Veronica_Fraticelli

An Indian in the City

2012-02-22T03:18:00.003-08:00

The first time I saw Indians in Stockholm was in 2008. They were wearing feathers on their heads, dancing to a strange mix of European pop- symphonic music and mystic tribal sounds. They were probably coming from Peru, Bolivia or elsewhere in the Andy mountains region in Latin America. Yet their outfits and performance was a curios mix between the European image of Native Americans and far- going creativity.

The very same performance can be seen in many cities all over Europe, the Indians visited Gdansk, Kraków, Brussels, Barcelona, Paris...

But on the streets of Stockholm there is only one left, wandering ghostly in her too-colorfull-for-this -city poncho.

Vart ska jag ta vägen, vart ska jag ta vägen, vart ska jag?

Indian poncho hand-made in Guatemala: vintage, Myrorna
Tee: H&M
Jeans: Cubus%
Boots: somewhere in Amsterdam
Earrings: Twins
Glasses: Fielmann

Picture by Ronnie D.

Furrrrious

2012-02-20T14:16:00.001-08:00

Furry or furious? Peluda o pelotuda?
Reached this state after passing a day over- exposed to '' art'' on an art fair in Stockholm's Kulturhuset... Let's not talk about art.

Let's just mention that I felt relieved when I met yet another furrious creature and happy he wanted to help me out of this madness by eating up my poor head.

Wanna grow a rainbow fur, wanna grow more rainbow fur.

Pics by best Joasia and Luigi <3

Blue Fur: Bershka % (Polska Power!)

Green Monster Sweater: vintage, ryn Gdansk (Polska Power!!)

Skirt: ebay

Leggins: vintage American Apparel from Kaya Retro (Polska Power!!!)

Boots: vintage Dr Martens, Stockholm

Necklace: gift

Bag: old Terranova

It's a wonderful world...

2012-02-08T13:59:00.003-08:00

It's a wonderful world
And you take and you give
And the sun fills the sky
In the space where you live

It's a day full of dreams
It's a dream of a day
And the joy that it brings
Nearly sweeps her away

It's a wonderful world
As the buildings fall down
And you quicken your step
'til your feet leave the ground

And your heart feels so wide
And your heart fills so strong
It was never a place
That you felt you belonged

It's a wonderful world
It's a real crying shame
Cos she's hurting herself
In a violent way
And there's people she knows
That won't even try
And they're trapped in their lives
Feeling terrified

It's a wonderful world
And she doesn't know why
She wakes up each day
And continues to cry

'' Wonderful World'' David Sylvian for Nine Horses, feat Stina Nordenstam
Photos by Ronnie D.

King- Kong in the Mist

2012-02-03T09:33:00.003-08:00

What could be a hybrid between a monsterous comic icon King- Kong and a snow storm in the misty scandinavian city? King- Kong in the mist! Actually as a child I was equally touched by a story of beasty King- Kongs and sad movie about Dian Fossey and her '' Gorillas in the Mist''.

So when I first saw a collection by Angela Brejt and her trademark Trash, I could not hesitate to get at least some pieces. Wearing this King Kong Jungle Dress and Paw Leatherette Leggins I feel both like the beast itself and the fragile heroine Ann Darrow kidnapped by the gigantic ape.

Trash clothing has definitelly become my absolutely favorite young Polish designer. Different, powerful and original, yet highly wearable design, good quality, reasonable price and professional delivery seems to me a guarantee for an artistic and commercial succes! Check their fb webside and stay tuned for the shop opening.

This photos are the first series taken by a talented photographer based in Stockholm, Ronnie D. Thank you very much Ronnie!

Dress: Trash

Leggins: Trash

Faux Fur: Monki %

Boots: vintage Dr Martens

Earrings: gift from Trash

Stockholm Fashion Week

2012-02-02T14:15:00.000-08:00

Three crazy days of bubbling in a champange glass, running in open jacket in the snow storms, being mesmerized by the enormous cristal chandeliers at Berns, staring at people with no consequences, getting my nails polished and before all that- seeing so many inspiring and good shows every day- that's how I can shortly sump up my attandance on Stockholm Fashion Week!

More detailed reviews from the shows can be read at www.scandinavianfashion.net , at the moment I may just say I was delighted to see Rossy de Palma at Minimarket show and moved by dark shows by my favorite V Avenue Shoe Repair and the newcommer of the year Maria Nordström.

And of course as always on this carnival of vanity, there was occassion for photos. Here at Ubi Sunt show spotted by Rodeo.se

Again from rodeo, this time with my best Aliisa before Maria Nordström amazing show at Berns.

Cristina saw the show by Riis, Danish designer awarded with H&M prize for new tallents. She wore a perfect vintage jacket in Comme des Garcons style I found for her at Myrorna:)

Gigi took the best pictures and was my company on most of the shows!

Er døden gul?

2012-01-12T13:58:00.000-08:00

Hvis døden er gul

vil den skinne som solen.

Solen er selve livet.

Evig og for alltid. Evig gul sol.

Og det med evighet stemmer jo godt.

Er du død, så er du død!

- Erling Forfang, '' Noen sier at døden er svart''

If the dead is yellow,

it should shine as sun.

The sun is the very life.

Forever and ever. Eternal yellow sun.

This about the eternity is completely correct.

Are you dead, so you are just dead!

- Erling Forfang, '' Some say the death is black''

The yellow never sells. Only second hand, only as a long weird straitjacket, only to me.

Getting high-contrast, doing some figure ice-skating on the bare soles ( skating shoes thrown away after yet another moving, needed just then), flying on the yellow wings, no, let's not be tacky, just yellow octopus tentacles.

Is the death really yellow?

Yellow straitjacket: second hand, Stockholms Stadsmissionen

Necklace: a gift

Tee: H&M

Jeans: Cubus

Boots: Irregular Choice, allegro.pl

Jestem polarnym niedźwiedziem/ Zedrzyj ze mnie futro.

2012-01-06T08:27:00.000-08:00

Jestem polarnym niedźwiedziem,

Zedrzyj ze mnie futro.

Jutro,

Albo jeszcze lepiej dziś,

Jestem Twój polarny miś.

- Maria Peszek, '' Miś''.

I'm your polar bear- tear my fur off- today, or even better now- your polar bear, that's what I am. - Maria Peszek, '' Miś''.

