TALL, DARK AND MIGTHY

WAS TAKING A TRIP ON GOOGLE TO FIND A PERFECT PLACE FOR A PHOTO SHOOT, AND I CAME OVER THIS PAINTING BY THE DANISH ARTIST JENS NORDSOE //

WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE A PHOTO SHOOT HERE IN THIS TALL DARK AND MIGHTY PLACE //

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TINY DOE IS UP, OUT AND AROUND

AS MENTIONED BEFORE WE SHARE OUR SHOWROOM WITH TINY DOE, A NEW CLOTHING LINE FOR CHILDREN / BEHIND THE BRAND IS ELISE & SILJE, TWO CREATIVE SOULS TO ADORE //

TINY DOE JUST FINISHED THEIR WEBSITE AND SHOP, SO TAKE A LOOK WWW.TINYDOE.COM , THEIR ACCESSORIES WILL MAKE GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR LITTLE GIRLS IN THE FAMILY. I AM GETTING MY COUSIN ONE OF THEIR MULTI COLORED POLKA DOT SOU’ESTERS (SHE IS TO YOUNG TO READ ENGLISH, SO SHE WON´T FIND OUT)

I HOPE TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF ELISE &SILJE’S PERSONAL STYLE ONE DAY / THEIR STYLE IS SO PERSONAL AND UNIQUE THAT I WON’T TRY TO EXPLAIN IT RIGHT NOW / A STYLE TO REMEMBER /  THEY ARE KIND OF PICTURE SHY, BUT I MIGHT JUST GET A SNAP OR TWO TO SHOW

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THIS MUST BE UNDERWATER LOVE/ MCQUEEN SS2010

I WOULD NOT SAY THAT I GET OBSESSED ABOUT FASHION/ I GET MORE OBSESSED ABOUT THE IDEA BEHIND A COLLECTION AND HOW THE DESIGNER PUTS ALL HIS/HERS CREATIVITY  TOGETHER WITH OTHER CREATIVE MINDS TO MAKE SOMETHING SO DISTURBINGLY BEAUTIFUL / PLATO’S ATLANTIS REALLY TOUCHED ALL MY SENSES TO THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT I COULD SMELL THE LOST WORLD/ THE SOUND SCAPE ENHANCED THE POWER OF THE  REPTILE KALEIDOSCOPE COLORED DRESSES THAT CAME DOWN THE RUNWAY IN A RANDOM BUT YET PERFECT ORDER/ IT ALL MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU PUT ALL THESE ELEMENTS TOGETHER AND TAKE IN WHAT THE COLLECTION IS ALL ABOUT/ THE SHOES SPEAKS FOR THEMSELVES/ YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND WHEN NICK KNIGHT GETS INVOLVED IN A MCQUEEN PROJECT/ THEY SOMEHOW MANAGE TO PUSH IT SO CLOSE TO THE EDGE BUT STILL KEEPS US ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CLIFF/ ONE CANNOT FALL OFF AS YOU FIND YOURSELF MESMERIZED BY THE DETAILING OF/PERFECT TAILORING/LAYERS/BEAUTIFUL SEA MONSTER LOOK-A-LIKE EMBELLISHMENTS/METALLIC NAILS/FACE SCULPTURED CHEEKBONES AND REPTILE SHAPED HAIR/  THIS IS WHAT FASHION IS ALL ABOUT/GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED/ NOT PASSING OUT IN BRYANT PARK A SUNNY SEPTEMBERS DAY/LAST TIME I GOT THIS EXCITED ABOUT A SHOW MUST HAVE BEEN THE DIESEL SHOW SS08/

ALL PHOTOS BY DON ASHBY & OLIVER CLAISSE FOR STYLE.COM

TO SEE THE WHOLE VIDEO OF THE SHOW GO TO:

WWW.SHOWSTUDIO.COM OR WWW.ALEXANDERMCQUEEN.COM

// ALEXANDER MCQUEEN SPRING 2010

// DIESEL SPRING 2008

FUNNY HOW THEY BOTH HAVE UNDERWATER WORLD THEME/ HMMM/ EITHER WAY I WILL BE DREAMING ABOUT UNDERWATER LOVE/SNAKES/SHOES/DRESSES

// CIAO CAROLINE

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VICTOR DE SOUZA IN ITALIAN VOGUE COUTURE

VICTOR DE SOUZA IS THE NEW HOT COUTURE DESIGNER IN NEW YORK/ HE JUST LANDED THE COVER OF ITALIAN VOGUE COUTURE STARRING RIHANNA WEARING HIS BLACK ARMOUR, EQAULETTES AND BOOTS / THE REST OF THE SPREAD INCLUDES MORE OF VICTOR’S DESIGN/ STYLED BY PATTI WILSON/SHE  JUST TOOK COUTURE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL/ FAB!

VICTOR DE SOUZA WILL BE SHOWING HIS SS10 COLLECTION AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK ON SEPTEMBER 14

ENJOY!

// CAROLINE  FOR CALA & JADE

// WWW.VICTORDESOUZANY.COM

WATCH OUT ALL YOU FASHION BLOGGERS – TAVI IS POP

FOR ALL YOU GUYS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT / HERE IS A SMALL BIO ON TAVI/ SHE IS 13, YES I SAID 13 YEARS OLD AND SHE LIVES WITH HER MUM AND DAD IN ILLINOIS/ SHE GOES TO SCHOOL LIKE ANYOTHER KID AT 13/ HER FAVORITE DESIGNER IS  COMME DE GARCON/WHO KNOWS REI KAWAKUBO AT THIS AGE??/I THINK SHE IS  ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, LIKE A REINCARNATION OF COCO CHANEL/ I LOVE THE WAY SHE DRESSES (I WISH I WAS SO CREATIVE AT 13) AND HOW SHE IS NOT FALLING FOR THE TYPICAL TWEEN PREASURE/

“FASHION GOES WAY BEYOND BEING AN OBSESSION, IT IS AN ADDICTION. I REALLY, REALLY LOVE IT”

/QUOTED FROM LOVE MAGAZINE

HER BLOGG STYLE ROOKIE WILL HAVE YOU HOOKED IN A SEC AND HER CHARMING AND YET STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART COMMENTS ARE SOMETHING I ADMIRE FROM A 13 YEAR OLD FASHIONISTA.

