Want to look relaxed and feminine? Acessories yourself with small crossbody bags!

Most of the time I use big bags: I like them because I carry all my troubles my whole universe with me.

But you know, watching Bloodline (1979) where Audrey Hepburn highlights her grace with help of small bags (and costume designer Enrico Sabbatini of course, his work is the best thing in this dull movie) I realized that with my "carry all on my shoulders" accessories I look like a very material creature who almost forgot about her gentle feminine side.
I think we girls should time after time remind ourselves that our strength is weakness. And going for a walk carring only mirror and lipstick is good way to do it.
Modern fashion industry offers us a huge selection of small bags for any budget and style.

Henri Bendel's black Warren Street Micro Crossbody, Valextra's orange Twist Crossbody Clutch, Patricia Nash's Amatrice Mini Roll Bag Tooled Turquoise and Repetto's red Quadrille Oval Bag caught my short-sighted eye.

Disco Candy

You are young, able to dance and drink whole night long and New Year's eve is around the corner? Dress yourself as a Disco Queen and go wild! Because in the blink of an eye you'll notice that you prefer pyjamas,  bed and silence to sexy clothes, dance floor and loud music.

I guess Lena Hoschek's 3 quater sleeve Hepburn Jacket Rose, Uterque's Silver Laminated Jeans, Jeffrey Campbell's Tynes pumps and Butler & Wilson's Crystal Flowers & Leaves Bracelet With Attached Ring and Swarowski Crystal Multi Animal Clutch Bag will look great on a party beast.

Sex Bomb In Town

If you're in the mood to add some flame to your ordinary day, go for a red coat and bright accessories.

Here are Lena Hoschek's Basic Instinct Coat Heat, Roger Vivier's Trompette Ankle Boot in Leather and Anya Hindmarch's Giant Pixels Small Bathurst Satchel.

Time to wear something very warm

High-tech fabrics, wool, denim and genuine leather will help you to conquer cold in comfort and style.

The Very Warm's Kenai - Midnight parka + Adrian Goldschied's The Leila Chevron Sweater (70% alpaca, 30% silk) + Atelier Gardeur's Zuri jeans + Bed Stu's Della boots = casual outfit for freezing day.

Love modern art and want to make your home more colourful and joyful place?

Clik here to visit Romero Britto's page on artsy.net. You will find a lot of eye candy stuff, created by this talented Brazilian artist there.

I love cute ceramic Blue Cat and acrylic painting First Dance (after all I'm a girl, you know).

P.S. artsy.net is the place where you can learn a lot about art, styles and personalities. And from my own observations I can say that people, who have a good taste in art, very often have a perfect sense of style and fashion.

What can you cook from PU, cork, wool, denim and genuine leather

Fashion snobs often say that they will never wear bags made from polyurethane (PU) even under threat of death. But style is not about status and prestige, it's about "this thing suits me, it's really mine and I will wear it with aplomb".

Any of these 3 made from PU and cork Pixie Mood's bags - (from top to bottom) Claudia Crossbody Bag - Cream,  Ophelia Crossbody - Ruby Red and Bernice Drawstring Bag - Nude - will look pretty with Adriano Goldschmied's The Cara Short Coat, The Satin Prima cigarette jeans and Trippen's Knight f boots.

Red-Red-Red

Red lipstick becomes each and every woman, no matter if you are blond, red-head or brunette, young and fresh or gained a solid experience along with few dozen of wrinkles

Catherine Deneuve,

Susan Sarandon and Isabelle Huppert,

and Elizabeth Taylor prove it very well.

All you need is to find your perfect shade, texture. And don't forget about most important thing - self-confidence.
But be aware that red colour looks well only on impeccably smooth lips. So before you start to paint your pout give it a proper treatment.

Polish it with Fresh's Sugar Lip Polish or with soft toothbrush once or twice a week and apply moisturizer on daily basis. Choose what is best for you - budget products like Vaseline's Lip Therapy Original or trendy expensive stuff - price doesn't matter but your comfort is.
Red (and other vivid shades as well) needs a perfect frame. So don't skip contouring.

Classic Maybeline's Color Sensational Lip Liner (shade Red) or Elizabeth Arden's Plump Up Lip Liner (shade Fire Red 09) will help you to do the job.
Invest in a good lip brush: precise application = sophicticated look.

