Cannes Festival

I am back! It's been a while since I've made some new post, but here I am again, with my favorite gowns of Cannes Festival 2014.

As probably most of you know, Cannes International Film Festival is an annual event held in Cannes, France, which previews new films from varied categories. The most prestigious price for the best film is called "Golden Palm" and it's given from a jury. Unfortunately the event is non-public which means that only the greatest celebrities, movie stars, producers etc. so in other words the cream of society is able to participate.
Where there is a big even there are beautiful gowns as well as hair styles, sparkling shoes and inlaid diamond necklaces. Handsome actors with a company of their pretty wives, gossips, new relationship of stars, extravagant, bizarre but still stunning outfits, and of course new films we, plane people, are waiting for for another "ages" (YES! I meant "The Mockingjay"). I think all of us love Cannes Festival. Fashion loves it the most!

Here are some gorgeous and unforgettable gowns beloved by me and the world of fashion.

1. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Gucci at the premiere of "The Search"
Generally I found her dresses the most beautiful ones this year. I believe I loved all of them, but that one from Gucci is especially eye-catching and delicate. It perfectly combines with Rosie's complexion and hair color and it is metallic, so nothing more in style! It is worth adding that probably Rosie would look perfect in everything since she is gorgeous :)

2. Cara Delevingne in Roberto Cavalli; De Grisogono "Fatale in Cannes" party
Of course I have to mention my all time favorite model, because I wouldn't be me if I didn't.
Completely different from Rosie outfit, but that bohemian dress is so Cannes' to me! Small ornaments, sexy cut out on the back and unique monkey necklace are creating perfect light but chick look.

3. Arlenis Sosa in (my beloved) Ellie Saab at Chopard party
I feel like I love white right now, and stars love white too! It is great as it will always be in favor. I adore the gown, how it is sewed and also the material of it. What is more the 'royal' jewelry is simply wonderful.
(should I be more strict? I think I just can't in those cases!)

And now people!

This year I was delighted by cocktail and evening dresses of Blake Lively. You know that I love her style and I wasn't disappointed at all. All of her outfits were perfect (actually she's almost always perfect, but whatever)

When it comes to disappointments I have to mention Jennifer Lawrence. Her Dior dresses and a playsuit were just OK. Nothing more, and I am kind of mad at her since I was expecting more. She look great, especially in that playsuit with golden belt arounf her waist. Nevertheless it is not what I was waiting for.

Most of the photos were taken from official Harper's Bazaar's site

Two or three of them were taken from random sites, found on Google graphics.

I hope you enjoyed that short review of Cannes Festival's outfits. Which was your personal favorite? 

Kisses!

Stay weird.

I can say that now when I became more self-confident 'Stay Weird' becomes my new life-motto. Feeling good with ourselfs is one of the most important things EVER.

But there is no need to repeat that over and over again, as I write about that in every single post :)

Here are some funny photos which were taken yesterday in my living room, where photo studio was instantly created.

When it comes to my inspiration I must mention Cara Delevingne. But, and what is important, I only took inspiration! I wasn't trying to look similar or what is more identical since firstly I see no point in the need of looking exactly the same and secondly it is obviously impossible. What was essential to me? Having fun and getting more comfortable in front of the camera. I looked through dozens of  her photos to have wider view on generally models job. I searched more about portraits, different face expressions and modeling. I also checked some interviews with Cara connected strictly with posing to photos and working with a photographer . By trying over and over again I achieved results that I enjoy and I hope that you do too! 

Photos from Cara's official facebook page.

+ Yes, Cara is my favorite model. I am aware that she's extremely popular nowadays, but actually I know lots of models, and Cara was spotted by me quite recently. I don't follow trends neither of models nor designers. I simply like what I see and enjoy not facts that something is on top today as it might be on the very bottom tomorrow, but I will still like it.

All of my photos were taken by Maatzey

Kisses weirdos! 

Catwalk and High End Fashion

Everyone who's interested in fashion dreams about having Chanel bag or Jimmy Choo high heels. I am fairly sure they do.
As long as I love making clothes from the old ones, exploring my mum's pieces and looking for bargains at the mall, I also wish to have some high end 'pearls' in my collection.

