PORTUGAL FASHION | Overview

Finally, my blogger let me post!!! This was indeed a hard task!!!

First I present you my favourite collection from the shows I've seen! DIOGO MIRANDA! Despite being quite similar to some other international designers (Proenza Schouler and Ballenciaga) the collection was mesmerizing! The colours, the cuts, the oversized and structured silhouettes, the metallic details...loved it!

Finalmente consegui fazer algo do meu blogger! Depois de dias sem poder postar...alguém me explique porquê...lá o senhor santíssimo se decidiu a permitir a minha investida! Aleluia! 

Bem, primeiro o meu desfile favorito: DIOGO MIRANDA! Apesar de olhar para as peças e ver pouco deistanciamento a desfiles de outros designers internacionais (Proenza Schouler e Ballenciaga), só posso dizer que a colecção estava maravilhosa! AS cores, os cortes, as silhuetas oversized e estruturadas, os detalhes metálicos...adorei tudinho! 

Second collection! FELIPE OLIVEIRA BAPTISTA. Another great collection. I do love this designer...so I was kind of looking forward to this one. It was lovely and with a nice amount of unexpectedness. The surprising mixture of patterns and colours or, on the opposite, total looks with same patterns were the kings /queens of the show.

Segunda colecção! FELIPE OLIVEIRA BAPTISTA. Outra colecção incrivelmente bem conseguida. Esta sim com aquele toque de novo. A utilização de misturas e padrões pouco prováveis com blocos de cor, ou a conjugação do mesmo padrão num look completo reinaram. E devo dizer-vos que adorei o resultado. 

ELISABETH TEIXEIRA was, undoubtly, a great surprise! I loved almost every single look, specially on what concerns menswear...favorite menswear collection! The sportive looks, the colours, cuts and specially the textures/materials were incredibles! I could wear almost everything there! I have to find my way to grab one of the jumpers! :D

ELISABETH TEIXEIRA foi, sem dúvida, uma óptima surpresa! Adorei os looks desportivos e principalmente a parte de menswear! Foi, o meu desfile de homem favorito! Os cortes estavam muito interessantes, bem como a estolha das cores e texturas...mas principalmente as texturas! Tenho definitivamente de arranjar uma maneira de pôr as minhas maozinhas lindas num dos casaquinhos desta senhora!

All the collages by STYLETRACES

At last...KATTY XIOMARA! Typically, I do not die for her collections...sometimes I do like, but most of the times it simply crosses by me. This time I have to say that I enjoyed it...It was a very coherent collection, with lots of references to Louis Vuitton SS13 (even the twins look). Still, I have to recognize that the materials chosen here were too rigid for some of the looks...despite that, loved the pleat and fluid dresses, the patterns and the silks! 

Finalmente...KATTY XIOMARA! Normalmente, não me dou muito bem com os desfiles dela...às vezes gosto, outras simplesmente passa-me completamente ao lado. Devo dizer que, desta vez, conseguiu fazer-me gostar...Uma colecção muito coerente, com muitas referências a Louis Vuitton SS13 (até na entrada das modelos aos pares, look gémeas). Mesmo assim, não posso deixar de dizer que alguns dos tecidos escolhidos eram demasiado rígidos para as peças que formavam. Fora isso, viva os vestidos plissados e fluídos e os padrões...adorei os conjuntos de seda! 

Love you girls: JOANA LEITE and ISABEL DE CASTRO

It's not everyday that you find such amazing friends...I've always knew that me and Isabel were soul mates, but, this time, I had the opportunity to learn that I can have more then one soul mate! :P Love you girls!!!

It was amazing to have all the fellow bloggers around...we have a lot of fun...and I know that I'm too explosive sometimes, at least I make everyone laugh! 

Tomorrow I'll show you more pics about us!