It's just highest season for the icebergs, hibernation, tickling needels in my stomach, hunting coca-cola like polar bears, who just nodd their heads as if they understood everything. Isbjørn- Oso Polar- Niedźwiedź Polarny.

- These polar bears look just as sloths!

-...

I'm a bear- I wanna make love- I'm a bear- Love I wanna make...

Jestem misiem,

Kochać chce mi się,

Jestem misiem,

Kochać mi się chce.

Sweater: vintage, gift from Kaya Retro, Dzzzzięęękuję!

Skirt: vintage Burberry, www.ragsandsilks.pl

Boots: vintage, loppis in Stockholm

Circo Volador

2012-01-01T06:48:00.000-08:00

- I saw a colorful puppet today and I thought about you.
- Well, I rather feel like a clown myself...
- If you are on , then you are the most colorful of all.

Almost- last dream of 2011: a man with a circus-tatooed face, a face of clown and pierrot mesmerizing and transforming all the time; a moon rising from his nose, flowers bursting out of his cheeks.

When?

Sweater: vintage, market in Gdansk
Jeans: cubus%
Beret: H&M, gift
Shawl: market in Gdank
Shoes: in Amsterdam
Earrings: vintage

Color hunger

2011-12-30T04:25:00.000-08:00

My worse enemy this 4th scandinavian winter is not cold but the lack of light. Greyness, dullness, hibernation. I'm trying to get back to the colors, become a cameleon again after a long time of being a small, black lizard.

Sweater: vintage, market in Gdansk

Boots: Irregular Choice, allegro.pl

Bag: mexican artesany, Gdansk

Tights: no name

Earrings: market in Arvika one sunny day

Putas Baratas

2011-12-17T03:21:00.000-08:00

'' There was one crooked street, with two crooked girls, crowned with countless shadows'' - Wings Dropper.

And there were men who passed rather shy, men who thought but did not dear to say. Somebody calling them '' ladies'', somebody casting a short glimpse.

And finally the messenger of the great news, black boy on a black bicycle, coming with a brazilian song tearing apart the silence of the street : Putas Baratas.

''Nunca veas a una puta con luz de día. Es como mirar una película con luz encendida. Como descubrir que este poema, que te hizo llorar a las noches, el día siguiente a penas te interesa. Es como sería este puto mundo, si hubiera que soportar las cosas tal como son''.

- Ana, Puta profesional '' El lado oscuro del corazón'' de Eliseo Subiela.

Fotos: Henri Senders

Otra Puta: Wings

Rara avis

2011-12-15T08:17:00.000-08:00

Rara avis, the rare bird. That's how they used to call black swans. But after the '' Black Swan'' movie with Natalie Portman, the long-necked bird is nothing strange in fashion anymore.

What about swans that are black, white and gold in the same time?

Sweater: vintage, Fretex Unika Oslo

Jeans: Cubus %

Shoes: bought in randomly in Amsterdam

Earrings: vintage

The Fissures of Time

2011-12-12T13:41:00.000-08:00

In anatomy, a fissure (Latin fissura, plural fissurae) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear in various parts of the body. (Wikipedia)

In time, a fissure may have started seven months ago or two, or the moment I first dreamt of a bridge impossible to cross and the sea of white dogs. The fissures of time have an awful tendency to become wider and wider, deeper and deeper but never longer. The time goes and stays still.

The moment the time you don't see somebody becomes longer than the time you spent together is a when a fissure becomes an abyss. The time when you lived more without somebody than with him is the real death of that person.

Let it be another seven years, then.

Picture by Jan Ros.

Window Shopping 1: Santa Transformations at NK

2011-12-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

Although window shopping seems to be quite a trivial yet harmless sport, some encounters with a store display may result in an aesthetic experience you've not dreamt of. Where commerce meets with creative aspirations, the wildest creatures can come to life. Just as this gigantic Santa- Octopus, the main attraction of Christmas display at Nordiska Kompaniet in Stockholm. NK Department Store is the most traditional and luxurious shopping mall in the Swedish capital. Nevertheless, its Christmas window goes far away from conservatism. A flashy moving construction attracts huge pilgrimages of young and older Stockholmians, mesmerizing them with different images of Santa Claus and his little helpers.

Poor, busy Santa's just got reduced into a Matrix- kind of memory maschine...

... and his new dress even made some voice in the crowd wonder if Santa is queer.

Well, at least he surely is a dedicated fashionista. What should he put on today? Probably something from one of over one hundred posh boutiques at NK...

Gone with the Wind

2011-12-08T13:51:00.000-08:00

Some bon- mots about this outfit, such a dramatic and literary one:

-A woman always feels like a star while wearing a fur.

- Somebody telling me that my skin was blue wasn't totally wrong, I lied, it is just a matter of putting a right shirt.

-When I fell in love with Rhett Butler at the tender age of ten, I wouldn't even dream of wearing his face on my legs.

- '' Tomorrow is another day!''- Scarlett O'Hara

-Jestem Gwiazdą, Gwiazdą, starego romansu/ jutro też jest dzień.

Fury jacket: Monki %

Top: thrifted, Stockholm Stadsmitionen

Skirt: V Avenue Shoe Repair %

Tights: Allegro.pl, gift

Earrings: vintage from mi Buenos Aires querido, gift from Milady

Necklace: Ar Studio, Pakamera.pl

Gloves: Indiska

Shoes: vintage, AE Vintage Store

The Green Monster

2011-12-04T14:44:00.000-08:00

The imposible turned into truth again: the 90ties dubious charm has beguiled me and thrown me straight into the arms of this Green Monster. Fluorescently Green, Acid Green, Biting Green Monster Sweater. Close relative to such furry creatures like Oscar from The Sesame Street or Muzzy, the alien cartoon character who spend his time devouring clocks and teaching Polish children their first English vocabulary.

So, welcome to the monstrosity of the 90ties bad taste: golden shoes on rubber soles and golden chains and the bag bought in one of the first trendy store of the times.

The Green Monster Sweater: thrifted, miraculous market in Gdansk

Dress: Cubus%

Bag: Terranova in the late 90ties

Boots: vintage from AE Vintage Store

Skull chain: Gina Tricot

Earring: H&M

Toda to Mamełe for the pictures!!

