Cannes 2013: best moments

Passado dia 26 terminou o Festival de Cinema de Cannes, um dos eventos que mais aguardo todos os anos. Admito que um dos meus sonhos é estar presente no festival para ir às estreias dos filmes, conhecer os protagonistas e os realizadores, alimentar o meu fascínio cinematográfico e desfrutar claro da experiência inesquecível que deve ser andar entre red carpets e festas. Pode ser que um dia me vejam lá... quem sabe?!

O vencedor da Palma de Ouro este ano foi "La vie d'Adèle", um filme sobre a história de um amor lésbico, do realizador e protagonizado por Adèle Exarchopoulos e Léa Seydoux. Outro dos highlights no Festival de Cinema de Cannes foi o Grande Prémio entregue aos irmãos Joel e Ethan Coen pelo filme "Inside Llewyn Davis".

Terminadas as novidades, gostava de vos deixar com algumas das imagens mais marcantes para mim. Esta edição de Cannes teve grandes red carpets, presenças ímpares, premieres de filmes como "The Great Gatsby", "The Immigrant" ou "The Bling Ring", photocalls, conferências de imprensa, muita moda e algumas festas. Aqui ficam os melhores ângulos... Enjoy!

Mid season inspiration

Once in a while I like to share some pictures that inspire me. Tommy Ton is a specialist when it comes to capture the best moments and details of streetstyle. His vision is so refined and the quality is outstanding. I reunited some of my favorite shots and I hope you like them. Anna Wintour, Jeremy Scott, Nike, Chanel, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Louis Vuitton... sneakers, stripes, patterns... a mix of class with sportswear is a great option for this mid-season.

You can check more amazing photos at JAK & JILL or visit my facebook blog page where I usually post several pictures too. Have a nice week! :) 

Versace bling bling

You all know I'm obsessed with Versace... and sometimes I feel like this is almost a fansite, but it's not, I swear. However, the Italian fashion house is so fascinating that I feel this urge to talk about this or that. And believe me when I say there's ALWAYS something about Versace to talk about.

Recently, I discovered the Spring/Summer 2013 accessories collection. I'm not a man of rings and bracelets... in fact I only wear a watch and nothing else. The only accessory I have is a Versace for H&M necklace that I use once in a while, mainly during Summer, but I've been looking for a ring too, just like the ones Tobias Sorensen use (see here). Unfortunately I've never found it... till now! When I paid attention to Versace's details, it gave me goosebumps. It is EVERYTHING I need and want. From the iconic Versace Medusa ring, to a bracelet, necklaces and tie clip. UGH!!!! SOOOOO GOOD! My body is totally ready.

I ran to the online shopping site but the rings were sold out already... and they were 120€, I guess. Not cheap, but not as expensive as I thought they were. :'( Now all I can do is cry while watching these amazing beauties...

Since I still wanna feel depressed I did a collage of some details from the Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show so that I can look at them and cry a little bit more. If only Donatella could send me a little gift...  I would be the happiest boy alive!

One of the most well known fans of Versace is the one and only Chris Brown... he not only wears clothes but also uses accessories like chains, rings and sunglasses. Everything Versace! That's why he's so stylish and one of my favorite celebrities. Love his daring fashion sense (and, of course, his music!).

I'm in tears, devastated... cruel world!!!

Fashion quickies

There are a couple of things I'd like to share with all of you so I compiled them and here they are.

Rick Owens Fall/Winter 2013/14 gloves are out of this world. To be honest, I think it was the best detail of the fashion show. I would love to have them all. I mean, look at those fluffy beauties... the grey ones reminded me of Tim Burton's Jack (click here to see what I'm talking about). Love love love them! ^_^ 

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2013/14 is a good collection, not great nor terrible, just good. I selected a few of my favorite looks. They are classy and I love the colors, the layering and the mixture of fabrics. Good job! However I think Mr. Gaultier already did better. If you want to see the whole collection click here. What I appreciated the most was the fact that the fashion show was different: it was a presentation where models stripped themselves to display the pieces.

To end this miscellaneous post... I would like to present you guys two new faces that stood out when I was checking a series of pictures captured by Dennis Weber of male models wearing their own coats. The first one is Tom Leigh and his bone structure is amazing, the second one is Hao Yun Xiang and I'm really fond of asian faces. I will sure keep an eye on them!

End of the world moodboard

It's Christmas time and I decided to gather some great looks and details I've been loving. The Dior Homme oxford shoes with red laces are stunning and I would totally rock them. What about that black hoodie sweater with gold details? Perfect for a casual day. Then there's a gorgeous black hat combined with a grey long coat... damn, I see myself wearing that for the rest of my life ahaha. Another thing that I would die for is a pair of Versace gloves. Like Rebecca Bloomwood said in the timeless classic Confessions of a Shopaholic: "Well, these cashmere gloves I need as it is winter, and I have... hands." I understand her (more than I should)!!!