Real Techniques offers Retractable Lip with synthetic bristles and Chikuhodo - T-10 with Weasels hair (we all remember that Japanese brushes are the best of the best thanks to refined makeup traditions of Noh and Kabuki theatres, right?).

If you prefer to wear classic lipstick, check Illamasqua's matte shade Maneater, Besame's vintage inspired 1931 - Carmine Lipstick or Jane's creamy My Pout Lipstick - Jet Setter.
Pencil-like products are worth to try too.

NYX's Simply Red Lip Cream (Russian Roulette shade), Bobbi Brown's Art Stick Liquid Lip (Cherry) or Lipstick Queen's Cupid's Bow (Ovid) look very attractive.

Want to outshine each and everyone?

So BH Cosmetics Nude Rose Lip Gloss - Alexa, Face Atelier's Lip Glaze (Kona shade) and Australis Luxe Lip Pigmented Lip Gloss (Good-times-square) can turn into your new best friends.

Spanish Fashion Starts With Letter "U"

If you are in mood for something casual but feminine go for Spanish staff. UNOde50's jewellery - Nacaroni earrings and My Seal bracelet - and Uterque's clothes, shoes and accessories -  asymmetric Geometric Sweater With Shimmer, elegant and sexy Camel Pencil Skirt, Suede High Heel Court Shoes and Mini Tote Bag.

Cowboy's Girlfriend Style

You can create many cute outfits mixingted handcraf Justin Boots, Lee's jeans and Alanui's cashmere cardigans.

Midas yellow /Angel blue with horse riding Indians will look stylish with blue Easy Fit Frenchie Bootcut jeans and Gemma Brown booties;
Lapponia white cardigan - with beige Relaxed Plain Front Pants and Faxon Blue;
Beluga blue with stripes - with black Slimming Fit Jade Legging and Elina Redstone boots.

Femme Fatale of Roaring Twenties

In my opinion, today we are lack of true style icons.

There are grotesque but sexy silicone doll Kim Kardashian and pretty but very boring good girl Olivia Palermo and thousands mediocre more or less famous no-personality stars and self-proclamed trendsetters in between.

Actress and dancer Louise Brooks - the shining star of Roaring Twenties - got it all: beauty, sex appeal and wit. She was the one who made bobbed haircut popular.
Watch miss Brooks in silent German movie Die Buchse der Pandora 1929. Believe me you will not regret it: this old film is a cinematographic masterpiece, mesmerizing and stylish.

Louise was a perfect choice for the main character Lulu  - explosive mixture of dark seduction and childish naiveness. With help of director Georg Wilhelm Pabst and camera man Gunther Krampf she reigns on the screen.

Miss Brooks looks gorgeous with sleek hair and curls.

It's amazing, but she doesn't look cheap or vulgar wearing dress with very low cut neckline and back.

Almost all dresses are with asymmetrical hem.

The wedding dress of femme fatale Lulu looks very modest comparing to many modern models.

Louise-Lulu with cigarette.

This dress looks very stylish, chic and morden though it was created 88 years ago.

For me Louise Brooks is an epitome of magic, charm and mystery - rare qualities in the modern movie industry. But I still hope that soon or later true beauty will come back to the cinema.

Swede Greta Garbo as Russian spy: pure sophistacation, chic and charm

After looking at some tasteless photos of modern celebrities like

"you never guess where I'm hiding my other leg" Kaia Gerber's picture for Vogue, my bleeding eyes need a treatment so I watch old good movies.
Recently it was silent film The Mysterios Lady with Greta Garbo.This very naive but very beautiful movie tells us story about love of Russian spy Tania Fedorova and Austrian officer Karl von Raden.

Director Fred Niblo, cameraman William H. Daniels and costume designer Gilbert Clark created a perfect femme fatale, seductive but not vulgar.

Garbo's close-ups are impeccable. By the way, you can have thin upper lip and be extremely attractive.

These shots can turn into an inspiration for photographers and for those instagram queens, who can not live a day without posting picture of themselves.

Gilbert Clark created for actress one shoulder grecian dresses.

Of course, it's silly to copy these outfits, but smart fashionista can pick a lot of stylish details which suit her.

Coats with big collars make slim girls silhoettes more feminine.

And I think this hat will add a vintage charm to a modern pant suit.

P.S. 11 year later Greta Garbo played another mesmerizing Russian lady in Ninotchka. 

