Fancy Feet

My friends and I passed the afternoon on Saturday colouring our worn shoes and nibbling on aged cheese. After hours of shoe colouring, two bottles of French wine and sweet laughter. C, my childhood friend, suggested we hang the freshly painted footwear in the lone tree outside her house, like artworks in the Mona Bismarck Foundation in Paris.

'Winter is so dull', she told us. 'One must be creative in this season even if it means colouring one's shoes a bright neon/orange, and hanging them in the tree to startle the equally dull neighbours'. We all laughed merrily at this, like children.





First and third images were taken outside the shows at Paris couture week.The second image was taken on Saturday. Trust everyone had a nice weekend. Here's to a positive week. xx

A New Take on Skinny

Picture: Skinny Jim by George Condo. What do you all think of the outlandish skinny Jim? He looks hilariously mad and trendy with all those colourful dots. I think what he's wearing is a brilliant ensemble for Paris fashion week ( including facial expression and headwear). Regular readers know how terribly idiosyncratic I can be.

Travelling to Frankfurt this week. Let's see if I manage to make it to the opening of the George Condo exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany. Schedule is quite full for this trip, but a girl is never too busy for a spot of vintage shopping, a relaxing facial in the Babor Spa, Luftansa senator lounge, and drinks with happy friends. Looking forward to luncheon with the Editor in Chief of Kids Life Magazine, the delightful Martina Voigt

Life is about enjoying things. Go out this weekend, eat with a friend, have a cup of hot chocolate, sit quietly and dream, cook something delicious, but don't forget to share with those you love. xx

Rue du Vertbois, Paris

I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings-Damien Hirst



First picture by Gilles Gorriti, painter and piano player. Would love to sit and listen to Gilles at the piano. I wonder if his music is as sparkling as his paintings. This still life draws the mind back to the sun-dappled days of my childhood along the vibrantly colourful impressionistic French/Italian riviera.

Second picture: Rue du Vertbois, Paris. By Japanese painter, Takanori Oguiss, who spent a great part of his life capturing the spirited silent charm of Parisian side streets. I shall wander down the Rue du Vertbois this afternoon, walk in the footsteps of Oguiss, and draw Rue du Vertbois as I see it. Which of these paintings do you relate to? xx

Sweet, Sweet Alchemies

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink... ~Epicurus

Who are you eating and drinking with this week? I am looking forward to breaking bread with fellow violinist, and good friend, Maia of sweet alchemies. She bakes the most scrumptious chocolate cakes as the one pictured above, and I'm quite certain she makes a divine vegetable stew, too.

Last weekend, we had friends round for dinner. I made Sichuan-style sea bass with wok-fried vegetables, Rioja-braised lamb shanks with chorizo and garlic, beetroot soup with feta followed by Maia's delightful orange chocolate brownies. Everyone loved the chocolate orange brownies. I had to fax the recipe to three friends yesterday. Don't be bashful. Go ahead and try this at home. Online Receipe HERE

Colour me pretty from new york

The whole world, as we experience it visually, comes to us through the mystic realm of color- Hans Hofmann

Image via Fashion Bomb Daily
Colour is not only essential in art but also in fashion. As a painter, colour is my little cup of joy. One can only take grey on grey or black on black for a short period of time.

It's Monday. The sky is dark and vast. Lacking in colour and joy. Off to the studio to paint colour on canvas. I leave you with the above image from New York fashion week. xx

Fashion, Poetry & Books

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. ~Carl Sandburg




Burda Images: When it's cold outside it's best to remain indoors amongst the books in a warm, cosy library. What have you been reading lately? I'm still enjoying the Oxford Book of English Verse.

Winter is the ideal season for poetry reading. Yes. I adore poetry. Poetry makes one feel through the senses and that is why I find it particularly moving and mysterious.

Which of these lovely images do you fancy? The first appeals to my sense of aesthetics for its mood, fluid lines and colour story. The second image is definitely Fashion. Navy on navy punctuated with red. Ah, those heels! Back to regular blogging/commenting;-)

I love this quote by Voltaire on fashion: It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions. Whilst I agree with Voltaire on the above I must confess that new fashions makes it easier for one to flirt with fashion;-)

Fashion Is My Muse

Image by Ingrid Mida whose works explores the intersection between fashion and art.You are all invited to Ingrid's fashion supper party. Click HERE for an invitation. Comments have been disabled for this post. You are all welcome to leave comments on Ingrid's blog HERE

A smile from Paris

Lovely friends. I'm sending you all over to Easy Fashion blog for your daily cup of fashion from the quaint streets of Paris. The image above of me was taken by Fred of Easy Fashion during the Haute Couture fashion week.

Comments have been disabled for this post. You are warmly welcome to leave a comment over at Easy Fashion as I shall be travelling the next days and therefore unable to update comments on this blog. I warmly wish everyone a most positive week. Click HERE to visit Easy Fashion blog. xx

At The Gaultier Show

Haute couture implies precision in lines. Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation, ... If, in ready-to-wear, a garment is manufactured according to standard sizes, the haute couture garment adapts to any imperfection in order to eliminate it. Yves Saint Laurent











All images belong to fashion art and other fancies. Taken at the Gaultier show by our photographer. Enjoy, my lovelies, enjoy!