Reparando em Tudo

English version retired

2010-09-18T10:59:00.001+02:00

It's been very difficult to be able to manage family life, professional life and two blogs! You might have noticed already since I haven't been updating the blog for a while!

So, I apologise for all the English readers of Reparando em Tudo, but unfortunately I won't be able to continue posting in two languages. I'm adding a google translator tool to the blog though, so you can still read the Portuguese version of it translated into English. I know it's not the best solution in the world, but until I can manage to get my life on track again I will have to retire the English version for a while.

Hope to see you around and thanks for understanding.

XOXO

Vanessa

High heels in Barcelona?

2010-08-27T16:04:00.000+02:00

After almost 15 months without wearing high heels (I've retired them temporarily when I found out I was pregnant of little M.), today I've decided to bring my camel sandals to life. On my way to work I remembered sadly why I avoid wearing high heels in Barcelona:

1. The side walk patterns (with all the little cute flowers and squares) destroy the heels

2. Twist your ankle is not fun

3. Looking stupid trying to manage your balance

I'm back

2010-08-15T14:19:00.000+02:00

What better way to return blogging than with a Vanessa Paradis making of video for the new Chanel lipstick ad? She looks amazing by the way!

Summer holidays

2010-07-08T22:30:00.004+02:00

Illustration by Shirae (Etsy shop)

We've been very busy with our 'little man' that next week will be 4 months old. I've been updating my mummy's blog regularly and I must admit that I haven't been able to do the same with Reparando but I promise to return soon. Watch this space.

World Cup is around the corner guys

2010-06-02T16:36:00.000+02:00

Banksy vs Robbo: It's war!

2010-05-27T20:15:00.001+02:00

Rio trailer

2010-05-26T16:36:00.002+02:00

Rio (trailer) from Animatieblog on Vimeo.

The first trailer of Rio, the new animated feature film from Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age, Robot, Who!, etc.). The movie is directed by Carlos Saldanha and will be released in April 2011.

Beat generation

2010-05-07T10:23:00.004+02:00

photo: El País

It was a great and happy surprise to find out this morning, while reading the Spanish newspaper El País that the Brazilian director Walter Salles will start shooting the movie 'On the Road' in August. The movie is an adaptation of Jack Kerouac's book published in 1957.

Cook&Book

2010-04-16T13:26:00.003+02:00

I was visiting my husband's family in Brussels and my father-in-law invited us for a brunch at Cook&Book, a great concept bookstore/restaurant.

The food is amazing, with great atmosphere and an excellent book selection. Cook&Book is divided into eight sections spread within three buildings each one with a different theme and design (music, cooking, arts, travelling, comic books, children's, etc.). If you are ever in Brussels, I strongly recommend it!

Adopt a granny that can knit for you

2010-03-03T16:36:00.004+01:00

It's a real luxury to have a grandmother or a mother that knows how to knit and that have time to make your favorite scarves and hats for you every winter. So, if you are one of the average ordinary people like me, that don't have this luxury, you'll enjoy this great web created by Jérémy Emsellem called Golden Hook where you can choose a granny to knit your favorite scarf or hat, just the way you like it. Thumbs up!

DIY designer clothes now possible

2010-02-24T20:24:00.003+01:00

Lika Volkova of Sans is a pioneer of 'sustainable' clothing. Her new project entitled 'home made' is absolutely fabulous: With minimal sewing experience (or simply hiring your favorite seamstress) you can buy and download the digital pattern / instructions of her designs, print them, cut and sew your own SANS piece choosing your favorite colour and textile.

Spanish version of Harper's Bazaar

2010-02-24T09:26:00.003+01:00

Yes! The Spanish version of Harper's Bazaar at newsstands in March...

SPFW by Regina Guerreiro

2010-01-19T19:00:00.000+01:00

Fashion editor Regina Guerreiro talks about her impressions and the highlights of the second day of the SPFW 2010 Winter collection. For the complete broadcast please visit UOL estilo.

Very funny condom viral

2010-01-19T10:23:00.004+01:00

Watch video here.

TBWA and Wanda Paris have provided another brave and risqué spot for French AIDS charity AIDES in ‘Graffitis’. Following the plight of a lonely graffiti penis who ‘can’t get no love’ in his local tag-laden public toilet animation king Yohan Lemoine mixes the right amount of humour with an important message to produce a funny and memorable spot. (original source of this post The Reel)

Swap homes???

