A preview of Lunch for 25, by Scott Schuman, taken in Florence @ the Pitti Uomo. Love the style of Italian men...
zondag 29 januari 2012
donderdag 26 januari 2012
The Secret of Happiness (part 2)
The following is short well known Brasilian story, so you might have already heard about it ... But these are some wise words. I searched who wrote them first, but couldn't find it.
There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”
The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”
The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”
There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”
The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”
The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”
woensdag 25 januari 2012
The Secret of Happiness
Thing is ... I've read it, twice ... three, maybe four times, but yesterday I couldn't sleep and so I started reading this little book again. Everytime it's an amazing story and it hits you right in the face - again -
A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was looking for.
However, instead of finding a holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity; merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a small orchestra playing sweet melodies, and there was a table laden with the most delectable dishes of that part of the world.
The wise man talked to everybody, and the young man had to wait for two hours until it was time for his audience.
With considerable patience, the Sage listened attentively to the reason for the boy’s visit, but told him that at that moment he did not have the time to explain to him the Secret of Happiness.
He suggested that the young man take a stroll around his palace and come back in two hours’ time.
“However, I want to ask you a favor,” he added, handling the boy a teaspoon, in which he poured two drops of oil. “While you walk, carry this spoon and don’t let the oil spill.”
The young man began to climb up and down the palace staircases, always keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At the end of two hours he returned to the presence of the wise man.
“So,” asked the sage, “did you see the Persian tapestries hanging in my dining room? Did you see the garden that the Master of Gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?”
Embarrassed, the young man confessed that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.
“So, go back and see the wonders of my world,” said the wise man. “You can’t trust a man if you don’t know his house.”
Now more at ease, the young man took the spoon and strolled again through the palace, this time paying attention to all the works of art that hung from the ceiling and walls. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around the palace, the delicacy of the flowers, the taste with which each work of art was placed in its niche. Returning to the sage, he reported in detail all that he had seen.
“But where are the two drops of oil that I entrusted to you?” asked the sage.
Looking down at the spoon, the young man realized that he had spilled the oil.
“Well, that is the only advice I have to give you,” said the sage of sages. “The Secret of Happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never forgetting the two drops of oil in the spoon.”
A merchant sent his son to learn the Secret of Happiness from the wisest of men. The young man wandered through the desert for forty days until he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain. There lived the sage that the young man was looking for.
However, instead of finding a holy man, our hero entered a room and saw a great deal of activity; merchants coming and going, people chatting in the corners, a small orchestra playing sweet melodies, and there was a table laden with the most delectable dishes of that part of the world.
The wise man talked to everybody, and the young man had to wait for two hours until it was time for his audience.
With considerable patience, the Sage listened attentively to the reason for the boy’s visit, but told him that at that moment he did not have the time to explain to him the Secret of Happiness.
He suggested that the young man take a stroll around his palace and come back in two hours’ time.
“However, I want to ask you a favor,” he added, handling the boy a teaspoon, in which he poured two drops of oil. “While you walk, carry this spoon and don’t let the oil spill.”
The young man began to climb up and down the palace staircases, always keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At the end of two hours he returned to the presence of the wise man.
“So,” asked the sage, “did you see the Persian tapestries hanging in my dining room? Did you see the garden that the Master of Gardeners took ten years to create? Did you notice the beautiful parchments in my library?”
Embarrassed, the young man confessed that he had seen nothing. His only concern was not to spill the drops of oil that the wise man had entrusted to him.
“So, go back and see the wonders of my world,” said the wise man. “You can’t trust a man if you don’t know his house.”
Now more at ease, the young man took the spoon and strolled again through the palace, this time paying attention to all the works of art that hung from the ceiling and walls. He saw the gardens, the mountains all around the palace, the delicacy of the flowers, the taste with which each work of art was placed in its niche. Returning to the sage, he reported in detail all that he had seen.
“But where are the two drops of oil that I entrusted to you?” asked the sage.
Looking down at the spoon, the young man realized that he had spilled the oil.
“Well, that is the only advice I have to give you,” said the sage of sages. “The Secret of Happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never forgetting the two drops of oil in the spoon.”
from the book “The Alchemist” , by Paulo Coelho
dinsdag 24 januari 2012
What Makes Love True by Garance Doré & The Sartorialist
Behind the scenes of Garance Doré and The Sartorialist's Scott Schuman shooting True Love in Pictures for Tiffany & Co.'s What Makes Love True campaign.
Directed by Garance Doré
Director of photography Przemek Klimek
Color grading Mateo Romaszkan
Editing and postproduction Imagine NYC LLC
Music Chase You by Mike Stocksdale
Directed by Garance Doré
Director of photography Przemek Klimek
Color grading Mateo Romaszkan
Editing and postproduction Imagine NYC LLC
Music Chase You by Mike Stocksdale
maandag 23 januari 2012
The Wave
Maggi Hambling's exhibition "The Wave" brings together a powerful group of large-scale paintings depicting the power and energy of the North Sea. A series of evocative and sensual portraits of the wave, these works reveal her long-standing fascination with the elemental character of the sea.... me I just drown in her paintings by watching them.
zondag 22 januari 2012
zaterdag 21 januari 2012
vrijdag 20 januari 2012
Driving gloves
To me this looks so cool and finishes your car driving experience :)
That's why I've been looking for some great looking, fashionable driving gloves of good quality and I found them. They are made by Fratelli Orsini and you can buy them online through Leather Gloves Online.
