Fashionable Calendar from Lavazza Coffee

This article may not be directly related to fashion but since fashion is a subcategory of art then I decided to post it in this blog. We still got two months before the new year but Lavazza coffee has already unveiled the 17th edition of their calendar. The images were shot by Annie Leibovitz and features the iconic Italian landmarks. They definitely show the Roman influence on art, cinema, history and culture.


Venezia, City Of Love


Fashion and Venus de Milo


Roma, Fontana di Trevi


Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci


Colosseo and Lupa Capitolino


Pasta and Landscapes


Venezia, San Marco

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Yummy Fashion Accessories by BabyLovesPink

Are your eyes hungry? If yes, then this post is for you. Let your eyes feast over the yummy-looking accessories made by BabyLovesPink. Her designs ranges from our favorite confections such as ice cream, cheesecakes, cupcakes, gingerbread, lollipops to mouth-watering snacks such as burgers, hotdo sandwiches and pop corn. Drool over these cute clay polymer accessories.

Fashion War: Gothic Fashion of Vogue Italy vs Flair Magazine

Gothic fashion is usually stereotyped as a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical Gothic fashion includes black dyed hair and black clothes and both male and female goths wear dark eyeliner and dark fingernails. Styles are often inspired from the Elizabethans and Victorians.(Wikipedia)

This October, two magazines opted to have a fashion showdown across their pages. Vogue Italy and Flair magazine let every reader decide on whose Gothic fashion is the best.

The October issue of Vogue Italia features a sort of a black widow-harlequin look. The models were dressed in see-through black lace with diamond patters, chiffon and long evening gloves. They also used black balloons and grapes as accessories. One can clearly see that they have a sort of retro-modern, avant-garde, Gothic image.








On the other hand, Flair magazine had a set of pictures called "Gotica". The pictures are mostly black and white with splashes of color. A model is photographed with pale bare-chested men who are made up to look like zombies who seem to be battling for her soul. The backgrounds are eerie and sometimes ghostly, feels like you're in a horror movie.










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High Heels: A Disastrous Trend?

When I was a child, I can still remember my Mom would always wear her favorite 3 or 4 inches high heels to gain a little height, have a more appealing silhoutte and improve her posture.

But from my observation on the recent fashion weeks, shoes have become taller with 5 to 6 or even 7-inch heels and platforms. Aside from the height, the shoes have become expensive also. They range from $100 versions sold by Steve Madden to between $600 and $1,500 from designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Marni, Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin. They come in an various shapes too such as spiky stilettos, tapered cones, sloping wedges and thick wooden posts.

The heels are becoming disastrous to many. During Prada's spring 2009 fashion show, two models fell down on the runway while others stumbled as they walked in high shoes designed by Miuccia Prada.

But instead of rejecting the extreme heels, many women can't seem to get enough of them. Checkout some of the skyscrapers shoes as seen on the runways.















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