Some of the designers, models and random people photoed on a Paris' streets are my big inspiration when it comes to fashion.
I try not to follow trends blindly. I do not like most of strange looking clothes from catwalks actually. But I looked at recent fashion shows of my favorites brand and designers and actually enjoyed many of outfits.
Here are the photos of the best in my opinion

From left side: Burberry Spring 2014, Roberto Cavalli Spring 2014, Hermès Fall 2014 and again Burberry Spring 2014 (photos taken from vogue.com)

I get inspired from way too many movies. But the major inspiration was and will be always Blair Waldorf, played in Gossip Girl by Leighton Meester.

Her style is very characteristic however it always stay classy (not particularly simple). There are few looks of her that wouldn't work without the strong confidence Leighton put into the Blair's character. That is what I adore in High End fashion. Confidence is a think, which everyone is able to see by only looking at a person.
Of course I generalize facts, but I strongly believe that clothes always go with features of character and may help creating good impression or destroy it completely, when people don't know how connect those two things. Feeling precious help being confident. And we ourselfs create prizes of what we wearing (of course, with Burberry coat it would be WAY easier to feel that, but still it is not essential)

Photos taken from pinterest.com

Another real lady among people is Blake Lively. She's very unique but still classy. For me, you can feel positive energy from all of her photos. Outfits she creates (or, when it comes to photo sessions, are created for her) are nice especially for me, as she's my height and I can tell precisely if something she wears would look good on me. Her figure convinced me also to wear high heels more often. (still, Vans are my biggest love, but they are completely out of topic :DD)

Photos taken from pinterest.com

England loves her. World is talking about her good taste in fashion. Yes, I am talking about Kate Middelton and her royal clothes made in heaven. She's perfection for me. Combining traditional English style with newest trends right from the designer seems to be so easy for Kate! 

Photos taken from pinterest.com

And now let's talk about wish list. I assume every fashion lover has one. Such a wish list is also kind of essentials I would choose if I had too money to spend :))

1. Chanel Flap Bag with golden details. 

Such bag is like a business card that shows you are classy and tasteful! I love how simply it is. It may be worn either for some dressy occasions or to spice up casual outfit.

2. Burberry trench coat + check cashmere scarf

Again, that is a piece of clothing that matches everything and will be worn very often. It will help you to keep look subtle. As for me, I would choose the longer one from West Minster, classic fit in honey color + classical colored scarf.

3. High heels from Jimmy Choo.

Either they are black or nude, as long as they are pumps, they are perfect mach for all clothes. I would choose nude Anouk ones, but it's just my choice (all of them are perfect)

4. Tiffany & Co. Heart Key Pendant
Breakfast at Tiffany may be the best breakfast ever! Who don't want to have so classic one in their collection?

5. Marc Jacob's watch.

Last, but definitely not least! Big gold watch from Marc Jacobs will look perfect even with white shirt and jeans! 

All photos from Wish List were taken from original designers' websites.

Enough for dreaming! It's time to come back to reality. I hope you like my view on catwalk's fashion. For those who do not enjoy High End clothes and that kind of classic style I will make a post connected with high street clothing and best chain stores in which you can purchase clothes of good design and quality.

Kisses!

Favorites ★

I came across an idea for a new posts series. I want to show you some of my favorites recent things, shows, people and music that I like.
I hope you will like it, let's begin!

1. MUSIC
I know, that I am probably the last person who did not know about Spotify. But that is the true. I had no idea that web page and phone application existed. And now I'm loving that!
The best section is, in my opinion, Chill and Working out and the Traveling one. For last days I've enjoyed (and I still do) this kind of music, that is hard to define, not anything characteristic but still touching for me.
I looove songs that give me shivers even though they are not at high level of quality :)

So those are probably my favorites ones (especially 'Welcome Home'! Gosh, I love it so much)

Radical Face- Welcome Home

Lana del Rey- Once upon a Dream

Eddie Vedder- Long nights

  2. TV SERIES
Despite my old addiction to Pretty Little Liars and How I met your Mother I found a new one!
I am watching ER with my mum. I doubt that anyone in my age would like to watch that, but can I just say, that I do not care, 'cause it is pretty amazing!
If someone like medical series, that one is terrific and I strongly recommend to take a look at at least two episodes.
+ dr. John Carter is absolute perfection!

I might become photo editor! My skills are stunning, aren't they?

3. YOUTUBERS

YouTube takes most of the time I spend in the Internet. I usually find someone new from time to time and watch all (and when I say all I really mean it) of their videos.

