FUR..

Real or Fake?

I have been wanting to make a blog about the popular fur fashion. Although I'm not into REAL fur..I prefer fake (I am very much against animal cruelty, I think it's horrible. I can't immagine what is so amazing about wearing a dead fox around your neck with his little claws still hanging on...Those little creatures are usually skinned alive! Can you imagine being skinned alive for money?). BUT....I love fake fur. I think it feels nicer to the touch, and it can look very real. I just recently bought a big fur hat from Topshop. It's pretty big and warm and well worth the money. I wear it everywhere I go, ecspesially now when it's winter and very cold fur can come in handy. I was also very lucky to get a wool sweater with fur on (from Zara) as a birthday gift from my wonderful boyfriend.

This is the one and only...

And here's a silly picture of me wearing it..in my dark room...

The sweater from Zara..I wear it almost everyday, it's so cozy.

I would love to have a fur coat/jaket..it looks great and it's very warm. But I honestly don't think I would be able to wear the real kind. It just wouldn't feel right to come home to may little dog and pet him...

But if I would get one I'd probably get one similar to this one but a bit bigger (I'm talking about the first one)

 

Tattoos

Pretty much my whole life I have been interested in art. And from a very young age I got interested in tattoos, and I decided that when I would become 18 I would finally get a tattoo. The time has come and I have been thinking alot about what to get. I wouldn't get a tattoo unless I would have been wanting it for a long time. I've been wanting to get an Ankh tattoo for a couple of years now. But I think I will get it some time later when I'm sure wich body part should get the honor..haha.



My dad was working on sea, and that's pretty much what he has done his whole life (he even owns a store where he is selling fish...not alive ones that swim around in a tank). So I wanted to get an anchor tattoo in honor of my dad. I came up with the idea a while ago to decorate it with some flowers (for mom). I will probably get the tattoo in January 2011...and I'm so excited!
This is just a sketch I made...it's only the idea that I want the tattoo to be about, I plan on changing it or just letting the tattoo artist maybe design it.
What do you guys think about it?

Winter coats and Edie Sedgwick

I have been checking out coats for the winter. It is so cold here in Iceland, so obviously we need coats to keep us warm. Nobody likes being frozen, but at least we can try and keep ourselves warm with style.
I have been very interested in the 60's style. Old is new. I love the shape of the coats that were so popular in the 60's, the so called "bell" shaped coats. They are shaped like a bell or you could say it is shaped after the letter "A".
What kind of a coat are you longing for in the winter?





The most known models from that time are including, the famous muse of the very well known pop artist Andy Warhol, Edith Sedgwick. Edie was an artist, she even did her own make up. She was Andy's muse, the queen of his Factory, his films. I think most of us have seen the movie about her, Factory Girl, starring Sienna Miller.

Edie's last film was Chiao Manhattan, wich is about her life. She is talking about her drug trips and her life. I recommend watching it.



As you can see in this picture, Edie liked to wear gigantic earrings. She was also known for the size of her earrings. And of course her make up and hairstyle.

Criticism

Today, after "advertising" my new blog in several places online, I got some expected criticism. Instead of getting mad about it I decided to do something about it. I didn't really think much about how my usual grammar would bother people, but from now on I will try to fix it. So thank you for letting me know.

I actually think it is good to get criticized every once in a while. How can we fix something if we don't even know what it is that needs fixing?
It is good to be able to take criticism without feeling bad about it. We shouldn't get angry if we get criticized because it might actually help us to do better. But of course there are some cases of harsh criticism that can hurt us. We should not take them personally. People who are giving out harsh criticism that is not needed might be having a bad day, or maybe they feel bad about themselves or they might have gotten a bad criticism that inspired them to do so. Next time you think about giving somebody an "unnecessary" criticism or want to tell somebody what a shitty job they are doing, just stop and think about what you are about to do. Think how stupid and unnecessary it is and what a waste of your precious time it is. Sometimes it is the hardest thing for people to be nice to each other. And the next time you get a criticism that makes you doubt yourself, think about what you feel is right, don't let some stupid person ruin your spirit. Just go on and do what YOU want to do. Don't let them break you.

I want to share the way I look at fashion, make up, art and life, as well as learning more about it, and I would love to see all those things from another point of view (your point of view, feel free to comment). So please, keep them coming, tell me your thoughts.
I will be posting my own work on this blog. For those who don't know, I am in my first year of studying fashion design, my work is not perfect but I would love your opinion on it.

This is a project which I did with 2 other girls as a final project for one class. It is a clothing line for fall/winter 2011, pirate themed. I designed the first 3 ones.





This is a dress that I designed and made out of paper. I painted it, designed the pattern and hand painted the pattern on the dress. Then I stapled the back and front sides of the dress together. The waist line is also stapled (it is supposed to be like a stretch band for the waist).



I hope you like it! And please feel free to leave a comment.

Have a great night!

Kristin

Haaaarem Pants!!!

Im making a banner for this blog. Hope it will come out fine since i dont have great photosopping going on.
Yesterday i went to the mall with my boyfriend. We checked in Next for a fake fur hat wich i saw in the window. But....i found these amazing cosy harem pants!!! usually i dont wear pants like this, but i have been wanting them for some time now. They are so great and comfortable that i don´t even want to take them off. And they can be styled with my new high heeled boots. I am thrilled over these pants ha ha.
I got them in army green color.


my awsome new pants!! (sorry about the bad view...had to take it myself)


My heeeels

Today i will also be going to the mall to get my glasses (kinda like reading glasses)....ill post a picture of them here later(=

kisses and hugs, Kristin.

My first blog!

I´ve decided to start a blog where i will post stuff that i think are interesting to share with other people. I will talk abouut make up and other stuff that i like and my daily stuff. I´ve been watching alot of videos of make up tutorials on youtube and i came across this great make up artist Kandee Johnson. She inspiried me to start this blog and she inspires me in doing alot of other stuff to, she is a great person. Go to her blog here!!




Enjoy this eye candy and have a good night!