Just JUS

2011-11-23T05:33:00.000-08:00

Last week I had a pleasure to freely flicker through JUS assertment. JUS located on Brunnsgatan 7 in Stockholm is the very first concept store selling unique fashion brands in the Swedish capital.

Mixing and matching Margiela coat with Comme des Garcons shirt or Rick Owens wedges felt almost as exciting as sneaking through mum's warderobe in my remoted childhood. The fact that all the garments in the shop are made by the high fashion brands gave some extra thrills.

But talking of thrills- this fluffy, stitched poncho like coat with a sewn on scarf by Swedish Nakkna is just a perfect protection for the winter chill!

Another garment by Nakkna transformed me into a silver night bird.

But my favorite pieces from the store were indisputably this gothic coat and masculine shoes by Maison Martin Margiela, combined with a boxer tee by Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester.

I was quite reluctant about trying on that last style, but my David from www.scandinavianfashion.net convinced me. Surprisingly for me, this fake fur coat by Ida Sjöstedt and knitted dress by Rodebjer, spiced up with my vintage jewelry, made an interesting match. I felt a bit like a spoiled London it- girl.

So, while in Stockholm- don't hesitate to take a stroll to JUS!

Lobofobia

2011-11-16T15:06:00.000-08:00

Lobo suelto, hay que estar despierto

Bien atento voy.

Escóndeme en tu cueva de murciélago y no me saques más.

Hay afuera un lobo tan hambriento,

Sin sentimiento.

Esperando matarme, comiéndome de a poco, dejando que me muera

De dolor.

Dulce es tu sangre,

Corre en mis venas y es amor.

Amor...

Lisandro Aristimuño, Lobofobia

Lobofobia, the fear of wolves. I had a dream, that I was running away from something, running up the stairs, entering a room, trying to escape through the tiny window. But opening it I just let in a pack of bloodthirsty wolves, ready to tear apart everything they met on their way.

Somehow I also feel like in Lisandro´s song there is a wolf walking his lonely steps somewhere near by. I also pray for someone to hide me in the bat cave and never let me go out. There is a starving wolf with no feelings waiting for killing me, eating me little by little, letting me die of pain. Your blood is so sweet, it runs in my veins and it is love... love.

When my lobofobia gets too intense, I just protect myself by this totemic outfit, scaring away wolves with wolves, covering myself in black, letting some thorns grow.

Tee: Weekday Zeitgeist, man collection

Blouse: Monki %

Jeans: Cubus%

Bracelet: Pakistani shop with everything, under the bridge in Grønland, Oslo

La Infanta

2011-11-12T15:48:00.000-08:00

Should it be for the closeness of the palace, my winter residence in Oslo? Or for the voluptuous shape of the skirt, filling my hips with the royal weight and dignity? Or just for the simple fact my father was really a king, baptized with the name of Carlos?

Król Karol. I remember being around six and happily surprised by seeing his picture in a glossy magazine. Surrounded by some green leaves, he looked exactly like when he worked in our garden. To my even bigger surprise, I was quickly explained by my mother, that it was not dad, but another crowned head- Prince Charles of England- depicted in his royal outfield.

Another day on a tram, the highness of my father was almost recognized by an older lady. Somehow he managed to disguise again, and her excited whisper '' Prince Charles!'' had just reached the closest passengers.

So, would it be for any of this reason, or any at all, I sometimes also reveal my majesty and become the Infant, the very same one from Velázquez painting.

La Infanta. Prometo cumplir bien los deberes de la hija del rey Carlos.

Skirt: V Avenue Shoe Repair

Tee: H&M

Necklace: Ar Studio, Pakamera.pl

Tights: Lindex

Boots: in Amsterdam

Photo: Droga Małżonka

Origami Spine Dress

2011-11-04T11:51:00.000-07:00

After the series of pictures taken in Holland, there is time again for some look from my everyday life in Stockholm. It's not the first time Swedish brand Monki delighted me with their interesting, simple, but detailed design in wonderful price on their mid-season sale. This t-shirt/ dress combines the casualty with a twisted touch. I really like the origami-wings-spine back and its color- exactly the same as the sky over Stockholm now.

Tee/Dress: Monki %

Tights: Mohito

Shoes: House

Earrings: vintage, Oslo

Picture by my lovely Aliisa, who also blogs: her beauty blog in Finish here!

Xaile de Silêncio

2011-10-25T03:59:00.000-07:00

Soubeste a cama estreita das varinas

A malga, o beijo, o sono das colheitas

O vulto dos amantes nas esquinas

Que xaile de silêncio nos deixaste

Que forma tão estranha de viver

Ó voz que ardes na sombra, espinho e haste

Lenço acenando em cada

Misia, Xaile de Silêncio

The Shawl of Silence is a title of a song by portuguese fado singer Misia. I suits the photos taken in a cold, Belgian castle, where there was just silence, spider nets and me trying to hide in the folds of my Jewish shawl.

Tired, sleepy, being an apparition, looking best with my eyes closed, ultimately dreaming of wolves again, sleepy, cold, looking older every day, ultimately dreaming so much, that I don't want to wake up, sleepy.

Que forma tan extraña de vivir.

Photos by Jan Ros

Fishing net / Nad morzem jest odpływ.

2011-10-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

A movement, a glance, a darkness- the risk is high- as I move on there is just more and more possibilities to move too fast and to get too blurred.

Lunacy is like being caught into a fishnet and falling through its mesh over and over again. I heard a man talking about fishing not a long time ago. Somehow he was talking about fish and about his wife in the same time. He described how it was to catch a big fish using the small one as a decoy. He described how he catches the fish. He didn't say how he caught his wife- he ended up by saying she was also a fisherman's daughter.

My name is Weronika (Veronica?), I am 23. My zodiac sign is Pisces. I am vegetarian, but I still eat fish. A form of cannibalism, I guess. Sometimes I also fall into a fishing net. Last time over 2 years ago and forever, when the eternity was then. The outflow has come.

Nad morzem jest odpływ.

Photos by Hans van Rooijs

Upside Down (Dress)

2011-10-15T15:02:00.000-07:00

Around the Day in Eighty Worlds. Or rather just a bit around here and there and back again in 14.

Feeling so upside down: traveling, when I should be staying, staying, when I should be following, reading when I should be writing, undressing when I should keep my clothes on.

Nevertheless, I feel everything will be as it is meant to be. That's how the world works, as Woland said.