2010-01-06T11:00:00.003+01:00

Ok, so this service is definetely not for me since I do not own a mansion on a deserted island or hidden in the fields of Provence, but I found it cool and perhaps you reader have a beautiful luxurious house or flat somewhere in this world that you'd like to swap with someone who owns a property in Thailand or Brazil... who knows?

The web is very easy to navigate, visiting the photos of the properties is fantastic (makes you dream!) and membership is not at all that expensive: 225 UK pounds a year.

Hopefully someone will start the same business but with middle range properties, I'd be delighted to participate!!!

Favorite comics I

2010-01-01T15:23:00.008+01:00

Every time I travel to Brussels I stop at my favorite comic book's store in the city center and I buy two or three books from authors I hardly know but that somehow grab my attention for some reason.

This Xmas I bought two books, kind of romantic but in complete different ways.

The first one is called 'Au temps de l'amour' (In time for love), from the Japanese writer and illustrator Yamaji Ebine. The drawings are so beautiful that they captivated me the first minute I saw it. I've read the entire manga on the plane on my way back to Barna. For a preview, please click here (bear in mind that you shold flip the pages from the end to the beginning, just like in Japan).

The other book I bought is called Rosalie Blum and it belongs to Camille Jourdy's aclaimed trilogy. The story and illustrations are amazing. I'm reading the first book entitled 'Une impression de déjà-vu' (A feeling of déjà-vu) and I'm already excited about starting the second and third books.

World leaders and climate change 20 years from now

2009-12-13T17:59:00.006+01:00

Incredible posters comissioned by Greenpeace that are hanging in the airport of Copenhagen to welcome the international representatives arriving for COP15.

Agency: Arc Communications

Images from Creative Review

New taxi project in SP to reduce drinking and driving

2009-12-10T19:30:00.002+01:00

I've just returned from my three week trip to Brazil where I found out about this new government project called "Taxi Amigão" (Big Taxi friend) - a 30% discount on evening rides at weekends and bank holidays.

Usually taxis cost more at night and at weekends and bank holidays in Brazil. To incentive people to leave their cars at home when going out to drink and and to reduce the number of car accidents in the capital, the government of São Paulo has decided to create the Taxi Amigão. Drivers can choose to participate in the action or not. The main incentives for taxi drivers is to be granted free parking in restricted paid zones as well as special credentials for high demand events such as Carnaval, Formula 1, Reveillon, etc.

The taxis that adhere to the programme have a special sticker fixed to the window as well as a green light placed on the top of the car.

To watch the video, click here.

Tuesday afternoon at MASP

2009-11-24T21:15:00.002+01:00

Today we visited the exhibition "De dentro para fora e de fora para dentro" at MASP (São Paulo Museum of Art), that opened last Friday and goes until 5 December.

Photos are not allowed, so I had to borrow some images from Flickr.

Photos by Nicoli Barea. Grafitti by Ramon Martins.

São Paulo tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-20T15:47:00.002+01:00

Illustration by Leonor Zamith.

Total São Paulo: a guide to the unexpected

2009-11-17T15:00:00.001+01:00

São Paulo now has a "cool" guide created by the American journalist Phuong-Cac Nguyen, who works as a correspondent in SP for the trend-hunter blogs CoolHunting.com and JoshSpear.com. "Total São Paulo: a guide to the unexpected" is the perfect companion for travelers who wish to discover the true soul and secrets of the amazing South American city.

The guide is divided by neighbourhoods and has plenty of restaurants, bars, shopping and nightlife tips. It's also packed with interviews with celeb paulistanos such as fashion designers Marcelo Sommer and Fábia Bercsek, the skater Fábio Cristiano, and the Galeria Vermelha art producer, Marcos Gallon, amongst others.

For the online version of the guide, visit the site www.totalSPguide.com

Expo Miguel Cococrash

2009-11-11T14:40:00.000+01:00

For the ones in Madrid this weekend, don't miss Miguel Cococrash "I don't wanna longer be a man, I wanna be a bird" exhibition that opens this Thursday at EspacioValverde (Calle Valverde, 30).

For more information, please visit Brianda's blog.

MIGUEL COCOCRASH at ESPACIOVALVERDE
"I DONT WANNA LONGER BE A MAN I WANNA BE A BIRD"

Opening on Thursday 12 November at 20:00h
ESPACIOVALVERDE C/ Valverde 30 Bº1ª
MUSIC BY PABLO PADILLA JARGSTORF
CATERING PINCHÍN

Tired of it? Recycle!!!

