Photo source: Vala by Henrik Adamsen for Z!nk Magazine
(September 2010) Editorial: Army Of Love
Everything looks better
dressed in pearls doesn't it darlings? A cupcake, a hair clip, shoes, a shirt collar or an iPhone – pearls add instant glam and sophistication to any item. I would
even call a long strand of pearls a dressing item on its own, at a special
setting with some red lipstick, sky high heels and a candle light of
course...all for a very special person J
Last week I wrote a column for Female.hr about my closet staple pieces and added a word or two about accessories, mentioning my favorite black woolen hat and pearl earrings among other things.
Classic pearl earrings and one strand pearl necklace are as classic and as
timeless as a little black dress or black stilettos. Every woman should start
of her jewelry collection with some basic pearl pieces, no matter if they are
your mums, grandmas or your ex bought them for you – girl should never get rid
of her pearls.
Here are some inspirational
pieces which I found while browsing for pearly perfections. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. How
often do you wear pearls lovelies?
"Mademoiselle Chanel had a secret affinity with pearls, often
wearing them as a talisman.“
I recently came across a website of a young Italian company Neronote, it is a new online clothing brand which manufactures tailor made and customizable shirts. It manufactures tailor made shirts in Italy, which can be all customized in every detail.
The Neronote's
website has been realized to offer the customer a new user experience. In
every step there are lots of detailed explanations, and buying a shirt will
become a whole new personal and quite an intimate experience as it uses the
approach which crosses the barriers of the standardization.
Neronote makes shirts basically in a classic "men's
style" however many ladies have became their customers as they play with
boy like style. This is why Neronote has introduced the option of left
buttoning for the ladies. New options will be purposely added as well, like
fancy buttons.
Neronote wants to serve a really wide variety of men, of
different ages, body types, styles, cultures, social statuses. They don't have,
and don't want, anything like "the ideal customer".
This is why they opted for a communication mostly centered on
lifestyles and gestures that link the life's moments with shirts, rather than
iconic people. For instance they have the groom with a white shirt
holding the hand of his soon to be spouse, the precise man
with a classic shirt adjusting his tie knot, or the cool guy holding a glass of
wine at a social event.
Shirts standard sizes are up to 49 (20"), while „made to measures“ they can reach about the equivalent of a 54. Your customised shirt can be purchased online but you can also send a digital gift card to your man to choose his own shirt style.
To be sure of your true size here are the quite handy self measuring
instructions and the video bellow.
Real communication can help us prevent
all that frustration,
So let’s skip all that accusations and created
irritations,
Let’s focus on US and building our relation.
If there will be taboos, hiding things
will just make us bruise.
The point of love is to share good and
the bad,
Being honest will never make anyone sad.
If we think this can be love,
If we feel that we fit like a hand and a
glove,
We can make it for sure,
If we stay together, together we’ll endure.
And...all of that distance...
can surely be beaten by
our emotions and our persistence.
All photos are property of
Rugby RL, source: here.
In my last post writing
about Rugby Ralph Lauren finally opening their first European store here in
Europe (London) I immediately wrote a disclaimer about not being able to be
totally objective when commenting on this brand since it grew quite close to my
heart when I worked there couple of years back. I loved it all, magical window
displays, company’s social responsibility and projects, super cool &
tremendously creative team of people I worked with and brands edgy-preppy
clothes of course.J
At the time I worked at University
Place store in NYC, Rugby was a bit more edgy featuring all of those fabulous fashion
forward dresses, basic Ralph Lauren pieces spiced up with edgy sculls,
collegiate patches creating classic but also rebellious and rockerish young look.
My favorite pieces many of
which I still wear are many, most of my closet is filled with Ralph Lauren
pieces with favorite being: Rugby skinny jeans, distressed leather valets and
belts, cashmere sweaters and cardigans, cable knit sweaters for work in pastel
colors, classic gold button navy blazer, rugby dresses and scull tote and of
course lovely bow ties and suspenders.
Even one of the world’s most
popular fashion bloggers Susie Bubble likes to wear Rugby’s scull chinos.
Photo source here.
Rugby’s spring collection
will hit it stores on January 31stin all of its locations in US and
London in Europe but it is already available for purchase online.
„It's the kind of clothes that mothers and
daughters can wear, in terms of concept...
It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's
about lifestyle.
I believe women of all ages can wear anything.“
Ralph Lauren
..then not to wear my
jewelry and heels. Here I am not talking about costume jewelry which I used to
wear piece at the time over dark dresses to showcase it more while I interned
in Showroom Seven where amazingly creative Karen Erickson worked on designing
her jewelry.
My lifestyle and work
environment has changed significantly with my move back to Europe. From working
in a NYC's fashion industry to Croatian office of multinational company
consumer goods PR position, my jewelry and the way of dressing transitioned
from high fashion to classic preppy Ralph Lauren. With finally settling as
being mostly casual, mood and work dependant mix of RL pieces which I wear on
my formal work days, up to rock&rollish and warm color silks, satins to
finally feminine dresses for the evening.
All listed, most of the
times I wear decorated with my favorite, usually yellow and white gold jewelry
pieces most of which are very personal, sometimes spiritual and quite discreet.
Each piece has a memory, a story locked inside of it, which comes out with
every compliment someone gives me on the account of my interesting jewelry
pieces.
Here is my inspirational
board for this post.
“For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like you to clap your hands to
this one;
the rest of you can just rattle
your jewelry!”
John Lennon
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