Not to bother more with my unstable states of mind, this dress is actually called an Upside Down Dress. I bought it on a sample sale of Swedish brand Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair. The brand combines traditional tailoring and modern details. Their design is just fantastic, dark, romantic, simple and surprising in the same time. The pictures don't show even half of the beautiful construction of the dress. Its sleeves really look like sewed upside down. It reminds me of a beetle's armor, kimono or even a burgundy kite.

And it's not the only wonderful piece of design by V Avenue Shoe Repair I hunted that day!

Upside Down Dress: V Avenue Shoe Repair, sale

Bag: vintage, Flash Dance in Oslo

Shoes: Sneaky Stevens, sale

Earring: H&M

Bling- Bling

2011-09-21T02:52:00.000-07:00

A few things:
- doing some streeting in Nowy Port district with another lost soul: priceless
- commentaries about my bling-blinging pants ('' is it a Santa Claus coming?'', '' I would put it on my dog's neck''): even more priceless.
- the pants themselves: 40 nok (around 3 euro) on a very decent sale at Weekday in Oslo

With a dedication to Re, who wanted to see me wearing trousers:) Aj waj!

Top: H&M
Bolero: Zara Trf
Pants: Cheap Monday at Weekday
Shoes: Sneaky Stevens
Bag: Desigual (gift from Mummy)
Hand necklace: Pakamera.pl

Payasa triste

2011-09-19T07:44:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking in clowns and circus for a while now. First I've got obsessed by the movie '' Balada triste de trompeta'' (translated as '' The Last Circus''). Then there were clown and pierotte style pieces by Fam Irvol and some other circus shirts I can't forget. So when I finally found this clowny vintage sweater, I could not resist. It will color up my grey Stockholm days.

The sculptures on the pictures are by Niki de Saint Phalle, I found them by Moderna Museet in Stockholm. And yes, I am still thinking about another sculpture by her, sometime so long ago, somewhere else. But I know, there is somebody else now in Paris. And there will be somebody else somewhere in a W.city. And I will be someone else and they may even be different fountains and different bridges to cross and maybe even The Tarot Garden instead of Gaudi's Park. And it may not be bad. Not at all.

And yes, I know this is so tacky, this pictures are just kitch, I know I have bad taste and it is no fashion, and it is too much and I should not have diamonds both on my sweater and tights and earrings. Well, it's because I'm no fashion person. I'm just a sad clown. Es que no soy una persona fashion, soy una payasa triste. Y vos no sos un pirata, es que me encantas. Chao.

Sweater: Weekday Vintage, Stockholm

Tights: Monki

Bag: vintage, Beyond Retro

Earrings: vintage, Froken Diana's Salonger, Oslo

Viento Sur

2011-09-14T14:14:00.000-07:00

Hoy se respira viento sur
ese que nace del frío,
horno de barro calienta el sol de los lugares perdidos.

Tu cuerpo calma mi dolor
y se dibuja el camino
manto de cielo sobre el tendal teje tu nombre y el mío.

Lisandro Artismuño, Viento Sur

Feeling the wind from the south. Being a bit southern down on the map, just for a moment. Smelling the wind in the flying layers of the shawl, which, I somehow feel, comes from Israel. My route is scheduled.

Skirt:Monki
Top:H&M
Shawl: market in Gdańsk
Bag: Solar
Shoes: Vivienne Westwood for Melissa
Earrings: Flash Dance Vintage, Oslo

South of the Border, West of the Sun

2011-08-23T08:52:00.000-07:00

When the sun goes down I decide to part where the borders take me away. Going to the south of the north and back again. Time is licking quicker and quicker between my fingers. I finish the last bottle of body oil, and it is not even worth buying a new one. I raise my hair longer, it is not even worth cutting. I will not even think about new places, where I will need to change the skin again. Buy new scissors, needles and teacups, just to throw them again in some time.

Come all you faithful and rise
Things aren't what they might seem
With all the makeshift lies
You'll never come out clean

Caperucita Roja

2011-08-11T05:12:00.000-07:00

¿ Por qué tenés los ojos tan grandes? ¿ Por qué tenés los dientes tan filosos? ¿ Por que tenés el pelo tan negro y los ojos tan brillantes y los labios tan sabrosos, por que te movés con gracia de una mujer loba, una mujer araña, una mujer luna? Luna, mi luna, si algún día veré el plenilunio- no sé.

Haven't you ever thought about the complexity of the Red Riding Hood character? In my eyes she is as much of an innocent girl as of a wolf woman, letting her teeth and claws grow, running in the moonlight, using the dangerous charm of her smile on purpose...

This story was styled by me in the beginning of june, still in Poland. It was photographed by Irremedios Photography for an exhibition which was held in one of Gdańsk' galleries. The subject was Exhibitionism and the young authors of the project wanted to discuss about different meaning of this phenomenon. Thank you so much for letting me participate!

Photos: Irremedios

Project and help: Warholowski

Styling and modeling: Veronica Fraticelli

Lisbeth Salander

2011-08-03T15:24:00.000-07:00

Just a few things that inspires me, this time when I'm wandering through the streets of the City of Tigers: black pasta with sepia, octopuses with their tentacles and black uniformed character like Lisbeth Salander from Milenium.

Net: vintage
Necklace: H&M
Top: H&M
Earring: H&M
Jeans: Cubus

Through the lens, darkly

2011-07-23T11:28:00.000-07:00

Remember the times you still needed to wait for photos being developed? Times with camera films, there every photo meant something and you could not just throw 1000 pictures with your mobile phone in 10 minutes?

Stephane Polteau is an Oslo based photographer, who uses cameras and lenses from the beginning of the 1900 to capture artistic vintage portraits. I had an honor to pose for him yesterday. It was actually a very calming experience - we took just 8 pictures, but each of them needed its time for preparation. I needed to keep very still during a longer moment. Demanding, but so full of meaning and focus. I could also observe a part of the developing process and it was pure alchemy- this art of getting a portrait out of shadows and light....

I chose two outfits that suited Stephane's vintage style: the first one is quite 20'ties and decadent, the second one with dots reminds me of 40- 50'ties movie stars and old Havana style. I also tried on Stephane's vintage glasses, which made me look totally seventies, I've got this ''Love Story'' feeling. I used just original vintage dresses and earrings, and a feather fascinator by my talented Dagne.

