Flou

Flou: blurred, vague, soft, faint.

These ads for the spring 2010 collection of Belgian designer Bruno Pieters are both simplistic and futuristic, like the clothes he showed in Paris in October. The aestethic reminds me of recent campaigns by Jil Sander and Hussein Chalayan with its simplicity and etheral feel. Enjoy!

Photographer Frederik Heyman, model Iekeliene Stange. Full campaign here.

Tessa Two

After writing this post, I tried to find out a bit more about the designer of that gorgeous pair of grey wedges. I haven't been able to dig up much more than a lot of pictures from the blog of the designer, Tessa Edwards, and the fact that she's a 2009 Central Saint Martin BA Graduate. So not only does she create shoes, but gorgeous clothes and jewelry as well.

Apart from the shoes, I'm most impressed by the amazing headpiece that looks like giant half-circle earrings, featured in two of the images below. I also love the colour scheme she works with, the metal rings built into the garnments and the materials used. Can't wait to see more from Edwards in the future!

Under the Sea

The wedge craze continues. These are from Swedish Minimarket's spring collection. Looks like the inspiration is the ocean, with lots of blue and aqua, goggle shaped sunglasses and some flats named "clams". I love all the wedges, but would go for the blue or sand coloured pair if I could choose. One of the cap-toed wedges remind me slightly of the gorgeous Finsk wedges, though this one has a less dramatic silhouette.

I found the wedges below here, and will be ordering a pair, as they are ridiculously affordable. I'm just not sure about the colour. Grey will probably work better with my wardrobe, but the beige looks a bit better, as the studs look less prominent. Which would you pick?

Here Are Many Wild Animals

I've been on the search for big and beautiful rings for a while now, and I absolutely love animal rings. My own favourite is a silver ram I found at Topshop, but I'm always looking for more. The Delfina Delettrez rings below are right on the top of my wishlist. So shiny and vibrant, and unfortunately equally expensive.

Delfina Delettrez crocs...

...and koala, elephant and frog.

Majestic and cute animals from Fleathers.

Chinookhugs delivers ornate insects and bats.

Oiseau Rare

Abbey Lee Kershaw in the latest issue of Numéro, shot by Miguel Reveriego. I'm a sucker for this kind of styling; mix something pretty with something bizarre, keep the colours muted and let the shapes and textures speak for themselves.

Full editorial here.

Work It!

I'm posting this super cheezy and rather sexy editorial because tomorrow is the first Monday of the new year. I bet millions of people will be flocking to gyms all over the planet to try and keep their resolutions. I have never made a new years resolution myself, but I do recognize the need to get off the couch and move around a bit to shift the final remains of the Christmas cookies.

As for blogging resolutions, I will make an effort to make the blog a bit more personal in 2010. It's been 11,5 months, and I still haven't shown my face.

Editorial from Italian Vogue, June 2006; 'Nonstop Ultimate Pumping' by Steven Meisel.

Séance de Travail

Josh Goot

Yes, another list... These are my five favourite 2009 shoe posts from Jak & Jil. I adore Tommy Ton's photography style, and could spend hours browsing through his blog archives.

Kirkwood for Rodarte

Balenciaga

Akiko Ogawa

Tessa Edwards / Marc Jacobs