It's the wonderful time of the year

You probably all know Elf Yourself. In fact, it isn't original at all anymore. But those cute little elves with your own funny faces under the caps are still, like every other year, a thing on my to-do-list for this time of the year. Moreover, every year those cute little elves make a new dance for you. And this year I was very delighted, because Charleston happened to be one of the themes.

So here's a special "Happy holidays dance" for you!

Guess who perform it?




The answer:
I thought nobody can do this oldfashioned dance better than my favorite classic style icons. Your dancers were the lovely Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Edie Sedgwick, Grace Kelly and Brigitte Bardot.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year!

Only the shot with the winning price can be photographed

I think this is the perfect editorial when you're feeling nostalgic and need to cheer up.







Photos from foto_decadent

The models are Ethiopian model Liya Kebede and André 3000 (rapper, producer, actor and member from Outkast, he's a busy man). The photographer is Arthur Elgort. This is his website, with an impressive portfolio, but especially a beautiful entrance.

Look at their smiles, the bright wallpapers and their spontaneous poses. Did it make you smile?

Americana in Paris

Americana Manhasset is a very aesthetic shopping center, located in New York. Their editorials and videos for the new collections are always a pleasure to watch: they use great models who wear great outfits, with music which perfectly matches with the theme. This one, from fall 2007, is my favorite. I'm a bit tedious these days, because I constantly pick the Paris and vintage things, but have a look.. it's so wonderful!
And according to these quotes from famous designers, I'm not the only one with a weakness for the city of love.

The models are Lars Burmeister and the always funny Coco Rocha.








Photos from Americana Manhasset

Moi je joue à joue contre joue

This is the newest commercial for the Miss Dior Cherie fragrance. And I absolutely like it! It's so French and lovely. The song also fits perfectly, it's "Moi, je joue" from Brigitte Bardot.
Other facts: the ad is directed by Sofia Coppola and features the gorgeous Maryna Linchuk.

Photos from Fashionologie

Postcrossing

I'm proud to be a member of this project. Postcrossing takes you back to sending old fashioned postcards. I've sent my first postcard to Finland a couple days ago. Unfortunately I forgot to scan the card I bought. It was really a nice one, black and white, with a lady and gentlemen on a bycicle. Yesterday there arrived an email in my mailbox with the good news: my card has found the right address!
Next thing is I'll get a postcard from a random user, can't wait!

So if you think this is exactly something for you, don't hesitate, because it's a lovely project. Subscribe to Postcrossing and make people from all over the world happy with your cards!

Photo's from I don't know where! Saved it a long time ago. I love the combination of postcards and vintage Paris.

Forget the film, watch the titles

Forget the film, watch the titles is a really nice website, full of creative short movies. Here you can find a collection of the most stunning and original film title sequences ever since 1997.
I especially like the one from "Juno" and "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio", inspired by vintage 50's advertising! I haven't seen these movies yet, but now I'm sure I will some day.

These vintage advertisements really match with the title sequence of The Prize Winner. I love that fresh look each of the posters have.

Photo's from Flickr

I have to learn maths and other subjects for my exams next week, bluh. So wish me luck. I hope you'll have a nice day!

You're the nicest thing I've seen

Look! This is fun! I've been tagged!

I guess I have to list the rules first:
- You have to mention the person who nominated you. Well, that's an easy one: the girl from saamielola.blogspot.com!
- And then tag 5 more blogs, and notify them. I'll do this a bit different I think. I actually don't know five more blogs to tag! So if you're reading this and you also have a blog: feel free to place this tag on your little place on the internet. And I'd love to hear from you.
- List 6 unimportant things that make you happy. That's always a great thing to do. Here it goes:

1. Cycling on a lane covered with autumn-faded leaves.
2. Searching for new fantastic blogs, music, outfits, artists and inspiration.
3. Writing, on this blog, my other Dutch blog, in my diary or just on a wandering piece of paper.
4. Imagining living in Paris, while listening to French chansons.
5. Making lists of everything: to-do lists, wishlists, I adore-lists, it's fun and clears your mind.
6. Having a great conversation at moments when you don't expect it.

Spinning till your head falls out

This is a bit silly, but perfect for the Sunday afternoon. Here you can make your own kaleidoscope. It is very easy: you only have to pick a color and a shape, and then draw something. It’s fun, because you can’t fail, it always looks magical.

If you’re still bored or in a creative mood: It’s also possible to make your own kaleidoscope (beautiful word by the way, don’t you think? It’s a combination of three Greek words: kalos, meaning beautiful; eidos, form; and skopeo, I see). Here’s a scan from Popular Science magazine with the instructions, from 1944!

Face your pockets!

It's a funny project where people can scan their head, really!, and all the stuff they carry in their pockets or bags. I thought that my bag was always fully loaded, but some of those photos definitely changed my mind.
You can find the photographs and more information here.

Note: Some photos are a bit freaky with strange folded heads, but hey, I never knew your hair looks that amazing on a scanner!

Photo from Face your pockets

It's a lovely story time

I saw this story on the streetstyle blog Styleclicker and it put a huge smile on my face.

On Monday morning, I saw this guy right in the street where I was living. High fashion dress, white socks… interesting. He was busy talking on the phone so I looked for a background first. Then I asked him if I could take a picture for my street style blog and he was very kind and said yes. He was waiting for his taxi to come and seemed to be in quite a hurry, but it was enough time to take some shots.

I wanted to know if he was working at the fashion week. “Kind of”, he replied. After having taken the pictures, I asked him to fill out a form with his name and contact data as I always do. When he signed it I just said: “Oh my god, it´s you” - Marc Jacobs gave me the sheet and got into his taxi. What a nice person. And what a great beginning of my Paris fashion week adventure.



Lovely story and photo's from Styleclicker

I saw the documentary of Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton a while ago. Marc is crazy, but in a fun way! It's fantastic to see how they work, where they work and how they prepare everything for a fashion show.

Anyway, I'll go to Utrecht tomorrow, yay! A big city in the middle of this small country. Me and my classmates will see an interesting movie about food and love or something, do a workshop belly-dancing (oh my!) and we'll party all night long. I'm looking forward to a lot of fun!

So that's why I won't post any blogs for a couple of days. Because after the citytrip, I'll go to a friend for a few days. She lives in a cute village, on the other side of the country. Wooh, I love autumn and I love holidays!