Thursday, January 31, 2013

Love of Today: Louis Vuitton's Pre-Fall 2013 Collection


I went to Louis Vuitton's pre-fall press day earlier today! Fell in love with the skirt suit & the 60's style mini with ruffled victorian collar dress:) please fly into my closet wonderland style:)?

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Alice Solantania Saga

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

My Stylist Portfolio

I FINALLY got to edit & reorganize my stylist portfolio:) I have an important meeting next week and had to sit down and Just Do It. Wish me Love! X Alice Solantania Saga

Hannah Louisa May

Photographer & Stylist: Linda Marina Portman






Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Today I Am the Child of The Never Ending Fairy Story.

Fairies & Trolls:) They are my life. HA!

Outfit: Vintage lace blouson, Sow's Ear tweed 60's style dress, Dries van Noten cardie &long sleeved jumper worn beneath, inherited gold necklace from grandma, Prada belt and Office loafers.

Hope you're having A Fairy Tuesday.

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Alice Solantania Saga

Monday, January 28, 2013

Love of Today is Nicoletta Ceccoli






Amazing art by Nicoletta Ceccoli

A Never Ending Story Fairy Alice Wonderland Land Wearing Sweet Pastels with Lace.
At All Times.

I LOVE Nicoletta Ceccoli:)

Nicoletta is an Italian artist whom studied animation at The Institute of Art in San Marino, Italy. 

Enjoy!

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Alice Solantania Saga
(all images from Nicoletta's Website)

An East Dulwich Sunday Tea Outfit


I wore a Darimeya flowery printed top with Peter Pan collar & a pink dress with lace collar from Beyond Retro together with Office patent leather Mary Janes.

Have an Adorable Monday.

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Alice Solantania Saga

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Diary 206: A Weekend


Tired of Reality! Nobody Sees.

Images (clockwise from top left): 1  Me. A neighbours lovely cat. At Franklins on Sunday. A dish I want to create:). 2 Inspirations on my iPad:):)!!!

How I Felt A Moment Sunday Night:

"Och jag inser plötsligt, kärlek får man bara se
När tak och väggar rasar in igen i ensamheten

Ensamheten, ensamheten
Det är så svårt att höra vad du säger
Ensamheten, ensamheten
Vad är det du egentligen vill säga?
Ensamheten, ensamheten
Hårt mot hårt mot ensamheten
Ensamheten, ensamheten
Hårt mot hårt mot ensamheten

Det är så svårt att höra vad du säger
Ensamheten, ensamheten
Vad är det du egentligen vill säga?
Ensamheten, ensamheten
Det är så svårt att höra vad du säger
Ensamheten, ensamheten
Vad är det du egentligen vill säga?
Ensamheten, ensamheten
Hårt mot hårt mot ensamheten"
- by J.Berg of Kent

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Alice Solantania Saga

Beauty Today is Zara Larsson

OMG!!! Such a Beautiful Voice. She's 15....and Amazing:


"Nobody sees, nobody knows, 
We are a secret can't be exposed. 
That's how it is, that's how it goes,
Far from the others, close to eachother." - Uncover by Zara Larsson

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Alice Solantania Saga 

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Today I Was A Flowery Swinging 60's Aristocrat Thanks to Sow's Ear

or....A Flowery Little House on the Prairie as my Dulwich friend Paul called me:)

Today was the first day in a long time that I acutally dressed properly...it's been SO cold and I have felt Exhausted.

What did cheer me up was this dress from Mari's label Sow's Ear:) I have felt beautiful today for the first time in a while. Thank you Mari!

