Showing posts with label mango. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mango. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Lace Scarf

The winter is here, and it’s time for some cozy and yet pretty DIY projects.
The inspiration for this particular project came from similar crafts that I saw in a few Japanese blogs, which I love so much. The idea of a shawl that can be worn as a scarf, adorned with lace, is so beautiful and so simple to execute, that I just had to do it!

These are the inspiration photos from Japanese blogs.




1. This is what you will need: an Indian shawl, lace (French, I bought mine on Rozengard st.), scissors, a thread in the same color as the scarf, and one in the color of the lace- this one I forgot to photograph …



























2. Cut the ends of the shawl






















3. Pin the lace on the duration of the shawl, I made it 1/3-2/3 and not straight in the middle.






















4. Stitch the lace by hand or by sewing machine.






















5. Now pin the lace on the two ends of the shawl (where I cut the fringe at step 2).





















6. Stitch the lace to the shawl.




















Voila!

And here are two ideas of how I'm going to wear this scarf.

























Trench coat- TopShop
Jeans- Oasis
Shoes- Irregular Choice
























Leather Jacket-Mango
Blouse- Miss Selfridge
Pants- Miss Selfridge
Shoes- TopShop


During the making of this scarf, photographing and writing, I was listening to the end of the decade sum- ups in music of the Kaze radio program on line. Here you can find the alternative decade sum-ups in Hip-Hop, Indie, Punk-Funk Disco-Punk and practically endles amounts of great music. Just press on “Play Now”- it’s pure pleasure…

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Fashion games

It's winter presentation time here in Israel and I seem to find myself running to three or more fashion shows a week. That would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that I am running out of new and interesting things to wear, kind of a job requirement for a fashion reporter. That's however when " Polyvore" comes in.
To anyone who isn't yet addicted, I highly recommend to plug your self into this wonderful world of fashion collages. Polyvore allows you to mix and match designer clothes and watch other people do it as well. I usually get inspired by the unique color combinations I see in the site that I later translate into my own wardrobe. Granted that I can't actually afford all the wonderful designer duds that I see in the collages but the general color skim is easy enough to imitate. After an hour on polyvore I seem to rediscover all kind of hidden gems in my closet that I didn't wear for years and that suddenly look relevant again. The pink and black collage is my own doing (Nobi is the name of my dog) the other one is made by some one called "uckynumber13"- I extremely recommend to look here up in the site since she does a wonderful work.


Dress- Dorit Sharon
Stockings- HM
Shoes- Nine West
Bag- Second hand Chanel



Skirt- American Vintage
Shirt- American Apparel
Shoes- Mango
Bag- Second hand Chanel