I have been learning a lot of stuff about sewing/ DIY projects on the threadbanger DIY Fashion & Style website. Their videos come in a variety of different craft/sewing tutorials for all levels of crafters AND they are easy to follow. :) They also feature guest designers, keeping it fresh.
If you like to sew/craft I highly recommend – I am sewing my halloween costume this year and their tutorials have helped me! (to be posted shortly)
^ i am sewing these! adorable
^this song “Diablo Rojo” by Rodrigo y Gabriela is my FAVORITE! thanks to ali for introducing me – so sexy, fun, AMOR! ahhh seriously amazing! my mom will also be obsessed with this
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Billboard.com review of Rodrigo Y Gabriela’s 11:11
“Inspiration from eleven artists over eleven new tracks is the impetus for Rodrigo Y Gabriela‘s sophomore set “11:11,” due September 8 on ATO. The duo built a new studio in Ixtapa, Mexico where they wrote and recorded much of the new material on the fly, while also experimenting with percussive and electric elements into the super-charged acoustic style of their instrumental music.
Of the influences culled on “11:11,” Rodrigo Sanchez tells Billboard.com that the John McLaughlin fusion group Shakti and recent trips to India and Sri Lanka compelled the duo to create a more “east-meets-west” sound at times. “You’ll find little details and I think, the actual idea of getting you there – to give you a flavor of an eastern meets western thing would sound like. I mean it’s fun and was pretty difficult to make it happen but I think we did it.”
“11:11″ follows the duo’s 2006 debut, which was wildly successful in world music and folk rock circles. “Rodrigo Y Gabriela” has sold 304,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. The duo broke out of Ireland, where they had relocated after having trouble with finding success playing in a thrash metal group in Mexico City.
They’ve since incorporated reinterpreted metal songs into their repertoire, including Metallica’s “One” and “Orion” as well as the Led Zeppelinclassic, “Stairway to Heaven.” “11:11″ continues the with hard rock homages, including an ode to Jimi Hendrix on “Buster Voodoo” and a guitar solo from Testament‘s Alex Skolnick on “Atman.” At the same time, they explore more laid back arrangements on “Logos” and the Pink Floyd-inspired title track, “11:11.”
“We recorded different and were using techniques and not sounding particularly the same way,” Sanchez explains. “That was the idea, to change everything, as much as we could. We were wondering if that was a good thing to do. For us, the sound and the actual album sounds different. You can still perceive that it’s us but we can not repeat ourselves all the time.”
Starting September 2 in London, Rodrigo Y Gabriela will support “11:11″ this fall in both the U.S. and Europe, playing theatres and large clubs.”
The track list for “11:11″ is:
“Hanuman”
“Buster Voodoo”
“Triveni”
“Logos”
“Santo Domingo”
“Master Maqui”
“Savitri”
“Hora Zero”
“Chac Mool”
“Atman”
“11:11″
fun underwear commercial – unrelated to rodrigo y gabriela :) enjoy
Becca cosmetics has caught my attention, as an international make-up brand worth some research time. Everything about the brand emphasizes a look of natural effortless beauty. Their photo campaign, which was shot by Nicole Bentley and styled by Daniel Ryan is gorgeous!!! One look at these images and I feel like I MUST get my hands on some Becca goodies. The becca website does an adequate job with DIY (do it yourself) makeup tutorials. If these photographs don’t convince you this brand is special than hear their celebrity clientel; Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, Naomi Watts, Sienna Miller, Kate Moss, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Alicia Keys, and Gemma Ward to name a few. Love makeup that doesn’t make you look like a clown…
^model Sonya Kukainis – “embodiment of Australian style and beauty”… indeed & international!
How to for all looks here and more
Burberry usually shows at Milan fashion week – this year they debuted in London, which made the event all the more authentic for their 25th Anniversary… Also, Burberry’s new face Emma Watson looked unbelievable at the event in one of the new designs in gold (different from the collection, which was primarily cool silver tones)… Here are a few pieces I particularly like from this stand out collection. I am sure everyone can appreciate the classic yet updated and trendy trench coats. So romantic, sensual, sophisticated, and true to the brands signature style. Also, I think this song in the runway is the kooks? yes??
images and story from style.com
A shining, silver paillette-encrusted trenchcoat sparkling on the runway as metallic confetti rained down: This is the memory London fashion week will have of its 25th anniversary—and the Burberry show that ended it. There was more young glamour per foot here than the city’s ever witnessed in a front row. Emma Watson was present, and so were Gwyneth Paltrow, Mary-Kate Olsen, Victoria Beckham, and Daisy Lowe; Freida Pinto and Dev Patel were holding hands. And every piece Christopher Bailey showed could have been worn by any one of them: The message was Burberry gone short, draped, deluxe, and glamorous, and aimed at the very young.
Returning from Milan to London could have meant a wallow in heritage nostalgia. Not a bit of it. Instead, Bailey brought all the high-gloss international production values he knows back to his home city, and made sure the label’s history—namely, the iconic trench—looked alive and relevant to the 18- to 25-year-olds in the audience. From the fashion point of view, the reinvention of the beige, military-inflected coat is perfectly timed. Not only are tones in the range of camel and nude spot-on for the season, but military references are cropping up in many places as well.
Bailey’s way of developing it had nothing to do with anything as dull as the English weather. All the emphasis was on building up a glamour shoulder, with a tied reefer’s knot on the upper outside edge of each arm. All kinds of sexy tulle draping, meanwhile, were worked into what went on below. Having neatly scooped up those trends (along with a passing pastel moment), Bailey took pleasure in teasing out yet more possibilities. He showed some of the incredible techniques and fabrics Burberry has access to, like silvered gabardine and sliced suede made into hot leggings. In the end, though, this show may be most significant for the way in which it closed the gap between a public and private fashion event. In the front row, Paltrow, Pinto, and Patel were wearing pieces from the outfits that were walking the runway. And at Burberry’s flagship in the center of London, the show was being Livestreamed to the public.
some of my favorite details – more at style.com (gathers, skinny high waisted belts on outside of garments, effortless & natural hair/makeup, minimal accessories, draping, interesting layering)