2009-11-07T10:07:00.003+01:00

According to Fer and Cris, the girls from Oficina do Estilo, the secrect to dress well during pregnancy is not to shop at maternity shops (I promise that I've tried many of them in Barcelona and I can never find anything that pleases me) but to go to the shops that you are really like and to buy the right stuff that you might event be able to wear after pregnancy.

And searching their blog for more pregnancy tips, I found this cool post on online second hand shops in Brazil (known as brechós). There were so many links suggested (yellow pages style) that I thought of fishing some of my favorites and listing them here. Enjoy shopping!!!!

My favorite one, no question about it! The name Enjoei means
'Got Sick of It'.
http://enjoei.com.br/

Great concept!!!
Some girls from Rio de Janeiro who revamp old clothes and sell their work online. http://www.euamovintage.com.br/

Blog FruFru's bazar, with lots of cool stuff. Unfortunately
they don't always have new things...

http://cabidefrufru.wordpress.com/

Campana brothers for Lacoste

2009-11-04T23:09:00.004+01:00

I confess that Lacoste was never a brand that really caught my attention, but I must admit that their 2009 partnership with the Campana brothers really impressed me.

All the shirts were made in collaboration with Coopa-Roca, an artscraft cooperative from favela da Rocinha, a slum in Rio de Janeiro.

Sermoneta Gloves

2009-10-31T18:50:00.005+01:00

It was a coup de foudre when I saw this store at the Linate airport in Milan. I had 15 minutes to rush to the gate and catch a plane, but I managed to enter the store, try a pair of purple gloves (just to confirm my size 7) and get a card so that I could remember the store name and shop online.

Great design, beautiful colours and excellent price!!!

Sermoneta Gloves
www.sermonetagloves.com

Divine Dita!!!

2009-10-27T20:48:00.003+01:00

Dita Von Teese Harper's Bazaar Russia cover shooting - divine!!! (wedding gown by Christian Lacroix)

Imagess: BuzzNet.com

I wanna see it...

2009-10-22T20:16:00.001+02:00

The new feature by Jean-Pierre Jeunet opens in France on 28 October... how long should we wait in Barcelona???

http://www.micmacs-lefilm.com/#/l-affiche

Monopoly for fashion and beauty victims

2009-10-16T16:00:00.001+02:00

The new Fashion and Beauty victims' Monopoly by Sephora is now available! For the full article in the Independent, click here.

Polaroid expo in London

2009-10-09T21:17:00.001+02:00

If, just like me, you're a huge fan of Polaroids and just couldn't believe when they stopped manufacturing them you simply can't miss this expo at the London Atlas Gallery featuring Robert Mapplethorpe, Elliot Erwitt, Helmut Newton, Andy Warhol and many others.

Polaroid Expo
9.10 - 28.11
Atlas Gallery Londres

A day at the agency in Milan

2009-10-09T18:33:00.003+02:00

Last days of preparation for the Lavazza calendar launch... location - TOP SECRET!!!!

Ornella and Vitoria (these girls work a lot - nice night out girls!!!)

Happy b-day Twiggy!!!

2009-09-17T20:08:00.006+02:00

The National Portrait Gallery in London plays tribute to Twiggy, the British model who marked the arrival of the teenage revolution, encapsulating the spirit of 60s in London.

Leslie Hornby, Twiggy's real name, was considered the first top model ever, reaching international notoriety in 1966 when the Daily Express considered her The Face of 1966.

The display 'A life in photographs' opens on Saturday 19 September until 23 March 2010 and counts with iconic portraits of Twiggy in the early days of her carreer as a model.

Twiggy
by Barry Lategan, 1966
© Barry Lategan
Twiggy
by Solve Sundsbo, November 2008
© Solve Sundsbo / Art + Commence

Lagerfeld's Ballets Russes costumes

2009-09-05T15:23:00.001+02:00

To celebrate my birthday and my passion for dance, I have decided to dedicate today's post to the beautiful work of Karl Lagerfeld who devised a collection of stunning light and fluffy haute couture costumes for the English National Ballet, that this season celebrates the centenary of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The history of maison Chanel has always been closely linked to ballet through Coco's friendship with Diaghilev.

Lagerfeld's designes for the principal dancer Elena Glurdjidze in 'The Dying Swan' continue a tradition begun by Chanel. The tutu designed by Lagerfeld was made of 2500 ostrich and a variety of other bird feathers.