Please, watch more of Stephane's magnetizing work here!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calceman/

Merci!

Adelante!

2011-06-29T11:59:00.000-07:00

The main hero of the photo is of course the piglet handbag. I was willing to have my own piglet to show off with since I discovered Style Bytes and Agatha's lovely Vietnamese pig. But right now i can just opt for an artificial version:) The dress with kind of a circus pattern makes the outfit even more infantile.

The piglet comes from Mexico and I decided to baptize him Salvador, after famous painter Salvador Dalí. Dalí used to say he wanted to be as a pig, because a pig always moves ahead. Whatever he meant by that, I took is as a kind of a motto for the coming months. I am in Norway now and it is not the easiest stay I had here. I will also move to Stockholm soon, which also means big changes and new challenges.

I will just try to repeat : ¡ Para adelante!

Dress: vintage from Rags&Silks

Piglet handbag: Gallery with Mexican jewelry and accessories in Gdańsk, Piwna street

Rest: no names found around

Thanks to Justyna (Cudak) for the photos!

Verónica del mar

2011-06-23T02:28:00.000-07:00

Verónica del Mar es una estrella
lúdica de un bar del Malecón.
Verónica del Mar, sinuosa y bella, como una
espiral de humo marginal. Se va a volar
Verónica del Mar

Verónica del Mar es una bruja
cariangelical de corazón.
Verónica del Mar tiene una aguja bajo su pajar, (vedado
registrar). Puede cegar Verónica del Mar.

Siempre va sola y como a la deriva, la autoridad
la ve pero la esquiva. ¿De dónde es?
¿Con quién está?
¿Regresa o se va? Novela más de
noche y de ciudad.

Verónica del Mar- a song by Cuban singer Silvio Rodríguez was an inspiration for this shot. It tells the story of

Verónica from the Sea, who is a mysterious character from Cuban capital, La Habana.

She appears only at nights and nobody knows,where she is heading for, if she stays or goes.

She wanders by the famous Malecón - an esplanade by the waterfront- and stays at bars.

She is a witch, with an angel, heart- shaped face. She ignores the authority and always walks her way.

Veronica from the sea- she's gonna fly away.

Being half- Cuban and baptized Veronica I could not identify with the character more!

I have also a strong connection with the sea. My ancestors always lived by the sea, they come from

Spanish Galicia and Canarian Islands, so the needed to cross the whole Atlantic to get to Cuba.

My father was also working on the ships and travelled around the world.

My Polish grandfather worked in Gdańsk shipyard, and that's why I was born and raised in this port city.

So, I really am a Veronica from the Sea. Even my zodiac sign is pisces.

No matters if it is a hot Caribbean Sea or grey Baltic waves -

I just need the sea to be around, I cannot live in a place where there is no sea.

Soon Veronica del mar is gonna fly away and live on the other side of the Baltic,

wandering around by the Oslo fjord and Stockholm's charming bays.

This shoot is an amazing cooperation with my favorite photographer and make- up artist:

Dominika and Karolina. The day we spend together creating under the blue sky was just perfect!

This talented ladies created the magical atmosphere. So unique as a blue color,

which is almost impossible to find in nature.

Photos: Dominika Śnieg, check here selection on her blog.

Make up and 7th photo: Karolina alias Kaya Retro

Styling and modeling: Veronica Fraticelli

Dress: Love Vintage Shop

Blue lip gloss: Mac

Se va a volar, Verónica del Mar...

I used to be an angel

2011-06-20T04:40:00.000-07:00

This photos were taken around.. 5 years ago. Times I still used to be a young angel with long, almost blond curly hair and innocent eyes.

I've lost the CD with these pictures in all my travels and life twists. Now, when I have them back, I remember even more of a friend who took them. He was a great photographer already at high school. He was also the first one who made me looking interesting at pictures. He used to call me '' Veronica Buenos Aires'', and would probably be very surprised how adequate this nickname became with years.

We didn't have any contact since high school and even the internet and facebook didn't help. I'm not into keeping relationships from the past, but this friend was one I'd really like to hear something about. So- maybe now, when he sees this pictures? Then he would see what became of his angel friend:)

All the pictures by Łukasz Baka. ¡Señorita Buenos Aires te manda saludos!

Sopot Fashion Days- Champagne with Strawberries

2011-06-13T15:59:00.000-07:00

I spent this weekend participating in a fashion event at my favorite city in 3city, where I live- Sopot. Fashion, sea, sun, holidays- that is what I call life!

My outfit for the first day was a vintage dress for my favorite second-hand place in Gdańsk. Such a good alternative for finding the most trendy items! This year fruits are really in fashion. But who would care for Prada's bananas or Stella McCartney's lemons if you can have the most tasty strawberries for the one hundred part of the prize?

We spent this two lazy days with lovely Karolina, Viola and Gosia. We've made a good team and even been spotted by a new street fashion photohrapher- last photo from www.michaelasman.blogspot.com. I think this photo looks like from Sex in the City, doesn't it?

Mother Queen was also there on the first part of the shows and liked collections by Maja Suchecka and Bohoboco.
As for my review you should check for an extended rapport on Ultra Żurnal homepage! Welcome:)

My outfit

Dress: vintage
Bag: Solar
Tights: noname
Shoes: Vivienne Westwood for Melissa

Photos by Kaya Retro:)

Suitable champagne with strawberries!

Pirate of the Caribbean

2011-06-07T14:36:00.000-07:00

The clever tropical wind, which suddenly arrived to the port of Gdańsk, has reminded me of what I really am: a Carribean Pirate. Pirata Caribeña. Made to concur the waters and the costs, pacify even the most wild marine creatures and triumphantly arrive on the yeasty waves to the welcoming shores of desert islands.

Somebody called me a princess once but was rather surprised when he soon discovered I'm much more of a malicious captain swearing for his wooden leg.¡Pierna maldita!

So when the tropical heat arrives to the baltic coast, I'm already heading to my second dominium on the caribbean waters. I'll only drink rum and whiskey and squeeze all the octopuses or turtles I meet on my way into a tasty soup!

Pirate tee: Zara Trf

Pirate shorts: vintage Jean de Castelbajac from Rags&Silks

Wedges: Vivienne Westwood for Melissa

Parrot earrings: Twins

Pics courtesy Mother Pirate, ahoj! Dziękować.

