Holiday dress

Oh my dears do you catch yourself counting the days till holidays, then you realize they are already there. As parties knock on the door and scents of the Christmas start to spread, we wonder what to wear. This year I am not completely giving up of red so I’ll have in backup little red dress with the bows I made, but I would love to mingle around on tiptoes in wonders made of tulle. Even if Chanel and Valentino are my first thoughts when I think of tulle in its best, it’s not impossible to be a princess with few pennies in a hand. Oh tulle tulle, girl can ramble around so long to find you in a vintage store hidden somewhere between floral and ikat. And when she is in online hunt it’s not easy to distinguish a perfect you between the tons of costumes and proms, but nothing is too hard when you imagine yourself in lavish tulle with graceful chignon on your head. Then you are princess even if your kingdom is based only in a Fantasy Land.

What I've found in shops; Cream 40s dress,  Atelier Mayer; Lilac Marc Jacobs dress, Outnet; Pale blue Red Valentino dress, Outnet; Peter Pan dress, Etsy

Magical Christmas Time

Dear little invisible Christmas friends,

I will be sitting at table in pajama and eat some sweets from my candy tin. When angels and dolls start the dance on my Christmas tree, on the sound of a bell I’ll take my coat. I must remember to turn on the lights for Santa that will soon start to sneak around a house. Please recognize me dear friends when I come outside because all that snow in my garden makes me pale like a snowflake. White cat will see us but she won’t tell a soul. And don’t forget… when Santa Stalker enters my house; we’ll make him a surprise. You my littles borrow Santa’s sleigh and so we can fly towards sky while we spread the magical stardust. We will be frisky and laugh when we come to the clouds. I will gather some snowflakes to take home, that isn’t stealing you know. Please don’t forget to bring me macaroons from Laduree. Also, you know I like to dance on the clouds in tulle that Karl makes in Chanel. I will tell the planets we need carrousel and you tell the stars that we will need rosy stardust. You my little friends might wonder so I will tell you why. When we come back I want to sprinkle the dust on every house in our little town. I almost forgot to tell that you pick flowers so we can make wreaths from violets and roses to make beautiful everyone’s doorstep.

P.S. Later we will sing Christmas songs and take a ride on a carrousel. Hope you are ready for magical Christmas time. I am.

Yours truly,

moi

Holiday Accessories Report

These days are so cold that for the many of us is even hard to breathe. When on the outside is below zero, more alluring seems to enroll on the sofa with hot chocolate than suffer from chilblains.
That is my opinion regarding the cold.

Oh, stop being silly, you are not a teddy bear and you cannot stay covered in blanket forever. At some point you will have to leave the house.
These are my self-affirmation statements.

And I will replace a book and a movie for a good old party. And parties in December are the best. Or at least they used to be. People seem kind of carefree during this particular month. And for december parties I love to dress up. A bit more than usual. And longer. Yes that certainly. And the certainly is that this makes people around me impatient. Where did all the improvidence go?
That is how I make people nervous.

After I finish carefully picking of the empress’s new-old clothes, I consider about details. When the clothes and decorations are assembled, I make myself a bubble bath. After the bubbles sink me and my fingers are enough wrinkled I cover myself in housecoat. When I turn on a lovely chanson on the radio, I make me a nice drink and lit myself a cigarette. When I am not dancing I am doing manicure and thinking how life is simply wonderful
That is what I like to do.
And these are petite decorations that I like:

Jeffrey Campbell Lita boots in tapestry pattern, Marc Jacobs metallic Mary Janes, YSL suede green court shoes, Opening Ceremony par Robert Clergerie velvet crisscross heels


