Gifts for myself

Fashion meets art: renowned Cuban artist Ruben Toledo and fashion photographer Ruven Afanador captured the high-fashion spirit in the Nordstrom ad campaign for summer 2008. Toledo painted the walls to create a series of fascinating black-...

Audrey Kawasaki’s artworks are based on splendid contradictions. Her painted heroines and heroes are erotic and innocent, young but wise, disturbingly beautiful, intentionally ambiguous. Audrey’s style is influenced by...

I adore handmade designs; they send out so much of the creator's personality. As I laid my eyes on these gorgeous rings from Colleen Baran I just knew I had to have one. Colleen is a Canadian artist working in jewelry, photography and book-works, with a...

One rich source of inspiration for fashion designers is the vast cultural heritage of all countries around the world. Reinterpreting the folk costume has always been a challenging task and the folk trend comes back to attention every now and then.

Sure, pinstripes are still fashionable, suitable for business attire or for a forties style chic outfit.

But the big news is this: bold, colourful, shiny stripes look very stylish. They were seen on jackets, dresses,...

Looking on eBay for something alike I stumbled upon Patty Boutique shop and some great stuff on sale.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Every fall season the classic trench comes to everyone’s attention. And fashion designers come up with...

Not only Alberta Ferretti was inspired by Ancient Rome for her spring 2008 collection. Many other designers sent on the runway their own versions over the classics. The last season's one-shoulder dress became lovely draped toga-like tunics, mini dresses...

Played a little with Polyvore, again...

Bright blue...golden yellow...short hem...ruffles...oxfords. Only a strong, high self-esteem woman could wear such a clash outfit and that led me to a Diva look - 80s style.

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I think that a real must have for this spring, before any other "imperatives" fashion editors will tout about, is a good raincoat. But utility doesn't have to mean unfashionable, just take a look at this cute and very stylish laminated linen trench. It has...

I admit that, until now, I did not have a very good opinion on diamond jewelry - I don't know why but I just always related them with a lack of taste, useless starlets (a.k.a. footballers' wives) and a cruel way of showing ones wealth (something like...

Lithuanian artist Natalie Shau is focusing on beautiful and dark heroines, disturbing little girls in rococo settings, solitary witches and sad ballerinas, haunting visions and nightmares brought all together in digital...

I simply love Kristiana Pärn's drawings. Her cute forest animal-characters make me think of children books and imagine all sorts of stories like the unlikely couple taking a stroll (lady badger with mister rabbit) or the little bear...

Jewelry eco-artisan Joanna Cave, brought up on a Cycladic island by her Greek mother and English father, perfected her style after studying jewelry design in London. Her refined minimalist pieces are an organic abstractization of all her...

I love the colorful, cheerful, whimsical aesthetic of Kron by KronKron shoes. They look like coming right out of the Wonderland after being on a Galapagos adventure and on an African safari. The thick soles and heels make them...