Most of my lovely Spanish readers, or, more specifically, those of you who live in Madrid, are probably aware that there's an exhibit in the museum Fundación Mapfre, which showcases some of Jean-Paul Gaultier's best work. He is truly an icon; I don't know a lot of people (interested in fashion or not) that don't know of him. The exhibit is free to visit, so I recommend ANYONE to attend it! It's incredibly beautiful, the clothes are stunning and there's an atmosphere that you can breathe in the place. It's absolutely wonderful. It's a pity it really is quite a short exhibit, considering the vast amount of designs that could potentially be shown, as the designer has been working marvels for decades.
My favorite of the looks in the exhibit. The faces are really projectors casting the image on a blank mannequin face! They move, and speak - so wonderful.
In relation to my visit to this exhibition and an overall admiration for this man, which was also incremented upon my first year of uni last year and learning of the cultural background which allowed JPG to shine in the first place, I've come across one of his collections, namely the Autumn/Winter collection of 2005. It was total randomness, to be perfectly honest, how I came across it, but I love it! I recognise a few pieces that were in the exhibit, like the furry hats with jewelry hanging off it, it really stuck with me because it gives such a wonderful Russian winter meets Byzantium feel. I actually found this collection utterly inspiring as a whole. Though some of the looks were seemingly a little dated (we're talking about 7 years ago!), there were pieces that were so gorgeous I felt I needed to make a post all about it, my autumn inspiration for this year! Here are a few of my favorite looks.
So gorgeous, right?! I decided to go onto Polyvore as well, as I was very, very inspired by this collection, to try to round up the things I loved most of it and try to find a more practical outcome to these wonderful looks!
I hope you liked it, I find this style endlessly exciting, like living in a faerie tale where the main character is Agna, princess of Siberia who is marrying a prince of a far away land who brings her emeralds and they want to live in a forest. Or something like that. Tell me what your favorite autumn style is, and if you like this style! Have a lovely day. xx
I should get back on the blogging scene, it made me incredibly happy. Perhaps today is a good day to. It's my birthday! I hope everyone is having as lovely a day as I am and have had. I've been gone for a good 7 months from this blog, but I intend on coming back pretty strongly now- it just makes me feel productive and satisfied, I have no idea why I've been gone, other than pure, old, laziness... I'm known for it ;). I thought I'd share my favorite things I've been liking as of late, to kind of give you a look into what I've been up to (not much, believe me.)
Music: The 28th of October I'm going to the Bon Iver concert in Madrid, and, dare I say I'm dying to go? I'm so excited it should be illegal, and I'm going with one of my loveliest friends who coincidentally bought the ticket for me as my birthday present. Too wonderful. To prepare, I've been listening to them over and over and, hand in hand with the improving weather (colder, cloudier, rainier... definitely improving), it's the perfect soundtrack to my life lately. This is the song by them which I've been listening to the most. The rest are a few I've been loving, too!
And... anything sounds better with the sound of rain in the background... This is my favorite website ever: http://www.rainymood.com/
Instagram: This really just defines my life lately because I love to document my every activity with it (maybe I'm exaggerating a tiny bit), but I love it, it looks pretty, it's a way of keeping a diary (more or less,) and it's just fun to use, really. I'm @cristina_barba on it. ^_^
1- The most lovely light on my way to class/ 2- La Puerta del Sol/ 3- My uncle and my dad in their 20s, wonderfully stylish/ 4- New faerie lights for my room!/ 5- The statue of Velázquez on El Paseo del Prado, taking a walk in Madrid/ 6- The weather lately... perfection./ 7- My mum and I/ 8- The Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibit in Madrid/ 9- My lovely best friend and I/ 10- Going out for my birthday this weekend!/ 11- Quote of the week by Picasso/ 12- Birthday lunch at Tommy Mel's
Films: I made a collage and posted it on Tumblr which documented my favorite films watched or re-watched over the summer, and it hasn't really changed since then. I'm actually planning on watching these all over again because they have become some of my favorite films.