Well, I've been to other shows, but I prefer not to comment this time...the lack of creativeness makes me sick! And I don't want to be rude! XD

Não é todos os dias que se encontra pessoas tão queridas...eu sempre soube que eu e a Isabel eramos almas-gémeas, mas, desta vez, acabei por perceber que posso ter mais do que uma! :P ADORO-VOS MOÇAS!

Adorei conhecer pessoas novas do mundo dos blogs...diverti-me imenso...eu sei que sou muito explosivo pessoal, mas pelo menos toda a gente ri!

Amanhã mostro-vos mais registos das nossas peripécias!

Quanto aos restantes desfiles que vi...ora bem, a falta de creatividade dá-me náuseas! Prefiro abster-me de quaiquer tipo de comentários...não quero parecer rude! XD

See you tomorrow (if the blogger let me to)

Kisses

João

LUSA Design...PORTOJÓIA

PORTOJÓIA 23rd International Jewellery Fair 

PORTOJÓIA 23ª Feira Internacional de Joalharia.

When Isabel (from BELLISGIRL) came up with the invitation for this event you can't even imagine how happy I was. You may not know about my huge crush on jewellery...even when I was a little boy, I was always very enthusiastic whenever my mother asked my opinion about a piece of glittery metal with some carved stones on it. So, you certainly can understand how excited I was to visit the fair, specially the shows from the designers. PORTOJÓIA is the biggest international jewellery event in Portugal, where the big affairs on the sector are made...I am a lucky man!

Quando a Isabel (BELLISGIRL) me chegou com o convite para este evento não imaginam a minha excitação. Se calhar não sabiam disto, mas sempre adorei jóias. Mesmo quando era pequeno, delirava quando a minha mãe me pedia opinião sobre uma peça...fosse ela qual fosse. Posto isto, devem compreender o grande entusiasmo com que assisti a este conjunto de desfiles, na PORTOJÓIA (maior feira do sector em Portugal), no passado dia 19 de Setembro, na EXPONOR Porto.

À entrada, com o silvo metálico da abertura das portas, entrei num mundo onde a crise parecia não ter chegado! Bancadas cheias das mais imaculadas e requintadas criações do design de jóias - um mundo de pedras e metais preciosos que se dispensa comentários. 

Well, let's talk about the shows of LUSA Design creators.

Ora, posto a apresentação do espaço, aqui vão os desfiles dos designers do colectivo LUSA design.

SOFIA GOMES

So...About SOFIA GOMES creations; a project around the ideia of mixturing the well known Portuguese Cork with silver. As you see, the cork's versatility allows an huge variety of different and original shapes, making the pieces very unusual and unique. A very resourceful way of building a bridge between the traditional and the unexploited. For me an outstanding work.

Acerca do trabalho de Sofia Gomes: um projecto enraizado na ideia da mistura da cortiça com a prata, na tentativa de explorar novos materiais para a criação em joalharia. Como podem ver, a versatilidade da cortiça faz as honras destas peças, tornando possível formatos intrincados e muito originais sem que o glamour e o requinte se percam ou se afunilem. Uma brilhante ponte entre o tradicional e o inexplorado.

JOANA RIBEIRO

As for the second collection I present here: a whole concept inspired by nature and the inner beauty of the plants. All the pieces are remarkable replicas of seeds, flowers and leaves crafted together to form mesmerizing jewels...

Ora, a proposta da Joana surge da junção de várias referências à flora, sendo que as peças nos são apresentadas como uma intercepção entre sementes, folhas e flores maravilhosamente convertidas em jóias. Os diferentes banhos que a designer optou por dar à prata conferem-lhe tons que se acabam por tornar mais naturais e espontâneos, de encontro à ideia da fusão da arte com a origem. Um conceito muito bem conseguido.

SOFIA ROCHA

Now a different approach, perhaps minimal for most of the eyes. Here SOFIA ROCHA takes the silver and, by simply bending it, creates alluring aesthetics and volumes. Some geometric and leave-like shapes take their places on these pieces to create a simple, yet glamorous line.