Dali by Sopot Dance Theatre

2011-06-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

Mam przyjemność poinformować o jutrzejszej premierze spektaklu ,,Dali'' Sopockiego Teatru Tańca - znakomitego zespołu tańca współczesnego, działającego już od 13 lat. Spektakl inspirowany jest życiem i twórczością Salvadora Dalego, kolorami i formami charakterystycznymi dla jego dzieł, zapiskami pozostawionymi przez malarza w jego ,, Dzienniku geniusza'' oraz postacią jego żony Gali.

Premiera odbędzie się jutro, 6. czerwca na Scenie Kameralnej Teatru Wybrzeże w Sopocie. Biletów już od dawna brak, ale artyści już teraz zapraszają na kolejne prezentacje sztuki- 21. sierpnia podczas festiwalu Polskiego Teatru Tańca ,, Dancing Poznań'', oczywiście w Poznaniu oraz latem i jesienią w Trójmieście.

Przyjemność z oglądania spektaklu będzie dla mnie szczególnie duża, gdyż miałam zaszczyt stylizować kostiumy dla tej wspaniałej grupy tancerzy! Bardzo dziękuję za współpracę i mocno trzymam kciuki za jutro!

I have an honor to announce the premiere of the newest production by Sopot Dance Theatre- '' Dali''. The play is based on work and life of the Catalonian painter Salvador Dali. The tickets for tomorrows spectacle at Wybrzeże Theatre in Sopot had been sold out a while ago, but there will be more occasions to see it in the autumn in 3city or at Dancing Poznań Festival on 21st of August.

I had also a great pleasure to style the costumes to this spectacle and can't wait how they gonna look on these great dancers tomorrow night! Keeping my fingers crossed!

DALI

Spektakl inspirowany twórczością Salvadora Dali

Koncept: Jacek Krawczyk / Scenariusz: Joanna Czajkowska, Jacek Krawczyk / Choreografia i taniec: Izabela Sokołowska, Katarzyna Antosiak, Joanna Czajkowska, Jacek Krawczyk, Przemysław Wereszczyński / Performance: Alicja Domańska, Monika Bartoszewicz, Iwona Gilarska / Scenografia: Alicja Domańska / Kostiumy: Veronica Fraticelli / Modystka: Dagne Chełkowska / Stylizacja: Marzena Okoń / Wizualizacje: Łukasz Boros / Muzyka: Michał Jeziorski (SPIKA), Mariusz Noskowiak / Reżyseria świateł: Bartosz Cybowski, Artur Aponowicz

Foto: Artur Paluszyński, Andrzej Sip

Muertovivos

2011-06-04T14:42:00.000-07:00

Today we've seen a small theater piece by a group from South America - the actors come from Argentina, Cuba and Mexico. The title was '' Muertovivos'', I would translate it as Living Dead. The whole thing was rather boring, I was expecting something mystic or ritual but it was a rather simple contemporary satire with political hints. An embarrassing translation from Spanish to Polish, didn't make it any better. If not for the Argentinian actress , I would be regretting it even more.

But the good thing was I had an occasion to put my new skirt, which I thought could be thematically suitable:) I'm not into gothic fashion and skeletons normally, but when I saw this playful skirt at Shini first, I just needed to have it immediately! I matched with a necklace bought at Fashion Week Poland in Łódź. As Harel said, it looks a bit as a half-eaten chocolate Easter bunny. She also recommended me to count people who would think it's just got damaged:)

The bag comes from a new boutique in Sopot- Living Room. The owner specializes in American brands and hunts for cloths in New York.

I was overwhelmed when I saw this wall with Miyazaki's characters' graffiti. Little Kodama ( these white fellows) suits the skull pattern perfectly:)

Skirt: Ebay

Singlet: Reserved

Shoes: Allegro.pl

Bag: David & Scotti in Living Room, Sopot

Necklace: Showroom at Fashion Week Poland, unfortunately don't know the designer's name

Children's Day

2011-06-01T08:01:00.000-07:00

We didn't made it for the Mother's Day, but we wanted to have some pictures together with my Mum, wearing these t-shirts from Asos collection. So we celebrated Children's Day instead.

Actually my Mum stole the idea of buying this t-shirts after seeing them on Sanna's post:) First she fall for the Mr Fox, then for the Badger.

So we styled them each one in her own way- me being a bit of a dandy and more boyish character, and my Mum colorful as always.

Of course my Mum totally stole me the show and posed outrageously well. But strangely enough, she was not so skillful on the other side of the camera... that's why they are not many photos of myself which could be used here...

So good to share a common taste and style and almost the same size:)

Mum wearing:

Tee: Asos
Jeans: Americanos
Sweater: very, very old Zara bought in Lisbon
Shawl: Solar
Shoes: Oppus
Foxy pin or fascinator: Celapiu

Me wearing:

Tee: Asos
Pants: Zara TRF
Bolero: Zara TRF
Bow: vintage, Oslo
Suspenders: vintage, Oslo
Bag: vintage, market in Gdańsk
Porcupine pin: Tilly Bloom

Of Dandelions and Toadstools

2011-05-30T04:15:00.000-07:00

Summer time is here! Especially beautiful in Poland. All these colors and blooming is trying to tear your eyes apart.

It should be prescribed by doctors to blow at least in this usually grey country.

Shirt: Dansk

Skirt: Desigual

Beret: Tiny Toadstool

Tights: allegro.pl

My casual

2011-05-27T11:34:00.000-07:00

This is more or less a casual outfit of mine when I need to go to the university. I would say it's rather simple. But I really like the uncommon details of the skirt and the way different kinds of stripes and patterns works together on this photo.

That's it for now, not feeling for any longer divagations.

Tee: H&M

Skirt: Sh

Tights: allegro.pl

Bag: on Fashion Week

Photos by my lovely wife the Wingsdropper:)

I'm still a warrior

2011-05-23T12:57:00.000-07:00

Still with Asian connotations. Boasting with flowers. And with a kind of a ninja attitude.

Mixing roses with even more roses, adding some parrots and a Chinese, embroidered bag. The more the better.

I run into this bags on Harel's blog and immediately ordered a one. It's dangerous to enter this blog, its lovely author's got a talent for finding out most beautiful an imaginative design from internet stores.

