Stars and the sun

I actually meant to spend my evening getting some work for uni done, but then I figured that it could wait until later tonight so I am officially allowed to waste my time round here for a little longer.

Could you, my honourable readers, do me a favour and vote for me if you think I'm good enough to take pictures for G-Star RAW at New York Fashion Week in February? That would be soooo kind of you. Just click on the black banner in the right side column of my blog. (for the people that don't get the point, I don't, either xD all I know is I want to take pictures there, would be so much fun and I think I'm good enough to do it)

Today was moderately cold (6°C), but it was bearable. The snow has vanished, the sun has reappeared and we were all jumping happily out of our fur coats into the leather biker jackets. (Not for longer than an hour, though, because my hands turned into a weird mix of blue and pink - violet that is, right!)
The Topshop boots are epic, beautiful patent leather, silver heel instert and insane platforms - yay for being 1,90 m tall!

So what's everybody's plans for New Year's Eve? The year will soon be over, 2010 is gonna be big!!






Boots from Topshop, knitted star-dress and biker jacket from Miss Selfridge, purse from H&M, vintage sun necklace.

I can always see that sparkle when I look into your eyes

These are dedicated to him who stole my heart and looks after it from now on.

♥♥♥

I'm afraid there'll be a lot more fooling about with my little camera in the future!

Don't forget the Q&A, my lovelies (see posts below)

Have a lovely day!

Christmas presents! + Answers

I really hope you had/are having a very sweet and lovely Christmas! For my part, I didn't ask for any presents this year, but still, this is what I got. I can't tell you how positively surprised I was, I mean, hey, Edgar Allen Poe? My mom is a genious, she always gives me the best books. And my dad, what can I say, a Samsung ST45 digicam, I really didn't expect that, so good for concerts, filming stupid videos and for fooling around in general, heh!
I'm gonna wear that uber pretty cameo necklace for New Year's I believe, it's so pretty, it needs a great occasion for wearing. And my sister gave me liquid eyeliner and a piece of soap that smells of roses and looks like a pig, haha, can't get more perfect than that.

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Now then, let's turn to your questions. This is what I got so far, if you feel inspired now, don't hesitate to ask more, I'm willing to do a Q&A part 2 later.

1) What's the meaning of your tattoos?

Oh, damn, I promised to do a tattoo-post a long long time ago. Okay, anyway. Here's a picture first:



My first tattoo ever was the tarot-card inspired moon surrounded by stars on my upper left arm. I was pondering a long time on what to get, and finally chose this. I personally feel a strong connection with the moon (I can't sleep on full moon nights, ever!) and I enjoy tarot. I also like how the moon generally is connected to the female, so yeah. And the stars, well, Venus is my favourite, but generally I love looking up at the sky and the stars. What would we do without them?
My second tattoo was the ice-cream cone on my inner right arm that you don't see on the pics right now, but I'm sure you all know it. I love ice-cream and my favourite flavour in summer is strawberry, so there you go. I just thought it'd look really cute (and it does, haha)
Then I started tattooing myself, so for practice reasons I tattooed a bunch of bunny-fish on my upper left leg. They're inspired by the fab artists Kozyndan. I adore them, even if they don't have a specific meaning except for maybe "everything is possible". I got a lot of compliments for that one.
After that, I tattooed a bunch of black and white roses on my lower right leg. They're inspired by my tattoo-inspiration Kat Von D. She always tattoos the most beautiful bunches of roses on the skin of her clients. Not a specific meaning, I just thought they're pretty.
The fruit-lady on my right arm doesn't have a specific meaning, either. I just wanted cherry blossoms and fruit on my arm, so that I have something more healthy after licking on that ice-cream, hehe.
The waves and the magnolia flowers I was adding up to the roses on my right leg because I wanted the tattoo to grow. Because I have a strong admiration for Japanese tattoo culture, I wanted something inspired by that.
Finally, I tattooed myself a leopard pattern next to the roses because leopard is never out of fashion and to give the whole tattoo on my leg a kind of frame. Sometimes I'm not just a little kitten, but a real cat, so that kinda fits, haha.