Numa proposta mais minimal, SOFIA ROCHA apresenta-nos uma linha bastante coerente baseada em técnicas de moldagem da prata, numa imagem bastante geométrica e, por vezes, com algumas referência a formas inspiradas em folhas. Um conjunto de jóias muito clean e, em si mesmas, muito glamorosas.

JOANA ANDRESEN

JOANA ANDRESEN, with her black silver, made my eyes glow! Simple pieces, yet so genius! I loved the small details of the pearl-like inner stones of the rings...well I loved the rings so much!!! I have to say that theme for the show was dazzling! The umbrellas with the lights inside created a perfect match for the pieces! 

JOANA ANDRESEN tomou conta da minha atenção com a prata negra! Não sei porquê, mas aquela linha deixou-me mesmo contente! Os anéis são algo maravilhoso, com os pequenos detalhes em tons perolados no seu centro...Tenho de acrescentar o quanto adorei o tema do desfile! Os guarda-chuvas foram o par ideal para criar o ambiente perfeito para aquelas peças!

MIGUEL SERENO

MIGUEL SERENO's collection was built through the intersection of different geometric shapes - reminds me of cristal structures - with some details of dark stone and neutral wood. Indeed, the lines of the earrings kept me staring...they were so simply gorgeous!!! :D

A proposta de MIGUEL SERENO assenta num conjunto de formas geométricas, que me fazem lembrar estruturas cristalinas, muito puras, com alguns apontamentos de pedras e madeira em tons neutros. As linhas dos brincos ficaram-me na memória como algo a reter...sem dúvida!

LIA GONÇALVES

On a very futuristic mood, LIA presents the collection with some sort of robotic models. The line was inspired by the planets and the shapes of the solar systems. Therefore, the sharp aesthetic and the planetary round shapes were the leaders of the collection. Very beautiful pieces, no doubt.

Num mood muito futurístico, LIA apresenta-nos a sua colecção recorrendo a uma espécie de modelos robots. A linha das peças cruzava a imagem dos planetas e sistemas solares, pelo que a ideia de um futuro espacial se vê espelhado a partir do imaginário da criadora. Nessa medida, as peças tomaram formas certamente muito interessantes, na relação próxima com a imagem esférica dos planetas e de linhas curiosas.

There are still missing some of the designers...unfortunately, taking pictures of jewellery runways is a hard task! I have to say...most of the pictures were not good enough to share! I'll see what I can do with the missing designers! :D

Infelizmente, ainda há alguns designers a faltar...não por não os querer mostrar a vocês, mas sim por falta de jeito dos fotógrafos que, num momento de clarividência, perceberam que tirar fotos a desfiles de jóias é tarefa árdua! Verdade seja dita, grande parte das fotos não davam para se aproveitar. Ainda estou a ver o que fazer para os designers em falta! Mas não vão ficar sem o seu espaço! :D

Hope you guys liked it! 

Kisses Kisses

João 

SS 2013 Menswear...so far

Givenchy and Salvatore Ferragamo

Marc Jacobs and Jonathan Saunders

Z Zegna and Jil Sander

Prada and Burberry Prorsum

Gucci and Raf Simons

Well...so far, these are my favourites...I'm still trying to pick the beauty in some aspects around a bunch of collections, like Prada's sandals, or the sneakers stubbornness everywhere, even the metallic looks (that I do like)...What I couldn't love more is Givenchy's collection!!! How I would love to have most of the pieces! Pure magic! 

What about the rest? The colours and the prints were already expected, right? To be honest, none of the catwalk trends have blown me away, in fact, they were obvious for me! That's what I lack more these times...effortless fashion art, you know! At least Ricardo Tisci satisfied my lust! :D

- Português -

Ora, aqui vão os meus favoritos por estas horas...não que coisas não mudem...sim, porque parte das tendências transversais ainda as estou a tentar compreender: é o caso das sandálias (agora) horríveis da Prada, ou as sapatilhas (coisa que nunca gostei) coloridas por toda a parte, até as peças metálicas (que gosto, mas que em certas coisas me pareceram em excesso)...O que eu não podia gostar mais é da colecção da Givenchy! Como eu dava tudo para pôr as minhas mãozinhas lindas naquelas peças todas!!! Pura perfeição!

