Lako Bukia

a few snaps from the day i previewed lako bukia's innovative a/w 2010 capsule collection:
CUBART.

the shoes were most definitely the highpoint of the day! ^

a highly talented, forward-thinking designer that is one-to-watch.
liberty of london were previewing the collection & asos are also showing interest in selling her work.

http://www.lakobukia.com/
her official website

www.notjustalabel.com/lakobukia
this offers a great profile on bukia & is a site where you can buy the shoes

Merry Christmas,

PD x

listening to: the tallest man on earth
all images are my own

round my hometown

i love cambridge,

for it's beauty,

for it's streets,

for it's hideaways,

for the people i've met,

and for all my memories.

i'll truly miss it when i move to london.

PD x

listening to: all bob marley
image: my own

vanity fair goes gaga

it was merely a matter of time.

PD x

image: via fashionslam.blogspot

all of this can be broken

daria & lily in boho travel-chic

i threw creation

to my kin

have the silence broken

by a whispered

wind.*

laura marling - devil's spoke

PD x
images: via fashionslam.blogspot & bohemianpunk.tumblr

TOPTIP;

i found this really cute website: designspongeonline.com
make sure you check out the mini city guides.

sunset inspiration

fashion toast's rumi neely earwear style

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dreamcatcher photography

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my style:

feather earrings i wore almost every day in canada
from miss selfridge



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rumi neely's signature stack-up of silver rings


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my style:

my handwear for this summer
sterling silver rings from various cambridge markets + turquoise ring from istanbul

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is it obvious that rumi neely is something of a style icon of mine at present?

PD x

listening to: laura marling
images: via fashiontoast.com & my photography

blood-orange

this summer's colour micro-trend

i love the combined hemlines of this classic coat & dress.
and the colour is so fun.

don't be put off by the highstreet's influx of autumn collections.
- summer isn't over, there's still time to take up cute trends such as this!

PD x
listening to: mama - the dream
image: fashionising.com

oh, canada!

i'm actually IN canada.

i cannot believe it.

currently marvelling at the paradise that is vancouver!

what i wore travelling:
turban - babooshka; scarf - indian market; sandals,vest,cardi,leggings - primark; bag - bagsetc.; scarf on bag - vintage

rings - all sterling silver from markets. turquoise ring from grand bazaar in istanbul :)

More soon!

PD x

listening to: the dykeenies

lako bukia's 'c u b a r t'

this coming tuesday, 29th June, i'll be lucky enough to represent amelia's magazine in taking a peek at the latest collection of the fresh new georgian talent that is lako bukia.

this exclusive event for press and buyers will be held at felicities designer showroom in shoreditch london and will present the 'c u b a r t' collection, inspired by the cubist movement - pablo picasso and russian theatrical costumiers in particular.

after seeing the lookbook on http://www.lakobukia.com/, the collection really seems to achieve what it says on the tin - depict cubism art through fashion.

shaping something famously 2D into 3D form, although taking note from russian costume designers of the cubist movement, would have been quite a challenge.

however, the perpendicular lines that are so striking throughout, the sharp contrast from black velvet to white wool, those big chunky cubic heels and even right down to those square black lips seems to pull the concept together seamlessly and with ease.

love these heels!

i am SO looking forward to seeing this intriguing collection up close, and maybe even seeing the talented lako bukia herself! :)

i'll report on my thoughts of the event, complete with tons of snaps, right here on PD.

happy saturday!

PD x

listening to: jakob dylan - women and country (album)
images: www.lakobukia.com

which summer kaftan?

they are both so perfect!

i found them on cocosa.com for £45 each, by lily and lionel.

the white is 100% cotton

the black is 100% silk

i can only afford one, so which shall it be?

SOS!

PD x

listening to: light my fire - the doors

wait 'til you see my smile..

... on 22nd june when my exams finish and i am as free as a bird.

everything is so beautiful right now.
everything but those pesky revision files, staring at me twentyfour-seven.

once i can burn them (no, seriously) i can proceed in having a blissful summer.

selling jewellery, hunting down lammies cowboy boots in canada, eating mountains of chinese with my pa in vancouver, chilling with friends, spending heavenly days with my love, reading in the menorca sun.

my current image obsessions, courtesy of rumi neely and her bohoness.

these have been inspiring my latest project -
i'm thinking of a starting a small hand-made jewellery business, inspired by the beautiful islands of polynesia in the pacific.

think bone, leather, coral, wood, shells, feathers, wood, teeth & coconut.

the ball's already rolling, so watch this space :)

PD x

listening to: second hand news - fleetwood mac
images: courtesy of fashiontoast.com

is it obvious i don't like twilight?

july 2010 elle, subscribers cover

july 2010 elle, newstand cover

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND

i have an undying love for elle magazine.
i've always bought it every month without fail and it has my full respect.

but this month that respect has somehow doubled after making kristen stewart look on some level glamorous! (extra kudos to anne-marie curtis - love her.)

how?

just... how?!

it's not that she's unattractive.

but it's hardly like she's in anyway attractive either!

and believe me, i've tried hard, on every level, to see her 'beauty'.

i know she doesn't have that conventional pretty look.

so i looked at her as edgy and grungy instead.

didn't work - in that case she just has greasy hair and resembles a boy.

i then of course looked to her personality, maybe she has a beautiful character?

no. she's just moody and cynical as far as i've seen, calling acting 'professional lying'.

reasons are therefore obvious as to why i thought kristen stewart was a strange choice for the front of this month's elle.

natalie portman, kylie minogue, kate winslet.

those are the kind of queens i want to see on the cover and then read about.

not some moody teenager from LA.

although this might just be because i don't like twilight.

despite all this, i will naturally look forward to july's issue popping through my letterbox in the next couple of days.

i can't believe i've just spent this whole post ranting,

what has come over me?!

i promise my next post will be sunnier :)

PD x
listening to: wait 'til you see my smile - alicia keys

images: photography by matthias viens mcgrath courtesy of uk elle magazine (via cocosteaparty.com)

a little mk

a reminder of how much i love her slash love rankin's portraiture


i also found this awesome snap of her in all black on a street corner surrounded by whole foods grocery bags - love this look.

how i wish i was an olsen!

PD x
listening to: dreams - fleetwood mac, a classic!
image: rankin.co.uk; cocosteaparty.com

breath-taking gowns galore @ cannes film fest

cate blanchett, leading lady of the new 'robin hood' remake, in alexander mcqueen

kate beckinsale in a frothy tulle marchesa gown

eva longoria-parker wore a trailing emilio pucci gown, coral drop earrings & a chic chignon hair-do

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the jennifer lopez shoot from this month's marie claire uk has to be featured. how b-e-a-utiful is this shot of her in this stunning mark fast dress?

mk olsen posted an adorable tweet recently:
'i always just have to try on the pretty jewellery before i put it away'

and with the above twitpic of her dainty hand in tons of elizabeth&james rings,

i love their originality!

PD x

listening to: cheater (demo) - michael jackson
images: elizabeth&james twitpic; marieclaireuk

identity

my heart skipped a beat when i checked out the amazing new designer sales on cocosa.com
i love all the hippy style we can expect for this summer
and you just HAVE to check out these beautiful boho treats:

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when i began making this dress, i loathed it!
and even when i'd finished it, i still didn't like it much.

but then i put my sister in the dress and took some photographs for my portfolio and these were the result - now i pretty much love it!

as my grandpa always said, "this girl would make a binbag look good!"

it's purely an artistic piece on the theme of identity so i perhaps won't be planning on wearing it!
it's just taught me to always use molly as my model if i want to cheat and make my clothes look good.

PD x