//43/ Cape Town: Murky Water

//Enough of the re-posting! I love (okay maybe more like than love) these two photographs for their ominousness (yes that is an actual word) and the contrast between the stillness in the first one and the movement in the second. Other than that they represent summer to me like none other: spontaneously plunging your body into icy cold water to relieve it from the sticky heat and spending more time under water than above...bliss!

//The PB

//42/ Dress: Timeless

Publication: Vogue Brazil November 2010
Photography: Victor & Patrick Demarchelier
Stylist: Fabio Ishimoto and Franco Pellegrino
Model: Fernanda Tavares

//41/ Dress: Candice does Copenhagen

Publication: VMan FW 2010
Photography: Mario Testino
Model: Candice Swanepoel

//I was excited to find an editorial with South African model Candice Swanepoel shot by the Mario Testino. Okay, I admit I was hoping it would be something edgy with amazing clothing, but I guess half naked in a mens' magazine will have to do. She is gorgeous, don't you agree?

//The PB

//40/ Film: Morocco

Film: Marocco (1930)
Director: Josef Sternberg
Starring: Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich and Adolphe Menjou

//Marlene Dietrich is easily one in my top ten favourite actresses. She moves with such elegance and grace, but with a confidence that is very alluring. She has a very seductive kind of beauty...and is most probably the main attraction of the movie. The wardrobe of course is also stunning... 

//For this movie she learnt her lines phonetically as she could hardly speak English...one would never guess! My favourite scene is one of the last where she marches off into the desert with her heels. What a lady.

//The PB

//39/ Dress: Grazia

Publication: Grazia September 2010
Photography: Adrian Mesko
Stylist: Anouk Colantoni
Model: Rachel Rutt

//Ahh I have never heard of Rachel Rutt, but she is lovely. She resembles Leighton Meester quite a bit (except of course Rachel is prettier). I don't like all of this clothing (second image...), but the coat !!: it is perfect. The length, the colour, the collar, the awesome belt!!...I would give a lot...The hat in the top image is also great...not quite a bowler (which I don't particularly care for) nor a floppy hat, and an untraditional colour (no white with black band): I like it! (it looks a lot like this, this and this...cool huh?)

//Peroxide Blonde

//38/ Streetstyle 005

Sofia

//Meet Sofia (I don't know if I spelt her name correctly...). I was mostly interested in her super cool corduroy (or denimn?) backpack, but I was didn't want to hassle her too much, so I took only this photo. I have seen her around since then, and she always looks very stylish...hopefully I will get more photographs of her. Her sunglasses are great.

//Peroxide Blonde

//37/ Dress: Cruising

Publication:  Harper’s Bazaar US 2007
Photography: Nathaniel Goldberg
Model: Doutzen Kroes

//It is seldom that any editorials blow me away anymore, there are just so many and they are all so alike! Having said that, this spread blew me away. If anyone can make curvy look good, it's Doutzen Kroes. I love the nautical theme (which never fails to look classy), the azure blue sea, the tranquil mood , Doutzen's soft beauty and and and... If this doesn't get you amped for summer I don't know what will.

//Peroxide Blonde

//35/ Dress: Bella Donna

Vogue US March 2004
Photo Mert & Marcus
Stylist Grace Coddington
Model Natalia Vodianova

//I found this recently and the background reminds me a lot of Cinema Paradiso.Natalia Vodianova has proven to be very consistent and is still doing work now, 20 years and two children after she started modelling...I find that impressive! And aren't the 60s-style dresses are lovely? She fills them so well, just like it should be.

//Peroxide Blonde

//34/ Dress: Zara Lookbook November 2010

Zara Lookbook November 2010

//Hmm, well look at this...some new Zara stuff, clearly drawing inspiration from Chloé and
Céline. It may not be all that appropriate for our summer, but I think some key items can be worked into summer dress...and a pair of well-fitted trousers are appropriate pretty much any time anywhere.

//Peroxide Blonde

//33/ Cape Town: Longbeach

Longbeach, Cape Town

//My readership has increased exponentially over the past month which is awesome considering that Peroxide Blonde is still young...so I am super greatful to my readers and hope you keep on reading (or more like looking, really). 

//This is one of my top ten beaches in Cape Town...I intend to spend a large part of my summer here.

//Peroxide Blonde

//32/ Dress: Australian Summer

Publication: Vogue Australia

Photographer: Max Doyle

Model: Abbey Lee Kershaw

//As much as I love Europe I am very, very glad that I am currently in Cape Town, mentally preparing myself for the most mind-blowing summer ever, while Europe awaits another freezing winter...Ha can you feel the glee?

//On another note, have I seriously not written about the most beautiful girl in the world? Well here you go, a sublime combination of Abbey Lee, cotton candy hair and summer vibes....

//The PB

//32/ Music: Playlist 001

01 Morcheeba - The Sea

02 Morcheeba - World Looking In

03 Netsky - Mellow

04 Murdock - 2-1 (Dubstep Remix)

05 The Stranglers - Golden Brown

06 Bonobo - Prelude & Kiara

07 Bonobo - Black Sands

08 The Prodigy - Hotride

09 El Michel's Affair - Shimmy Shimmy Ya

10 I Blame Coco - Summer Rain

11 Morcheeba - Sao Paulo

12 Mumm-Ra - She's got you high

13 Empire of the Sun - Standing on the Shore

//31/ Film: Cinema Paradiso

//I can't believe that I haven't written about film yet. It is, and always has been, a passion of mine. Today I rewatched Cinema Paradiso for the umpteenth time...one would never guess that I find myself in the middle of exam time, especially considering how long it is.

//It is one of my favourite movies, mostly because of the cinematography, partly because of the storyline, partly because it is Italian (which is, I must admit, a lovely language to listen to) and not least because both the boy and girl lead actors are, for lack of a more descriptive word, beautiful...

//Peroxide Blonde

//30/ Streetstyle 003

//I find it quite an accomplishment to stand out in a crowd, and I feel this girl (I forgot to ask for her name!) accomplished that quite well. It is easy to stand out by wearing the shortest and the tightest clothing, but pulling off something classy and...perhaps longer, is difficult to do without looking prudish.

//That being said, the dress is from Woolworths (I would never admit that!), but I find it looks interesting and eye-catching nonetheless.

//Peroxide Blonde

//29/ Dress: The Outsiders

Dazed & Confused September 2010

Photographer: Sharif Hamza

Stylist: Robbie Spencer

//Ah, what is it about the youth that society idolises so much? Maybe it is our nonchalance, our recklessness? ( I am generalising, I don't think I can claim to be particularly reckless... ). Either way these photographs of this bunch of rogues is pretty sick. I especially appreciate the combination of grunge and proper...boots and buttoned-up polo shirts! Cool.


//Peroxide Blonde