Rika Liv bag, vintage Chanel quilted bag


Eugenia Kim Honey hat with feather trim, Monki Robyn black hat


vintage Chanel earrings, Rebel Rebel heart bracelet from Different collection, Daydream Nation fur and feather collar, Gemma Lister velvet collar

photos 1, 3, 4 Lula Magazine, 2 Hobo Magazine

Christmas carol

The streets and trees are sparkling silver lights, it’s the snow falling outside. Like a soap bubbles covers the house. Music plays from hidden clouds. Bells ringing all the time. Glittering stars falling from the sky. Carefree and full of love people holding hands, while all over the planet is translucent magic floating in the air.
On the 358th day of the year, during the night one chubby man is gonna sneak around your house. Be careful and don’t light fire. Chimney has to be clean and tide. He will look around and sprinkle magic dust around the house, then with a sound he will eat milk and cookies or cherry pie. When you wake up hearing something in dark you will see the falling star. That’s Santa in the sky riding his sleigh.
Santa’s little helpers have been working all the time. Petite treasures they make with lot of love. You will vaguely wander on the streets around with hot chocolate in a to-go cup. Buying of presents is wonderful moment of time. If you are refugee from icy wintertime you will stay home and order petite artworks online.

lace and tulle journal, $25; Jane Austen journal, $16; vintage Vogue poster; prints from Pop Pop Portraits, from $9 to $130


vintage Vogue magazine, $40; Golden Hands magazine, $3.95; What shall I wear today? book, $12; The Selby is in your home book, £13.43; Like I give a frock book, $18.95


knitted hangers, $28; hearts shoe bag, £3.00; positive affirmations pegs, $7; polka dot pegs, $3; floral hangers, £9.00


Christmas decorations: joy letters, $28; bird decoration, $9.95; snow fairy, $13; magic paper banner, $30; Noel tulle decoration, $5


ivory jewelry box, $18; pastel pink jewelry box, $15.75; vintage jewelry box, $39.99; floral laptop case, $28; leopard laptop case, $39

This is misslikey's annual Christmas gift guide (last year's guide)

sealed with a kiss

Dear tunic dress,

In the beginning of autumn when runaway queens and kings nonchalant saw hipsters with hidden legs instead of hipsters in nude legs, both retailers and me were in panic. Retailers because they needed extra fabric and me because I thought there won’t be minis to buy! But luckily that didn’t happen. Meanwhile, dear tunic dress you became popular unlike the last years when you were available only from Orla, Marc or Milly. That makes me happy somehow. Because I like to show some leg. In a nonchalant manner. That’s why you are always my first choice.
So dear tunic dress I love to buy you either embellished or not. If you are embellished you are ready to wear. When you are made of chiffon and decorated with details as bejeweled neckline, bows, peter pan or petal collars you make me look like I will dance with balloons in the sky. But mostly I love you when you are simple, made of cotton. When you are like that I wear you over blouses with interesting or decorated neckline. Also you are perfect for detachable details as bows or crochet and organza collars. So dear tunic of mine, sometimes I love you in baby doll style but prefer you in trapeze cut. Sometimes I love to wear you with heels but mostly I wear you on ballet flats and black tights. Oh, and did I mention I love when you have long sleeves?

Yours truly,
Mini Me

Viennese Café dress, Chocoholic dress and Sweet Darling dress from ModCloth, dress from Temperley London at outnet
vintage letter in collage borrowed from deviantart

Last minute holiday gift guide

If Christmas shopping is a ritual, I believe in Santa little helpers- those that pick presents at least week before Christmas's Eve in small specialized or vintage shops. Gift as conventional present just in way of form is one thing that is on dislike list. Since very devoted to Retro ways of bestowal, I am rather for receiving something even cheap or made by person itself if its sincere and from heart rather than Hermes scarf if is bought just to be bought (not being Pinocchio)
But we all know how exhausting can be end of the year. Who anymore has time for buying unique? But anyway if we are shopping in that way, we have to think of wishes of beloved ones. And situation of buying presents with last minute, chaos and crowd, doesn’t have to be a bad movie scene, it certainly can have its own lure (particularly if are included snowflakes and hot coffee)
And buying present for fashionable girl, whether it is friend/girlfriend/sister/colleague/cousin, can be very agonizing. What this girl needs due to characteristic of fashionistas as very -I have it all- beings? Some of them (us) are very shopaholics with cured-rehab-tryin’ to make me go to rehab background stories. So what to buy to a girl that has it (almost) all?

