Photo by Mateja Vrčković
Long awaited Lei Lou Fall/Winter 13' collection was shown yesterday in Zagreb as opening show on the first day of Fashion.hr event. Known as the #1 Croatian designer both when it comes to sales and industry experts opinion Aleksandra didn't disappoint her clients. Following the opening of her first international store in luxurious part of the city in Stuttgart, Germany she presented yet another striking collection.
This Fall/Winter 2013. collection is showing growth and maturity of Lei Lou brand known as young Croatian company - success story and love brand among Croatian public and celebrity fashionistas. Collection was reminiscent of glamorous Hollywood diva's from the beginning of 20th century, rich jewel color tones, vintage silhouettes celebrating women's curves and playful patterns in luxurious fabrications certainly dominated the show.
Photo by Mario Poje
Photo by Mario Poje
Aleksadra's 'gentle, feminine but ouu so powerful and independent women' marched the runway as if they were equally confidently heading to the office, romantic date or coffee with a friend. Wherever Lei Lou women is heading, one thing is sure, she will be noticed without making an effort.
Photo: Jure Perisic
My favorite pieces are certainly hard to pick this time around! I would go with green velvet dresses for the evening, as well as chic white coat for the day over my favorite denim shirt and brown leather boots.
Photo by Mario Poje
Alex designer a beautiful selection of silk black dresses as a wonderful choice of that 'little black dress' we all need to have in our closet! Why not this glam diva inspired once?
Photo by Mario Poje
This was by far one of my favorite Lei Lou collections! Can't wait to see and try these next time I visit the store! Check out the full show video below via Fashion.hr:
Foto: Jelena Balic photography | Make up: Kristina Pavlov | Model: Vesna Parčina
Jewellery : Iva Nakit | Hair: Salon Teuta
Young Croatian designer and stylist Diana Viljevac gradated from music school where she learned to play piano then she enrolled in high school for fashion design. In order to advance her skills she enrolled into a Faculty of textile and technology in Zagreb where she graduated with a masters degree in fashion and textile design. In 2009. Diana founded her own fashion label ‘Diana Viljevac Design'.
Diana’s latest Fall/Winter 13′ collection is called ‘Falling Sky’ it is featured with beautiful look book and video campaign and it already got positive response and commentary from local Croatian fashion press.
My favorite is the long, almost Aztec print dress below which emphasizes and flatters female silhouette with shapes (that was a smart move ;) ) and I love how Diana uses comfortable and body fitting materials for her designs. Falling Sky Fall/Winter 2014. line features dreamy maxi evening dresses and fitted bondage skirts, cardigans, jackets it continues to fit into designers feminine and sexy signature. Collection focus are wearable and comfortable pieces. Fabrics used are lace, wool, cotton and metallic sequins.
Diana's team also made a lovely but strong and feminine video campaign for this collection which you can view bellow. Did you already had a chance to purchase or try Diana's designs? I just sent in an inquiry email for the maxi dress I love so I'll let you know the price vs. quality ration once I get it and wear it a bit :)
All photo source: www.style.com
"I wanted to explore something casual and sporty, it's less evening and more real. It's more me."
Olivier Rousteing
This season Balmain's designer Olivier Rousteing added a special urban, earthy feel to his usual party girl glic and glam signature style collection and I must say I love him even more! Now we know what Balmain's party girl wears during the day! :)
Similar to other SS 14' collection we could have seen leather and ruffle, a bit longer then what we got used to with Balmain and more earthly combined with cardigan and wrestlers belt for the first look.The most of all I liked what he did with denim! He created several amazing deluxe denim pieces where he quilted and trimmed with gold chain or redone with silk print. Of course, as the show went on there was more and more, signature crystals but they were made a bit more casual with quilted bomber jacket, sweatshirts and baseball T's embellished with chunky necklaces and chains he definitely did a bit more relaxed and less structured silhouettes then usual overall.
Craftsmanship remain exquisite as always!
