//238/ Item: Positive Reinforcement

//I have learnt from The Big Bang Theory that positive reinforcement (be sure to watch the video-clip) is a valuable tool in getting others...or yourself...to do what you want them to. I have taken to using this tactic on myself and so it came that after a particularly daunting economics exam I rewarded myself with this clutch.

//It´s pretty and it´s good quality, but it is -alas- not Céline though hmmm if I cover up some letters while holding it maybe...

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//237/ Streetstyle 033

Markt am Mauerpark, Berlin

//I love the solid, single colour, the two different textures and the casually sultry off-the-shoulder top. I also love the thick black-rimmed glasses-I have been considering getting a pair, just so that I wear my glasses more often...

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//236/ SS2012: Mary Katrantzou

Mary Karantzou Spring/Summer 2012 RTW

//While the established fashion houses are reliably good and seldomly fail to provide quality and style, I often find the newer designers such as Peter Pilotto and Mary Katranzou most exciting. Mary is a Central Saint Martins graduate that also studied architechture, before moving on to interior prints and then fashion prints. She´s won some pretty prestigious awards, did a collection for Topshop and has been in Vogue, Grazia and Dazed & Confused...all this since launching her first prêt-à-porter collection in 2008!

//I love her bold colours, cuts and prints in the 2012 collection, but I think I almost prefer the slightly softer 2011 spring collection (see below), which very clearly shows her architecture and interior design influences (note the lampshade skirts and architechture prints). I feel like buildings used in colourful prints and skirts inspired by lampshades should be a total disaster, but together with the beautifully structured cuts they make for stunning and very wearable dresses...

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Mary Katrantzou Spring/Summer 2011

//235/ Karlie for Hedi Slimane

Publication: Vogue Japan

Issue: December 2011

Photography: Hedi Slimane

Model: Karlie Kloss

//This is the result of a private session with Karlie Kloss and Hedi Slimane. I love the sensuality in Hedi Slimane´s photography...these photographs especially are loaded with intensity. I think it also has to do with Karlie´s complete control over her body, beautiful!

//On another note, these photographs highlight the flimsy, delicate allure of chiffon: pretty and light-perfect for summer.

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//234/ Arizona Muse for Louis Vuitton Cruise 2012

Louis Vuitton Cruise 2012
Photography: Mark Segal
Model: Arizona Muse

//Yeah, so it´s a cliché story, but it´s done so extremely well that it can´t be faulted. The clothing is a little on the boring-conservative side, but Arizona and the photography are A-class.

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//233/ Berlin: Alex

Kreuzberg, Berlin

//This is my gorgeous Alex on my roof in Berlin, how beautiful? I love her all-black, cat-woman-like attire.

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//232/ Outfit 014

Pants: Balmain stretch-leather skinny

Top: Simeon Farrar for Japan Kate Mouse cotton T-shirt

Jacket: J Crew calf hair and merino wool cardigan

Shoes: Pierre Hardy metallic leather high-top sneakers

Bag: Marc Jacobs Eugenie leather clutch

//I have been doing some downhill skating, and was thinking about how convenient it would be to have leathers that look good enough to wear for skating as well as for everything else I do. I think these Balmain pants would do. Here a comfy-chic look with a supercool pussy-cat Tee, a kitschy gloss blazer/cardigan and some nice ´n shiny sneakers.

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//231/ Cape Town: Little Ethiopia

Little Ethiopia, 76 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town

//It positively hurts me to share a secret as good as this, but I promised Yeshi I would put up these photos, so here ya go.

//Little Ethiopia really seems like just a little hole in the wall- it can´t be much bigger than 20 square meters- but it opens its doors to an ambiance that belies its appearance. Appart from the friendly and comfortable atmosphere, which its small size only adds to, the food is delicious, authentic and (for those that care) healthy. You are given no cutlery, which kind of forces you to eat using the injera (that pancake-like bread) to scoop up your food...be sure to wash your hands in the little sink beforehand! 

//If your looking for an authentic, memorable African meal in Cape Town, be sure to pop in, or don´t...I have a feeling the place will soon be so popular that they will have to expand...


//Take a look at the Little Ethiopia Facebook page here. 

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