ukusafashion

Collars completely hand made by me: I made the prints in photoshop, by manipulating color and images printed them on treated fabric made patterns cut them out sewed them together If you are interested, I am currently  selling them in my etsy shop here If you do buy a collar make sure to mention you are one of my readers once you post a picture of your fabulous self on you blog wearing my collars and you will get 50% off!! I am having a  giveaway  on Monday Its a $50 gift certificate for Bohemian Bisoux Vintage Spread the word!!! so start checking out her shop now! Stay tuned!!!!

Happy Birthday Mary !!!! On the way to Mary's dinner party we stopped by the Palo alto zoo Her  boyfriend  designs and makes the exhibits (like the fake rocks and paintings) The bat cave below is one of his many creations Hopefully one day he can design my furture house interiors and exterior Hopfully it will look something like this place I found in Paris: Mary and I in the zoo Bat cave I made Marys Birthday Gift Stay tuned for pictures in tomorrow's post!

hat: 1930s  vintage martini Lounging dress: 1940s one of my favorite etsy vintage shops Junee moon vintage New (for me) glasses: 1960's Vintage 50's eyewear Turban lady brooch: 1940s 

I had amazing food at  Provence day The chefs cooking were all  chez pani s people So the food was obviously excellent!! I was hoping my outfit would match the food, wine, and desert! I think I succeeded This guy had an amazing outfit, he told me he's a goat herder! Lipstick: YSL   RougeVolupte  in mesmerizing purple                  Eyeshadow: make up forever aquarelle in orange                  Nail polish: Essie in lapis of luxry                  Hat: Vintage 1950s from Clever Nettle                  Pant Suit: Vintage 1940s from Yesterdazed                  Belt: Vintage 1970s snake belt                  Shoes: purple zara criss cross sandals              ...

Today we are going to take a waltz through my process: getting what I want in my little fashion world! How do I find an item I am obsessed with? Why the obsession?  How do I obtain it?   How do I search for it?  Should I just make it?  How the hell do I wear it?  How can you make it? Why the obsession? Every period had found a way to sneek ermine into fashion but it hasn't been taken seriously as a trend since the 1950s! Um its the symbol of anything regal.... Well I'm mad about Ermine and I'm bringing it to the 2010!!!! There's something so crisp and almost graphic about the black and white While still keeping its elegance in the silky fluff and texture of the black tails I have found in the first part of my research that secretly people have kept up a longing for ermine I imagine this creepy but amazingly eccentric woman who opens her cupboard to get something and all of these ermine capes, collars, coats, hats, and muff...

My sister created my eyeshadow look Mom and Dad my sister and I doing an old fashioned postcard pose Pierre and my sister Pierre peeking over his shoulder with a smoldering glance