That was when I subscribed to Jamie's channel. 

Jamie's World is so ridiculous and hilarious that I forget about everything bad. Seriously I can watch her short videos for ever and I laugh at every single one.

Then I found out that she has a Facebook page too... I guess I have too much time when I count hours I've spent on watching Jamie Curry. But I recommend her channel! She's brilliant :)

Jamie's World YouTube

Jamie's World Facebook

Second person that I've been enjoying watching is Ella Rose. I found her longboarding channel about one year ago but I've never got more deep into that.

A few days ago I re-subscribed her as I liked her tips very handy. Then I saw, she has another two channels, she's very smart and has great sense of humor. 

On her not longboarding channels she's showing 'everything and nothing', but still I found her fantastic to watch!

+ what she's doing on her longboard is amazing, I can watch her doing tricks and sliding for hours and she's motivating me to do more in that direction :)

Ella LongboardUK

Ella Rose Howlett

Ella Rose

4. SPORT

Yes, I love boards. Snowboarding is still being some kind of mystery to solve as I have only week per year to practice but I fell in love with that winter sport last year and I can't wait to snowboard again (unfortunately, the week of winter break has gone). 

In that case beautiful, sunny weather is blessing. I can longboard! I practice a lot and I'm trying to go everywhere with my Penny Board as it's not very hard to pack her. For that moment I'm waiting for new deck to come so I could go on that more often (every day, I hope!).
There are so many web sites, videos and people that motivate me to longboard that I love it even more every day!
LGS Poland
Longboard Girls Crew

These are simple perfection!!!

Go longboard guys! It is wonderful feeling I guarantee that :)

That would be the end I think! Hope you like it, 

Kisses xoxo

Vintage inspirations and Spring time!

 

I really do love winter, but when the weather is more sunny and warm after days of frost, snow and chill I feel revived. In these days I like to wander around my neighborhood, walk with my dog in the park or sit on a pier and read or just watch people passing by the road.

Spring is also very inspiring when it comes to fashion. People take off their heavy coats, chunky scarfs and hats. I don't know why, but they start to look better for me. Lighter and even happier.

 My recent big inspiration was 50s' fashion. I watched dozens of old photos and magazines available in the Internet. It became my little obsession, and while I was organizing my wardrobe for a warmer part of a year I started to create some looks matching my vintage love.
As always I do not want to feel anonymous, so I took that in consideration and created the look which you can see on a photos. I feel very comfy and self-confident in that. Again, if I wanted to name brands of this clothes it would be impossible as they mostly come from old wardrobes of my Granny and Mum.

Along with vintage fashion obsession I re-watch some of my favorite old movies. Mostly the main character is played either by Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe since their films I enjoy watching the most and they are absolute classic for me.

And last but not least is music. As you probably know for a past few months I've been listening to old jazz music like crazy. Recently I started to get more calm with that, but still I can pick some best songs in that style.

All the photos, despite the film posters, and old 50s shoots, has been taken by Maatzey

Ukrainian protests

It has started on November 2013. Citizens of Ukraine went on streets to protests against the dictatorship of the government.
They've protested mostly in Kiev in center of that capital city called Maidan.  Through that time, since November there were some louder protests that has been announced in evening news. But mostly nobody remembered that they are in Maidan every day. Ukrainians stay there and strike.

Recently it has been worse. The local police started to fight with a crowd. They started to injure and killl. Everyday we can count more and more victims of these protests. Now people protest in Lviv on the boarders and in other cities. They want to inform the world and change something. I am so impressed by the fact no one from the opposition agreed to first compromise if we can call that a compromise. 

They want to be free from politicians who don't work for the welfare of the state but because of the governmental agreement with Russia they work for their own work insurance and keeping the position.

The state power killed 60 people today. These people participated in creating new system among the Ukrainian citizens. They were innocent as everybody has the right to be free and that is what they were fighting for.
The police got the order to open fire with citizens. To bit them and, no matter what will happen, to stop their actions.
But they are still fighting and our task, as for people who are sitting now in warm houses with a cup of hot tea, is to tell the world about what is happening now in Kiev.
Let's donate the money to Maidan foundation. Let's speak for them. Let's do something. Let's pray.
Do not let the state power murder these brave people.
Stay informed not to be indifferent
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv/euromaidan-rallies-in-ukraine-feb-19-live-updates-337098.html
http://www.tvn24.pl/raporty/protesty-na-ukrainie,736 (if you are from my country)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26252679

Share that, show the world you care!

