Ciao for now / P. x
Sunday, 9 January 2011
snap shots from my upcoming collection.
soft palette, double-set
blue palette, double-set
nazar bracelet, silver chain
nazar hand decoration, versatile (work in progress)
love/luck bracelets
Nail design courtesy of my cousin Selma, an amazing upcoming nail designer. Very unique stuff so make sure you check out her blog here.
More to come soon!
Love/ P. x
blue palette, double-set
nazar bracelet, silver chain
nazar hand decoration, versatile (work in progress)
love/luck bracelets
Nail design courtesy of my cousin Selma, an amazing upcoming nail designer. Very unique stuff so make sure you check out her blog here.
More to come soon!
Love/ P. x
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