During the fitting session, Elena Glurdjidze dedicated an exclusive of 'The Dying Swam' to Lagerfeld, at the famous 31 rue Cambon store in Paris. Watch below the footage recorded by the designer himself.

The short of it

2009-07-26T11:32:00.006+02:00

I was reading the fashion supplement in the Financial Times that this week has dedicated a huge article on the size of the Brazilian bikinis at the beaches of Ipanema and that in my opinion really didn't interest me at all (I really don't care the amount of lycra used to cover or uncovered Brazilian bums)!

What really struck me was the article just below... many of my male friends complain about how difficult it is for them to innovate with their outfits, a task many times frustrating and ungrateful. It's true that a lot has been done in regards to colour, tailoring, accessories for men thanks to the work and vision of great designers who opened the door to this fearsom universe so unkown and unexplored. Still, one clothing item remains a taboo after all these years: the city shorts!

In the opinion of many men, shorts are synonym of holidays, weekends with families and friends or even tourists. Gladly not for fashion designers Comme des Garçons, Giorgio Armani and Louis Vuitton, who see the well tailored city shorts the next summer's trend that is there to stay.

It will depend entirely on men if this trend is restricted to the catwalks or if it jumps to the high street... the first step has already been taken.

Photo by Graham Turner (The Guardian)

Alice in Wonderland trailer released

2009-07-24T16:14:00.000+02:00

Yes, great expectation!!!! We have to wait until 2010 but the preview already makes us drool!!!!

Click on the link below to watch the preview:

VIDEO: Alice In Wonderland Trailer Released RadarOnline.com

Picture Me

2009-07-13T23:14:00.002+02:00

Ole Schell and Sara Ziff... a documentary on fashion's backstage, it's routine, it's ups and downs - a model's life just as it is...

Picture Me Trailer

Sunday

2009-07-12T10:52:00.005+02:00

The Banzai Studio boys are definitelly this blog's must watch!

Litorina train, 8mm, nostalgia - a total Sunday programme. This video makes me travel in time and it brings me back to beautiful childhood memories...

Sv Express

A day in London

2009-07-11T16:47:00.003+02:00

In London with a mobile phone camera that sucks... but it was worth shooting after all!

The beach...

2009-07-04T11:00:00.001+02:00

Heat, heat, heat...
by Martine Roch

São Paulo

2009-07-02T21:44:00.005+02:00

Unmissable... if Mahoma doesn't go to the mountain, then the mountain will go to Mahoma.

Galeria Miscelanea (Barcelona)
Exhibition São Paulo

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2009-07-01T18:05:00.000+02:00

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Women are Heroes

2009-06-30T23:17:00.006+02:00

French photographer and grafitti artist JR spent a month at favela Providência in Rio de Janeiro portraying women and children for his project Women. These ladies live in a zone of conflict and most of them suffered the painful loss of a loved one as a result of the violence.

The project wants to underline the pivotal role of these women and to highlight their dignity by photographying them in their daily lives and posting them on the walls of their community.

Below are some photos of the Providência project as well as a video of the same project carried out in Africa.

Women are Heroes
www.womenareheroes.be

TRAILER " WOMEN ARE HEROES"
by JR

The Big Fabric Bag fever

2009-06-24T13:10:00.003+02:00

They are simple, colorful, easy and look fab with any summer outfit. At the beach, at the park, weekend trip, a day in the office - the BFB (Big Fabric Bag) is THE item.

My favorite models this summer are...

Love by Accessorize
http://www.monsoon.co.uk/icat/accessorize

Multicolored by Comptoir des Cotonniers
http://www.comptoirdescotonniers.com/

Beach scene by Paul Smith
www.paulsmith.co.uk

Barcelona amb Nico

2009-06-22T21:43:00.003+02:00

Barcelona by day, by night, on foot and by bike...

Kenzo poppies celebrate summer

2009-06-17T21:55:00.003+02:00

Kenzo keeps inovating following its concept of bringing nature into the urban space. In order to celebrate the summer, the Japanese brand invited French dance company Les Passagers to perform a vertical show in Plaza Felipe II.

The poppy flower - the brand's fetish symbol - will be the star of the event on 26 June. This is not the first time Kenzo chooses Madrid to stage an action for its poppy inspired fragance Flower by Kenzo. Last year, the brand installed a field of 80.000 paper poppies in front of Reina Sofia Museum (image below).

