WEDDING ROYALE /// Spitze, McQueen... !

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I think you can imagine how excited I got, when I saw Sarah Burton helping the bride into the car, realizing - YES, it is McQueen! That's all I was looking forward to... And they did a fantastic job, Kate looked breathtakingly beautiful! Even an absolute non-royalist as I am had to keep on watching a bit more...

Sarah Burton about the dress and the opportunity designing it:

"It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. It was such an incredible honour to be asked, and I am so proud of what we and the Alexander McQueen team have created. I am delighted that the dress represents the best of British craftsmanship. Alexander McQueen's designs are all about bringing contrasts together to create startling and beautiful clothes and I hope that by marrying traditional fabrics and lacework, with a modern structure and design we have created a beautiful dress for Catherine on her wedding day.

The last few months have been very exciting and an incredible experience for my team and I as we have worked closely with Catherine to create this dress under conditions of the strictest secrecy. Understandably, Catherine has been very keen to keep the details of her dress a secret, which is every bride's prerogative, and we gave an undertaking to keep our role confidential until the day of the wedding.

Catherine looked absolutely stunning today, and the team at Alexander McQueen are very proud of what we have created. The dress was just one component of a spectacular day, and I do not think it is appropriate to comment any further beyond saying that I personally am very grateful and honoured to have been given the opportunity to work on this project, and I wish TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge every good wish for the future."

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Her sisters dress was also Alexander McQueen by the way, and together they did the perfect match! Just fantastic!

So what do we learn about that, ladies? THE summer trend 2011: lace fabriced and white dresses (well, it's not like we didn't know that before, but now it's defintily official)! So I will start raising my summer collection, just in case... and wish you a lovely, royal weekend in the meantime! Love, S.

THINGS I LIKE /// The Second

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FLORAL CROWNS /// It's spring time, so I re-started my early-morning work-out sessions in the park and just realized how beautiful, green, fresh and multicoloured nature already became. I always wish I could stay in the woods forever, lying in the green grass, enjoying this beautiful flowery smell while reading a book and doing nothing at all. But just because this is impossible, doesn't mean that I couldn't at least take something of this beauty with me. So I lately started to bring bunches of flowers to the office. And they turned out to offer the perfect spare time activity for us ladies: braiding our own floral crowns and wreaths. Oh, we had so much fun these days and felt like little girls again - the perfect journey through time that even looks totally luscios by the way. If you want to try it yourself (and rather get one that doesn't shrivel into these miserable ones as mine) follow this nice inspiring tutorial by bleubirdvintage. 
   

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PLAITED BEAUTY /// While a lot of my friends rather go for short cuts in summer, I belong to those who try to make the most of their long hair. Simple tails can be nice but also quite tiring and boring after a bit, so I prefer plaited hairstyles and just felt in love with that one. They are so gorgeous and not at all as complicated as they seem. Though I am of course still far away of being that good yet, I keep on practicing and hope to wear my hair like that one day. For this style you might need a friends help, but there are a lot of easier ones you can do on your own. For more informations and some basic tutorials click here.
  

DRESSES by ALEXANDER McQUEEN /// The british fashion designer and bad-boy (most of you might know him for his famous skull-scarfs)has always been one of my favourites, and yesterday I just found this great asymmetric dress with a removable scottish skirt at ASOS. In combination with the jeans-vest it is just so stunning and now I can't get it out of my head anymore (of course it is way out of my price range, though it is already on sale). Anyway, I just love his controversial, provocative but still so poetic styles. They make me speechless over and over again (and this is definitely a really rare thing)and inspired me to try a lot of similar combinations on my own. It's a pitty that the world lost a genius like he was last year!
  

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STREET ART by ALEXANDRE FARTO /// The Portuguese Graffiti- and Street-Artist with the tag name VHILS is one of the best recent artists I know. While everyone keeps talking about Banksy these days, I think he is the actual upcoming insider people should start paying attention to. At the young age of 21, he already has created a huge and breathtaking body of work, both in the street and in the gallery, and it seems like he is becoming the next big thing in the contemporary art scene (hopefully and definitely for a good reason).

Above all he is really famous for his experimentation with unique mediums and techniques. His works involve the process of reverse stenciling, carving beautifully portraits and slogans into walls. By taking inspiration from the homeless and poor, Vhils work is closely connected to the social environment of Lisbon and reminds me of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

So far... Love, Steph

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