Ho comprato questa maglietta di Zara durante i saldi invernali, a 5 euro. Non ricordo il prezzo pieno, ma mi pare fosse almeno 15 euro. Dopo circa 4 mesi che la possiedo, come potete vedere in foto, già si è sfilacciata sul colletto e il fondo si è slargato. Non mi interessa granchè visto il mio retroscena punk e visto che l'ho pagata poco, ma se ci avessi speso 15 euro sarei molto scocciata. Peraltro con 5 euro da H&M mi compro non scontate magliette che durano anni.
In più ho sentito da Scarabocchio Girl che i suoi pantaloni chino di Zara si sono enormemente slargati al primo lavaggio.
Non ho mai avuto grandi problemi con le cose di Zara (anche perchè non ho mai posseduto molto di questa marca), ma mi sembra che i prezzi si stiano alzando e la qualità abbassando.
Voi che ne dite? Avete mai avuto problemi con acquisti di Zara?
I bought this Zara tee during the winter sales. I spent 5 euro. I don't remember well the original price, but it was 15 euro at least. Now I own it from 4 months and, as you can see in the photo, it's neck is already fraying and the bottom stretching. As I have a punk background and I payed only 5 euro it doesn't matter so much to me, but if I spent 15 euro I would be really pissed. Plus at H&M's with 5 euro I bought at full price tees that lasted years.
In addiction Scarabocchio Girl told me her Zara's chino pants widened terribly at the first wash.
I never had big problems with Zara's items (I also newer owned much of them), but it seems that the prices are getting higher and the quality lower.
What do you think? Have you ever had accidents with Zara items?
venerdì 3 giugno 2011
Cappello da orsetto/Bear hat
Rivoltato/Reverse
Dritto/Right side
Ho fatto un cappellino con le orecchie da orsetto ad uncinetto usando la mia bellissima lana a pon pon :D E' super morbidoso!!!
Come al solito non so spiegare bene come l'ho fatto perchè lavoro ad uncinetto abbastanza ad occhio. Ma a grandi linee ho fatto un normale cappellino cercando di tenere i pon pon all'esterno e poi ho aggiunto le orecchie. L'inizio è stato un disastro perchè non vedevo il filo attraverso i pon pon XD
I crocheted a bear hat using my lovely pom pon yarn :D So fluffy!!!
As usual I can't explain well how I did it as I crochet estimating by eye the quantity of yarn and hooks needed. But putting it in simple I did a normal fitting hat keeping the pom pons on the outside and added the ears. The start was quite a mess as I couldn't see the thread trrough the pom pons XD


As usual I can't explain well how I did it as I crochet estimating by eye the quantity of yarn and hooks needed. But putting it in simple I did a normal fitting hat keeping the pom pons on the outside and added the ears. The start was quite a mess as I couldn't see the thread trrough the pom pons XD

Cappello/hat: fatto io/selfmade
Maglietta/Tee: Zara (5€)
Pantaloni/Trousers: regalo (Pelosa Metà)/present (Hairy Half)
Maglietta/Tee: Zara (5€)
Pantaloni/Trousers: regalo (Pelosa Metà)/present (Hairy Half)
mercoledì 1 giugno 2011
Pantaloni a zampa d'elefante (tutorial)/Bell bottom trousers (tutorial)
Questi pantaloni modificati li ho fatti a 15 anni con l'aiuto di mia nonna quindi non ho le foto step by step, ma il concetto è molto semplice.
Difficoltà: medio-facile. Richieste capacità basiche di cucito o utilizzo della macchina da cucire.Necessario: pantaloni, stoffa che ci sta bene, necessario per cucire
This is a clothes alteration I did at 15 with the help of my granny, so I don't have step by step photos, but the concept is really simple.
Difficulty: medium-easy. Basic sewing or sewing machine utilization skills needed.
Materials: trousers, matching fabric, sewing material
Dovete scucire (o tagliare) la cucitura esterna dei pantaloni dal fondo a circa metà polpaccio se volete una zampa moderata, fino al ginocchio per zampe più estreme.
Scegliete una stoffa di spessore simile a quello dei pantaloni perchè il risultato non sembri troppo innaturale. Tagliate un triangolo di stoffa da inserire nellla gamba dei pantaloni come in foto, calcolando la larghezza della base a seconda della larghezza della zampa che desiderate. Badate che l'altezza del triangolo sia un po'maggiore della scucitura perchè non rimangano buchi e calcolate sempre un centimetro in più per gli orli. Girate i pantaloni a rovescio e cucite il triangolo sulla parte scucita. Rigirateli e contemplate i vostri nuovi pantaloni a zampa!!!
Unstitch or cut the external sewing of your trousers, from the bottom to half calf or to knee if you want something more extreme.
Choose a fabric with a thickness similar to your pant's so that the final result isn't too innautral. Cut in the fabric a triangle to insert it in the trousers'cut like in the photo above. Choose the width of the base according with the width of your desired bell bottom. The height of the triangle have to be more than the height of the cut, so that you don't leave holes. Remember to add around 1 cm for the hems. Turn over your trousers and stitch the triangle to the cut part. Turn them pver again and you have a pair of bell bottom pants!

