DOUBLE TEXTURE

Author: Cecilia Posted: April 11th, 2012

I´m a sucker for textures. On pillows, blankets, curtains, clothes, shoes and even plants and art work - you name it, I dig it. Today, I got my fair share from a loosely knitted Helmut Lang sweater and a pair of woven leather shoes by Jil Sander Navy (both in store now).





Some textured parts of my home:



A carved wood painting



My favourite blanket



Bubbly pillow



A beautiful hanging plant in our bedroom



Like a lava landscape painting



An oil painting with very generous strokes

And don´t even get me started on shadow play...



Bedroom



Living room

But speaking of, (I can´t help myself, he he) when I co-owned and ran Le Shop Stockholm some years ago, we had such beautiful dresses in store by designer Sarah Törnqvist. There´s one in particular I have in mind that had a print of shadows from window blinds. I think this style is nothing but amazing even now, five years later.

Here, some stills from her collection film Gap, directed by Igor Zimmermann (2007):









And the dress, photo by Marcus Palmqvist:



Love.

Over and out, good night!

xx
Cecilia

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HAPPY EASTER!

Author: Cecilia Posted: April 6th, 2012

Have a happy, sweet, beautiful and witchy Easter, folks! Get ready for takeoff:

























xx
Cecilia

Images: Still from Amelie in Montmartre, antique dolls via The Fashion Spot, Life cover 1922, Guy Bourdin for Charles Jourdan 1978, Vogue IT 1992 Kate Moss by Arthur Elgort, Illustration and skirt lamp photo via The Fashion Spot, Iggy Pop and Kate Moss, Easter Eggs, Pantone spray cans, Isabella Blow by Steven Meisel, George Wolfe Plank illustration Vogue 1928.

DIY PROJECT

Author: Cecilia Posted: March 18th, 2012

My days off are most rewarding when small projects are involved, here´s today´s do-it-yourself:









So what´s this? Well, our kitchen tiles are ok, white and plain, but some schmuck once decided it was a good idea to include a few still life ones, which I have a hard time coping with. This place was a rental just up to last month, which means you´re not allowed to change this kind of stuff. So a few years ago, I bought a book with photographs by artist Carl Johan de Geer, scanned my favourites and printed them on self-adhesive photo paper. Then cut and paste!

This rather simple procedure lasted for a couple of years, way over expectation. So, I thought, why change a winning concept? And just reprised it but changed two out of four images. This will probably last for at least another year then, which is sooo great since we don´t have enough cash to revamp the whole place right now, we´ll start off with one of the bathrooms, and repairing the kitchen floor.







The worn down houses are poetic and beautiful, and I l-o-v-e the young woman taking a bath in the sink. And the family in the car with the kids in the back reading adult magazines... Real life documentary beauty.
Amazing photographs, I will never ever get tired of looking at them.

Another very dear part of my home is this little installation of cast iron monkeys, they´re also hanging around in the kitchen:



Aren´t they the cutest? I inherited them from my mum and it´s a nice way to be reminded of her each morning. They always get me in a good mood.

xx
Cecilia

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES

Author: Cecilia Posted: March 4th, 2012

Aren´t these guys just the cutest?



A tiny Paris street art orchestra!

Love love love, and I can´t help but include a soundtrack, enjoy Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark with their song Souvenir:



xx
Cecilia

SELF PORTRAITS

Author: Cecilia Posted: February 13th, 2012

Just saw these from one of my favourite photographers; Wendy Bevan. They´re self portraits pulished in Ballad Of... Magazine, AW11. Absolutely beautiful!









xx
Cecilia

AMOUR

Author: Cecilia Posted: January 23rd, 2012

We´re now comfortably checked in at one of our favourite hotels in Paris, Hotel Amour in Montmartre, which has quite a few unique interior details. Here´s an old hockey game from the basement loo, matching walls and roof in room 304 and ceiling artwork in room 403:







So yeah, what´s up?

xx
Cecilia

AND ANOTHER ONE... DARTH VADER!

Author: Cecilia Posted: November 18th, 2011

Ok, so another one, I can´t resist.



Street Art Utopia - like them on Facebook here or go directly to their website here. A Friday treat for y´all! Trust me - there´s more...

xx
Cecilia

LEGO TERRACOTTA ARMY

Author: Cecilia Posted: November 18th, 2011

Some of you have probably already seen this, but I must share for those who hasn´t! It´s beyond amazing...





It´s a terracotta army, lego style, by Planet Streetpainting at the Chalk Festival in Sarasota, 2011. More info here.

Images courtesy of Street Art Utopia.

x
Cecilia

EERIE MECHANICAL FASHION DOLLS

Author: Cecilia Posted: October 27th, 2011

Wow, have a look at these stunning (and admittedly a bit scary) photos by Tim Walker, modelled by Audrey Marnay and Kirsi Pyronen, for the October issue of Vogue Italia:













And then watch the film. Uh-mazing.



The work that has been put in to this production, so impressive... And the model casting is p-e-r-f-e-c-t. Fashion by Jacob K.

If film will be removed from YouTube, you find the whole story here.

Image source: Fashion Gone Rogue

x
Cecilia

ON THE WALL

Author: Cecilia Posted: August 22nd, 2011

This post is dedicated to Emilia, who e-mailed me and asked for a couple of paintings with hearts she once saw on my blog some years ago (when I was still writing Fashion Affair at the department store PUB). The picture wall in question was my own, but we moved house since, so I thought it´s a good time to share an updated version.

So here it is, now in our bedroom, since that´s the only room with proper high walls (we live in a loft so there´s sloping ceilings just about everywhere else).



The big one on the top is my personal favourite, it´s scraped and painted directly on wood by artist Niels Jensen. Another piece that has a very special place with me is a lithography by Baertling, the one with bright and bold colours in triangles. I inherited it from my paternal grandmother and grandfather. The rest of my family absolutely hated it, lucky me!
I also inherited some oil paintings from my late mother (the flower down below and the abstract face just by the lamp to the right), and I treasure these immensely too.



Zooming in on the hearts (below), the artist´s name is Gerhard Blum, and he´s indeed famous for his kings and queens paintings, they´re his signature. Ours are copied from copper plate and then painted on by hand.



You can buy his book Love/Crazy here. If you would like to get in contact with Gerhard directly, just send me an e-mail and I´ll forward it to him.

x
Cecilia