Photo: Harpers Bazaar editorial/ tale source: The Kevin Dolan
Scorpion had lived on the East side of the river valley for his
entire life, and as he reached his second year, he asked himself what might
await on the other side.
He saw a frog sitting calmly by the river. Scorpion approached carefully, so as not to
frighten the frog, but scorpions are a fearful creature after all and the frog
withdrew into the water.
Scorpion yelled to the frog, “Frog, I am Scorpion and I would
like to cross the river, but I cannot swim!
Can I hop on your back and ride across?”
The frog responded suspiciously, “But you are a scorpion? How am I to know that you will not just sting
me?”
Scorpion thought hard about how he could prove his innocence to
the frog. Perhaps some logic would do
the trick! “My dear frog, if I were to sting
you, I would be left in the middle of the river to drown, for as you know, I
cannot swim!”
Scorpion’s words were enough to convince the frog, so she agreed
to take Scorpion across the river. The
frog swam to the bank and allowed Scorpion to climb atop her back. Scorpion’s claws dug into the frog’s back,
but she didn't mind.
As the frog began swimming across the river, she considered
whether this would be the start of a lifelong friendship between her and
Scorpion.
Just as the frog’s mind was wondering, she felt a sharp pain in
her back. She quickly began to feel her
limbs going numb and her swimming began to slow. She cried out to Scorpion, “Why
have you stung me Scorpion? Now we are both going to drown here in the river!”
Scorpion replied simply, “Frog, I stung you because I am a scorpion.”
Some men are like scorpions. This frog wants to live.
Photo by Frederik Heyman
Recent conversation with couple of my friends on trust and relationships got me thinking. Is love really double-faced? How many of us love with fingers crossed in our pockets? How many people is in relationship with one person with a number of B options just a click away in his/hers cell-phone, notebook, Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp? So when the tough gets going in a relationship you are CLICK gone…and CLICK goes the next one…
I wrote about love and trust
in a number of ways in couple of different posts, going through various stages
in life. It was quite interesting for me to learn how my own views changed with
experience, as I guess there is no other way to learn this lesson but on my own
skin.
Here are the couple of posts
I wrote on this topic…
Still, going through my
current life stage and relationship I find myself going foolishly and naively
all out on a daily basics trying to be positive, loving and thinking that the
other person will equally openly and honestly feel and act towards me, with no
fingers crossed with no B options CLICK away…does he, do they really do the
same?
What should one do when in
doubt? Confront for every little thing? Ask rather than assume? Listen to that
women instinct or let it go?
When I look back and
remember myself when I was a little girl observing my parents well functioning
marriage…wearing crown on my head and princess outfit on a daily basis, acting and
moving like a confident princess trusting each person from the first day we met
– I almost feel guilty telling that same girl with same morals just a bit older
now, to be careful, wiser, to step back and act unlike her character in order
not to get hurt.
When did double face love
got in fashion?
Last 10 days were rather
hectic for me, first I spent four intensive work days in Prague which I closed
with a great cocktail evening with my friend Bojana who lives there, we sat
down at Hilton hotel cocktail bar and hit some rather interesting topics such
as: can we really ever forgive and forget infidelity and break up, can we stay
friends with our ex, how much do women really sacrifice for love (career,
personal growth, dreams etc.) and how often do they really get back in average…cocktails
were great, I was really happy to hear opinion opposite to mine and reasoning
behind it, I am so thankful to have such a diverse group of lady friends.
Right from Prague work week
I flew to Barcelona to support my boyfriend and watch him play, during the day
my friend Nina and I went exploring Barcelona, we ate amazing local food, went
exploring vintage shops by foot, took the tour with tourist bus and each
evening we went to watch our boyfriends game. I tell you, we were more nervous than
they were, an hour before the game we could not eat, we couldn’t sleep the
night before finals, and we lost our voice while cheering and were jumping of
joy when they won the Cup finally after 19th years of not winning
it. I tell you, it’s not easy being athlete’sgirlfriend.
