Busy weekend ahead si, sa fiu sincera, abia il astept  – mai ales dupa cateva weekenduri mult prea linistite.  Maine, dupa o cafea buna, drumuri la o croitoreasa, apoi merg la piata sa imi cumpar un brat mare de bujori roz si albi, spre dupa-amiaza poate ma voi incumeta sa merg la Skirt Bike pe Kisselef (am aflat ca se inchiriaza biciclete in parculetul de langa Aviatorilor!), seara pana in zori de zi la Noaptea Muzeelor.

Duminica o lunga plimbare in jurul Herastraului, putin shopping apoi un film bun (pendulez intre Website Story-ul lui Chisu, Alice in Wonderland, The Man who stare at Goats si Eu cand vreau sa fluier…, tough choice, voi ce mi-ati recomanda?) si inchei seara cu un masaj, un pahar de vin rosu si ceva yummy.  Printre picaturi, mai apuc sa citesc Elogiul Lentorii si ultimul numar din Tabu (am cunoscut-o de curand pe Cristina Bazavan si este as cute as a cupcake!)

Timp de lectura am tot avut saptamana asta, de unde si recomandarile de azi. Enjoy!

Tory Burch: America’s new fashion sweetheart -  in The Telegraph, “You might not recognise the chic, Hitchcock-esque blonde sitting poker-straight in Claridge’s tea room in London, but to millions of Americans she is a veritable style icon.”

Reinterpreting Valentino -  tricouri de 600 euro (care nu pot fi numite mass fashion…) sau rochii de mii de euro, care este adevaratul caracter al brandului Valentino, intreaba Wall Street Journal. “Since its inception in 1959 in Rome, Valentino had been almost single-mindedly focused on the dressiest moments in a woman’s life… But the fashion house’s customers need clothes during daylight hours. ‘It’s a reinterpretation of the brand.’”

Baroque and roll: fashion houses go back to their roots – traditia si istoria redevin inspiratie pentru casa Versace, un interviu cu Donatella in The Independent.

Is luxury dead? Maybe not – as if ever… Cititi pe Luxury Society rezultatele deloc suprinzatoare ale studiului “The New Face of Affluence”.

Mrs. Bono on how fashion can save the world – in Times Online, Ali Hewson vorbeste despre ethical fashion, being green si stupii de albine ai familiei din Dublin. Foarte cool.

Ultrasuede: in search of Halston – prezentat la festivalul de la Tribeca, un documentar despre designerul american si stilul de viata glam al anilor ’70, cu picanteriile din Studio 54 cu tot.  In T Magazine.  Meanwhile, eu caut online L’Arnacoeur

Jane Shepherdson: why we want what she’s wearing -  un material in Times Online despre un adevarat geniu (comercial) al modei, fosta directoare de creatie de la Topshop. “Can Jane Shepherdson do for Whistles what she did for Topshop? Meet the woman reinventing the high street. Hailed as the most powerful woman in British fashion… a retail genius who could predict the subtle shifts of what we might desire, before we knew it ourselves.”

Discount Store is NY beachhead for Nordstrom – elegantul department store din Seattle isi deschide portile, in sfarsit, si la New York, dar altfel decat ne-am astepta: totul la discount. In NY Times.

The resurrection of the bow tie - dupa ani de zile in care barbatii isi lasau camasile descheiate cand purtau smoking-uri (very Clooney), NY Times remarca revenirea la eleganta clasica masculina.