What do you guys think about that Raf Simons F/W 2009 black/beige trench coat? I'm totally feeling it, it's so elegant! My winter would be complete if I could have it. Since I'm talking about winter I must express my love for Louis Vuitton's latest Fall/Winter collection which was flawless. Can you see those shoes in the middle with some metal details? Gorgeeeee! Do I need to say anything about the red blanket coat? I thought so. It's too perfect for words. I would combine it with that chocolate brown Versace watch with a bracelet made of crocodile leather. Last but not least, I also needed that Versace black/brown leather jacket just to do some grocery shopping on weekends... ahaha kidding. I need it to breathe, basically that's it! I'm amazed.

Now, since everyone is talking about the end of the world on 21-12-12... I decided to choose the look I would love to wear on my last day alive. I picked this Emporio Armani F/W 2012 outfit because I love it from head to toe, specially the hat and the boots. Flawless! What about you? What will you wear? See you on 'the other side'. ;)

Versace's awesomeness reminder

I was chatting with my blogger friend Ruben and he told me about this photographer I never heard of (shame on me!!!) that has shot some fashion shows for Vogue.com. His name is Kevin Tachman and as soon as I realized he photographed Versace Haute-Couture 2012 during Paris Fashion week, I googled  him. What I like the most about Kevin Tachman's pictures is the angle, he always captures movement and details from hidden angles, like if he was sneaking around or something. I'm in total awe and of course I selected these 3 images from the Versace show just to remind ourselves of how amazing Donatella is. It's never too much! #WorshipTheQueen

My perfect Fall

It's THAT time of the year... o Outono está aí cheio de chuva e nuvens, mortinho para me deixar de mau humor. Bom, o meu único consolo é mesmo o estilo outonal que sempre me dá algo com que me entreter. Por isso mesmo fui buscar uma colecção da qual ainda não tinha falado e que é das minhas preferidas, senão A minha preferida. Versace Fall/Winter 2012/13. Eu sei, pareço um disco repetido não é?! Blame it on Donatella, que faz sempre as colecções mais lindas de sempre, o que me obriga a ter que referenciar constantemente a casa italiana. 

Penso que houve um impulso gigante desde a colaboração com a H&M e a Donatella está de certa forma a ressuscitar o x-factor da Versace dos anos 80... e não, não é revivalismo, é mesmo reinvenção. Basicamente a colecção de Inverno da Versace é tudo aquilo que eu quero e mais. Faustosa e imperial, majestosa e magnânima, elegante e altiva. Existe um enorme militarismo em alguns looks enquanto que outros vão de encontro a uma linha mais corrente, mais ousada. Os assertoados, os grandes sobretudos com medalhas e os botins juntam-se a cabedal, a correntes e a pêlo. Como não adorar?! Pois! A Donatella ainda vai mais longe e criou uma espécie de padrão camuflado mas floral, embora não seja da minha preferência acho um conceito muito engraçado: podem ver exemplos aqui e aqui. Para terminar esta minha veneração à colecção tenho que referenciar os acessórios que me deixam com espasmos de tanto os querer: óculos de sol, relógios, cintos, luvas, fios, carteiras com correntes... tudo de um requinte supremo! Tudo isto faria do meu Outono/Inverno uma época bem mais feliz... vá no mínimo contentava-me com este blusãozinho de ganga com colarinho e mangas em pêlo. Já seria tão feliz!

Lord praise Versace. Amen.

Deprimidos enough??? Yeah, me too!

Indoors style

Não levem a mal o que vou dizer, até porque gosto muito de ver fotografias de streetstlye. No entanto, acho que o streetstyle em si já se está a generalizar muito... e todos sabemos que quando algo é democratizado perde um pouco a originalidade e a aura. Banal is not cool! É claro que há o bom streetstyle captado de uma excelente forma, mas às vezes já não sei o que é ou não "combinado". Let's be honest, todos sabemos que 72,9% (LOL) do streetstyle é encenado. 

Porém, isso agora não interessa nada e o que quero mesmo é dizer que me apetece contrariar a tendência e mostrar-vos um pouco daquilo a que me pareceu bem chamar de INDOORS STYLE. Dentro das salas dos fashion shows, enquanto as pessoas se sentam... ou mesmo as que já estão sentadas. As primeiras filas são riquíssimas em detalhes. Ora vejamos na New York Fashion Week... antes do desfile Spring/Summer 2013 do Jeremy Scott (!!!) imensas pessoas com criações dele. As peças do JS não são para qualquer pessoa, mas são icónicas e bold e são para quem quer make a statement, não propriamente para os discretos. Confesso que me via perfeitamente a usar a sweater com as várias caras do Bart Simpson. Agora digam-me lá, o style indoors também não é über cool? That's what I'm diggin' right now!

I'm engaged to Burberry Prorsum

I WANT TO ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE.

Agora podemos ter as reacções naturais a esta miragem de enorme estética e beleza: