"Big girls need big diamonds."

Elizabeth Taylor
1932-2011

"I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions."

"Some of my best leading men have been dogs & horses."

"You find out who your real friends r when you're involved in a scandal."

"When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow."

Elizabeth Taylor

Ruins of Detroit.. Magnifique!

De si beaux bâtiment avec une si riche architecture! Mélancolique & saisissant! Que d'émotions! So much history, art and emotion is capture in theses photos! All the photography was done by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre. These two AMAZING French photographers beautifully capture the fragility of things.. It breaks my heart to think that such buildings would be left abandoned but the result also inspires me sooooo much! Is that weird? I would LOVE to do a fashion shoot in some of theses locations! Ana, Joanne.. Road trip??

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. Alcott, Amos Bronson

La maison de William Livingstone


Station centrale Michigan
Ok.. I can see THE most amazing fashion show happening in front of this station! With this amazing architectural backdrop in the background.. I see Valentino, Galliano, Lacroix gracefully making fashion history..

Atrium, Farwell Building/ Édifice Atrium Farwell

18th floor dentist cabinet, David Broderick Tower/
18e étage d’un cabinet de dentiste situé dans la tour David Broderick
Horror scene!!

Bagley-Clifford Office of the National Bank of Detroit/
Bureau Bagley-Clifford de la Banque National de Détroit

Wouldn't this be the perfect storage unit for my jewelry!! I love this room!

Théâtre des artistes unis
Amazing!!!

Horloge fondue, École secondaire technique Cass
How can I melt a clock like that?

École Saint Albertus Piano

Fisher Body 21 Plant

Room 1504, Lee Plaza Hotel/ Chambre 1504, Lee Plaza Hotel

Detroit's Vanity Ballroom with its unsalvaged art deco chandeliers.
/Salle de bal Detroit Vanity avec son lustre art déco.

East Side Public Library/Bibliothèque publique du côté est de la ville.
I LOVE old books stores!

The ballroom of the 15-floor art-deco Lee Plaza Hotel, an apartment building with hotel services built in 1929 and derelict since the early 1990s
A salle de bal du 15e étage de l’hôtel Lee Plaza.
Un immeuble construit en 1929 et abandonné depuis le début des années 1990

Théâtre Michigan
WTF Car?

Wanna see more?
I kind of wanna buy the BOOK
It would make an excellent coffee table book!

Denver Post article HERE.

Vous préférez en français? ICI

Savage beauty in New York!

How exciting!!!! About 100 SPECTACULAR pieces from the fashion legend Alexander McQueen are to be showed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! Yes, 19 years of extraordinary vision will be displayed for us to admire, dream and to get inspire.

The exhibition will run from May 4 to July 31 2011. I can see an upcoming trip to the big apple in my near future! The annual Gala will be held on May 2 and Omg I would love to go to such an event! For that.. I think I need to make friends with a Met security guard and start sending him some cupcakes!! The gala is co-chaired by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, there is only 700 available tickets and it cost $6,500 per person. Yep! Pocket change right! ;)

Thomas P Campbell, director of the Met, said "McQueen's designs constitute the work of an artist whose medium of expression was fashion". I love that the exhibition is going to be in one the world's largest and finest art museums!

Did you know that McQueen had a tattoo on his right arm of a quote taken from Shakespeare? "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind." Me like.♥

Here is a teaser of the exhibition:


L- Dante ensemble from his Autumn/winter 1996-97
M- It's a Jungle Out There ensemble from his Autumn/winter 1997-8 collection
R- Dress No. 13 form his Spring/summer 1999 collection


Dresses from the McQ Voss collection, Spring/summer 2001


L- Irere dress from his Spring/summer 2003 collection
R- Sarabande dress from his Spring/summer 2007 collection


L- Widows of Culloden dress from the Autumn/winter 2006-7 collection
M- The Horn of Plenty from the Autumn/winter 2009 collection
R- Plato's Atlantis ensemble from the spring/summer 2010 collection



Dresses from the Autumn/winter 2010 collection

McQueen was the visionary of our time and I miss him. Lucky for us, the McQueen label is still alive! Thank to Sarah Burton, his right-hand woman for 14 years, she is now the creative director of the Alexander McQueen brand. She did a good job finishing the Fall 2010 collection. I look forward to what she does in the future!

Alexander McQueen
Savage Beauty exhibition
Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York
May 4, 2011–July 31, 2011

Ha ha ha, oh sorry I mean...ho ho ho

Have a perfect holiday!

Eve Gravel's collection booth O-44!

I had the chance to see Eve Gravel's collection for Fall-Winter 2010-2011 and it is A-mazing!!
She is at booth 0-44 at the One of a Kind show until December 5th. Eve is a well known Canadian designer based out of Montreal and every year her collection kick ass! Good job my beautiful Eve! Her line is unique, great pieces for the stylish women that likes to wear pieces that nobody else have! Yes, I buy H&M but so does thousands of other people! Best of all.. her clothing is made in Canada. I recently did a shoot using the Eve Gravel Simplicity Dress (3rd in the picture bellow) and I have been thinking about it ever since! I must get it!

http://www.evegravel.com


Eve Gravel Iva Dress $164
Eve Gravel Serpant a Sonnette Dress $162
Eve Gravel Simplicity Dress $140


Eve Gravel Chanel Jacket $266
Eve Gravel Colimacon Top CA$ 106.00


Eve Gravel Over Size Top CA$ 126.00
Eve Gravel Tunique Zebra CA$ 114.00
Eve Gravel Leg Me Alone Legging CA$ 110.00

Shop Eve Gravel
www.shopevegravel.com

You can also find Eve Gravel's collection at:
Charlie, Distill Gallery, Frock, Mudshak, Shop Girls and Yoka.