Blouse: from Cudak
Coat: Monki
Tights: Atmosphere, traditionally robed my mother
Ribbon: from Rags&silks
Bag: Organic by Nature
Earrings: Twins

Polish Fashion Week 3- Sayonara

2011-05-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

When I was around 10 I dreamt about becoming a nun or a geisha when I'd grow up. I haven't seen any contradiction in it.
It's rather obvious there is no chance for the monastery for me anymore.
As for the geisha dream, I managed to become a one just for a while.

Vintage kimono: Fretex Unika, Oslo
Belt: Rags&Silks
Bag: from Umeå, Sweden
Shoes: Vivienne Westwood for Melissa, London
Earrings: designers market at Blå, Oslo

Photos by Kamila Kyrcz (lamode.info) i Kaya Retro.

Polish Fashion Week 2- Feather Lady

2011-05-12T10:55:00.000-07:00

If my outfit from the first day woke up certain interest, the feather headpiece I wore on saturday became almost a scandal. I had to admit that this beautiful headdress by Dagne is nothing less than a spectacular piece of art in the best Isabella Blow style!

So is also this vintage dress by Oscar de la Renta. I simply adore this gem pattern!

Dress: vintage Oscar de la Renta, Flash Dance Oslo
Shoes: vintage, sh Gdańsk
Bag: vintage, Flash Dance Oslo
Headpiece: by Dagne, www.ododatku.blogspot.com

All pics by Kayaretro.

Polish Fashion Week 1- The White Stripes

2011-05-11T08:27:00.000-07:00

It was a real pleasure to attend Fashion Week Poland in Łódź this weekend. Although the vast majority of the presented collections has not convinced me ( maybe except some Off Out of Scheldule shows, mostly by Konrad Parol, Maldoror and Marcin Podsiadło), I had a great time simply feeling the atmosphere of this fashion event. The best show I saw on the main stage was definitely the one by Berenika Czarnota. The biggest disappointment was the new collection of Agnieszka Maciejak- I couldn't see neither fresh ideas nor the recognizable style, mostly due to the fact that this time her famous leggins were accompanied by simple , geometrical t-shirts- such a cliche ingredient of most of Polish design... I regret a bit we couldn't stay longer and see the shows by Zuo Corp and Bohoboco, which gained very positive feedback.

I also got a bit mixed feelings about the content of the showroom. Basically there was a lot of nice stuff and interesting cloths there- but nothing really outstanding, to be honest. Many designers represented rather a hand made, artistic kind of fashion than a sophisticated but functional design I would like to find on such an event... I ended up buying a necklace with a spoiled porcelain bunny, hope to shoot some pics with it soon!

The biggest highlight of this edition was great organization- no queues, comfortable and spacious location at Expo hall.

This time I had a great pleasure to travel together with Karolina from Kayaretro. We suit each other even with our striped outfits! Both wearing loads of vintage:)

My outfit and mostly my self- made hat raised quite a big interest and there was some time for the fashion reporters to take a picture of me. I was invited to have my look published in ''Fashion People''- a book on Polish street fashion by Dorota Wróblewska. Hope I will really be there!

But the best part was of course meeting other bloggers! Here with Kaka Bubu from Metki, Plenty of Hangers oraz Agatiszką. Do zobaczenia dziewczyny, mam nadzieję na szybką powtórkę!

All pics by Kayaretro.

My head in bloom

2011-04-15T02:26:00.000-07:00

She used to say she´s not a girl in blue. But sometimes everybody may be tempted to be a forget-me -not flower.

It was a morning in tule, flowers and plums.

The indian summer was close.

But in the same time a masquerade on the Spanish court could happen so soon.

Looking through the window on this chilly morning...

... she thought everything could be just a matter of putting on a different hat.

Pastel pink and salmon?

Or maybe some carmine with French burgundy?

A hair adorn can change you into a sad movie- star from the 20-ties.

Or just give a sensual touch to a common white shirt.

It can make your wings grow.

It can make you flowers bloom.

It can turn your whole world upside- down.

So be aware of the transforming powers of hats.

Bring back the hat!

Hair pieces: Dagne from www.ododatku.blogspot.com

Photo: Dominika Śnieg, www.doomaaa.blox.pl

Make up: Agnieszka Świst- Kamińska

Styling and modeling: Veronica Fraticelli

This session is a result of a cooperation of 4 wonderful girls:) The main reason was to present the beautiful head pieces created by Dagne, a real hat passionate. Stay tuned at her blog, soon you may have a possibility to get some of this wonderful pieces for your own!

Thanks everybody for the participation and engagement!

Black and gold

2011-03-21T06:46:00.000-07:00

This time she was possessed by the rush of black and gold. She was strolling down the alley thinking of the 80'ties flow and times nothing was too much.

Times when she could be a David Bowie- like strange looking alien angel,

Or a spoiled android from Blade Runner.

There were times when Cleopatra was reborn and everybody wanted to be some kind of a queen, longing for some gold and glitter.

The hunt begun.

But was she a prize?

Or a hunter?

Coat: Monki
Sweater: Motel Rocks
Tee, jeans: H&M
Boots: Irregular Choice
Gloves: vintage from Fretex Unika, Oslo
Earrings: vintage, market in Gdansk

Photos by Dominika Śnieg.

Styling & starring Veronica Fraticelli

Trendy

2011-03-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

I've just become a fashion victim. My immune system got weak and I'm simply so much into the newest trends of the season. First: the parisian, Coco Chanel like style with sailor stripes. You can see this kind of t-shirts on every corner... Secondly: color pants. I opted for red, as I usually do, but on the way to cashiers I saw an electric blue version... and now I can't sleep thinking of buying the second, blue pair. Even though I don't have anything to match it ! Then: bold colors. Last year I simplified my closet to 4 colors- red, black, purple and pale pink. And now I'm just dying to ruin it with electric blue, fuchsia, mustard yellow and orange!!! Again!! And last but not least: me, feminine me, always wearing dresses, ruffles, accessories, patterns- I want to be simple and a bit boyish! You can see the first try. I even had my hair cut. shorter. than . ever. And I'm satisfied!

What has this awful fashion done to me?

T-shirt: Zara Trf

Pants: Zara Trf

Jacket: Zara Trf... yes, I am boring

Bag: made of recycled newspapers, bought on Polish Fashion Week in Łódź

Shoes: All Stars Converse

Gracias a la Madre por las fotos. A secas.