SHE ALSO MAKES T-SHIRTS BUT SHE IS VERY SECRET ABOUT HER WORK WHICH WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND/

// PHOTOS BY POP AND LOVE

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SIX SENCES HIDEAWAY YAO NOI, THAILAND

IF  YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TOO MUCH CASH TO SPEND THIS SUMMER – CALA & JADE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE YOU SHOULD SPEND YOUR LONG/HAPPY/LAZY DAYS/

C&Js BLOGGER, CAROLINE, TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD AND SPEND 24 HOURS AT ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST AMAZING PLACES / SIX SENCES HIDEAWAY, KHO YAO NOI, THAILAND/ WITH THE SUNSET ARISING OVER THE LIMESTONE ISLAND IN THE ADEMAN SEA AND A 24 HOUR BUTLER STANDBY – THIS HIDEAWAY PLACE IS A MUST SEE AND SHOULD BE ON EVERYONES “100 PLACES TO VISIT B4 I DIE”- LIST / LOCATED ON THE SOUTH WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND THIS ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING PLACE IS PART OF A BIGGER CHAIN OF HOTELS AND SPAS AROUND THE WORLD/

THE VILLA GIVES YOU THE FREEDOM TO STROLL AROUND NAKED, IF YOU PREFER (THIS HAS BEEN TESTED), AND WITH AN OUTDOOR DOUBLE SHOWER AND AN INFINITY POOL, YOU CAN’T HELP BUT FEEL YOU’RE IN HEAVEN!

THE VIEW FROM SEAVIEW DELUX POOL VILLA – SIX SENCES HIDEAWAY

// WWW.SIXSENCES.COM AND WWW.VIDYREISER.NO

// PHOTOS BY CAROLINE VIKE

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SOMETHING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH / ENO HENZE

WE FOUND THIS AMAZING BERLIN-BASED ARTIST, ENO HENZE / THESE FANTASTIC LARGE-SCALE PIECES ARE JUST MIND-BLOWING / LOVE IT

“The Human Factor” is an ongoing series of computer drawings that I started in 2006. In this series I try to stress the idea of a drawing that is the result of a collaborative process between me and the machine.

//ENO HENZE

www.enohenze.de

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A CLOSE LOOK

ONE OF MY FAVORITE NORWEGIAN PHOTOGRAPHER IS HAVING AN EXHIBITION AT GALLERI SEMMINGSEN – “BREATH IN- BREATH OUT” BY CHRISTINE ISTAD / THE GALLERY IS IN NIELS JUELS GATE 50 -  SAME STREET AS OUR NEW SHOWROOM / OFFICE / BOUTIQUE. SO STOP BY THERE AND STOP BY US AT THE SAME TIME / THE EXHIBITION OPENED FEB 5TH AND LASTS UNTIL FEB 28TH /A CLOSE LOOK ON JAPANs HYPER-MODERN CITY STRUCTURE /

I STILL REMEMBER AND LONG FOR THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHY I SAW BY HER IN HER EXHIBITION “ELEVATOR” IN 2005 AT THE SAME GALLERY / IT SWEPT ME AWAY /

SEE PICTURES FORM THE EXHIBITION THAT IS OPEN NOW – BELOW /

AOYAMA # 01

HIROSHIMA # 01

AOYAMA # 02

TOKYO # 14

TOKYO #18

MIDTOWN #01

TOKYO #03

PHOTOGRAPHS /100×150 cm – 110×160 cm ON ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER ON FACE-MOUNT / CHECK OUT WWW.GALLEISEMMINGSEN.NO /

NOTE: THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MORE RECTANGULAR THEN THEY APPEAR HERE /

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NEW SHOWROOM / OFFICE / BOUTIQUE

CALA & JADE HAS A NEW LOCATION /
WE JUST MOVED INTO OUR NEW SHOWROOM / OFFICE / BOUTIQUE IN NIELS JUELS GATE 51 ON FROGNER, OSLO. NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE, BUT NOW WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ON STREET LEVEL
WITH A BIG SHOP WINDOW. SO COME IN FOR A PEEK, CHAT OR EVEN A CUP OF TEA / YOU CAN ALSO BUY YOU VERY OWN CALA & JADE BAG THERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE YOU STOPPING BY /

OPENING HOURS: WHENEVER WE ARE THERE OR BY APPOINTMENT / PICTURES WILL SOON BE OUT

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CLUTCHES

ELÉN IVERSEN & DJ AND FILIPPA Ks NINA PEDERSEN AT THE SHOWROOM ON THEIR WAY TO COSTUME AWARDS /NINA WITH CALA & JADE MALII CLUTCH, FILIPPA K FROM TOP AND ALMOST TO TOE, CHECK OUT HER ELEY KISHIMOTO SHOES / EVEN THOUGH ELÉN IS NOT WEARING A CALA & JADE BAG, WE FOUND HER CLUTCH FROM TOP SHOP RATHER FASCINATING / SNAPSHOT FROM THE AWARDS http://costume.no/gallery/28890/image/105020 

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