E o resto? Cores e padrões já estavam à espera, não? Parra ser honesto, nenhuma das tendências dos desfiles me despertaram aquela surpresa e desconstrução que eu tanto gosto...é disto que eu mais sinto falta - a moda como arte sem esforço! Gosto do que vejo, mas nada me tira o fôlego! Pelo menos veio o Ricardo Tisci para satisfazer os meus desejos! Bendito deja!

Blind Shape

Ph FABION BARON & DAVID BURTON

Alexander McQueen S/S 2012

Interview with Sarah Burton here

It's time to let the wind blow again, time to let things go as the leaves find suitable through the whispers of the blowing muses; I don't use to believe in self made rationality, as I'm always disrupting logic notions with my emotions; in a life of true sharing one can only aim what the other commands through fortune willing rightness! Feel it? I could go by your hand with my eyes wide shut, with my mouth closed for the eternity; I could starve without dying, only with the nutritional side of your love; I could open my arms through the tides, following them as leaders, taking me underneath...listening the silence, always the silence; from the hours pushing me back, from underneath I would see the moon light cracking no more; the water has always cared about me. I would keep falling, underneath, to the sea bed, I would only need the certainty of your presence down there. If I manage to let the blow speak my heart, I hope somehow you'll get the answer. Perhaps my task came through the waves of a delusional bow...from a head that manage to disguise the magnitude of the movement, from the origin to the floor! I'll follow you forever...do you see me there?

Not calm words...

Hello guys...today is an outstanding day for those who simply dislike when I start writing about silly things in a very unsure and non clarifying way...today I've decided to be more precise... In fact, I've started to wonder how many of you, who delightfully or not come across my blog, actually end up readying what I write? I don't know the answer, and despite the fact of most of my words being rather fair to my utmost defining personal edges, I believe that sometimes it's better to keep it simple.

Today I've figured out that I don't have quite a picture about how I seem to be for you as a blogger or a free writer, nor even as a person (personality I mean)...as usual I'm always doubting about myself, and since this blog has been here for one year by now, I wonder if I have done something right or willing to be followed. As a matter of fact, I really don't know. Since I actually do this kind of self-worshipping not really for those who come across this home-made stuff but for me as a way to indulge my creative and artistic needs, I do it in a very particular way that I don't really get if it fits. Let me tell you what keeps me going as a blogger: 1. I like the way fashion binds people freely, just like any other artistic expression; 2. I like to learn from people who knows more than me; 3. I like to write, even if it is just to remain closed inside an online box; 4. I believe that, somehow, someone will be inspired as I was and still am by some of you guys (tho I always end up concluding that I'm not that good as an inspiration...only if what matters is to wear what to find great for yourself); 5. I like perspectives, more or less extreme then mine, specially when they help me to improve my own opinions...and that, of course, requires an huge amount of honesty...And there's the most dark side of online fashion world: How can you tell when people are being honest with you??? Honestly guys, haven't you got that feeling yet, while readying some comments here and there, of being unable to understand a bunch of positive words about something completely wrong? Well I certainly have that quite often...and perhaps it's because of my rule to not fake an opinion that I don't end up having an HUGE number of comments or a big BOOM on my followers...or I'm just too moron to not understand some tides! You see, I have a quite sharp self-criticism sense (if this is the way you say this); I do know that my blog remains a prototype, a Beta-testing thing for many and for me as well...The thing is, I do not work for kind words or well disguised bitter comments...I believe in one thing: those who come to my blog and leave some words are not seeking for some improvement on the number of views or anything like that...That's why I like it my way!

And you guys?