Baby it's cold outside. Coconut cookies and jazz music.

I take a big pleasure from days like this! It is just so wonderful outside when the temperature goes under -10 degrees, everything is covered by snow and I can literally feel my breath is freezing.

As the days are still quite short and during the weekend I have many things to do, it is hard to catch a little bit of sunlight. That is why my winter photos are taken in the night in black and white colors only.

I am wearing chunky colorful scarf, furry hat matching the fake fur on my warm coat and leather gloves in deep yellow. It is nice combination for really cold days and I feel very comfortable in it.

For me, winter is very inspiring season, since we can sit under the blanket, with a cup of hot tea and good book or laptop full of new ideas!

It is also nice to have some manual work to do in case not to get bored. During the wintertime I enjoy sewing (I am so bad at it, but still it is nice to improve our skills), drawing and baking.

I believe my favorite (very quick and easy) recipe is for coconut cookies. 

To make them we need:

* two egg's whites 

*one cup of sugar

*1/4 packet of butter

*200g of desiccated coconut

*few drops of vanilla flavor

Firstly, we have to create a foam from egg whites. When we have it done, we should leave it in a fridge and melt the butter into a small pot. After the butter is melted we should slowly add sugar and mix it until it's combined.

Then, we pour our coconut to the mixture and again, we gently mix it.

We should remember to leave our pot for a few minutes to cool it a little bit. After that time, egg foam is ready to add into the pot. I would say, it is the most important part as we have to stir it pretty well as there will be no loose parts of the mixture. 

Now we only have to put our cookies on a baking paper and pre-heat our oven (about 220 degrees).

Bake your cookies 10 to 15 minutes (it depends on how big they are). Don't eat them when they are hot since the might be a little bit too soft!

Mmm, delicious : )

During winter I also like to move into old times. Thanks to music and films it isn't very hard to do! Currently I listen to old jazz music recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Louis Armstrong. Also, the song which names I've putted in the title of that post is something I recommend everyone to listen to.

When it comes to films my favorite one from January is Anna Karenina from 1997. Sophie Marceau was stunning as Anna. Also costumes, music and the whole arrangement of that film was just perfect to me.

If you haven't watched that one or you've seen newer version with Keira Knightley, you should watch the one from 90s, believe me!

All photos were taken by Maatzey.

I think it will be end of that post. I hope that you liked photos and you will enjoy my recommendations. 

What do you like about winter? Do you find cold weather nice or rather not?

The Prom Night.

Last night the senior year in my school (including me) had a prom. Everything was so perfect! It took place in very nice and spacious building. The dinner was great, served by very smart stuff. We had a glass of champagne for each one of us, and we could use the smorgasbord all night.
Dancing was of course fun also, and with help of fantastic DJ it was even better. 
In assumption, it was terrific experience. 

And now, something about what I was wearing and how I looked like in general. When I had bought my dress I wasn't precisely thinking about the look I want to achieve. All I had know was that I want to keep my outfit very classy.

Then my mom offered to lend me her furry stole to keep me a little bit warmer. So I had more clear idea what I want to create. I matched a pair of short velvet gloves. Then I found a pearl necklace and bracelet. At the very end I've decided to go for a pair of seamed stockings to keep my outfit in a vintage style.
When I went to hairdresser with a photo of my outfit she suggested me hairstyle in the style of 20s. I really liked it so I had that one done. 
As for makeup I wanted to keep light. A little bit of neutral eye shadow and eye liner wing with plummy lipstick looked very nice.
I really enjoyed creating that look and I will never forget my Prom Night!
How do you like it?

All photos were taken by Maatzey.

The analysis of a brand – H&M. Part 1

H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) shops are easy to find everywhere. They are best known from low prices and good quality. Also, the brand has been working with many famous designers and celebrities, has participated in a lot of charity and ecologic projects.

The company has been created in Sweden, and first shop appeared on a high street of Västerås in 1947.

Today we can find H&M's clothes in 43 countries all over the world.

H&M world map.    300+ stores    200+ stores    100+ stores    50+ stores    20+ stores    10+ stores    1+ stores    Upcoming stores

Data taken from wikipedia.com

The clothes are produced in a variety of styles and sizes. The collection is usually separated to a few concepts such as L.O.O.G, H&M+, Divided or &Denim in purpose of customizing outfits to the wide range of customers.