Hope that answers it ;)

2)What's your height?
I'm 1,76 m(that's 5'9 ft. methinks)

3) Since when are you interested in fashion and what influences your style?
Hah, well, I'm not really really interested in fashion. I don't often read fashion magazines and/or style.com. I'm interested in streetstyle and what people were wearing decades ago, that's *really* interesting.
I love the roaring 20s (but also the 80s) a lot, so that influences me I guess. Also music, fashion blogs and art(nouveau) massively influences my style.

4)What are your sources of inspiration?
Everything. Logically. I can get inspired to write a short story by watching a sunset. Pain and happiness inspires me. History inspires me and music of course. I guess people should just read Oscar Wild to answer that question :)

5) Is your hair naturally dark?
Ahem, to be quite honest, it's actually a bit more fair than right now. My original hair colour is something between ash blonde and bright brunette. I dye them with Diadem by Schwarzkopf in a colour called "Espresso".

6) How do you get your hair to look so shiny?
I use simple Nivea shampoo and tons, tons of conditioner afterwards that I leave in my hair for half an hour at least if I have the time ;) I also straighten them, even my fringe.

7) What's your favourite recipe?
Ohh, that's difficult. But okay, uhm. You mean cooking/baking? I guess a recipe for truffles/chocolates. They just consist of tons and tons of chocolate, melted in warm cream with vanilla flavour and sugar, then I add butter and spices or Bailey's, when it's cold I roll little balls and later on cover them in chocolate. They're the best, everybody loves them, haha.

8) Which book changed your life?
Will have to say "The Lord of the Rings".

9) Which 5-10 celebrities would you invite to a party?
Okay... 5 living: George Clooney (+Martini), Irina Lazareanu, Kyle MacLachlan, Peter Doherty, Sean Lennon (+girlfriend because they only come in pairs)
5 dead: Oscar Wilde, Isadora Duncan, Peter Lorre, Louise Brooks, Aubrey Beardsley


As I said, if you have more questions, post them please. Good night and Merry Christmas!!!

We've got a baby!

Well, admittedly, my sister has. Her friend gave her this Shaun cuddly thingie for Christmas, so we took him out for a walk today. This sheep can say "meeehhh meehh" if you squeeze his nose and when you pull his tail, it starts to shiver :D What a lovely toy!!

Hope you enjoy the pics. I'm waiting for my friends to arrive right now, so I figured I could as well post something here (yeh, I'm improving, trying to reanimate my blog)
I was baking a delicious Sacher-cake yesterday, can't wait to eat it aaaal up (not) xD

Do you guys like snow? I mean, it's really pretty and all, but a) your feet get all wet, b) the camera doesn't like it 'cause it's too bright and c) it's cold ;D
I like snow for a day, but man, I wish it was spring already!!

Wearing a Zara black velvet dress (*love*), vintage fake fur coat, knock off CL ankle boots, Topshop tights, H&M ring.

See you soon, and remember, I'm doing a Q&A right now, so keep sending me questions, I'll answer them soon!

Will be back really soon + pre- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

First of all: Look at these pictures, running from here to there all the time, that's how I felt all the time while I wasn't here posting. And it's still not quite better, I'm so busy, UUAHHHH!! But I decided not to forget about my baby, my dearest cats and dogs, my blog anymore!
Thanks for all your super sweet comments, I'll read and publish all of them in a minute.
Second: Yes, I'm still alive and well, here's a tiny little cloud of things I've been doing within the last months while I was absent ;)



Well, loads of stuff, right! Anyway, how does everyone feel about a little Q&A game over here for a new beginning? Any questions you might have (except for "Where have you been? What have you done? Why haven't you been posting for so long?") you are free to write down under this post and I will answer them in my next post!
I'm really looking forward to your questions (if you have any) :)

New pictures will follow as well really soon, I'm pretty sure. And it's my Christmas break now, so I guess I'll have at least a little time off Uni and all that terrible studying for my final year! (2010 will change everything, I'll finally be freeeee from uni and studying, yeah!)

I'm sure there will be another post before Christmas, so I won't send you any holiday-greetings just YET ;)