Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina
Dutch designer Iris Van Herpen unveiled a Spring 2011 couture collection that puts some of the most famous designers to shame. This is the same designer I blogged about a while back with those cool shoes. The first outfit reminds me of a ram, like a steel ram…. so cool. You …
Read More »Russian Vogue + Matryoshka Dolls
As you may know, I have a little obsession for Russian Dolls ( Matryoshka dolls)… okay it’s HUGE!!! So, naturally I went berzerk when I saw that for the 10th Anniversary of Russian Vogue, special edition Russian Dolls were commissioned by 27 designers. Here is the list: Celine, Dolce & …
Read More »Fam Irvoll- Fall 2011-Cute!
Oslo designer Fam Irvoll is one of my favorites since she specializes in the whimsical and tongue-in- cheek. Her stuff also super colorful and fun. My favorite has to be the fourth dress-you guessed it! Because of the BOWS!!! The freakiest has to be the second photo with the ‘twins’ on …
Read More »Chocolate Couture
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! It’s a great thing I wasn’t there because I would have quietly stalked each model and broken off a piece of chocolate each time they weren’t looking. By the time they would get to the runway, nothing would be left! See, cake I could pass on if it was …
Read More »Magnificent Stages at The Bregenz Festival
Take me to Bregenz, Austria this summer! These are images from the Bregenz Festival held every July and August where an elaborate opera or musical is staged on Lake Constance. Really, the stage is magnificent and of course the lake makes it even more beautiful. My favorite is the bookish …
Read More »Louis Vuitton- Fall 2011- Auspiciously Austere
Wonderful silhouettes at Louis Vuitton’s Fall 2011 show… it was the 1960’s meets equestrian military meets high-class hooker. LOVE IT! What I love most are the peter pan collars. I just bought a peter pan collar not too long ago that can be worn over anything, so I’m definitely going …
Read More »Money, Money, Money
Artist Scott Campbell takes US dollars and creates an incredible piece of artwork out of it by folding and (looks like) laser cutting them. Defacing US property never looked better! The skull is pretty splendid, especially since Dick Cheney most likely paid all of the US foreign aid like that. It’s …
Read More »Viktor & Rolf Dolls
As an avid doll collector ( I saw that side-eye and no, I don’t put my dolls in a car seat like this b*tch), Viktor & Rolf ‘s doll collection at the Barbican Art Gallery in London is enough to make me prance through a field of lilies in my …
Read More »