sweet alphabet craze

When I spotted Robert Ryan’s  paper-cuts on the pages of Vogue back in the days, I immediately was bedazzled with these magical stories of paper. London-based contemporary artist is well known for his exceptional combination of illustration, sweet poetry and paper cuts. Because of his great skills with paper, you can hardly believe these are actually paper cuts. Except embellishing of our favourite magazines, such as Vogue, Amelia and many others or covers of smart words on our shelves, over the years, he had brought his unique and magical charm to our homes, offices and closets. These days there is another collaboration coming out of the Rob Ryan’s charming factory, and this time with Alphabet Bags. It’s nothing unusual for misslikey to spend a day examining Rob's pretty creations, but since the day she saw these sweet letter totes, somehow she’s feeling a huge craze for an alphabet. Just like she is learning letters again.

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Mademoiselle and Tapestry

Once upon a time your friend duchess used to invite you for a weekend at her lavish residence. In salon you were sipping tea from finest porcelain cups and assembly was playing flutes. Flamboyant tapestries were hanged on wall behind mahogany tea table. On the tapestries were hand woven images of the family so you were updated with their lives whether male members of the family went to war, or the duchess was reading in the garden. When you returned to your modest home, you unpacked your cheap traveling carpetbag, similar to the walls in duchess palace, and you felt tremendously modern.

That morning when you woke up, you went out on the street and you are terribly surprised when you see that stores instead of beans, are also selling bags and shoes. You buy yourself a dress. You come home and you push the button on something that looks like a box. People moving in it awfully scared you. You see a girl that flies with umbrella and carries in her hand that same carpetbag like you used to have.

Glorious duchess’s tapestries come as a memory to your mind. You decide to investigate around. You meet a man and he kindly offers his help. He brings something shiny and puts it on a table and starts typing the word tapestry while you are wondering how that little apple find herself on that. All of the sudden, on that thing appear thousand images of handsome attire and bags. Since the man told you could buy things there if you want, you choose tapestry bag on something called Etsy. And you choose one handsome suitcase for your voyage. Who wants to look like a carpet, kind man states. Mademoiselle thinks that gentleman doesn’t know the fashion, you say coolly while you sit on your chair to rest.

John William Waterhouse: My Sweet Rose, Mary Shepard: Mary Poppins Illustration , Vintage tapestry DVF travel bag, Vintage tapestry suitcase.

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

Me & my backpack

Backpacker is a person that is usually adventurous, spontaneous, brave and with the free spirit. Can it be that in every one of us lies a petite backpacker? Possibly the young Muccia Prada had a vagabond spirit back in the early 80s when she came to idea to create a backpack from a nylon fabric that her grandfather’s company was using to cover large suitcases for overseas traveling. By the mid 90s everyone was wearing backpack, and those with few hundred spare dollars in their pocket had a triangle Prada sign on it. Not only the Prada girls were popular, but also the voyagers with Chanel backpacks. Chanel heroines were not just on the streets or in offices but also in the books.
These days, backpacks are becoming popular again. Finally, different kinds of stores are offering rucksacks that don’t look any more like hitchhiking equipment. Military style is moral just when it comes to fashion so I find those influenced with it very delightful. Same feelings I have towards tapestry or ethnic backpacks. But my heart beats faster for vintage iconic backpacks. So Chanel Suede backpack in brown would immediately make a bohemian princess out of me, and one in black suede a ballet dancer, even if I am not on personal with jeté.

Surely it's silly to think that with one of these vintage backpacks you would be able to travel the world in 80’s days but they give this idea of adventurous nature.Me & my backpack means me more spontaneous and nonchalant. Also means more often excursions to library because it’s very practical and can hold more books than regular purse. It also doubles the chances that I won’t skip my yoga classes, or I’ll take a walk around the pretty lake that is just 5 minutes from my house. If nothing, doubles my chances for more often casual but chic weekends.

CHANEL BAGS FEATURED HERE: BLACK SUEDE QUILTED BACKPACK ETSY, BACKPACK WITH THE CHAIN HANDLES EBAY, BROWN SUEDE BACKPACK AT DECADES LONDON IN DOVER STREET MARKET

MODELS WEARING BACKPACKS, PHOTOS VIA JAK&JIL , LES MADS, STREETFSN

NEAT or NOT; Marni small shoulder tote

Who,What, Where: Marni shoulder tote in blush, fall 2010 RTW
Seen: on Naty Chabanenko in The New New Look editorial for September issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, styled by Mattias Karlsson and photographed by Serge Leblon.
Price: £567
NEAT OR NOT?