The brand of H&M is provided with many different types of clothes. You can be sure that when you are looking for some occasional dress, casual slippers or vintage style accessories you will find that in H&M.

That shop has the literally the biggest multiplicity of products. If someone would choose to dress up only in one place, including pajamas, shoes and underwear, that could be H&M.

When it comes to prices there is also a large diversity. There is possibility to choose cheaper options or if we can avoid that, some more expensive ones. The quality of materials is not always connected with a price. We are not obligated to buy only the pieces that are more pricey to be satisfied with a purchase.

In addition to that, it is also worth saying, that the company offers their customers sales up to 70% (which is not very usual thing in Poland) and some special occasions when we can buy for example 3 pieces in price of two.

As for problems of changing some clothes to other size, returning them to shop or dealing with manufacturing defects I've never experienced any problems. The company is obligated to accept the return or exchange in 28 days after showing the receipt.

There was one situation, when I wanted to buy a shirt but they had only one piece in my size and it had a stain on a collar.

The lady from stuff gave me some sign on a receipt. She told me that I have to wash that shirt and if the stain will remain I can return it without any problems.

I was very positively shocked since it is common in clothing shops to create some problems against the customer.

So, I said quite a lot terrific things about brand. Now I want to go to the tinier part of that analyse.

Does H&M have any weak sides? Of course it has.

When it comes to quality I am not always very satisfied. Surely, I have some pieces which materials are perfect quality. Buy sadly, it happens that I buy a pair of leggings and I end up with a big whole on my knee after two or three workouts.

It also occur, clothes are fading too quickly.

As I said before, the quality of stuff is not connected with the price. That the think, that sometimes confuse me. I can never be sure, if the think that I am currently buying will last for year or a month.

Second disadvantage I can spot every time I try something on is the variety of actual sizes under the name of one.

Sometimes I can fit in 36(8). It happened that I bought trousers in size 42 (16) and they were also perfectly fine.

Medium can be like large and large can be like extra small. You always have to check, if the size is accurate to the actual size of your body. For me, it is annoying and I don't like it. 

Photo is taken from google.com

(That was the first part of my analysis. In the following one I will write about shop itself. How does it look like, is it comfortable to shop in that, how about changing rooms and stuff. I also want to post some pictures of clothes from H&M )

About art, drawing and creating.

I like to draw without any rules. Of course it is important to improve skills, but sometimes I just feel I want to draw and I do it. I don't care if it is good or bad as I am aware there are many way more skilled people around me. I am satisfied when myself and people close to me enjoy looking at what I created. That is the only think I need to keep drawing!

From time to time I plan very carefully the final effect I want to obtain. That situation occurred when I was drawing the eye above the text. I just wanted nice picture with straight eye liner line. But I couldn't make the perfect "wing" at the very end. I wanted to quit because the draft was blank and boring. So I left my sketch book and opened YouTube.

There I came across that fantastic and very creative animated short film.

And I just added the figure of a women on a eyelid. Then a tree and a full moon. Simple as that. I am aware it is not a masterpiece, but I really like it :)

What is more about that film, I find it really touching and beautiful. I strongly recommend all of you to watch it since is extremely innovative and unique. I am positive you will like it!

When it comes to the second draft don't ask me what it is because I have completely NO idea.

I was just very very bored while sitting at home and being ill again. And I did that. It is very abstract, so I enjoy that.

All drafts were drawn by me. To first and the second one I've used HB pencil and to two others black chalk in wood I believe.

The third and fourth draft were created while listening to new Zaz album. I find french music in that style very light and nice to listen when I am just relaxed and positive. It always make me smile, even though I can remember how badly I felt when I had to learn some new french words and grammatical structures for my french classes.

When I am in good mood I can draw everything what comes to my mind. So it can be a little bit melancholic also. I am talking about the first one inspired by books about Narnia (I really like the technique used in those books and since I was little I really like looking at the picture of the castle).

I can say that drawing is for everybody. When you practice you find your own style. It doesn't need to be perfect and professional.  Nobody will judge you because you drew something like a 8 year old kid. As far as you enjoy showing yourself your emotions, feelings and conceptions on a white paper I believe it is perfect hobby!

Kisses,

I.

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