by Styleabaad on August 29, 2010
We’ve had an amazing week in the north of Spain making stops in small cities and villages along the coast of Basque Country, mostly it’s been such pretty weather. But one day we woke up and the sky was cloudy, so we took the car to the small fishermen’s village of Getaria.
The dock smelled of fish and sea. Wonderful!
We wandered the small village streets where the Basque flag was seen everywhere.
My Basque husband! He had to do some important phone calls….
I decided to document the lively street life.
An old lady was waving to me from her balcony. Getaria was showing me it’s most charming side!
I was imagening myself living in a house with a beautiful balcony like this! What a dream…
Then we stopped at a bar for a glas of Txakoli – the famous local white wine that is my absolute favorite! I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and the fact that we could have wine before lunch! Vacation!!
Then we went to another bar for another Txakoli and a pintxo, that’s the Basque Country’s version of the Spanish Tapas. The napkin says “Thank You” in Basque.
I was wearing a dress and shoes that kind of made me feel like a school girl on her way to Sunday school. The sweater on the first picture is my moms and was bought at Konsum in Sweden in the 1970′s – I just love it!
It was not the perfect weather but we had the coziest time in that adorable village! I hope to be back soon!
by Styleabaad on August 26, 2010
How I just adore this stunning 70′s inspired editorial that Dustjacket Attic published a few weeks ago. It contains everything I wish for the fall. Luxurious materials, layers, hats, deep rich colors, shiny hair and oversized sunglasses. The styling is as much my taste as it gets. Vogue Russia. Love it!!!
A trip to Paris. Vogue Russia August 2010. Photographer: KT Auleta. Stylist: Brian Molloy. Models: The twins Ann and Kirby Kenny.
Via the pretty blog Dustjacket Attic
by Styleabaad on August 25, 2010
On our honeymoon, on the way from Polvano to Florence we past the city of Montevarchi, where the quite famous Prada Outlet is located. We just had to make a brief stop to check it out and I can tell you that I was in complete paradise with Prada and Miu Miu for drastically reduced prices! My husband stocked up on basic shirts in amazing quality from Prada…
…while I laid my hands on this gorgeous silk tunic from Miu Miu (spring collection 2008). I think I paid around 20% of the original price! What a bargain!
I will post pictures once I wear it, but it feels more like a fall/winter dress to me even though it’s from a spring collection so it still has to wait in the closet for a bit. I see myself styling it with a pair of dark purple stockings and high heels or simply a pair of jeans. I’ll definitely wear a red bow tie in my hair and dark red lips like Kirsten. So beautiful!
The spring 2008 collection from Miu Miu is one of those collections that has stayed on in my memory ever since I saw it the first time. The illustrations by Swedish illustrator Liselott Watkins are as beautiful as mysterious. The ad campaign, with one of my personal favourites Kirsten Dunst, just seemes like screen shots out of a David Lynch movie. It’s as theatrical as it gets! See the rest of the campaign below:
by Styleabaad on August 24, 2010
We came to Basque Country on Saturday and we’ve had some really lazy days here on the beach since then. We’ve spent time with family and friends, met our newest little family member and had insane amount of delicious food and wine. I have a ton of pictures but before going through all of them I just wanna share this one that I took the first day that we arrived in Zarautz. The tide was low and some surfers were hanging out at the beach. I am in total relaxation right now, taking siestas and sleeping until late every morning, recharging the batteries for the fall and winter to come.
by Styleabaad on August 23, 2010
I’ve been meaning to do a post about this great movie that I saw a couple of weeks ago, it’s called Youth in Revolt. For all of you who love the adorably nerdy Michael Cera (who played the boyfriend in Juno 2007) here he is as the lead actor in this funny movie from 2010! In this movie he plays again a rather nerdy character, Nick Twisp, who develops a more rebellious alter-ego: Francois. Don’t miss this hilarious and cute comedy of teenage romance and broken hearts.
Photos: Aceshowbiz
by Styleabaad on August 22, 2010
I love homes that look warm, cozy, filled with colors and photographs. I completely fell in love with visual artist/hairdresser Gerald DeCock’s cozy New York home, photographed by The Selby. I would like a little more of this playfulness in my own home! What do you say? Is it pretty or just way too much?
Via: The Selby
by Styleabaad on August 21, 2010
As some of you know my husband is from Spain (well Basque Country actually). We speak english at home but I’d love to improve my spanish that was once quite decent. Well that was 10 years ago, long before I knew that it would be pretty useful for me one day. I honestly think it will be hard to refresh my spanish skills without living there, so that will be a project for the future.
But every time I go there, I pick up a few magazines like Vogue Espana and I try to read it and get into it. It usually ends with just looking at gorgeous pictures like these from Vogue Espana Aug 2010, (and adding a few fashion related words to my vocabulary). We’ll see how it goes this time. I’m arriving to Bilbao tonight and meeting up my husband (whom I haven’t seen for more than two weeks) and we’re gonna spend almost 10 days in Basque Country. Hopefully I can enjoy these last summer days at the same time as improving my spanish!
Don’t you just love the 70′s inspired hair and make up in these shots??
by Styleabaad on August 20, 2010
Fall is coming closer, every day here in Sweden has been getting darker and darker. This fall I want to wear layers and layers and more layers (like the top left pic). I wanna wear all my summer dresses and shorts with stockings and cardigans, or ponchos and capes.
One obsession right now is also the rich mustard color (like the Philip Lim parkas above) and I already got some items in that particular shade. I’m really looking forward to long dark evenings under tons of navajo patterned blankets reading great books (The Master and Margarit is one I can truly recommend!).
Collage: The cute handbag is Miu Miu, parkas from Philip Lim, Umbrella from Burberry and navajo blankets from Ebay.
by Styleabaad on August 19, 2010
I am a complete zombie today, no energy to do anything else than to lie in the tub, taking naps and drinking coffee. Fighting my poor health drains me of all my energy right now. My chronic joint pain is driving me insane, but that has become normal for me, I have these days every now and then.
The sad thing is that in the worst moments of pain it feels like it’s never gonna go away, even if I know I’ll probably feel ten times better tomorrow already. In those moments no Ben & Jerry ice cream in the world can cheer me up. I think this is why I have always loved to escape into the wonderful world of fashion through pictures and movies. Then for a moment I don’t have to deal with the reality.
by Styleabaad on August 18, 2010
Summer is almost leaving us and the colors are soon to change. I keep looking at these photos and they make me almost wish for fall. Warm days and cold nights, dressing in layers and floppy hats have never felt more appealing than when thinking it could look like this. Gorgeous!
Editorial from Jalouse, Aug 2010. Via: 10th Muse