Sorry for the biggggggg "not calm" realization...but I couldn't help it...XD

Source @ TFS

The Freak

at VMan

Ph: Sølve Sundsbø

Model: Jacob Coupe

Far long...no news...:(

NEW HEADER!!! What do you guys think? Tell me...I'm dying to know!

My life has been soooooo busy!!! Such a complete revolution! Not that things have been changing, instead I have a lot of good things going on and some things rather annoying too! Well...The truth is that the annoying part of my modern world is near finish!!! Just one more week...just one more exam!!! :DDDD...and then It's just my loving world, my lucky star, my dear friends, my sweet baby blog, and my amazing followers! :)))...I'll be back soon, with my last outfit from Poland, and some more recent acquisitions...I promise!

Thank you all for the warm words! They mean a lot!!!

Kisses and hugs

Leave you with this amazing editorial! 

Source @ FashionGoneRouge

Cryst Alline

In Dazed & Confused August 2011

Ph: Ruth Hogben

Model: Kinga Rajzak

Can you believe This???

I know this guy is a piece of marvellous everything...and yeah, who cares if he is a guy or a girl...he does both roles perfectly...and for me that is an outstanding gift! XD

Well, what was my surprise when this guy was elected not just by FHM, but BY THE MAGAZINE MALE READERS, the 98th most sexy GIRL in the WORLD!!! 

WHAT???

The thing is, the guy who wrote the article on the magazine went even further, saying that HE, and I repeat, HE is hiding HIS true gender! 

CAN I LAUGH???

OK...one guy from the mag came now apologizing for the misunderstood, and for the prejudice of the article writer! In fact, the guy even got through the geniality of a thing like this: "The designers are trying to make this guy a Victoria's Secret Model!" 

For you guys, if you can read Portuguese go to this link for more info.

Source @ TFS


I will be back with more photos from Poland very soon..."Is that good or bad?" - you're thinking. XD

Porcelain Boy!...Cooper Thompson

This time I bring you this stunning piece of art! A newcomer...a breathtaking one, I say! His bone structure, his eyes and hair...specially the androgynous beauty makes this boy a really remarkable cradle of great works! At least I'm excited to see more!

Source @ TheFashionisto

Sunday Blues

In Deluxx Digital Magazine

Ph: Christopher Phillips


Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Heigh: 180cm / 5'11''
Place of Origin: Sydney, Australia
Date of Birth: August 16

Source Models.com

Tell me what you guys think! Share what is going on your minds! :D

New campaigns! The ones I do LOVE! MENSWEAR

Lanvin - Johannes S by Inez & Vinnodh

Jil Sander - Yannick Abrath by Willy Vanderperre 

Emporio Armani - Simon Nessman by Mario Sorrenti

Prada - Julius Gerhardt, Clément Chabernaud, Kim Dall Armi and "models I still don't know the name" by Willy Vaderperre

Pictures from TFS

These were the most precious campaings, in my opinion! God made them with bare hands. 

New campaigns! The ones I do LOVE! WOMENSWEAR

Alexander McQueen - Lindsey Wixson

Givenchy - Stephen Thompson, Mariacarla Boscono, Daphne Groeneveld and Iris Strubegger by Mert & Marcus

CK - Lara Stone and Alexander Johansson by Mert & Marcus

Emporio Armani - Anna Selezneva by Mario Sorrenti

Jil Sander - Daria Strokous by Steven Meisel

Lavin - Iselin Steiro and Kinga Rajzac by Steven Meisel

Louis Vuitton - Raquel Zimmermann, Freja Beha and Kristen by Steven Meisel

Prada - Mariacarla Boscono, Arizona Muse, Kinga Razjak, Zuzanna Bijoch and Tati Cotliar by Steven Meisel

Bottega Veneta - Karolina Kurkova by Alex Prager

Burberry Prorsum - Cara Delevingne by Mario Testino

Chloé - Iselin Steiro and Malgosia Bela by David Sims

Pictures from TFS and Officials websites

So many pictures...indeed. These were my favourites. Tom Ford is great too but couldn't find actual pictures. Hope you guys like it.