❤ ❤ ❤

"You can't look at a cupcake without smiling! "

BabyCakes, the Book of Recipes: It's Here! from BabyCakes NYC on Vimeo.

Missy Industry Booth 0-43

Yayyyy! Melissa Lafreniere is back for the One of a Kind Christmas Show !!

Melissa is THE creative mind behind the edgy jewelry line ✭Missy Industry✭. Her designs are a beautiful balance of raw imagery and delicacy. Not only her jewelry looks amazing, but it is also really good quality. Her pieces are all handmade, sterling silver and are either part of a limited series or entirely unique. Look at the attention to the details and be amazed! I want it all!

Never been to The One of a Kind Show? It's full of treasures! It happens twice a years and it has a huge selection of handcrafted items created by talented crafty people from all over North America. Believe me, you will find a good selection of great one of a kind gifts ideas for Christmas! From jewelry, home decor, visual art, fashion, vase, great toys, furniture, ceramics and delicious food to samples and to buy. You can see 800 Canadians artists in total! And Melissa is one of them! Bellow are some of my favorite pieces from her website!


My favorite piece! Of course I own this one :) Shears $85
Scissors 2 inches long on an 18" rolo chain. Oxidized finish.


Diablo-Spiked silver hoops $50
Handmade, oxidized finish, sterling silver hoops with spike endings.


Must have Bangles $120
2 sterling silver bangles and 1 bronze bangle.


Galactic ring Price: 105.00
Oxidized finish Galactic ring with 7 blades.


Open Ring $65
Handmade, oxidized finish ring with a rimmed hole.


Black Hole $140
One solid piece of thick silver, oxidized finish, hand cut, with a black onyx.


EINSTEIN-brain necklace $75
Sterling silver, oxidized finish, handmade and very intricate.


The Descent skull necklace $95
Mixed sterling silver chains. Can be worn from 17"-20".

http://www.missyindustry.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/missyindustry


Missy Industry will be at the One of a Kind Christmas Show Booth 0-43

From Thursday, November 25 to Sunday, December 5, 2010
Weekdays and Saturday 10am-9pm, Sunday 10am-6pm



Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place
100 Princes' Blvd., Toronto ON M6K 3C3 Canada

http://www.oneofakindshow.com/

The Hells Angels want their winged skull back!

Oh no.. someone in the McQueen team didn’t do their homework, and it’s going to be a costly lesson! The Hells Angels have filed suit against British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for copying their skull and wings logo!

On the left, you see a Blazer from McQueen Spring/Summer 2011 Collection. On the right, the Hells Angels 'Death Head' logo on the back of a jacket. The symbol has been used by the Hells Angels since at least 1948, and that it is protected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Most people know better than to mess with a motorcycle club!! I am quite shock to know that is happening! Not only McQueen used the exact logo but he also name his pieces using words like "Hells" and "Angels". It is no secret that skulls have been very popular on the runways and a big inspirations to lots of designers all around the globe.. but McQueen should have change his design just a little. That collection.. was amazing but I always thought that McQueen had the group’s permission. The Hells Angel are also suing Sasks Fifth Avenue and Zappos for selling the goods.

“This isn’t just about money, it’s about membership. If you’ve got one of these rings on, a member might get really upset that you’re an impostor,” says Fritz Clapp, attorney for the Hells Angels.
Here are the few items that The Hells Angels Corporation is claiming that McQueen copied their logo.. The ring and the clutch has been remove from McQueen's website.. Sold out or removed?

The Hells Four-Finger Ring by Alexander McQueen, $495

Handbag designed by McQueen called “Hell’s Knuckleduster box clutch” for $2,325

The Flaming Skull Jacquard box dress is listed on McQueen’s website for $1,595

The Hells Angels and Devils Silk Scarf by Alexander McQueen, $475

This item is fine with the Hells Angels.. I just had to put a picture of it because I LOVE it!
McQueen’s Angels leather faithful hobo bag sold for $1995.00

Representatives for Saks, Zappos.com and Alexander McQueen, witch is owned by Gucci group refused to comment. Gucci Group is owned by PPR, a global player in retail and luxury goods with a very luxurious portfolio I might add. Earlier this week, Jany Temime, Harry Potter costume designer was accused of copying an Alexander McQueen dress for a scene in the latest Potter movie. Busy week for the Gucci group!!
The Hells Angels have successfully sued before. Back in 2006, they sued Disney for using the Hells Angels name and membership images in its script for the film "Wild Hogs."The gang withdrew the complaint after receiving assurances that its marks would not appear in the film from Disney. I hate to say it.. but the Hells have a good case against the amazing Alexander McQueen.