Empire state of mind

 

I will try to put this into words in a very calm, casual and adult manner: "Well, dears, I will be very probably traveling to New York in a few weeks time. Yaaaaaaaaaay! Hooooooraaaaay!!!!" :-)

Just got my ticket today, still absorbing all the excitement, cleaning the lens on my camera and putting together the to DO, to SEE, to TRY, to BUY list in my head. If you have any suggestions for me in any areas, please let me know, I will appreciate them :-) It's been a few years since my last visit to the capital of the world and I am already smelling the New York air, hearing the crazy car honks and seeing all the wonderful individuals crossing its streets.
Okay, only 22 nights to go, starting now!

Dad's closet, Bratislava streetstyle

I basically dragged this girl out of a shopping center to take her picture. I like the way her funky tribal earphones (from H&M's Fashion against AIDS collection) and hairstyle go with the rest of her outfit. Originally I intended this post to be about fashion labels fighting for good causes and raising the awareness of their young customers to other than the latest trends.... Weeeell, I will come back to that later :-)

Because looking back at these pictures I got all nostalgic - I realized how this girl's style is very close to my strong tendencies of wearing men's clothes. I suddenly remembered how, some time at high school, I took my dad's old suit pants (they were very slouchy and close to slipping down from my hips :-) and paired them with white tank tops. Trust me, I felt like the coolest cat :-)
Hm, I was actually often closer to robbing my dad's closet than my mum's. Sure I have my girlie phases, but underneath it all is the base built on comfortable, stylish guy's stuff...
Okay, have to run now and read some psychological stuff about this (while wearing my authentic boyfriend jeans...). Wish you all a sunny day! :-)

Shooting in paradise

                                                                        Translation of the headline: "EVA Setting trends since ever"

I'm sooo excited to share the result of a campaign visual shooting we did (in our creative studio) for the leading Slovak glossy magazine, Eva. It was a wonderful (and unbelievably long) night in the botanical gardens' green house. Our model, Hanka (who in the morning flew from Canary Islands via Madrid to Prague, took a ride to Bratislava and arrived at the stroke of midnight), turned out to be best dressed for the heat of that night :-) With the narrow space in between islands of plants, the amazing photographer Jakub Klimo was peeking out from leaves and trees like he was shooting for National Geographic.

We left the green house with the sun coming up over the city and birds getting louder - it was a quiet, but happy ride home :-)

And let's not forget the rest of the wonderful people who participated: styling by Jana Kapounova, hair and make-up by Zuzana Klimova, flower styling by Robert Bartolen, model: Hana J., Elite (and no, I can not forget the wonderful catering master, Roman :-).  Thank you all!
For a sneak peek behind the scenes of the shooting go here.

Ivica, Bratislava streetstyle

First thing I noticed: a bicycle and a girl from behind. Only when I started talking to her I realized that I know her face - as Miss Slovakia 2005, Ivica Sláviková. To me, in real life she seemed so much more girlie and pretty than how I recall her from magazines. Not that she's not strikingly beautiful in there. But what you usually don't get to see in those pictures is her down-to-earth and friendly personality. She didn't have a problem with her picture to be taken. And look at the tank top she's wearing. The "I" as in Ivica was made from buttons by a friend. How sweet is that? :-)

I am glad to be finding more bicycles on the city streets. In addition, I found this illustration and it's logic just got me!

                                   Illustration source: www.her0in-chic.xanga.com
 
I'm thinking about buying a bicycle now, just like the one on this picture. My extra special technical requirements are that it has to be slightly used, slightly older, preferably black and with a basket in front. Oh so French, n'est pas? And come on, who wouldn't want a "lil extra luv" and legs of steel? :-)

Little Miss Sunshine, Bratislava streetstyle

Meet Tina, a stylish young lady with the cutest haircut ever :-) Somebody once told me about her that "she'll have fun even at a boring party, no problem". I know for a fact that Tina's humour is infectious and she has the best collection of funny life stories. I also like her sense of style - simple, clean, almost classic, yet fashionable pieces with a little twist and biiiig sunglasses :-)
Big hugs, you all! :-)

In the detail: Walking on sunshine

These handmade pieces of sunshine are from Indonesia. They were smiling at me from far away and I couldn't resist :-) I decided to post them today, on the first day of summer. And exactly because today felt more like autumn already. But I am not giving up on summer yet, if you don't give up too, together we can lure the sun out... "I'm walking on sunshine, oh-ho..."

Flowery dresses, Bratislava streetstyle

In the detail: how big is your belt?

Guys in hats, Bratislava streetstyle

Okay, so I officially have a thing for guys in hats. In the short history of this blog you could see them here, here, here and here and also these guys below. I really don't know why is it so, I guess a hat is just that little thing that can give an outfit the extra edge.

Once I read a funny manual about "How to get shot by The Sartorialist". Want to get shot by tonbogirl? Wear a hat, guys, I'll find you :-)

 

P.S. Just a quick shout out to all dads today (and especially mine, who doesn't wear a hat, but I love him nevertheless :-): all the best!

Sylvia, Bratislava streetstyle

I 'm sure you know a girl like Sylvia. It's the kind of girl who is just perfect all the time. Without any visible effort, without any "trying too hard" signs. And doesn't matter if she's doing Pilates, climbing a mountain, driving, having fun or worrying about work - she's always, always perfectly put together. 

I know... maddening. You can try and hey, you CAN succeed to feel perfect. Sure you can, for like one day in a week? :-)
And you know what? You can't even have bad feelings towards the perfect girl. Not only because you are a nice and generous person that is happy for others (of course you are!), but because she's very kind and sweet. And smart. Like Sylvia, who was looking for a trench coat. Since she couldn't find any she liked, she bought a dress with zipper on the front that she now uses as a trench coat. That's just so smart. And... what's the word for it.... perfect? :-)

Have a perfectly wonderful weekend everyone!