My favorite pieces aside of denim four below are definitely overalls shinny ones and second one in glossy black leather. Leather is everything for upcoming season seems like!
My #1 Balmain skirt for SS 14' is the crystal one with high mid split worn with wrestlers belt and chunky white sweater! Amazingness!
And shoes...what about these amazing booties with golden tip in lace, quilted denim and leather and crystal net? Aren't they to die for? :)
Check out the full collection video below lovelies, which piece is your favorite? :)
Those of you who read my posts frequently know that Free People is one of my top 10 favorite brands. Recently I had a friend - Dunja visit me in Budapest for a weekend and benefits and risks of shopping online and shared experiences of our favorite online retailers from whom we got best quality items for the price we paid, Dunja commented how she found out about Free People brand through my blog and ordered couple of pieces, they are on a pricey side but of a very very good quality.
I tend to agree with Dunja. I order often from Free People, mostly jeans, jackets and sweaters, they truly last long, I have one black leather jacket for 4 years now, I worn it all through the year and it still looks fresh!
Today, I can't decide which of the finalists from photos of this post is my favorite, can you help me pick? :) I already have Ralph Lauren military parka with patches but I can't keep my eyes of this and black cropped leather jackets from Zara and Free People.
Producer & Fashion Editor: Claudia De-Meis for Harrods
After reviewing a number of videos and reading a number of
articles about easy ways to change your eating habits in order to become
healthier and have more energy I finally decided to write a post about it and
share my learnings with you ladies.
As you know I live in between Budapest and Barcelona so I
travel a lot both to see my boyfriend and for business. With spending a lot of
time on the airports and in the airplane thus I don't eat always right. Sometimes I used to eat only a sandwich a day while sometimes I forgot to drink water and hydrate. With juggling both work and blog I don't sleep much at all. All of this together results with me being sick quite often.
Eating right, sleeping 8 hours a day, hydrating and exercising is not always only about loosing weight but also having beautiful radiant skin and hair, having energy, looking younger and being overall in the good mood and healthy.
This is why since recently (ding!ding!) I finally started being more serious about drinking more water. I bring my Equa glass bottle with me in my purse everyday and add couple of slices of lemon to give it a flavor. Also, I try to make myself go to bed and sleep before midnight during the week and get at least 7-8 hours of sleep. Before my first morning coffee I always have one full glass of water and one cup of green tea with no sugar and I replaced my second cup of coffee in a day with a green tea. Instead of chocolates I used to have with coffee now I have granola bar or banana and almonds. Instead of using sugar I learned from a friend Dunja to carry Stevia in my purse as a substitute.
Below are 15 of small things I changed periodically which by now became habits and really make a visible difference in my lifestyle!
2.Wait 20 minutes after your meal (from a small plate) to see if you are still hungry.
3.Don't eat 3 hours before you go to sleep (if you have to eat - eat banana, hard boiled egg or a cottage cheese).
4.Drink a cold glass of water in the morning to wake up your body and add few slices of lemon to speed up your metabolism.
5.Drink more green tea!
Fulvio Bonavia, book: ‘A Matter of Taste’
6.Eat more frequently. Eat 5 smaller means a day (every 2-3 hours) and use smaller plate.
7.Ditch your soda drinks and other sugary drinks.
8.Use Stevia instead of white sugar (it eats your skins collagen!).
9.Eat banana or other fruit instead of chocolates and other snacks (check out some of my favorite recipes).
10.Drink a glass of water half an hour before a meal to cut your calorie intake.
11.Ditch your sides (for example ditch fries when you eat burger or have salad or steamed vegetables instead).
12.Exercise! At least a little bit, at home (check out the list of home exercise videos I do daily).
13.Have more colors in your vegetables and less whites - pasta, potatoes, rice, bread.
14.If you really crave some type of junk food - have it once a week (on a small plate ;))
15.It only takes a 21 days to start a new habit! TRY IT!
In case you think you can use some of these, try it and let me know if you notice a difference. I would love to hear also if you have any additional tips to share!
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