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| Summer 2011 collection (now on sale @ Leather Gloves Online) |
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| Winter 2012 collection (available @ Leather Gloves Online) |
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| Winter 2012 collection (available @ Leather Gloves Online) |
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| Winter 2012 collection (available @ Leather Gloves Online) |
donderdag 19 januari 2012
Frontier Days: Cowgirls
How cool were these girls back in 1913, in Walla Walla U.S.A.!!!!
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| Picture by: Bygone Walla Walla |
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| Picture by: Bygone Walla Walla |
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| Picture by: Bygone Walla Walla |
woensdag 18 januari 2012
Style Icon: Naomi Sims
Style, simplicity and a good classic never go out of fashion - proof of that are amongst others are Jackie K., Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn - so I had to share these beautiful pictures of Naomi Sims with you. I came across them on the blog Tomboy Style.
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| Photos of supermodel Naomi Sims in 1969 by AP and by Berry Berenson, 1972. |
"To always be aware of your face, your figure, to always have to wonder if you hair and nails are perfect—it's not healthy. Maybe for a few years. Not for a lifetime." —Naomi Sims
maandag 16 januari 2012
My own skateboard
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| From left: Classic Bolt, Cali Wave, Lover, Giselle, Rising Sun Photo: Gorman Studio |
When I was young (really, really young) I loved riding my skateboard, right now I changed it for surfing :). But everytime I see some kids riding their boards I get the jitters. I haven't got a board anymore, probably got lost during the years from moving from one house to another. But this morning when browsing the Vogue US website, I read the following article and I am now seriously thinking of getting one of these great looking boards... If I do, I'll probably start practicing after dark ... when all my neighbourhood kids have gone to sleep, so I won't look that rediculous trying to pick up my skateboard skills again ;)
“In the 1960s, if you wanted a skateboard, you carved and painted it yourself, and that is what we make, a classic skateboard with a modern twist,” explains Lauren Andino of DL Skateboards, the company she started last spring with her partner, furniture designer Derek Mabra. Indeed, each and every DL skateboard is made by hand in the living room of the couple’s one bedroom apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. “We clear off the coffee table, sketch them, and then Derek shapes and carves the wood and I paint them,” says Andino of their process. Not surprisingly, their charming, artisanal boards have been garnering quite a cult following in New York and Europe. As Andino explains, “They almost look like surfboards—the Lightning Bolt, the Cali Wave, the Rising Sun—all of our motifs are inspired by classic surfboard designs from the 1960s and 70s.”
Handmade DL skateboard decks, $125 each
zondag 15 januari 2012
What to wear today?
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| Everything available @ Net-a-Porter |
- CHLOÉ, Fine-knit cashmere and silk-blend sweater, €395
- ACNE, Shining crepe shirt, €190
- CITIZENS OF HUMANITY, Mandy printed high-waisted straight-leg jeans, €235
- MIU MIU, Suede pumps, €380
- MIU MIU, Croc-effect glossed-leather passport holder, €150
- MIU MIU, Frayed tweed shoulder bag, €820
- ARTEMIS WRAGGE, Coral printed cashmere and silk-blend scarf, €335
zaterdag 14 januari 2012
vrijdag 13 januari 2012
Advanced Style Film
A great long trailer for an upcoming documentary about stylish New York older ladies. The documentary is planned to come out in the summer of 2012. Loved watching it and can't wait for the documentary!
For more stylish ladies check out http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com
For more about director go to linaplioplyte.com
For more stylish ladies check out http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com
For more about director go to linaplioplyte.com
donderdag 12 januari 2012
dinsdag 10 januari 2012
maandag 9 januari 2012
Lucy Chadwick
I just love Lucy's style!!!
Ps. it is a short Selby film for ZARA (... so all clothing by ZARA)
zondag 8 januari 2012
My favorite streetwear looks from 2011 (3)
Sometimes the difference is in the detail :) that's why the last part of my favorite streetstyle looks is dedicated to the detail ....
All pictures by: the Sartorialist, Garance Dore and other streetstyle photographers.
zaterdag 7 januari 2012
What to wear today?
Got some "official" stuff to do today... So what to wear? A lot of Donna Karan, my Louboutins and a classic Gucci bag always works :)
- Donna Karan, Reversible shearling coat, €4,842
- Donna Karan, Hooded fine-jersey and silk-chiffon bodysuit,On Sale Now: Was €965 Now €482.50
- Donna Karan, Textured wool-crepe skirt, On Sale Now: Was €877 Now €438.50
- Christian Louboutin, Harletty 140 suede knee boots, On Sale Now: Was €1,195 Now €717
- Gucci, Jackie nubuck shoulder bag, €1,490
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| Everything available @ Net-a-Porter |
- Donna Karan, Reversible shearling coat, €4,842
- Donna Karan, Hooded fine-jersey and silk-chiffon bodysuit,On Sale Now: Was €965 Now €482.50
- Donna Karan, Textured wool-crepe skirt, On Sale Now: Was €877 Now €438.50
- Christian Louboutin, Harletty 140 suede knee boots, On Sale Now: Was €1,195 Now €717
- Gucci, Jackie nubuck shoulder bag, €1,490
vrijdag 6 januari 2012
My favorite streetwear looks from 2011 (2)
Pictures are by: the Sartorialist, Garance Dore and other streetstyle photographers
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