Lastly, we traveled back
couple of hours after the final game together with the team, had a lovely
dinner and well deserved day of rest yesterday. It’s back to reality today.
Stay tuned for some more
great coverage from Spain.
All photos source:www.style.com
As I wrote in my last post,
first thing that came to my mind when I saw the final NYFW FW 2012. schedule was
– that’s to many shows! So I was expecting a collection clutter, mix of fresh
talent and established designers trying to take a side step to differentiate
themselves.
After reviewing the first
day shows I noticed couple of trends, obviously dark colors dominated for fall,
there was lots of dark leather over maxi skirts and dresses, biker jackets over
almost gowns, some lovely velvet gowns by Joshi
Tadashi and super cool black velvet trousers with sheer top by Kimberly Ovitz.
BCBG by Max Azria stayed
true to their lively color block simplicity, I really enjoyed a number of floaty
dresses and office friendly but chic and feminine combinations. Zac Posen did a Z Spoke capsule collection out of which I selected a couple of
super cute red dresses – if you read my blog often you are aware of my love for
red dresses. J
Also, 10 Crosby by Derek Lim
capsule collection was a quite wearable retail collection with lovely details
like a camel colored leather skirt and an amazing wool blazer which you can see
bellow.
My favorite collections of the day however was
rocker chic Kimberly Ovitz collection
– just on the point and styled in the way I would wear them, I also liked couple
of leather pieces from Rachel Comey’s
collection (knee length skirt and a lovely soft leather t-shirt) I would just love
them to be more fitted but all in all quite a wearable collection.
What is your favorite
collection from day #1 lovelies?
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It’s starting
TODAY! New York fashion Week FW 2012!
Ouu how I miss
the adrenalin rush you get during fashion week in NYC! It is everywhere, on the
streets, in media, it’s in the air…its contagious!
Yesterday I
was listening in to IFB conference from work, sad I couldn’t be there in
person, I will for sure make a trip in the fall, it was organized lovely as
usual and I took out couple of really good learning’s on how to improve my
blog, I always get really inspired by the creative energy combined and brought
together at these conferences. They recommended to download a lovely smart
phone application MADE fashion week which makes it so easy for
fashion people to follow the shows – thanks for that, really cool app.
There are tons
of shows scheduled this season in NYC…I got the feeling there might be many
empty seats. What do you think? Should someone (i.e. Ana) make a revision and
decrease the number of shows? Don’t we see a lot of repetition and to many
average collections lately? What’s your take?
Here is the schedule.
February 9
9am // Nicholas K, Studio
10am // Bcbgmaxazria, Theatre
10:30-11:30am // Kaelen, Box
11am // Richard Chai, Stage
1pm // Honor, Studio
2pm // Tadashi Shoji, Stage
2:30-3:30pm // Candela, Box
4pm // Chadwick Bell, Studio
5pm // Joseph Abboud, Pier 57, W 15th St
February 10
10am // Parkchoonmoo, Studio
11am-12pm // Concept Korea, Stage
1pm // General Idea, Studio
2pm // Rebecca Taylor, Stage
2:30-3:30pm // Brandon Sun, Box
3pm // Rebecca Minkoff, Theatre
5:30pm // Tommy Hilfiger Men’s, 643 Park Ave
6pm // Nicole Miller, Studio
6:30-7:30pm // Katya Leonovich, Box
7pm // Charlotte Ronson, Stage
8pm // Academy Of Art University, Theatre