Fashionista obsession #1 Books
Fashion people are not crazy only about book signings but collections on shelves. You are probably familiar about her literature so you will be informed about missing words/photos. List is tested and those following are rather flawless reads.
Direction----> Book store

Chanel Collections and Creations by Daniele Bott is visual and textual delight for all Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent Memoirs by Pierre Bergé( co-founder of YSL Couture House and lifelong Yves partner, for YSL fans.
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers, Second Edition is by the words of Vogue fashion bible, and by misslikey more than fashion channel for every person in industry while Fashion encyclopedia with 150 years in fashion is The Fashion Book of Phaidon Press.
Madeleine Vionnet book is excellent mode to find more about one of the most important couturiers in fashion. Author is Betty Kirke, Foreword written by Issey Miyake.
Photography lovers would enjoy following;
Nick Knight Book - photography retrospective (from 1990 to present) with images picked by Nick himself. Avedon Fashion 1944-2000 as must have for the photography and Richard Avedon lovers.New publication characterized by every penny worth is Juergen Teller:Marc Jacobs Advertising 1998-2009.Famous Scott Schuman is finally in print- The Sartorialist is publication for all fashion bloggers and lovers of street style.
Helmut Newton Work in Taschen edition is summary of Newton work. And every lover of illustrations would look intently on Fashion Wonderland, summary of fashion illustrations.

Fashionista obsession #2; Lola and Lula
Direction ----->Perfumery, newsstand or bookstore

Lola is new fragrance of Marc Jacobs with our model Cheri Karlie Kloss and Juergen Teller, man that completely fits Marc philosophy. And absolutely every girl currently wants to be wrapped in cloud of fuchsia aroma.
Direction for Lola in purple mini hat box: Neiman Marcus
Lula magazine is one of our favorite publication and absolute source for quality photography so buy your friend of girlfriend new issue of Lula Mag (Karen Elson on cover)
photo via Lula Scrapbook

Fashionista obsession # 3 Nude and Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Directions-----> H&M, Topshop, fred flare store

Sleep mask with charming name Holly GoNightly is absolute celebration of one our favorite heroines, Holly aka Lula Mae ($14.00) If your fashionista doesn’t have time for sleep buy her/him Audrey Hepburn DVD collection.
From lingerie I picked from topshop those two splendid pieces of (under)wear – Nude satin bralet ($50.00) and Scalloped lace body ($50.00), and from H&M there is Sonia Rykiel’s luxurious kimono with black satin lapels(consider yourself lucky if you manage to come across this piece)

Fashionista obsession # 4 Sartorialist View of the World
Directions-----> Antique shop, Oak, American Apparel

Polaroid Camera- Every fashionista, from Rachel Zoe to anonymous fashion craver is obsessed with Polaroids. So if you are familiar with antique shops around you, you will never make a mistake with buying Polaroid camera- girl can never get enough of polaroids.
Cheap shades- Only God knows how many of lovely and cheap sunglasses we have and how many more we will get!
If your fashionista is crazy about rounded shades get her/him Tortoise Sunglasses by American Apparel ($30.00) or brown spitfire glasses from Oaknyc ($46.00)

Fashionista obsession # 5 Refined eyes and ears
Directions------> audio-video shop, Urban Outfitters

Every conscious girl is aware of how big influence is Jimi Hendrix’s heritage on today’s fashion and trends and she is enthusiastic about LP’s so The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? double LP can be very idea for the gift.(available at Urban Outfitters) She has the same opinion about Grunge culture so she would enjoy reading Grunge by Michael Lavine & Thurston Moore from Urban Outfitters book store.
If they are rock'n'roll in heart Bob Dylan’s Christmas in The Heart album is great warmer for festive spirit. Great idea for a gift since is must see and great reminisce of supermodels, is documentary called catwalk, directed by Robert Leacock with all totally important persons featured there, (just to name a few) as Linda, Naomi, Alaïa, Grace Coddington, Lady Amanda Harlech, Galliano, Gaultier

Fashionista obsession # 6 Eternal storage
Directions----> Urban Outfitters, Debenhams (if in UK), Oasis

