Oh Oleg thank you for that pillerbox

He dressed the woman that became one of the most important when it comes to female fashion, Oleg Cassini made clothes for Jaqueline Kennedy. The debonair who moved from from Florence, where he grew up, to the US 1936. He became a debonair, a social and something of a player, dating stars like Grace Kelly, Ursula Andress and he married Gene Tierney who helped his career a lot by wearing his design in all of her films until their divorce in 1952.
It's because of Mrs Kennedys' choice of making him the White House Couturier 1960 that we need to thank thank for a lot of pieces we still admire, and see as classics, today. He created the pillerbox, oversized buttons, the carefully tailored suits Jaqueline wore so many times. Cassini designed around 300 outfits for the first lady which makes him one of the really great designers in the history of American fashion.



Puss Nathalia

VITAMINE C

I love fashion, I really do and someday I want to wear couture from Christian Lacroix and Chanel. This is from fall 2008 and I can't wait to see what they will come up with this year!
Both houses really make the most exquisite clothes, the outfits breaths perfection even when they are not that nice. Perhaps that's the thrill with couture, it looks great just because you know the time spent on it is so long and the pieces are made by hand with delicacy. Couture is about dreaming of beauty, time and it allows a woman to feel unique and special.

I wonder if you're a bad person if one of your goals in life is to someday be able to buy your very own couture. There is nothing wrong with dreaming, I know, but sometimes it does feel a bit shallow wanting to have amazing clothes when young children are starving. It really is a diffucult thing to decide where to draw the line between overconsumption and just wanting to look nice. Hm... I will give this a thought I think..

Puss Nathalia

To do something new and creative can be a difficult thing to do, and to do it in a fashionable way can be even harder. Perhaps that's why a lot of the top fashioneditors and bloggers seam to absolutely love Maison Martin Margiela's new collection for this spring. The house is celebrating it's 20th- anniversary and showed a few of his most memorable pieces, like a jacket from 1988, which ofcourse is supertrendy now since the eighties with it's shoulder pads is going to be big (and trendy) this season too. Margiela really is a trendsetter and if you look back at collections from his earlier years you understand that other designers often remake and interpret his design, making it their own. Margiela might not always be easy to wear (I mean, who would like o go to a party wearing... hair?) he really is designer that fascinate me!

Puss Nathalia

Ps. I really think you should have a look at the collection here at Style

the day after....it's a new year and I need some sleep

I'm pretty sure we all do. The first day of a new year is not my favorite of the 365 ones there is to come. I'm tired and even if it's because I had a fantastic time yesterday it's not that fun at the moment... I hope you all had a great time yesterday and LETS MAKE 2009 TO THE BEST YEAR EVER.. until next year. And then the year after that.

Puss Nathalia

OH IT'S A NEW YEAR

And I really would like to celebrate that in this absolutely amazing dress from Diane Von Furstenberg. I cannot say anything else then that this dress would make any night more than fabulous. Thank you Diane for not only making your lovely wraps!

Perfect for a day full of shopping...

If it only were a bit hotter outside this is definitely an outfit perfect for going around looking at the art of the street, clothes. I love flowerprints and I'm so happy the trend will continue this spring too. Flowersprints are so full of versatility, they can be bold, feminine and simply just a bit of spice to an otherwise boring outfit. Perhaps one could match this outfit from a.p.c. with a leatherjacket in order to give it just a little bit more edge. On the other hand, that is what everyone would do, it's no longer very original to combine femininity with a more rock n' roll style..

A question, do you have any great tips on new designers one should look out for?

Puss Nathalia

I'm looking at you through a window

Patrick Demarchelier

It doesn't matter if you're black or white...

... Because both colors is always right for fashion. I love wearing black, it really is a color I always feel confident in, no matter what I do or who I'm suppose to meet. Black is THE fashioncolor, just look at al the top fashionistas. A theory of mine is that they wear black for the same reason many of us do, wearing a pair of black pants and a jacket you cannot be wrong. You're always in and being in the public fashioneye that's quite important...
Both outfits are from La Perla's spring collection and I really think you should check it out. Great inspiration for the warmer days I'm dreaming about...