Photo from http://violetbellasworld.blogspot.com/
Oppure potete copiare Laura e tagliare i pantaloni sopra il ginocchio (o usando dei pantaloncini), aggiungendo poi direttamente tutta la zampa.
Or you can copy Laura cutting your pants over the knee (or using shorts), and adding directly the all the bell bottom part.
Choose a fabric with a thickness similar to your pant's so that the final result isn't too innautral. Cut in the fabric a triangle to insert it in the trousers'cut like in the photo above. Choose the width of the base according with the width of your desired bell bottom. The height of the triangle have to be more than the height of the cut, so that you don't leave holes. Remember to add around 1 cm for the hems. Turn over your trousers and stitch the triangle to the cut part. Turn them pver again and you have a pair of bell bottom pants!

Photo from http://violetbellasworld.blogspot.com/
Oppure potete copiare Laura e tagliare i pantaloni sopra il ginocchio (o usando dei pantaloncini), aggiungendo poi direttamente tutta la zampa.
Or you can copy Laura cutting your pants over the knee (or using shorts), and adding directly the all the bell bottom part.
Wanna dress like this in summer
Oggi per me è ufficialmente estate anche se diluvia. Grazie alle vacanze l'estate è il momento in cui la gente è più libera di vestirsi come vuole. Di solito io entro in trip etnico. Ecco i miei progetti di stile per uest'estate (anche se al momento sono chiusa in casa in tutona a "studiare").
Today for me is the start of summer even if there's a storm. Due to the vacations,
summer is the season when people are most free of doing experiments with clothing. Usually I go ethnic. Here are my style projects for this summer (even if now I'm at home in gympants "studyng").
Today for me is the start of summer even if there's a storm. Due to the vacations,
summer is the season when people are most free of doing experiments with clothing. Usually I go ethnic. Here are my style projects for this summer (even if now I'm at home in gympants "studyng").


Photos from Zipper and http://www.apalog.com/street_research/category_2/
Un vestitino e si è già pronti! Si è incerti sullo stato della propria depilazione? Basta ricorrere a maxigonne e maxidress, meglio etnici. Mi piacerebbe provare i maxidress, oltre che con accessori classici come gilet, foulard, cappelli...anche con una maglietta larga e corta, secondo l'ultima moda giapponese.
A dress and you're ready! You're not sure about the condition of your depilation? You only have to switch to maxidresses and maxiskirts. I'd like to try the maxidress + large and short tee combo that is really popular in japan in addiction to the traditional accessories like vests, hats...
Un vestitino e si è già pronti! Si è incerti sullo stato della propria depilazione? Basta ricorrere a maxigonne e maxidress, meglio etnici. Mi piacerebbe provare i maxidress, oltre che con accessori classici come gilet, foulard, cappelli...anche con una maglietta larga e corta, secondo l'ultima moda giapponese.
A dress and you're ready! You're not sure about the condition of your depilation? You only have to switch to maxidresses and maxiskirts. I'd like to try the maxidress + large and short tee combo that is really popular in japan in addiction to the traditional accessories like vests, hats...






Photos from http://www.fashioninjapan.com/, Spoon and google images
Accessoriare un look semplice per renderlo esotico
Accessorize an outfit to make it esotic