February 11
9am // Ruffian, Studio
10am // Lacoste, Theatre
10:30-11:30am // Porter Grey, Box
11am // Jill Stuart, Stage
12pm // Son Jung Wan, Studio
2-3:30pm // Rafael Cennamo, Box
2pm // Mara Hoffman, Stage
3pm // Hervé Léger By Max Azria, Theatre
4pm // Vantan Tokyo, Studio
6pm // Tibi, Stage
7pm // Monique Lhuillier, Theatre
7:30-8:30pm // L.A.M.B., Box
9pm // Venexiana, Studio
February 12
10:30-11:30am // Lorena Sarbu, Box
11am // Lela Rose, Studio
1pm // DKNY, 547 W 26th St
2pm // Tracy Reese, Studio
2:30-3:30pm // Joy Cioci, Box
3pm // Custo Barcelona, Stage
4pm // Diane Von Furstenberg, Theatre
5pm // Falguni & Shane Peacock, Studio
5pm // Y-3, Tba
6pm // Carmen Marc Valvo, Nasdaq, 4 Times Sq
7:30-8:30pm // Mathieu Mirano, Box
9pm // Timo Weiland, Studio
February 13
9am // Jenny Packham, Studio
10am // Carolina Herrera, Theatre
11am // Carlos Miele, Stage
1pm // Zang Toi, Studio
1:30-2:30pm // Emilio Cavallini, Box
2pm // Donna Karan New York, 547 W 26th St
3pm // Reem Acra, Stage
5pm // Bibhu Mohapatra, Studio
6pm // Betsey Johnson, Theatre
6:30-7:30pm // Leather Japan 2012, Box
7pm // Prete & Bruno, Stage
February 14
9-10am // Norisol Ferrari, Box
9am // Tory Burch, Alice Tully Hall
9:30-10:30am // J.Crew, Studio
10am // Badgley Mischka, Theatre
11am // Vera Wang, Stage
1pm // Diesel Black Gold, Pier 57, W 15th St
1:30-3pm // Fotini, Box
2pm // Naeem Khan, Theatre
3pm // Dennis Basso, Stage
5pm // Pamella Roland, Studio
7:30-8:30pm // Haus Alkire, Box
8pm // Narciso Rodriguez, Theatre
9pm // Emerson, Studio
February 15
9am // Whitney Eve, Studio
10am // Michael Kors, Theatre
10:30-11:30am // Rochambeau, Box
11am // Nanette Lepore, Stage
12pm // Ports 1961, New York Public Library
1pm // Joanna Mastroianni, Studio
2-4pm // Levi’s, 82 Mercer St
2pm // J. Mendel, Theatre
2:30-3:30pm // Suzanne Rae, Box
3pm // Milly By Michelle Smith, Stage
5pm // Farah Angsana, Studio
6pm // Anna Sui, Theatre
6:30-7:30pm // Nomia, Box
7pm // Vivienne Tam, Stage
February 16
10am // Ralph Lauren, 275 Hudson St
11am // Ralph Lauren, 275 Hudson St
2pm // Calvin Klein Collection, 205 W 39th St
3pm // Calvin Klein Collection, 205 W 39th St
After I have seen every
single piece of every single pre-fall collection (and that’s a whole lot of
clothes ) I finally selected my absolute favorite designer pieces from pre-fall
2012 season, just in time for the new season coming up in just a couple of
days.
So here we go…
ZAC POSEN
Absolutely mesmerizing collection for me, a hopeless romantic and most definitely a princess in my
past life...featuring smart waist diminishing anatomical seaming on a wool crepe
sheath with designers current obsession being chinoiserie and the idea of
creating European couture shapes out of Eastern fabrics. My very favorite was a
form fitting olive color bustier dress with floral embroidery, a floor length
velvet backless dress with drama-mama matching gloves as well as dramatic red
and gentle lavender color red carpet gowns all modeled by gorgeously feminine
Hilary Rhoda. All eye-candies indeed!
MCQUEEN
The love of my life brand - McQueen's pre-fall
collection, now under the amazingly creative hand of Sarah Burton, featured a
number of gorgeous high-necked Victorian gowns; some with embroidered torsos in
floral prints, all in black mousseline, pleated smocked velvet dresses with
tulips and cropped pants with men’s wear-like tailored jackets topped with
white shirts - all absolutely sustained the legend of late Alexander McQueen’s
heritage.
