In the middle of the hottest summer, I feel all yellow, orange and red. 30 degrees in the sun, burning the ground, vividness beyond words. No, nothing left for me to do, but stay.
How poetic.
Flowery shoes: Bianco footwear
Scarf: Charity shop
Maxi skirt: Charity shop
I have to admit I´ve had enough of the 50s vintage - at least
temporarily. I have four 50s dresses which I haven´t worn for over three
months. However, this jumpsuit I like, a lot. It´s easy and relaxed,
but beautfiul. And it suits the restiveness of this high summer.
I found it in a charity shop for four euros.
How perfectly can a song fit to this ambiance? This perfectly.
Hello sweeties, I´m sorry for being so lazy lately - quite untrue in fact, I have been so busy I almost haven´t found time to gasp. My examinations are finally over, yippee!!! And as long as my teachers in mathematics and Finnish can be trusted, I´ll got just the grade I aimed to have - Laudatur.
And yes, you can call me crazy because this outfit really doesn´t make sense! I like it just for that. Maybe it is just me, but trying to mix up something reasonable out of schizophrenic accessories one can find in skip is so enjoyable!
I have to admit I may have been inspired by the latest vintage-meets-pastel-and-neon trend... Just may :D
My in-the-middle-of-growing-project hair is by the way hideous right now. Don´t look at it, please xD
black and white lacy blouse and neon necklace: dived
bracelet dived, ring made out of an old earring and button
dotty socks from fleamarket, shoes Jeffrey Campbell
pink leather mini skirt: second hand
Yep, Prada it is, the source of my outfit inspiration. I don´t like the arrogance, but the collection for this spring does have some witty remarks about the 50s.
I just watched the movie I´ve longed to see for quite a while - Cry Baby. I was told it´s really good and I´m glad to say I was told right. So sparkling! I am not a 50s aficionado - let alone a fan of it´s darkest level rockabilly - but I just have to like Cry Baby because it relishes all possible advantages of going 50s retro and manages to skip the disadvantages. There was not a single red circle skirt with white polkadots (hideous) or pin up tattoos for women (horrendous) to be spotted in this film, just cute leather jackets and scarlet lips. And hectic rock´n roll could never sound good anywhere else than in this film.
I admit I don´t usually like parodies. I hate it when a director can´t make a cinema and ends up with flavouring a crappy copy of some contemporary film with indecent splatter. But Cry Baby isn´t just a parody of Grease and other swanky movies inspired by the 50s. It´s an independent and sensitive piece of work, beautifully absurd and self-ironic. And Johnny Depp is obviously smashing as the protagonist Wade "Cry Baby" Walker.
I know - dislikers may claim that the whole film leans on his charisma. It isn´t entirely untrue. But that is how it is with the Pirates of the Caribbean, too - and pretty much every film he is starring, good and poor. Does it make this film worse? No, I think not. It just makes him better.
In addition, I must say I really admire Kim McGuire who plays Mona "Hatchetface" Malnorowski in the film. Her performance as a saucy drape girl with an almost malformed face is intense and captivatingly unusual. It really made me believe that felicity shouldn´t depend on looks.