Cosmopolitan Team

German brand Jacques Britt offers us pretty tops, Chinese Shiatzy Chen - black Silk Pleated Wide-leg Pants and Drop Crotch Jeans, Italian Aldo Brue - comfortable Derby and suede Moccasin shoes, American Ghurka - handcrafted black Charlie Leather Satchel and beige Leather Sling Backpack. And you know what is the best thing about all this jazz stuff? You can easily mix all these things as you like and look stylish.

Tame The Frizz

Life is not fair for all of us. Girls with flat hair think those who got big mane are very lucky: no need to spend hours volumizing your tresses.

And many girls with thick hair  are complainig about how difficult to fight with freez on daily basis.
These 5 products are designed to defeat the frizz and save your time and nerves.

Giovanni's Frizz Be Gone Shampoo with Shea Butter and Sweet Almond oil gently cleanses, hydrates, and smooths hair. Frizzy hair needs extra nourishment so go for Living Proof's Frizz Leave-In Conditioner enriched with high-tech Healthy Hair Molecule and use weekly Shea Moisture's Raw Shea & Cupuacu Frizz Defence Hair Masque - powerful blend of Raw Shea Butter, Amazonian Cupuacu butter, Jojoba and  Pistachio oils.
Before blow-dry or apply Hask's Keratin Protein Sleek Blow-Out Balm or L'Oreal's Eversleek Frizz Finish Oil-In Serum with argan and coconut oils - these products will help you to  protect your hair from heat.

Wool, Corduroy, Leather and Bijou

Brora's orange Merino T-Shirt + The Cords & Co's corduroy mini skirt Say Coffee Brown + G.H. Bass aubergine Whitney Tumbled Leather Weejuns + Bijou Birgitte's Red Snake bracelet and Wild Spirit necklace = simple but not plane outfit for the early autumn days, when the weather is  changing from warm to chilly.

Korean Eyewear: Revolutionary and Classic

If you're a fan of eye-catching accessories, you should visit Gentle Monster's site: this Korean offers an excellent of stylish eyewear.

Sure you'll be noticed by all fashionistas in town, if you for a walk wearing Pencil Glasses Blue Pen or silver Rocker Fish 02 (g) with black lenses or Nunty 01 (r).
Classic model are very cute too.

Red sunglasses Heig rd1 and marble Grand Blue mb1 for those who doesn't see our world clear.

And I guess Gentle Monster's pink Add Moon p1(pm) sunglasses will be extremely stylish addition to Cheap Monday's Breeze Double Love Tee with hearts on boobs breasts, Shanghai Tang's Quilted Jacquard Shorts, Mellow Yellow's Sandale Bonheur Rose and Kenneth Jay Lane's Multi-color Stones Cuff.

Star and Moon In Your Ears, Lips In Your Arms

If you want to look  stylish but not serious go for Betsey Johnson's stuff.

Halter Illusion Dress + Mystic Baroque Star Moon Earrings + Rebel Rebel Suquin Lips Tote + sandals Sullivan = outfit for a walk in the city or evening in the bar.

From China With Chic

It's hard to believe but some people think that label "Made in China" on clothes is a sign of bad quality. I'd like to advise those snobs sceptical minds to visit site of Shanghai Tang.

Pink Silk Cotton Stone Button Short Sleeve Qipao Top, black 3/4 Sleeve Silk Blouse, Quilted Jacquard Shorts and Gingko Embroidery Tassel Silk Box Clutch are real pleasure for fashionista's eye.

Shanghai Tang's knitwear is a pure luxury. I like Cashmere Silk Long Sleeve Lined Royal Leaf Zip Cardigan (silk lining make this piese even more posh) and Cashmere-Silk Reversible Jade Cardigan.

And as dress obsessed person I have no other choice but to fall in love with Wool Contrast Strap Short Sleeve Qipao Dress (vertical straps make our bodies more slimmer).

It will look even more cute with Gingko Embroidery Tassel Silk Box Clutch, Kenneth Jay Lane's White And Red Enamel Branch Ring, Crystal And Coral Branch Eurowire Earring and Magrit's Sofie.

Thinking of Coming Autumn

Those who live in Central Europe have had only few days to enjoy sunny weather this summer (maybe August will heat us up, who knows?) and soon we will have no other choice but to put our boots and heavy jackets on.
So there is an outfit for the first chilly days.

Schott's 525W leather jacket, Triarchy's Indigo Skinny jeans, Red Wing Herritage's 3406 Clara boots (handmade, by the way) and bright spot - Bed Stu's red Half Moon cross-body bag (handmade too).