Harem pants! Meglio se diventano salopette
Harem pants! Better if they turn in overalls
Tocchi marinareschi se si va al mare. E in spiaggia non bisogna dimenticare una camicia bianca svolazzante e semitrasparente per essere fighi come in una pubblicità
Nautical feel if you go to the seaside. And on the beach a fluttering white shirt, like in a spot
Nautical feel if you go to the seaside. And on the beach a fluttering white shirt, like in a spot
Look da strega: gonnellone, bustini, scialli con frange o specchietti, gioiellame gotico/etnico. O da fata: vestiti svolazzanti di colori chiari e accessori floreali.
Witch look: maxiskirts, corsets, decorated shawls, gothic/ethnic jewelery. Or fairy look: fluttering pale dresses and floral accessories.
Etichette:
buoni propositi,
estate,
etnico,
nautical,
streghe
martedì 31 maggio 2011
Burgundy daily outfit
Orecchini/Earrings: fatti io/selfmade
Ornamento a foglia/Leaf shaped ornament: tutto 50 cent/all for 50 cent (1€)
Camicia/Shirt: mercato di Papiniano/Papiniano open air market (3,33€)
Cintura/Belt: usata (nonna)/used (granny)
Pantaloni/Trousers: mercato di Papiniano/Papiniano open air market (10€)
Scarpe/Shoes: H&M (circa/around 12€)
Elastico per capelli con fiore/Flower scrunchie: capodanno celtico/celtic festival (2,50€)
Oggi ho visto una sciarpa bordeaux fatta di un filo con infilati dei pon pon giganti a 10 euro e NON l'ho comprata. Applausi, applausi. (Ma segretamente spero che rimanga in negozio per prenderla in seguito...)
Today I saw a burgundy scarf made of a string with threaded giant pom pons at 10 euro and I didn't buy it. Handclaps to me. (But secretly I hope nobody buys it so that I can buy it another time...)
Today I saw a burgundy scarf made of a string with threaded giant pom pons at 10 euro and I didn't buy it. Handclaps to me. (But secretly I hope nobody buys it so that I can buy it another time...)
lunedì 30 maggio 2011
Shopping
Mercato di via Benedetto Marcello: 3 magliette medievali/gotiche/etniche della Teos per 10€. Sono innamorata pazza e stanno benissimo anche alla Pelosa Metà.
Benedetto Marcello street's open air market: 3 middle ages/goth/ethnic shirts by Teos for 10€. I'm in love and they look good on the Hairy Half too.
Mercato di via Benedetto Marcello: un maglione di Bershka (prezzo di cartellino 23€) a 6€. Però non sono soddisfattissima, vorrei provare a slargarlo.
Benedetto Marcello street's open air market: a Bershka jumper (price on the tag 23€) for 6€. I'm not so convinced of the fit, I want to try to make it bigger.
Adesso però niente più shopping fino ai saldi! Ce la posso fareeeeee!!!
H&M: a black tee with puff sleeves for 5€ (I needed it) and a coconut & lime parfume for 2€. I was searching for a coconut parfume because that scent reminds me of summer and I find it relaxing. I liked the small bottle (I everytime let pass the expiration date of make up and parfumes because I don't use them so much) and the small price. I was a bit worried about the lime, but it's good, it makes the coconut less sweet.
But now no more shopping until the sales. I can do iiiiiiiiiit!!!
Il mito della bellezza/The beauty myth
Da "The Beauty Complex and the Cosmetic Surgery Industry" di Woo Keong Ja (docente della facoltà di sociologia all'Università Yonsei), traduzione mia.
Trovate l'articolo completo e i rimandi bibliografici su http://www.ekoreajournal.net/upload/html/HTML4424.html
Cosa ne pensate?
Questo articolo vi è interessato? Vi piacerebbe se ne pubblicassi un altro estratto riguardo alla chirurgia estetica?
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What are the origins of women's appearance obsession? According to Naomi Wolf, the beauty myth has nothing to do with women and everything to do with the masculine institution and institutional power. Concepts such as "motherhood" and "chastity," which once were of central value, have now been replaced by "good looks." The beauty myth is neither an age-old system of admiration of women, nor was it one adopted by women. It is no more than a myth, an expression of the power relationships against which women must struggle while fighting for the resources which men have taken sole possession of. Beauty is neither universal nor constant. Sara Halprin points out that the "empowerment of appearance" and the "dual nature of women" are apparatuses that limit resistance to the beauty myth. "Under the masculine capitalist system, we can see an inevitable expression of female duality by women today: paradoxically, while resenting the premiums offered to those women with 'superior' looks, women secretly envy those looks and place extreme importance on the body". Moreover, external appearances have come to be regarded as the index measuring women's personalities. The concept of beauty has come to function as a metaphor for youth, power, virtue, vice, innocence, and experience. Women follow along in subconscious yearning for good looks and what good looks stand for. Today, it has become basic mental health knowledge that women who show indifference to their appearance exhibit early symptoms of mental illness. It is precisely this approach that puts pressure on women who resist the definition of external femininity. There is no place for aging women in the "beauty myth." In the past, older women held significant power and position both in the home and in society, but in today's modern world, sexual power is irreplaceable. In her book The Fountain of Age, Betty Friedan notes that older women's coarse image in society today stems from men's fear of women's potential power. This emphasis on a limited age range and a certain definition of beauty obstructs a comprehensive understanding of women's lives, and creates an invisible wall of hostility and enmity among women.From "The Beauty Complex and the Cosmetic Surgery Industry" by Woo Keong Ja (lecturer of Department of Sociology at Yonsei University)
Read full paper and bibliography on http://www.ekoreajournal.net/upload/html/HTML4424.html
What do you think?
Did you like this article? Would you like me to publish another exctract about cosmetic surgery?
Grazie!!! *ω*/Thank you!!! *ω*
Venerdì dopo la tempesta qui a Milano è sbucato uno stupendo doppio arcobaleno. Lo dedico a voi che mi avete letto e seguito e a chi ha commentato i miei post. Grazie mille!!!
Spero di continuare a interessarvi, divertirvi e darvi informazioni utili! Si accettano suggerimenti! Che tipo di post preferite e che tipo di post vi piacciono di meno (tutorials, outfit, riviste giapponesi, tendenze, recensioni...)?
Wenedsday here in Milan, after the storm came a stunning double rainbow. It's dedicated to you who read and follow me and to the ones that commented my posts. Thank you!!!
I hope to continue to write interesting, funny and useful posts! Any advice? What kind of post do you prefer and what kind of post you don't like so much (tutorials, outfit, japanese magazines, trends, reviews...)?
venerdì 27 maggio 2011
Fossil & Lolita
Di recente ho fatto un sogno in cui andavo in una bella università neoclassica negli Stati Uniti (quella in foto è l'università di Helsinki, per inciso) ed ero parte di una comunità lolita.
Recently I dreamt that I attended a beautiful neoclassic university in the U.S.A. and that I was part of a lolita community (the university in the photo is Helsinki's, though).
Recently I dreamt that I attended a beautiful neoclassic university in the U.S.A. and that I was part of a lolita community (the university in the photo is Helsinki's, though).

