Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dark Shadows by Tim Burton

The cast: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Grace Moretz among others...! Ohlala!! Can't wait for this beauty of Tim Burton.

The talented Colleen Atwood is the film's Costume Designer.

How I want to dress now:) J'Adore the costumes. Especially the dresses on the two younger girls and the one on Helena Bonham Carter.

To be released in May 2012.

Storyline from Imdb: "In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), to help with her family troubles."

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alice
(image from EW)

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Diary 117: Some Days in Uddevalla, Sweden


















I was born and raised here! It's where my closest friends live and the whole of my family. These past day's has been the most wonderful ones I've had in a very long time.

Images: 1-2 Some parts of central Uddevalla. The cafe is the place I used to drink coffee at almost every day as a teen. 3-4 Gustafsberg, Uddevalla. The cafe was the cafe me and my friends spent time at all Summer long. The yellow house to the right in image 4 is a hostel. One of my summer's here, it was my job to clean it. That summer was actually my happiest summer ever. 5-7 This is one of my best friends and her children. From yesterday. 8-15 My Christmas with family:) Hallelujah what a perfect day we all had. The baby is my cousin's newborn (23 days old...). One can see us together here.The 2 men I call my Step Father's!!! Such cuties. 16-18 This is my family on my Dad's side. My former step mother, Siv, invited me to spend Christmas day with them. That meant the world to me since my 3 brothers all came including my father with his new wife. Siv's sister (image 17, the blond woman! The boy to the left is my youngest brother) with children came as well:) Growing up I looked up to this sister of hers. They owned a hair salon and were Always perfectly coiffed. The salon's name? Coquette haha. In case you ever wondered, why the name of Coquette Journal, now you know.

Much Love
Alice & Lindha

The Child of the Moon

I am playing around with old photos I've created. This stunning girl reminds me of the princess from The Neverending Story. Ilda wears a Paul & Joe dress and lace from Old Touch. x
Linda Marina Portman

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas

I wish you the most beautiful 2012.

As you can see, I am very busy:).... at the moment, being the "house maid of the day" making my "specialty" marängsviss (marängsuisse) for our family Christmas dinner.

Photographer of the day is my most wonderful aunt, Marina.





I've had such a fun day with the whole of my family today and I am So Happy. I wish you all have had as a beautiful day as me.

Much Love
Alice

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Love of Today: Chanel



The Pre Fall 2012 Collection of Chanel was inspired by the city Bombay! I fell in love with these 2 looks which reminds me of Cute Folklore which I am always much drawn too.

xx alice
(Images from Vogue.com)

Saturday, December 17, 2011

I Love....Grayson Perry for Louis Vuitton




 Louis Vuitton again:) What can they do wrong......Nothing at the moment in my opinion.

This trunk within this mise-en-scene is a collaboration between artist Grayson Perry anld Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton invited Mr. Perry to design a bespoke trunk, 'LVAM1' ( Louis Vuitton Alan Measles 1). It was created to coincide with Mr. Perry's exhibition "the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman" at the British Museum ( open now until the 19th of February 2012).

Quote from the website Born Rich: "The trunk which is on display at the Vuitton’s Bond Street Maison has a special golden throne right in the center top for the famous teddy bear Alan Measles, which is the artist’s 50 year old buddy. The trunk has various compartments and was made at the Louis Vuitton atelier in Asnières. The art piece is made in two folds as the artist wanted it to act both as a shrine to Alan Measles and an artistic travel case. The colorful travel case is painted with elaborated art designs with images of male and female folk characters. The trunk is decorated with Perry’s famous vases filled with white carnations and has several cabinets that can hold number of dresses. Grayson will do a road test of the trunk next year when he will travel to Venice Biennale for work."

View the whole article from Born Rich HERE.

Images are from Louis Vuitton's Grayson Perry face book page that you can "Like" HERE.

It reminds me of folklore:) Which I love. I am dreaming!!! After Christmas the British Museum will be my first stop to view this lovely artist exhibit.

I've met him actually! I asked to take his picture with my Holga camera and he nicely said yes and smile at my camera:)

X
alice
( Images 1,3&4 are copyright Louis Vuitton/ Mark Makela and from their facebook page. Image 2 is from Stylist)

Friday, December 16, 2011

Inspiration Today












I have a folder on my desktop called, "to save or not to? That is the question"? All these inspirations are from there:)

Enjoy!

Love alice
(all images from Tumblr)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Inspiration Now & Always





Kooky, Quirky and Beautiful Always.

Stay Lovely!

Love from an Alice:)















(images from TFS)



Monday, December 12, 2011

How I Feel Like at the Moment

Like a bird in a cage dominated by the Beautiful Master......Oh dear God in Heaven have Mercy upon me....Let Me Fly!

x
alice
(photo by me from an image in V magazine)

Diary 111: My 2011 Part I





















My 2011:) Full of so many wonderfully wonderful things. This summary will be up side down as all is in Alice in Wonderland land. I can honestly not remember in order what has happened...!!!

All I do know is that I had a life before my Iphone and a different one after:) These are All saved on my Iphone just incase something happens with my computer.

Ok enough of rambling!

I went to Rome (images 1-6) in the spring time with my family because my aunt (second mother) turned 60! So much amazingly good food and wine. Stunning churches & men:) I am wearing a Rachel Zoe dress for Lindex (a swedish chain store) and a Marc Jacobs bag. The Royal Wedding happened (Images 7-9). I went to the Swedish Church in London to view it on a big screen tv. We got cake and champagne. It was Such a fun day. I fell in Love with a designer called Vivetta. I shot her Fall collection to be seen on my Coquette any day now. There will to be an interview with her to go with the images. The girl was wonderful, Alma who is with mandpmodels. (image 10).  I styled a story with my wonderful friend Lowe Seger (image 11, Lowe is filming the love). The lunch was so much fun, this is the whole team in image 12. Images 13 & 14 just shows a tiny bit of my obsession by color and flowers. I have started to play around with apps like a maniac. My neighbours has such adorable gardens and cats to go with them:) Image 15. 16 & 17 = Me! Full on Vintage except the sunnies in image 16 which are Balenciaga. I have been in Love with/ Obsessed with Swans for a very long time as you might know. These I go to visit now and then in Kensington Gardens. Images 18-21.

This was part 1.

x
alice