People... Pucci Perfect!

I've always loved Pucci and this Italian lady shows why. No matter how casual you're dressed, once you put a Pucci jacket on... you look picture perfect... or Pucci Perfect!

Mix & Match show by Danie Bles

Last week Dutch stylist Danie Bles gave her biannual Mix & Match show, a fashion show that has already become one of the hottest events of the season!

All her famous clients were there: TV host and soccer wife Sylvie van der Vaart, actress and TV host Nikkie Plessen, TV personality Leontine Borsato and Jackie's Best Dressed Award Winner Lieke van Lexmond, just to name a few.

Danie Bles is the unconquered queen of mixing & matching haute couture with high street fashion. Hèrmes with H&M, Marc Jacobs with Mango, Ralph Lauren with Zara.

All the Mix & Match looks can be found in her next styleguide, ByDanie, which will be in the stores on October 26th. For more information, please visit: http://www.bydanie.nl 

Photos courtesy of Danie Bles Styling.

People... latina

With all things Latin in the air... I keep spotting latin (looking) ladies!

This girl is sporting a great look, don't you think?

For more latin inspiration, check out my article "Latin Vibe":

http://tarasdolcevita.blogspot.com/2011/08/latin-vibe.html

Last day of summer?

Is the summer of 2011 really over? 

I hope not... I long for the sun!

For those long summer nights...

For going out without a coat...

For a cocktail on the beach...

Noooo summer can't be over!

10 years

Today it's been ten years... but you will not be forgotten.

People... Tamara Jongsma

This lady looks like a modern Frida Kahlo! Strong, independent, feminine! You can see that she is a creative person, right?
So when I asked her what kind of a profession she had, she told me "look at my website". The mystery soon unraveled... Tamara is a stylist for big television shows and movies!

She makes all her outfits by herself, using ethnic fabrics that she found during her travels. This way she creates a unique look.
I love it when people stand out in the crowd!

To see more of her outfits, take a look at her website:
http://www.tamarajongsma.nl/klederdracht/jurken.html

Paintings by Nicole Carvajal

These beautiful paintings by Nicole Carvajal came to my attention by accidence, can you imagine? But... this is how things go with art (and life)... when you least expect it, you find the most wonderful things! I got captivated by them immediately!

Nicole Carvajal is a Chilean painter, who escaped from Chile after the military coup in 1973. She traveled through the Andes to Argentina, took the boat to Italy and finally came to The Netherlands, where she would enroll in the famous Rietveld Academy.

She studied at some of the most prestigious art academies on both sides of the Atlantic: the Facultad de Artes Aplicadas and the Facultad de Bellas Artes at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago (Chile); at the Escuela de Arte in Malaga (Spain) and at the Accademia San Marco in Florence (Italy). The list of her exhibitions is just as impressive!

Nicole Carvajal's inspiration by famous painters like Fernando Botero and Johannes Vermeer is clearly visible, especially in the pose of the women. Look for example at Helpless Odalisk and Girl without a pearl.

In her most recent works, Carvajal is inspired by flora and fauna. Carvajal: ‘Nature is a symbol for fertility, but for me it is also a symbol for the unpredictable’.

I absolutely love her paintings! The colours, the themes, the underlying messages.... Hmm.... I'll put one of her works on my Christmas-wishlist!

For more information, please visit: http://www.nicolecarvajal.nl/welcome.html

List of exhibitions: http://www.nicolecarvajal.nl/CV.html

Photos courtesy of Nicole Carvajal.