Nel sogno indossavo un bellissimo vestito lolita a righe verticali beige e marroni con camei di fossili lungo la gonna. Lo portavo con accessori marroni molto sobri e capelli sciolti leggermente arricciati. Ho tentato di riprodurre il mio outfit nel disegno sopra.
In my dream I wore a stunnig lolita OP with vertical stripes in brown an beige and cameos of fossils on the lower part of the skirt. It was coordinated with simple and elegant brown accesories and gently waved hair. I tried to draw it, you can see it above.
Purtroppo non pare esistere un vestito lolita con motivo a fossili, ma ho trovato vari accessori che potrebero starci bene se esistesse XD
Se l'idea di fossili + lolita ha solleticato anche voi, vi consiglio di leggere Strane Creature della Chevalier
Unfortunately lolita themed clothing doesn't seem to exist. Anyway I found some accessories that would go well with it if it did. If you're intrigued like me by the match of lolita and fossils, my advice is to read Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures.
Se l'idea di fossili + lolita ha solleticato anche voi, vi consiglio di leggere Strane Creature della Chevalier
Unfortunately lolita themed clothing doesn't seem to exist. Anyway I found some accessories that would go well with it if it did. If you're intrigued like me by the match of lolita and fossils, my advice is to read Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures.
Etichette:
dinosauri,
lolita,
miei disegni,
sogni
Daily outfit
Oggi diluvia e ha anche grandinato. Io volevo andare al concerto pro Pisapia in Duomo, ma la Pelosa Metà ha detto che visto che piove non mi ci porta Q_Q
E non ho nessuna voglia di andare in palestra.
Today it rained heavily all the time and it even hailed. I wanted to go to a cool electoral concert in Dome place, but the Hairy Half said that as it rains he doesn't wanna go Q_Q
And I don't want to go to the gym.
E non ho nessuna voglia di andare in palestra.
Today it rained heavily all the time and it even hailed. I wanted to go to a cool electoral concert in Dome place, but the Hairy Half said that as it rains he doesn't wanna go Q_Q
And I don't want to go to the gym.
Orecchini/Earrings: fatti io/selfmade
Elastico per capelli con fiore/Flower scrunchie: capodanno celtico/celtic festival (2,50€)
Ornamento a foglia/Leaf shaped ornament: tutto 50 cent/all for 50 cent (1€)
Maglietta/Tee: Ferrara Buskers Festival (10€)
Gonna/Skirt: Smack, Milano (5€)
Anfibi/Combat boots: Emporio Lima (15€)
Elastico per capelli con fiore/Flower scrunchie: capodanno celtico/celtic festival (2,50€)
Ornamento a foglia/Leaf shaped ornament: tutto 50 cent/all for 50 cent (1€)
Maglietta/Tee: Ferrara Buskers Festival (10€)
Gonna/Skirt: Smack, Milano (5€)
Anfibi/Combat boots: Emporio Lima (15€)
Etichette:
etnico,
fate,
me,
outfit,
primavera/estate
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