BALMAIN
Balmain’s well known fitted
pants and jeans had the rips and wholes replaced with embroidery, pearls and
crystals, or loose pajama pants paired with oversized men's proportion jackets
– all in all, the collection feel was comfy but also sexy which is definitely
what market calls for these days: omfort, practicality and multifunction.
PREEN
Amazing prints and comfy, sportswear and effortless chic feel, all in lovely bright colors: orange and aqua blue is what
drew me to this collection. These memorable pieces can be worn together and separately, day to evening, which makes the collection quite sellable. Interesting prints
stays on couture side while simple cuts and comfortable feel brings the collection to
ready-to-wear customer.
ELIE SAAB
With a previous reputation of a
red-carpet designer, this Elie Saab collection carried a bit different theam, more down to earth one, featuring some simple suits and dresses in monoton shades with graphic feel and
with minimalist approach. Most of the suits and dresses had a modern, simple
and elegant cut. I love the nude, body fitted dress for work!
SUITS - YSL, GUCCI AND CHLOE
With many designers I have noticed
that collections were created with a modern business women in mind. Who I am
guessing has money and interest in today’s economy to buy latest but also
practical, comfortable and multiwear, classical pieces like these great suits by
YSL, Chloe and Gucci. YSL collection had some interesting bow-neck blouses and
matching blazers, bringing back the heel with a loafed from its 2005. Spring
collection.
On the other hand, Chloe
showed interesting pleated trousers with matching shrunken jackets and cropped
sweaters, coats with wide rolled-up sleeves on top of skinny pants. Finally,
Gucci decorated simple cuts with pansy print, which has replaced black and gold
bugle beads.
DONNA KAREN
Cropped styles
came paired with silk tunics and wool jackets with emphasized shoulders.
Mrs.Karen also showed coat-dresses, satin jersey with white jacket worn over a
bustier-top jumpsuit, and a big black bow. My favorite was a black and white
strapless piece, simple, but red carpet worthy on the right lady!
VALENTINO
„In this moment, when
everything is so hard—especially in Italy—it's important to give a good dream“–
designer Maria Grazia Chiuri said, referring to struggling economy in Italy.
Red is always a good choice! The collection focus was immaculate tailoring. It
featured small bows embroidered on the net bodice part of the minidress and
gentle lace added to chevrons on the top of a long black velvet gown.
All photos source: www.style.com
In elementary school and
even earlier I was one of those kids with rich imagination who had an imaginary
friend and was always drawing something, in addition, I talked a lot and wanted
to be in the center of attention all of the times. Awkward mix, I know.
My mother used to let me
draw on the walls in our apartment (one room only) because she wanted to let me
think outside of the box and develop my creativity (until I started drawing on
other peoples walls when we visited, this is when we had a talk about limitations).
Somewhere in high school, when
on top of fashion my other passion was basketball, I loved winning and playing
in front of people, I mostly enjoyed offense and didn’t like defense so much, I
didn’t like the roughness of it, I preferred to shoot (only) and look good
while doing it ;) In high school, basketball was my only focus and I didn’t pay
too much attention to boys, but when I did, I liked the tall ones, quiet
trouble makers with a rebellious rockerish look (not much changed since in that
regard) and …I wanted to get a tattoo. The one that has a meaning for me. My
dad said: Fine, get it, but first wait for a year to see if you will change
your mind. I did, about 10x in a year.
Recently I started thinking
about one again, small one, intimate and emotional, with a meaning for me only,
the one that is not to commercial, but not too obvious either. I put together
an inspiration board to make it easier to decide. I still don’t have 1 or 2
favorite body spots and a drawing. I love all of these. What do you think? Do you have one? Did you regret it?
“You're still a part of
everything I do
You're on my heart just
like a tattoo
Just like a tattoo,
I'll always have you.”
Jordin Sparks
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