Color them crazy

Yesterday i spent at least 20 minutes near the 'nail polish' section in Shoppers Drug Mart trying to figure out what colour i can get that would be new and cool. After 20 minutes of looking and opening up the bottles, my nails started looking like a rainbow and i realized that it would be better to come home, see which colours im missinging in my collection and come back with a clear mind. What a smart decision by me!
Today i opened up a box where i keep a bunch of colourful bottles, and realized that really, i don't need any new 'migrants' in my collection :) I don't like metallics, i don't like boring colors, except a few beiges that i have as it's a must, the collection is full of life and fun tones.

I put away the colours that seem to be moody and winterish since its spring time and hopefully summer is not far away and decided that these are the nail polish that will be my close friends in the next few months.

P.S. honestly speaking, orange and yellow are my close friends throughout the whole year, not just the summer, especially on my toes... what can i say, my mind works this way "if i see sunny tones, my mood bar goes to a 100%".

wedding dresses i like:

like i promised in yesterday's post, here are a few wedding dresses that i like, it doesn't mean that i would necessarily choose one of them to wear for my wedding or anything else, just liking them ;)
All of them by Ellie Saab, amazging!!

and an unconventional choice ;)

Ksenia

Royal Wedding Fever

Did you catch the Royal Wedding Fever yet? Well, thumbs up if you didn't yet, cause now its hours away and the whole world is talking about it " The Wedding of the Century".

Now that Kate Middleton is becoming a fahsion icon with ehr minimalistic and super elegant style, everyone is wondering who is designing her wedding dress? One thing is certain, it will be a British designer. But wat will the dress look like? Designers around the world created so many dresses that they would make for Kate if they were chosen for this role. Now, since the wedding is so grand and the ceremony will be taking place in Westminster Abbey with over 900 guests, i do believe that it will be very dramatic but minimalistic, modern, beaded and elegant. It got to be a STATEMENT DRESS! But why guessing, let's just wait and see on April 29, 2011!

And in teh next post you'll see a few wedding dresses that i like ;) Not for Kate, not for myself, i JUST like them.

Ksenia

+20 in TO

i pretty much tweeted eveyrthing i'll say here today, but gotta summarize it, right?

in Toronto it's +20 for a change (don't get too excited, cause the weather channel is saying it will be raining and +12-+15 the whole week...*sigh*
but on a positive note, Yorkville today was all dressed up and stylish, that is pretty much the only TO area where you can find ppl caring about what they are wearing... but i wasn't there, all my friends were busy, my fiance decided to go for a beer with boys and i was left alone... but i aint a fool to be sitting at home on such gorgeous day, so i dressed up, and went for a walk by myself, ended up on a Starbucks patio, got a caramel machiato, a magazine and! forgot my earphones thats why i just put the music on my phone and was sitting there enjoying myself.
note #1. only in North America: once ithits +20, ppl wear flip-flops and t-shirts... where is the slow transition from winter to summer?
note #2. if you feel like dressing up and being stylish, do it, who cares that you are the only one out there who looks like that?
note #3. ppl in TO are boring, i swear: flip flops, sports pants, oversized t-shirts...rrr

being inspired by the weather i went bohemian chic: long black chiffon skirt, jean jacket, yellow shoes and purse and minimum make up just with red lips... no pics yet, lost my camera (extremely upset!) so here are little sneak pics:

unique and outrageous

            Beautiful, scandalous, unique and outrageous- Kate Moss, on the cover of Vogue Paris once again. Such a powerful shot, stunning Kate in Armani Prive and everyone wants her and Armani Prive, well, obviously!

Cute or Creepy?

Vogue Enfants... do we really need one? Or Vogue is just trying to capitalize on its name?

I am all for children being models, as long as it stays cute, real and does not take over their childhood, well obviously, it should come together with certain rights, rates, and not enforced by parents.
But look at Vogue Enfants. DO you think these kids look cute?

or creepy?

                                      I mean, come on, there is a fine border line between the two!

Ksenia

vintage weekend

Last weekend, Halyna and me went vintage shopping, got a few greta things for aaaaahmazing prices :) and look what we saw!

Love love love this bag!wish i could travel with this , but hoooow?:))

And these huge mittens, they were soooo cute and beautiful! What do you think, can we start a new trend??

Ksenia

LUCIAN MATIS

Honestly speaking, i don't even know where to start!
Ok, just a couple of hours ago i had an honour to walk in the show that the whole world should have seen because it is THAT GREAT- LUCIAN MATIS!!!

I have had a chance to work with this amazing designer a few times now and every collection always blows me away, really! He manages to stay so unique and offers a great variety of very special pieces. It amazes me how many details he always has in his collection, this time was no exception...And it is important to mention that this season Lucian was showing off site, at the Design Exchange in Toronto during the Fashion Week. And i love it when a designer is showing in a different loctaion since he/she has so much freedom to play with the space:

These letters that spelled Lucian Matis were created by an amazing Neil Schmidt:



Beuatiful make up was done by Smashbox and hair by Schwarzkopf:

Regular black bracelets got bejewelled as well as these nails, shoes and stockings! All done by Lucian Matis and his team! I am just speecheless at the amoutn of details:



Knitted, bedazzled, bejewelled collection that is out of this world! ALL handmade! And soooo COUTURE!And a Gorgeous line up of the models!



On the RUNWAY:

After the show- media time:



Program: I adore Lucian even more for giving a credit to the models: a program with a line up: name/agency:

p.s. i am PROUD to say that LUCIAN MATIS is also making my wedding dress ;)

Ksenia



Tassoni Brazil

It is certainly very nice when after 3 years the designer still wants to book you, only you and noone else :) I've worked with these amazingly talented boys 3 years ago when they launched their jewellery company. However, it's life and not everything went the way it was planned to be. And now they are back again, witha very high end limited collection of beautiful pieces of jewellery in silver, antique silver, gold and rose gold...i LOVE all the pieces!
Joseph and Andre are amazing to work with, very professional and caring. They had an excat image of what they wanted to get from the shoot, and here are some behaind the stage photos, stay tuned for the launch of their web-site and final shots!

inspiration board

beautiful hair and make up and jewellery ofcoarse!

love the hair!

beautiful minimalistic pieces of jewellery!

Ksenia

YYZ Video

Hey, guys!
Not long ago i shot for  YYZ Living Luxury Toronto Magazine and guess what they actually made a little sneak peak video of what we did that day. Take a look!

Ksenia

SHOES!

In case you are looking to update your shoe collection with somehting very affordable, here are two models that i absolutely love! These are by Jessica Simpson in a range of $100 a pair! But...good luck finding them in Toronto! Let me know if you do...

Ksenia

Get Inspired and get ready for the Spring/Summer 2011

Spring is in the air, summer is not that far away. Gotta hit some stores and renew your wardrobe! Now, you don't have to copy the looks that we have seen on the runway, you don't have to spend a fortune and buy designer only pieces! Instead, mix and match designer with affordable. Take a look at some of the trends that emerged at S/S  2011 shows and get inspired!

There is something for everyone! Maxi dresses, bellow the knee skirts, ballerina like outfits, tough looks, femine and romantic, all white and bright colours!

Ksenia