Flower by Kenzo
http://www.kenzoparfums.com/
Fotos: Flickr

Pretty Ballerinas summer edition

2009-06-15T23:18:00.005+02:00

It's not a secret (especially if you know me well) that I am crazy for ballerinas... but for the hot summer days in Barcelona nothing like flat sandals or Havaianas. So you can imagine my surprise when I found out that my favorite brand of ballerinas launched a special summer edition of the Lilly collection available in many colors such as fucsia, green, red, gold, silver, white....

If you are somewhere in the south hemisphere you can shop online for the winter collection - simply fabulous... this blog recommends!

Pretty Ballerinas
www.prettyballerinas.com

Brazilian Vice hits the streets of Sao Paulo

2009-06-04T21:48:00.008+02:00

Canadian Vice, a free-sheet publication distributed in funky places, and best known for its controversial content and its strong, attractive artwork will be launched in Brazil in June.

Brazilian Vice will be distributed in nightclubs, art galleries, trendy shops and around the skate scene haunts of São Paulo only (at least for now).

Vice No. 0 counts with Vice reporters and editors from around the world, who visited Brazil solely for this purpose.

The Brazilian Issue -http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n5/htdocs/index.php?country=us ...and Vice in Brazil - http://www.viceland.com/br/

Art dolls by Dina Ladina

2009-05-28T22:24:00.005+02:00

I was in Portugal for a week, traveling with my 'made in Brazil' friends and in one of my gallery hunting afternoons in Porto, I had the chance of meeting the girls from Aguas Furtadas (lovely by the way!). They had such great collection of work by young talented Portuguese designers and artists that no need to say that my friends L, P and J had to push me literally out of the gallery.

Some of the most fabulous art dolls they had were the hand made ones by Dina Ladina. I uploaded some photos of her work below that I kindly borrowed from her personal crafts blog, but you can find more images in her Flickr photostream, where she has lots of pics of her beautiful work.

Enjoy it :-)

Porto

2009-05-26T00:32:00.004+02:00

The streets of Porto...

Photos by Vane

Gisele Bündchen: The charmed life of the mega-model

2009-05-13T18:51:00.007+02:00

Our 'querissíma' super top-model Gisele receives a dedicated feature in the British daily The Independent. The article is all superlatives, but well, what isn't in the mega-model's life?

For the original article, click here.

First selling exhibition of work by Cecil Beaton in over 25 years

2009-05-08T21:55:00.012+02:00

The british gallery Chris Beetles, in collaboration with Sotheby's, announces an exhibition of photographer, painter, illustrator, writer and Oscar-winning designer of sets and costumes Cecil Beaton (1904 - 1980).

Beaton the photographer cultivated a genius for staging compelling scenes. An extensive list of movie stars, artists and members of the Royal Family were portraited by him, amongst them Buster Keaton, Marlene Dietrich, Pablo Picasso, Edith Sitwell, Truman Capotte, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe.

The show in London combines 64 vintage and modern prints, the latter produced from original negatives drawn from Sotheby’s unique archive.

Accompanying the exhibition will be a 92 page, fully illustrated catalogue containing a foreword by Mario Testino. It is available from the gallery at 10 pounds.

Cecil Beaton selling exhibition
Beetles Gallery, London
22 April to 16 May 2009
www.chrisbeetles.com

Marilyn Monroe, New York, 1956

Slow the crisis down

2009-04-30T18:27:00.006+02:00

Great article by La Casita de Wendy on "Crisis, Fashion and the Slow Movement", with the colaboration of Spanish sociologist and cool hunter Miguel Fdez. de Molina.

To read the article, click here.

Handmade editorial

2009-04-24T20:20:00.008+02:00

A fashion editorial totally handmade? Jalouse invited a selection of artists to create a special handmade edition, from the cosmetics session with each product replica carefully embroidered by Emma Ferguson and Kate Talbot, to the magazine's title, knitted letter by letter.

Marie Christophe, well known in the world of fashion for her contributions for Dior, Baccarat, Cartier and Hermès, created the magazine's editorial page (absolutely amazing) with her delicate and light iron sculptures. Below you can find some of her work.