It's springtime... in my mind...

And this summer a complete outfit from Erin Fetherston wouldn't be completely wrong to have hanging in the closet. Fetherston made a collection including things I wouldn't want to wear ever and things I simply adored, like this outfit that is so perfect for an evening i may, sitting together with someone you like having a drink or a glass of lemonade. As always, I'm drawn to the simplicity and the fact that this is so easy to wear. This is what I want to call dressing smart.

Puss Nathalia

Merry Christmas!!!

Here in Sweden we celebrated, and got the lovely gifts, yesterday but since the rest of the world is a bit after (haha..) I thought I'd wish you all a very merry Christmas today. And give you a tip for a movie to watch in the days between all the partying. White Christmas is a musical with Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Vera- Ellen. It's a lovely movie, not only for the clothes... The music is perfect for this holiday and even though it's a quite cheesy oldie (from 1954) I really like it in some strange kind of way. Go and rent it because it's so perfect for a day in the sofa to tired of eating to much.

Puss Nathalia

Ps. The picture is of Vera- Ellen. She is famous for playing a lot at Broadway and has done a lot of musicals, starring against legends such as Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

It's all coming up now...

Christmas is really close now and all the parties around new year too. That demands new clothing ...or to be precise, I guess non of us really needs a new pair of killer heels or a silky chiffondress, we just want it because it makes us feel good to rip of the pricetag, pull on the new blouse and go out in the night, knowing that we are wearing a new thing that no one has ever seen you in. If I had the money (someday I will win the lottery...) a dress from Elie Saab's spring collection would be high on my purchaselist. In this one, just to take an example from a pretty good collection, you definitely would be in the center of attention. You would be like a little, shining star, sparkling your way through the night. Pretty good for a night full of adventures...

The sales is also coming up and that really is a trap for those with already a wardrobe size XXXL. For me last year was the first time when I did not buy everything nice i saw, just a few pieces followed me home and that felt good! Perhaps we all should think a bit more on nit buying everything, just the stuff we really need. with that said I still think you can buy that wonderful, just amazing dress even if it's too expensive. Just don't do it every time. Once a week is more than enough...

Puss Nathalia (just so you guys know, puss = kiss in Swedish haha)

Ps.I so sorry for being a bit absent, but as probably everybody are right now, I have so much to to before Christmas... Will be better after this holiday full of cakes and borecole, promise!

I really need to start exercising...

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... and then I have to look fashionable. Since I hate all forms of physical (ok, not all forms...) training I must have something that makes me actually want to go to the gym. Hot guys in tracksuits isn't enough. So I have to rely on nice clothes. And hope that a pair of too expensive trousers will make my nonexistence ass look a bit fuller. I hope I'll gain a few pound in muscle too... It's quite irritating to never be asked to help carrying things when someone moves, just because I'm to weak haha..

Puss Nathalia

Ps. The outfit is from Dires Van Noten, the watch from Zodiac and the gloves, as one could guess, from Chanel. The photo is taken for Vogue with another favoritemodel of mine, Hilary Rhoda.

Anyone who would like to give this man a hug?

Ps. This is Evandro Soldati from Ford models, and I must say he does a great job selling that perfume. Which actually smells really good too... a great gift to your boyfriend!

Tomorrow I will look like this. Ok I'll try to...

Acne

Since my camera still isn't working I just have to show you in other ways what I want to wear. This is perhaps the style I like the most. Black and dark blue (my favorite colors... among many) always looks great on everybody. This is from Acne (not the collection with Lanvin) and I love it. Simple but nice, classic but not boring, prefect.

Puss Nathalia

Oh Oh Oh Oh

It takes quite a lot to make a giant cow (bull?) look fashionable but the absolute genial photographer Patrick Demarchelier seems to have no problems what so ever...

This is a shoot for French Vogue with my absolute favorite model Mariacarla Boscona. She is so beautiful!

Puss