As the name mentions, this book contains covers of the last 30 years of the magazine i-D., edited by Terry Jones and Edward Enninful. Can’t wait to read this and see the amazing covers this magazine has been doing over the years.
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Snow White Series (#2) – Mirror, mirror
Contrary to the Snow White and the Huntsman version, Mirror Mirror has a lot more of a Disney fairy tale. With innocent gowns in joyful colors, Eiko Ishioka, the costume designer has been clearly inspired by the traditional Disney princess.
One of the gowns worn by the princess, with floral pattern.
This yellow cape is probably inspired in the well known yellow and blue gown Snow White wears on the Disney classic.
Lily Collins with her pale skin and red lips, looks exactly like we imagined a Snow White in real life. This dress could have been taken from Oscar de la Renta SS’12 collection. Princess like, soft and feminine.
On the pictures above and below, Oscar de la Renta gowns, from the SS’12 collection.
If, in one hand, Charlize Theron is all black and gold, Julia Roberts is more about bright colors, like red and yellow and big puffy shoulders, with lots of embellishments.
Another picture from Oscar de La Renta SS’12 collection and the huge (it’s the only word that comes to my mind when I look to this picture) dress the evil queen is wearing in one of the scenes.
Picture This! – Dress
How bad do you like the back of this dress? I think nothing is sexier that a dress with open back. Perfect to go out at night and you can pass the mini skirts and huge cleavages.
Snow White Series (#1) – Snow White and the Huntsman
I have always been fascinated by Grimm‘s fairy tales, but Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is certainly one of my favorites. When I heard that, this year, we would have not one, but two movies in theaters with almost a brand new story to tell, I have to say I was very excited. As fashion lover, I can’t avoid looking at the wardrobe without analyzing some of the outfits chosen. This post is the first one in a series of three, related to this fairy tale.
Snow White and the Huntsman caught my attention for the wardrobe designed by the three time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood, also know for designing the wardrobe for the musical “Chicago”, “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and “Alice in Wonderland” – remember the set of posts I did last year, when the movie came out? (They can be found here: #1, #2 and #3).
No gowns nor pink puffy dresses, the outfits are a lot more sober and in dark shades, especially olive and dark blue. What would Disney‘s Snow White think if she looked at Kristen Stewart‘s grey and black dresses with an armor over her clothes? The single gown she uses in the beginning is cut with a knife and turned into a tunic, while she bravely fights on her horse. The only thing that remained were the puffy shoulders – we don’t want her to completely loose her identity.
The movie has clearly a different approach, away from the common fairytales with an happy ending and the singing princesses – and the wardrobe reflects this. This princess is a warrior who fights for survival, so she has to dress accordingly.
What caught my attention at first, was the fact that the evil queen – the amazing Charlize Theron – wears the most beautiful clothes on the movie. The wow look goes uniquely to Ravenna, the evil queen and, in my opinion, it’s the dress below, with sequins and small glasses.
We never know where the inspiration can be found, but we do know that, last Spring, many collections had this warrior mood on their clothes. This led to many samurai- esque looks, like the one above and the one below, from Gareth Pugh‘s SS’12 collection.
This ring Raveena is wearing also reminds me of Pugh’s jewelry line.
Remember the hardware worn by Beyoncé on the videoclip of “Run the World (Girls)“?
The very first piece that Atwood designed for the film was the queen’s transformation cloak, which had to be constructed early on so that the visual-effects department could digitally convert Ravenna’s cape into a flock of angry crows, a haunting illusion that is teased in trailers. Based on Atwood’s sketch and instructions, a milliner hand-trimmed and mounted rooster’s feathers to the finished product, which cost an estimated $32,000. Ultimately, two cloaks were made, since the script called for Ravenna to completely destroy one in an oil slick. – Source: Vanity Fair
Above one of the scenes from the Movie, where Charlize wears a gold tone long dress and below Alexander McQueen‘s SS’12 dress. Both with embellishments and very detailed.
To make Charlize look even taller Atwood highlighted the bodices, which consequently elongated her silhouette, creating the idea that she is the tallest one and making her character seem even powerful.
Contrary to Kirsten’s Snow White, this evil queen wore lighter clothes, especially gold tones. This cape reminds me of Lord of the Rings mithril, wore by Frodo. Below, another dress from McQueen’s SS’12 collection, with an headpiece that could have easily been worn by this queen.
Out in sid’art – Art & Design
I spent the last posts apologizing for the lack of posts, but it’s been really hard to update the blog lately. The pictures below were taken a while ago, but I didn’t manage to publish them before. Still I thought I should share them with you.
They were taken on an art installation that happened a few weeks ago, called Out in sid’art – Art & Design. You already know how fond I am for these kind of initiatives that join art and fashion, especially in my city and taken by young people, such as Margarida Direito – author of the project. Too bad few people value these ideas as they should.
Out in sid’art gathered 10 different artists from several areas, such as hairdesigners, jewelers, photographers and fashion designers, among others in a single space and installation. There were also workshops and press conferences during three days. These are some of the pictures taken on the last day, featuring some of the artworks by Ricardo Dourado, Katty Xiomara, Autopsy by Jordann Santos, etc. Some of them were taken by me, some by Filipe Oliveira.
Picture This! – Pop of colour
Have a great weekend ahead!
Black or white?
Both from Zara and I can’t choose between one of them.
Trip to Madrid: Photo-diary (#2)
As promised, here are some more pictures from my trip to Madrid.
Would you get married in one of these? It is very Chanel, isn’t it? Tweed and bridal gowns is not the perfect match, but I don’t dislike this dress at all.
Found this dress in a boutique somewhere. I can’t remember the name, but it had this romantic chic vibe.
Catedral restaurant and cafe.
Starbucks is always your best friend, no matter where you are.
I really like flowers…does it show? 
(Don’t ask about this iPhone case, long story)
The ellegance of Miu Miu.
First stop after the airport.
City lights and life.
Chanel
Dior
Scones <3
Have you hear about Carolina Herrera‘s Matrioshkas? It was love at first sight when I saw this small bag on a magazine a few days ago and it is even more perfect live.
Salvatore Ferragamo had the most perfect dress
Loewe
Gucci
Several rings I found on the Sunday street market “El Rastro“
Trip to Madrid: photo-diary (#1)
I know I didn’t publish anything during the week, but it’s been really hard to go to work everyday and do tons of other things, so I’m sorry for the lack of posts.
Here’s a small photo-diary from my trip to Madrid and there will be more pictures in the next few days.
I really liked these two umbrellas I discover at the Botanical Garden. My first day was a long day. We went to the airport at 4:00AM and we walked all day.
This tree was almost magical. I took dozens of pictures from trees and flowers. I really love gardens.
On the second day, we went out for some window shopping…Look where we end up!
Plaza Mayor. Too bad it rained all day, but it didn’t stop us from taking some pictures.
Another picture taken at the Botanical Garden.
At the airport on the way back.
Mickey and I. I had to take this picture, Mickey was my favorite Disney character.
Looking a little pin-up at Hard Rock. You gotta love pastels.
Tommy Mel’s, where I ate the most amazing fries ever: with cheese and bacon. This place looked like a perfect American diner.
<3 tulips.
Sunday, at the vintage market.
One of my favorite pictures from the whole trip.
The city centre. I love the life this city has day and night.
My vintage shorts, rocking the “tourist” look. Ahah! :p
