Paris Fashion Week
Attending Paris Fashion Week was something I wasn't fully prepared for. I knew I needed to pack enough outfits for the shows and some for going out at night. However,…
Everything you need to know about diving with whale sharks in Indonesia.
Hey Fam! It's been a while, hasn't it? I know, it's a bit odd that I haven't shared much about my Bali adventures on the blog, but fear not, because…
A Front-Row Experience at IN2MF Paris: Where Indonesian Modesty Meets Global Fashion
I took a journey from London to Paris specifically to attend the 4th annual IN2MF Front Row Paris at The Westin Paris – Vendôme. Organized by the Indonesian Fashion Chamber…
Virtual and digital future of fashion industry
Before getting into deep insights of the foreseeable future of the industry, I must say there is something I have learned of forecasting and learning about the future: I have to know what is happening now. For this reason, I will have a small introduction of the present and what has led the fashion industry to where we are today.
So, what exactly is emerging from a chaotic period of time when we are in a middle of a worldwide pandemic, never-ending lockdowns, questionable elections, more than ever influential LGBTQ and Blacklivesmatter movement, staged riots, continuous protests, ongoing climate crisis, “Seaspiracy”, bushfires and explosions?
Wait, it is not over. An experimental vaccination program is forced on us while an irreversible AI revolution is happening. Our feed, mailbox, search engine is flooded with personalized ads that call to action. Shop now.
Can we go back to normal? Not really. Thanks to variants, lockdowns and massive upcoming restrictions affecting and blaming the healthy unvaccinated we will keep social distancing, staying at home and staying safe. One question: Do you think it is a coincidence that 5G technology was laid out simultaneously with the Covid breakout?
We are doomed to be online:
To work
To socialize
To shop
To consume everything possible online (entertainment, sport, games, conferences, workshops etc.)
And the supply is here to cater to the new consumer needs.
AI is working on our big data to customize every possible service to be consumed and voliá the “Big Brother” of the human population is created. There is facial recognition, emotional recognition, voice assistants and so on… to track our life inside out. An unprecedented exchange of data and knowledge around every single aspect of human behavior is being collected.
What to wear for your perfect Burj Khalifa shot
Thinking of where to escape from the harsh European winter? No doubt Dubai is the perfect choice where the mild and decently warm weather starts around October.
While the summer is almost unbearably hot, the “winter” on the other hand is pretty amusing. Lately however we do pray for some more sun, as we notice a higher number of rainy and cloudy days than usual, so shooting outside in a lovely 25 degrees is something very ideal we bloggers do wish for. Maybe if a bit more breeze could be arranged that would be lovely too:-).
Taking shots is not always that convenient here in the UAE as professional cameras are often prohibited to be used due to privacy reasons. On our recent shooting with @alphaspotting we were actually sent away from our desired shooting locations, but our never-ending wish for creating something special in the Burj Khalifa area did not let us give up on our plans. Shooting with Mo is pretty advantageous, he knows all the nice places, angles, perspectives in the city. Go check out his gallery, it won’t dissappoint.
Change your ordinary fall sweater to unique designer pieces
With the ever-changing weather this year’s Fall is being quite pleasant to our usual late November outfit combination habits. While mornings keep being really chilly during the day we still can wear easy, less layered styled outfits. Beside the usual sweater, jeans, long skirts, over-the-knee boots traditions I do prefer the more classical looks or the ones that has more texture, creative shapes and styles let it be a blouse, nice pants, jumpsuits or blazer combinations. However I’m all into the eye-catching outfits, when the cold comes I tend to wear socks and scarves on an everyday basis because
I’m that “always cold Chick” who starts to wear coats or a trench as the temperature drops under 18 Celsius. Just like sweaters can look ordinary so as coats get boring, thats why I like to purchase more styles, different jackets, capes, faux furs each season so I don’t have to wear the same “warm and efficient” coats once I’m back in the cold weather. Yes I admit it ends up in a complete mess being back in Budapest for winter because all you see in my apartment are coats hanging on top of each other, overwhelmed hangers, and different heels and boots that occupy the seats in my car. Situation get worse when I shoot with my photographer. Well then my car turns into a beautiful mess and in the same time a nightmare to clean and organize. Despite the lower temperature Fall is my absolute favorite season when it comes to fashion, and I always fall in love with Hungarian designers epic pieces. Without doubt Zia has again caught my attention, and I forgot about all my fast-fashion knitted jumpers as soon as I laid hands on my chic Boundless Jumper.
