1.13 // Berlin street style

Milan, Paris, Moscow, Stockholm... those are the cities you hear about all the time, street-style-wise. Not so much Berlin. Berlin street style is interesting; it's sort of a mix of classic European, Stockholm trend & beauty, and - of course - the cold weather. You see a lot of black & layers in winter (comforting to know that it is, in fact, cold somewhere - these days, it seems that all I see on the street style sites are in places like Manila and other year-round Good Weather places. You know the ones I'm talking about), but they take black to a whole new level, pairing a black trench, hat, shoes and pants with outrageous bags and other accessories.

Love her pants!

Electric blue... love, love, LOVE this colour. Actually, one of my favorite Kristian Aadnevik dresses is electric blue, I was going to attempt to replicate it...

Kristian Aadnevik // Fall 2008

(OK, I'm totally doing a post on gorgeous gowns sometime soon... I just found a bunch more of his, and misc. others, que je'ladore!)

Mais je digress...

Ahhh, c'est tres, tres romantique, non? Il me fait contente :)

Ah, the bit of outrageousness in Berlin...

...and for an extra bit of style to your day, two more KA gowns:

Both Kristian Aadnevik // Fall 2007

~ r

1.12 // Designer: Kristian Aadnevik

First things first: if you love bright colours mixed with, say, black leather, gorgeous gowns, and amazingly chic dresses, KA is for you. If not, you must be blind or dead, because his work is breathtaking. He combines slightly gothic, definitely edgy, pieces with floaty, girly gowns and colours… the result is this.

His signature flowy “mullet” dress, named so for their “short-in-front, long-in-back” cut. Gorgeous, I think you’ll find. Unless you’re opposed to a socially acceptable version of the Dark Ages of the Mullet.

Another “mullet” dress

Amazing fringe top.

I’m thinking about making my Winterfest dress based on some of his designs…

Sorry I didn’t find which seasons they all are… I have to write a story for French and make a layout for a fake VOGUE magazine for history (SO tedious, I know…), and CRAP get my laundry out of the washer. That’ll be it for now.

Oh, look du jour:

Douglas Hannant // Fall 2008

Until we meet again,

~ r

PS: sorry for the 1/2 photos, I'm not sure why I can't get them to work... I think they're just too big. :(