Jewelry is one of the most important things so it’s always very essential for these kind of girls that pieces don’t tangle- that’s why at Urban Outfitters came to idea of jewelry stands with look a like of bird cage which is totally lovely ($32.00).
We love to store our rings in metal boxes like this with butterflies & florals from Debenhams (15GBP). Another storage gift is Oasis case, which is absolutely lovely and very vintage charming. (50GBP)

Fashionista obsession # 7 Sometimes very practical
Direction------> Oak store, Opening Ceremony store
Gift guide is closed with this practical and useful black army canvas bag from Oak ($45.00) and the item that every of us considers as totally essential since we know there are never enough of stretching high-wasted skirts (this one is available at Opening Ceremony store for $39.00


p.s. Now don't e-mail this list to your friends, boyfriends, parents. Or you can ;)

Holiday Accessories Report

A Woman's Right to Shoes

Miu Miu shoes are always on our wish list and this nude pumps with ankle strap are already crush of one of our faves iconic girls, Giovanna Bataglia, while chic chocolate crush comes from Proenza Schouler. Who can resist Proenza’s this season wooden platforms? Wedges this year came back with style, and Acne wedges you can either love or hate. No matter of your feelings toward them they deserved IT status in blogosphere. This love it’s on with Alexa Chung. And Rumi Neeley.
Still there is nothing sophisticated and classic enough like good old Mary Jane's. Since are holidays right time to be glossy on right place, why wouldn’t Mary Jane be metallic(Rupert Sanderson)
Last crush is absolute lace up booties tidbit from Korean Pastar, in suede leather with gold buttons (Louboutin inspired)

Satchel is oversized clutch

Designer houses are bit short of oversized clutches so we decided to transform our satchels into the clutch (remember Tolula Adeyemi and her orange satchel/clutch love). Since we did that practical thing, we are ready to run from school (office) to party in-a-minute.
Obsessions are Boyy model Slash (discovered Boyy through Dream Sequins, one of the dearest fashionista bloggers), Proenza Schouler’s PS1 inspired by classical satchel, this year irresistible in purple suede. Same feelings are toward Farrow, oversized clutch in cognac rustic leather from Hayden-Harnett

Take a Bow

Long time we’ve been very obsessed with hair decorating. It’s probably because we want of our little heads to be very prominent. That’s why we had flowers, birds, LV bunny ears on them, and even mingling as a Minnie’s with mouse ears (just take a look at Chanel Iman in Vogue Germany editorial)
Current obsessions of evoking childhood memories, except our sweetest Tavi, are bow headbands. We heart Natasha Poly in Vogue Paris editorial (Givenchy headband) and the most stylish twins after Olsens, Caroline & Alice Rausch (photo via refinery29)
Will you choose big (Promod) or small (Juicy Couture) bow or you will attach one on the top of your chignon?

Sprinkle little stardust with the finest pieces of jewelry

Vintage medallions are obsession of art and fashion lovers, and we find irresistible those on the chains (Vintage Carnelian Cameo Locket Necklace)
We loved stars on tees now we put them on our ears (Kenneth Jay Lane's gold plated stud clip-on earrings). But still, we adore vintage earrings(Rachel Leigh’s Vintage Crystal Drops ). And lot of rings, especially when we wear them all together (oval peach Moonstone ring, Sheila Fajl ring with etched lettering, John Hardy 'Dot' ring) We don’t have to mention what we feel about nice, elegant detail bracelets in black and gold blend (Marni)

Last but not less important

Oh how we loved sheer tights with little polka dots that we saw on Balenciaga this fall (hat inspired lot of retail stores like oasis). If you are classic I strongly recommend Accessorize UK tights. Faux Fur scarves always mellow my heart; they take me back on Portobello Road in my imagination)- we picked black faux fur with satin bow from Debenhams and Eskell faux fur scarf from refinery29shop.
And gloves (Gaga, ooh la la) we don’t need to mention because we know how those beauties spice things up; Phillip Lim's short studded black leather gloves, ModCloth sheer gloves with black polka dots