Bittersweet San Francisco
Its been 2 months since I haven’t stepped foot in San Francisco, such a pity, once I considered it as a new home. California is way too amazing, the vibes, the scenery, the climate, its rhythm basically you can never get enough of it.
If you follow my journey you probably recognized that I haven’t really been settling down as I was always on the go. After meeting someone I decided to place focus on our relationship, and haven’t returned to Singapore since last mid-December. Truth to be told I always felt something strange, something I can’t explain, call it a women’s intuition, but I was so well fooled about how much I was loved not only with words but actions too, that I felt it was the right decision. Well….
It has been an infinite emotional rollercoaster.
This post is not an ordinary
“See our beautiful photos we have created with the amazing Suzy Raskin”.
This is for us women who have found themselves in crazy situations with unexplainable men behaviors and breakups.
See our photos made for the Marie Claire Magazine Photo Tender
To be honest applying for the tender was quite ad-hoc and sudden as most of the things are in my life. I was not really aware what style Marie Claire will “prefer” neither had much time as I was told about the tender only 2 weeks before the application period was closed. Even made it a bit tougher when the first photographer quit and I was left there with an idea I liked but with a slight side note: It was a photo tender for photographers, where clearly I was only an optional model. Still I cared for this project as its Mamacittá ? and pushed it till the end. I kind of felt the topic of the tender pretty close to me and was also sure that something interesting has to be done for this occasion.
The theme of the tender was: The colorful existence of women.
It wasn’t that easy as I had 1,5 week left, needed THE PHOTOGRAPHER:-), the make up artist, preferably a stylist too. A studio and well yes more time:-) Time I did not have!
To be honest the hardest part was to find the time when everybody was able can get together, be on one specific location:-) and do the work.
I was inspired by Sandro Miller’s Malkovich photo exhibition I have previously seen in Budapest. So the idea was clear. Show the colorful existence of women through different characters that are unconventional, or popular in world press photographed with one model → Me.
I needed to keep reminding myself that the project is a photographer tender, and not a topic of a new blogpost of mine. And surprisingly or not I have taken it damn serious.
The approach of us towards the photographs was following my idea, so you will likely feel the touch of fashion on them. Well… Quite much of a fashion touch. The more I see the pictures the more I smile. We humans and our minds and our creativity is so unique and authentic.
Let me show you what characters were in my mind, and how did we display them on the Marie Claire magazine photo tender:-)
Photographer: Richard Vojcehovszkij
Stylist: Clara Gherghel
Make up artist: Nóra Aradi, Yvette Venczlik
Modell: Edina Karina Deák
Let me be your Budapest tour guide part 1: The Hungarian Parliament area
Hello Guys! Im happy you are back to my blog:-)
Today’s topic is about tourism, sightseeing and travel focusing on Budapest, mixed with some fashion, just to stay loyal to myself and to you all:-)
So what you probably didn’t know about me is that I have graduated from a school where I have studied Tourism an Hospitality Management. I also learned everything about Hungary’s geography, culture-tradition-folklore-sights and monuments of each region, our tourism and became a licensed tour guide in Budapest. My life have had my curves, -still has ?- I was lead to many different paths and I have lived and worked in different countries, but my love to tourism, tourists -and being a tourist- and hotels have stayed and will always stay in my heart.
Originally born in Hungary, and based in Budapest is a beautiful combo. Life is relatively easy here, way cheaper than other european countries, the level of education is strong, public transportation is not complicated, food is tasty and fat, social-and nightlife is developed and unique, the city is safe and extraordinary beautiful.
This post is focusing on the most prominent building of Budapest – the Parliament. I will give you some tips, how to connect your 45 min visit with the surrounding area and spend your time useful. I will also share the basic information you need to know about this majestic building, and beyond that some super interesting facts that most people wouldn’t know not even Hungarians.
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This season’s most affordable and smart fashion choices
How far do you go for fashion? Are you following the high-end fashion gurus and copy “them” style or simply choosing what you like in the most popular commercial stores like H&M, ZARA, Bershka etc?
To be honest sometimes I find hard to relate to those who are advertising themselves on social media with big Hermés and Gucci bags, together with Tiffany, Louis and all the rest. I mean why photographing yourself with paper bags? Showing off brings nothing to my mind but feeling sorry for those girls insecurity. If you really (or your man:-) ) has that money, do charity, build something, help others, there are so many ways to gain your followers like, than showing off your money.
If you ask me, I like to follow high-end fashion, or so to say to purchase some statement pieces when I can, but as affordability comes handy I shop a lot from commercial stores.
Why?
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