From Coco & Mom

Coco Chanel once said:

"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone"

And in other words as my mom would always tell me:

"Be yourself"

I think that fashion is not about being something or someone but finding your own identity and work with it. Just be, be yourself :)

Style Watch

I always get inspired by those people that have that effortless sense of style. Nowadays, fashion has been so globalized and popularized that people just don't seem to have a style of their own anymore. I still find some people letting the clothes wear them when it should be the other way around(which btw it's very common these days). Chloe Sevigny, Lou Doillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg are a few of my favs for the simple fact that they make what they wear them and it's not like they're trying too hard. My eyes have now been set on a new person her name: the gorgeous DJ Harley Viera-Newton. Newton has all that I mentioned and of course the most important the attitude to go with it. The DJ and now spokeswoman of Dior beauty is my style to watch. She has that edginess of a New Yorker and the face to be photographed by the most important photographers at the hippest and coolest parties in town.

New Collection

I am so excited to show a sneak peek of the current collection I'm working on. My inspiration now is a bit heavier, meaning more chains, more stones, more ropes. Color wise I'm playing with different color combination which I love to do, trying the unexpected. I am playing with ruby (color) a lot and loving to see how it makes a piece looks exquisite and rich, I personally love it hope you do too.

Beijinhus

Also just a reminder, simply click on the images to zoom in

The High Line

So after beeing absent for the last couple of months I decided to make a return. Now in New York baby! I decided to come back to my second home (after 2 years) and take a few months to get inspiration in one of the best cities to do so. Though I feel like I never left, a few things have changed since then. One of the things I was most excited to see was the The High Line, which is a park they built on the West Side between the Meat Packing and Chesea districts- though the project is not completely finished, it's second section is to open in 2011. The H.L. is a former railroad built back in the 1930's but stopped running in the 1980's and it was built to help dangerous traffic caused by horses and other trains, and it also helped with transportation of milk and turkey. This month it celebrates it's one year anniversary. Not only the park is completely free it also has exibitions of artists displayed along the park and also free events including fitness programs and concerts. I recommend that if you are in New York you must come and visit and maybe take a bottle of wine with you and sit on one of the long wood chaises and enjoy a starry night, though it does closes it's doors at 10 pm, or simply walk through the park and enjoy the worderful view you get from the top.
To get more information about The High Line visit the website www.thehighline.org.