For a glimpse of Jalouse's handmade edition, click here.

http://www.mariechristophe.com/

Mix It Up

2009-04-19T23:00:00.005+02:00

The consumer team at the agency organized a Swap Party last week to present the new adidas Mix It Up collection designed exclusively for Foot Locker. The party guests danced at the rhythm of rock, dance and hip hop, while exchanging parts of garment on the dance floor. The winner was the person wearing the crazyiest and most original outfit at the end of the party.

The gig - that gathered over 200 guests at Bar Pepino in Barcelona - was inspired by the adidas Mix It Up concept.

Check out some pics from the party...

Images: Edelman/Foot Locker

Coco avant Chanel

2009-04-16T22:08:00.010+02:00

Hopefully you are not yet bored with all my French stories since I came back from Provence, but I had to dedicate a post to the premiere of 'Coco avant Chanel', the new Warner Bros feature film directed by Anne Fontaine.

The feature tells the story of the path taken by Coco from her obscure beginnings to the blinding lights of Paris, interpreted by the magnificent French actress Audrey Tautou.

Lucky me! Next week I'm in Paris for work, and I will have the chance of watching the film, that opens April 22 in cinemas across France.

And for the ones dying of curiosity, I have included the French trailer of the film that shows amongst other things, scenes of ateliê Chanel with the notorious staircases where Coco used to present her collections.

Fotos: Flickr

Audrey Tautou looks stunning in this white and black floral Chanel from Lagerfeld's spring 2009 couture collection that the actress chose to wear for the film's avant premiere in Paris.

Their most intimate secret: their real beauty

2009-04-15T23:06:00.013+02:00

My short trip to France was really productive. I returned inspired and with lots of new tidbits to share with you.

The first one is about the photo shooting by Peter Lindbergh for the April edition of the French Elle. Eight iconic stars pose to the photographer without make-up and without photoshop retouching, showing their most intimate secret: their real and natural beauty.

The photo session resulted in a special three cover edition, featuring Monica Belucci, Sophie Marceau and Eva Herzigova! For the vídeo, click here.

Rousset les Vignes

2009-04-14T23:38:00.002+02:00

Fotos by Vane (Flickr)

Designer jewellery by Maria Dolores

2009-04-02T22:06:00.008+02:00

In December I travelled to Brazil to celebrate my wedding and I spent a month in my hometown Curitiba, where I had the immense joy of getting to know the work of talented designer Maria Dolores.

Her work is of incredible beauty, delicacy and harmony. Each of Maria Dolores's creations is carefully studied and carries the taste, soul and creativity of the designer.

The girl who helped me in the store in Crysta l was such a doll, showing me every piece of the new collection, explaining the origin of each material and the technique employed by the designer - a luxury I must confess. I ended up buying a beautiful pair of golden hoop earrings (not joking, people stop me at the street to ask me about these earrings) as well as a gorgeous bracelet from the Metallo collection.

I must confess that I regret not buying the jellewed headdress with a rose on top or the super cool hummingbird shaped earring - well, next time.

The work of Maria Dolores design art concept is available in Argentina, Italy, Peru and US, as well as in many stores across Brazil. Also, if you feel terribly in love with one of her creations (and I know you will), you can order online by sending an email to her with the reference number.

Images: Atelier Maria Dolores design
http://www.designmariadolores.com.br/

Wall-à-Porter

2009-03-25T22:49:00.010+01:00

Now that we are decorating our new flat at the bottom of the Gràcia hill, I can't help but nose around in search of ideas, creative solutions and advice from interior design blog gurus.

What reminds me that the other day I was talking to V. about what picture to hang at the entrance of our flat, and V. suggested I used wallpaper instead.

I really enjoyed the idea, and it was a great surprise when I realized that "Tres Tintas Barcelona", a Catalan manufacturer of creative and artistic wallpapers had just launched their new collection entitled Wall-à-Porter - a selection of famous Spanish fashion designers creations transfered to paper.

The project worked so well that the three brothers from Tres Tintas Barcelona decided to also launch their first textile collection with the patterns. La Casita de Wendy, Txell Miras and Miriam Ocáriz are some of the names behind the beautiful wallpaper collection.

C'est le printemps!!!

2009-03-21T00:04:00.004+01:00

The most beautiful city in spring? Paris!

Since I'm feeling slightly nostalgic for its parks, for the hilly narrow streets of Montmartre and drinking pastis at Canal de l'Ourcq, I decided to welcome spring this year with Sofia Coppola-directed ad for Miss Dior Chérie!!!