I asked Mari to give me a background to her label; how & why she started it. She gave me this:):

QUOTE:

"Sow's Ear happened because normal clothes bore me to tears. When I see a garment made from pleasing fabric, but  a painfully unflattering shape, I feel compelled to take the scissors to it and liberate it from it's prison of uglydowdypinchyitchytootightness. And for the time that I am cutting it up, the world could end and I wouldn't give a fig. I revert to being the 3 year old pulling eggshells out of the bin and crushing them in my hands cos I liked the texture. Clothes are friends who you want to hang out with cos they make you smile, keep you warm, allow you to edit the awfulshamefulcringey bits of who you are. They let others see flickers of your soul, your frame of reference. I spent at least 2 years in my twenties wearing one pair of postman's dungarees. I couldn't seem to leave the house without them on, even staying in crying when they were in the washing machine, rather than go to the pub in something else, something that might show something of me that I didn't want to be seen.
So really, when I make something, I am allowing part of my internal landscape to be realised. I don't try to force the fabric to do something. I let it do what it wants to. If I try to impose my will on it, my mojo goes out the window and I hate whatever monster I create. But if I follow the meditative purpose of " No Me" then after a while I see that I have made something that I want to wear, that makes me feel like me. Ludicrous that I have to sneak up on my own creativity, but if it works"
 
I Love This Spirit of Mari:) More info on her is to be read HERE.
 
 


I am wearing a dress by Sow's Ear, Darimeya flowery top with Peter Pan collar and Mary Janes by Office.

xx
Alice Solantania Saga

Friday, January 25, 2013

Inspiration Friday is Mademoiselle Ellen Rogers










This talented young lady, Ellen Jane Rogers, is a very dear friend of mine. I love her.

I Adore these images. Especially the last image which Lovely Ellen gave me printed out and framed.

ELLEN ROGERS

Artist wise, she has influence my own work tremendously; me just watching her. She knows Exactly what she wants before a shoot & she always gets it. One time it was so cold to do a whole shoot outside here in my garden, so she thought we could shoot inside my house...I was just like NO:):) Obviously she got her way... and the images she took in here are Amazing (story to be seen HERE). Noone would be able to  see that they were taken in here in my tiny little studio. She works miracles.

We have done some work together (you can view a couple of them here, here & here). All images here though she has created with other stylists/ teams. A while ago I created an interview with her for Alice in Wonderland wich can be read HERE.

Enjoy This For Your Weekend.

Other Inspiration Friday's:

Wendy Bevan
Camille Bidault-Waddington
Magic Witchy Dreamy
Kristamas Klousch
Cathleen Naundorf
Sarah Moon
Paolo Roversi
Steven Meisel
Tim Walker

Much Love
Linda Marina Portman

Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Girls of Magic

Mood Board for Today!
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Alice Solantania Saga
(images from Tumblr)

OBSESSION: Valentino's Spring 2013 Haute Couture Collection

My love for the house of Valentino has been a constant ever since Pierpaolo Piccioli & Maria Grazia Chiuri took over the house from Monsieur Valentino himself; whom I  expect must be so proud over his two successors. The house is in safe hands. There is pure romantic brilliance in every single collection they create. I'd love for one of these exquisite dresses/ gowns to be mine.

This is what makes me dream away all day long:)

VALENTINO

Enjoy the beauty.

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Alice Solantania Saga
(images from Style.com)

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

OBSESSION TODAY is ULYANA SERGEENKO

Ulyana's fairy tale Couture Collection for Spring 2013...OMG!

A Lolita Scarlet O'Hara, Milk Maid & Russian Folklore = MAGIC! Oh Dear How I Want to Dress Like This Come Spring. Hallelujah for the Russians.

ULYANA SERGEENKO

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Alice Solantania Saga
(images from Style.com)

Love of Today: Sow's Ear


This package arrived yesterday:)

When I went to Brighton last week I fell madly in love with this "eco couture" label called Sow's Ear by a Mari; and in particular this 60's style emerald green tweed swing dress. The dress is made from a skirt that used to belong to an aristocrat:) Happily I am short enough for a skirt be made into a dress. I am so In Love with this new member of my family.

All of Sow's Ear designs are one offs so you'd never see someone else in the same creation as you plus to re-use fabric is such a wonderful thing to do in today's waste society. Mari also alters the clothing for you for free if needed.

SOW'S EAR

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Alice Solantania Saga