London&Paris

Here's my today's outfit. You can't see me in black very often but today is one of these days when I'm (almost) all in black. Wearing my new sheer cardigan I scored yesterday.

Since Celine has been becoming one of my favourite fashion houses recently I couldn't been more happier when I found this black Celine coat from thrift store. It's simple and warm but exactly what I need because seems that Estonian summer isn't still here.



/I'm wearing: coat - Celine/thrifted, wolf tee and sheer cardigan - thrift store, armour ring - by Benjamin, wedges - Vagabond/

But before I'm off to a photo shoot I decided to tell you about two books I've read recently. Both are from same series, it means that Estonian people who have moved out from Estonia are telling stories about their lives aboard. 

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Minu London (My London) by Anu Samarüütel-Long (be sure to check out her amazing and very inspirational blog - FashionSaboteur)

Wow, I was very excited when I heard about "Minu London" (My London) coming out and that it's written by a fashion designer. Enough to get me interested in. I finished the book with one day it was wonderful. Anu moved to London to study fashion design in Saint Central Martins and for me the chapters about life in school were the most interesting.  Whole book is full of humorous memorys and quirky details about life in London. It's one of these books you can't put down before you're finished and after all gives you a positive feeling!
It also works great as a travel guide if you have already seen or just not interested in usual sigthseeing Buckingham-Big Ben-London bridge. So be sure to read the book before going to London! I would bring out some places to visit but Susie from Stylebubble has already made a wonderful map of London must-go stores and boutiques:
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I also went to the book presentation where Anu told us even more stories and showed loads of photos which weren't in book. I even got my book signed;)
Loe katkendeid raamatust - siin.

Minu Pariis (My Paris) by Urmas Väljaots

Well, it was my third time to read the book and it gets better with every time! Paris, I mean. The book has always been nice reading - funny and enjoyable. It brings out all the discomforts about living in Paris but you'll still love it because - it's Paris!

Both books are available at Rahvaraamat, Apollo and Petrone Print.

sun goddess

And now I'm in a headband making mood. Here's a new one, this time with little golden bullet casings. Get it here. I can also list up some more spiked headbands if you're interested.

DIY Rodarte fall 2010 shoes

I still can't get over how amazing are these Nicholas Kirkwood shoes for Rodarte fall 2010 (1145€ at LuisaViaRoma). Heel looking like covered with melted candle wax is stunning and also pretty DIYable! I decided to try this candle wax thing... though my version isn't definitely that cool and I'm still craving for original version.

But let's start from very beginning. Last week I received huge trash bag full of shoe samples from Vagabond/Bronx/Blink dealer here in Estonia. They thought maybe I want to use shoes as material (leather, chains, zippers, studs and so on) to create something new or try redesigning them. Otherwise these would have been burnt, because shoe samples are actually totally useless. So now.. I have loads of shoes in my room.. and it smells like a shoe store (yuck!). Some of them are from fall 2010 collection and aren't even available for sale yet.
For my luck I got one white shoe by Bronx which was perfect for this Rodarte DIY.


Here it is: (unfortunately I have only one shoe from each pair, as I said - these are just samples)


Start with dripping candle wax. It's easy, just hold a candle and the shoe horizontally.

Actually you can leave it like that but I added some ribbons to make it look more like Rodarte's.

cherrybomb

Oh, I'm total lazy Sunday mood, sitting on my coach wearing big black sweater and watching movies (it's time for the Runaways now). Hopefully I'll do something more useful tomorrow.
But here are some photos we took with Liis on other day, just for fun; ) 

Photo, Retouching, Make-up: Liis Anton
Model, Wardrobe: me

black sweater, leather shorts - thrift store

feather ear cuff - selfmade



striped sweater - selfmade

And I was featured on The Trendy Fashionista blog with my YSL copycat ring. Click here.

DIY Celine spring/summer 2010 dress

After seeing Karmen wearing this lovely dress at Celine SS 2010 show

and after trying on this Celine inspired dress at Mango I decided to DIY.

For that one I grabbed a potato sack looking dress from a thrift store for 1$. I sewed black edges and add a black cord. Eeeeeeeeasy But actually quite time-consuming.



Seems like I'm in a DIY mood, at the moment I'm working on a Rodarte DIY project. And no, it's not a knitting, can you guess what is that?

Teaser

Here's a little teaser for you from the photo shoot I had with Liis Anton today. I have a feeling that photos turned out very great... we'll see.


Here's one older photo by Liis which I haven't showed you yet. Skirt and earrings are made by me, lace body and bag are from thrift stores. Model: Inna


And be sure to check June issue of Anne&Stiil (Estonian women's magazine) because there's shopping guide by me and Liisa from ponyarts.com. There's stores you should definitely check out - boutiques, Estonian designers, thrift stores, vintage - everything.

sticksandstones

On last week I visited Zoology&Geology Museum here in Tartu. I don't know... somehow it felt so inspiring that I decided to take some photos and share with you. The museum itself was mysterious too - dim light, lot of glass cupboards and dead animals staring at you with their glass eyes. I'm not suprise that many designers are inspired in world's fauna, it's just amazing. All those patterns and textures! And I'm not even gonna talk about mineral stones I saw at Geology Museum. I only wish I had skills for making jewelry out of them.

















and some other photos I found on web:

Sorry that I bothered you with photos  of taxidermy and stones, totally not fashion related :D

And two random photos from yesterday:
Trying on some swimming wear @lindex. oh god, swimwear and summer sandals selection here in Tartu is terribly small.. or I'm just too picky.


new sweatshirt and fur tail

And I just want to add that tomorrow I'm going on a class trip to Lithuania for three days. So I can't update either reply to your emails. Three days without internet - good for me;)