Images: Flickr

Carine Roitfeld on CNN's: revealed

2009-03-18T22:27:00.016+01:00

"Great mother, great editor, great woman", this is how Marc Jacobs describes the French Vogue editor in-chief, Carine Roitfeld - opinion shared by many other personalities in the fashion world, among them Tom Ford, Mario Testino, Karl Lagerfeld and a huge list of etceteras.

Carine is the latest guest on CNN's revealed, that accompanies the French editor to the haute couture shows in Paris, New York (where her kids currently live) and to an unusual fashion shooting for Vogue in Paris. And, of course, last but not least, it also featured Anna Wintour and Carine Roitfeld exchanging pleasantries before a fashion show.

Image from Flickr

Part I

Part II

Part III

Exclusivity at your feet

2009-03-15T10:49:00.021+01:00

One of my favorite streets in Madrid is Calle Espíritu Santo, in the Malasaña neighbourhood. The place hides wonderful surprises like the small shoe shop Ioli-Guide, a place where you enter and the first reaction you have is to try every single pair of exclusive shoes available. That's right, exclusive!

At Ioli-Guide, anyone can create his/her own pair of shoes, choosing from six existing insole shapes, with a combination of over a 100 fabrics and a range of heels available (with a 15€ suplement for platform shoes).

In the web, that is still not a 100% ready, you can play with the different combinations (my favorite one is the Pispireta 4, just like in the picture below), created by designers Veronique Guide and Cynthia Ioli.

Exclusivity has its price, of course: for a model available in store the price is aprox 150€, and to design your own pair of shoes, the price increases to aprox 185€.

Men are also welcome to design their own exclusive pair of shoes. Also, the store has a beautiful collection of bags and accessories, all hand-made.

Images: diario El Mundo

Vive les courbes

2009-03-09T22:22:00.022+01:00

Since a friend of mine at the agency told us that he was 'hooked' on Mad Men, my weekends are not the same. We are addicted to such a level that we are having sessions of 3 episodes in a row without getting out of bed, except to get popcorn and drinks.

Don Draper, mysterious as ever, with his irresistible charms(my favorite is the spicy sofa scene with Maggie Siff),barely lasting an hour without a cigarette or a drink (deliciously politically incorrect),

or sexy Joan Holloway's (played by Christina Hendricks)walking through Sterling Cooper's hallways, driving all men and women crazy with her curves and looks, proving that sexy doesn't have to come in a size zero package.

Style Hunting in Madrid

2009-03-08T12:41:00.022+01:00

February was a cold and rainy month in the Spanish capital. Saint Peter decided to give the 'cats' (nickname for people born in Madrid) some rest on Valentine's Day with a beautiful sunshine and lively 'terrazas' (squares and bars with tables outside).

The 'cats' went out wearing their best high street outfits and Vavá and myself, with our Nikon in hands, clicked the highlights of a sunny Sunday in La Latina's main square (perfect spot to inaugurate the blog's first style hunting).

New year, new life, new blog

2009-03-07T16:45:00.002+01:00

In my previous blog O Coelho da Alice, I said good-bye (please refer to my last post) to the crazy character simbolized by the white rabbit (clumsy, late, stressed), to welcome a new phase, writing about other things I like such as fashion, travelling, arts, cinema, dance, etc...
The new blog has a more minimalist style, that I hope you enjoy.

Choosing a name was a hardeous job, since I wanted to mainly write about fashion but balance the content with other fun things I enjoy as well. Therefore, with Vavá's help, I finally decided to name it Reparando em Tudo, which means literrally 'Noticing Everything', a Brazilian expression used especially in fashion circles (and by fashion victims, of course).

To illustrate the first post, I picked a photograph by Jim Skea, that is gorgeous and very representative not only of a new start, but also of the hope new years represents in my country of origin, Brazil (the photographer's wife holding and feeding their newly born son Caetano under a bridge in Bofafogo, Rio de Janeiro, during New Year's fireworks).

The heading illustration is not the final one yet, but it is one of the final sketches. My colleague Sandra (great illustrator from Barcelona) is finishing the last details, and it should be ready soon...

New year, new blog, new married life (oh yes), new flat and lots of hope. Good vibes to all and see you around...

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

2009-02-21T22:48:00.001+01:00

Guys, the white rabbit (or O Coelho da Alice) is retiring and very shortly I will be launching the 'Noticing Everything' (or Reparando em Tudo in English).

Hold on, be patient... while Sandra finishes designing the heading this weekend ok?