The Dreamers isn't for everyone, to be perfectly honest, and it definitely helps if you know French (which I don't very well, mind you), but it's so beautifully made and it's such an unusual story... I adore it. I saw An Education pretty early on in the summer so I don't remember it as well, but it's also extremely beautiful and relatable (perhaps not in the literal sense of the plot). And Moonrise Kingdom and Brave have been the two best films I've seen in the cinema in a loooong while. I strongly recommend all of these to any of you who think you share interests with me, as they can be considered quite particular.
Vlogs: I've been REALLY into Youtube lately, since my obsession with make up increased, so, if you like these sort of things, I want to share with you my favorite Youtube channels. (These aren't just make-up, by the way, they're all a bundle of wonderful awesomeness)
Today I bought make-up! I love it. I have a headache so forgive me for my short lines. Although... maybe it bothers you I over-explain things all the time and write run-on sentences and such. Which I am doing... right now. Anywho, I bought the 'Naked' palette by Urban Decay (40€) which I've been dying to buy, and a brush from Sephora (13€) and then I went to H&M and got make-up there too, because I'm all for Tha Kualityy. Oh, it's a blush. It's a coral-y pink. I like it. Here are some pictures!
Apart from that, it has been a long week and I am tired as fuck because I had an exam today and eegh. I just want to sleep for more than 4 hours today so I can be happy ^_^. Other than that my thoughts today revolve around the fact that I really want to play the accordeon, that the MacBook keyboard is so much lovelier than any other keyboard and... that... I like this girl's style.
Pff. Debería estar haciendo cosas responsables. Como estudiar Tecnología Textil. O haciendo el trabajo de diseño. Pero hoy JURO que me pongo a ello. Intentaré hacer todos los dibujos para Diseño posibles. Y para motivarme, mientras los haga los voy posteando. Así no tengo excusa. MUAHAHAHA.
Me pongo a las 15.00. tengo veinte minutos. Ay. Os dejo con mi daily inspiration.
Hoy mi día ha sido aburrido y poco productivo. Y por poco quiero decir NADA. Así que me he hecho unas atractivas fotos con el Photobooth del Mac y he sido feliz.
Me aburro, no me juzguéis.
Estoy releyendo Marina de Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
Y escuchando mucho Florence and The Machine (NO REALLY?)
Y viendo mucho Freaks and Geeks , la cual es una serie guay.
Y bueno, no haciendo absolutamente nada de lo que debería.
Lately I've been feeling strange. Perhaps it's the fact I've been away from school for over a week and I'm just a little disconnected. I believe I've always been an artist at heart. I am no business woman, I do not believe I'm cunning or to have a sharp eye for getting ahead in the world. I seem to let the world carry me along with it. I've been less and less inspired by the fashion industry. I feel like I've nothing to do there, like I wouldn't fit in...
However, I have come to a conclusion. I need to find my own pace. I have to find my light, you could say. Right now I feel completely flustered and pressured and suddenly very scared for the future I may or may not have. But when the moment comes, and the light shines into my room really nicely, I feel quite happy and confident I've chosen the right way. But I also believe in the process of things, and the beauty in them, so I guess I'll just have to make mine really worthwhile so I can feel happy with myself. I don't know.
It's been good lately. I have been obsessing over a few things. Shall I show you my favorites? Let us proceed:
Sunlight between the clouds.
View from my room. Taken with Instagram.
Pink hair
White-Blonde hair
Zooey Deschanel
Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice
The Kooks. They remind me of another time in my life, when I was... younger? I feel so old saying that. But yes, I was younger. More innocent, perhaps, but not much more. It's strange how much can be remembered by a song. It's really fucking unreal.
That is all, my long (un)necessary rant. My favorites of the week. My reflection on the most reflective moment of the day. Yup.
ALSO! Today was my sister's birthday. She's the most beautiful and most amazing human being on this entire universe. She is so wonderful. Happy 15, Marta! I love you.
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