Exhibition's opening

2011-03-09T10:16:00.000-08:00

The exhibition of the photos of bloggers from Gdańsk was opened yesterday! It was a lovely evening. Thanks to Alicja for great organization and to the girls for the nice meeting!

With Karolina from www.kayaretro-blog.blogspot.com and Agnieszka from www.aroundmycloset.blogspot.com Photo by Karolina's personal assistant:)

I adored Karolina's vintage dress! She knows the best places for vintage in Gdańsk:) Photo from her blog as well, check it up!

You can also see a short movie from yesterday by www.trojmiasto.pl. http://kultura.trojmiasto.pl/Blogerzy-do-biblioteki-n46154.html
It looks like my Foksy Fox by Celapiu became the star of the evening! Even my mum was caught by the camera:)

You can see the exhibition until the 10th of April in the library on Mariacka Street in Gdańsk

Streets And People

2011-03-08T01:49:00.000-08:00

I've just gotten the magazine I told you about last time in my hands:) My photo is published on page 87. The whole magazine is really thick and full of street fashion photos on the beautiful creamy paper:)

Contributors' list

Here I am!
This week my new photo from the shipyard session with Dominika Śnieg was also chosen a Photo of the Week in the new edition contest! So now I am among the ones who will compete for the final prize- an invitation for the next Milano Fashion Week! Cross you fingers for me.

Fashion News

2011-03-02T09:27:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to share some news with you:)

First of all- to my surprise, my photo was chosen for an international magazine about street fashion- Streets And People. It's distributed worldwide! So now my style will be known all over the world, haha. Kidding. Well, you can see the demo version of the magazine here: www.streetsandpeople.com You need to go to ''magazine on paper''- ''demo version'' and browse until you find the page with red outfits. I will probably buy the magazine in Warsaw this week, hope they will have it!

That was the photo they chose- the one from Hello! Tinytoadstool project:

Then the second one is that I'm also trying to win in a competition held by H&M in Oslo. They are opening the biggest H&M in Norway next week and that's why they are looking for some style icons. I would'n mind winning 2500 norwegian crowns for some H&M shopping:) And the invitation to the party of course- it would be an excellent reason for going to Oslo next week:) So it would be nice if you'd like to vote for me here: http://hmlovesoslo.no/?id=864 I chose this photo by Andreas Helland from the last year's Oslo Fashion Week.

Then the last 2 news are rather for my Polish readers. First of all they can read my new article in Ultra Żurnal magazine here : http://ultrazurnal.pl/?p=1345 This time I took the subject of macabre and corporal aesthetics in fashion.

And last, but not least: everybody from Gdańsk is warmly welcome to the exhibition of personal style bloggers from 3city! It will be held between the 8th of March and the 10th of April in the Municipal Library of Gdańsk on Mariacka Street. There will be photos of 5 bloggers with the beautiful city of Gdańsk in the background:) Some information for the Polish readers:

Szafiarki

8 marca 2011 o godz. 17:00 rozpocznie się wernisaż wystawy oraz pokaz specjalny - projekcji blogów Szafiarek

Wojewódzka i Miejskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Gdańsku zaprasza na wystawę „Szafiarek” – gdańskich blogerek prezentujących w sieci własne modowe stylizacje. Blogerki specjalnie na potrzeby projektu przygotowały modowe kreacje w przestrzeni Gdańska, które zaprezentowane zostaną w formie wystawy screenshotów.

Udział biorą:

www.aroundmycloset.blogspot.com

www.biotechnologywardrobe.blogspot.com

www.cudacznie.blogspot.com

www.kayaretro-blog.blogspot.com

www.veronicafraticelli.blogspot.com

koordynacja : Alicja Lipińska

wstęp wolny

czas trwania: 08.03.2011 – 08.04.2011

Godziny otwarcia:
poniedziałek, wtorek, czwartek i piątek w godz. 10:00 – 18:00
środa,sobota w godz. 9:00 – 15:00

Wojewódzka i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Josepha Conrada Korzeniowskiego - Filia Gdańska ul. Mariacka 42 80-833 Gdańsk

Swetrzysko

2011-02-17T09:27:00.000-08:00

So many associations just because I bought this awful, hairy, huge sweater.

I feel it's a modern Kenzo -like kimono but the others tend to call it a Turkish cardigan, like the ones smuggled to Poland in the eighties...

I also feel a bit of a blocker from a bad district, while wondering around between the graffiti covered walls here. And there is something cool about wearing a hat but no coat and feeling a bit shady. Gdańsk is so violently beautiful now, when it's grey and chilly, but silent and without snow. So touching ugly.

There is something about ugly hairy sweaters as well. There is even a competition for the most ugly one held on this blog: www.nadwojebabkawrozyla.blox.pl. Check it.

Sweater: vintage, market in Gdańsk

Dress: H&M

Hat: Hand - Made by some Gdańsk based artist

Scarf: Kardamon in Sopot

Boots: vintage from Reprise in Oslo

Specjalne i oficjalne podziękowanie z foto dla Meine Jidische Mamełe. Shalom.

Kapeluszowy warsztat! Zostań modystką

2011-02-15T04:22:00.000-08:00

Zapraszam na warsztaty tworzenia kapeluszy, ktore odbędą się w kawiarni Kawiareton w Gdańsku Żabiance, ul. Gdyńska 4 w najbliższą sobotę 19.02. w godzinach 10-17.
Poniższe informacje ze strony głównej organizatorki- fantastycznej twórczyni bloga Czapki z Głów! Zapisy i informacje- napisz do mnie: veronicafraticelli@gmail.com

W ramach szerzenia i promocji sztuki ozdabiania głowy, chciałam poinformować o jednodniowych warsztatach z zakresu modniarstwa, które odbędą się w najbliższą sobotę w Trójmieście. Prowadzić je będzie, jedyna do tej pory, znana mi z chęci do dzielenia się wiedzą na ten temat -Małgosia Wybrańska.

Spotykamy się zatem 19 lutego ok godziny 10.00 (do ustalenia) i spędzamy dzień w sympatycznym towarzystwie z fantazją, dzieląc się wiedzą, radością tworzenia stroików/fascynatorów a także kawą i czekoladowymi muffinami !

Koszt spotkania zależy w pewnym stopniu od ilości osób chętnych. Bezpiecznie przyjmujemy, że będzie to 100zł z ceną wszystkich materiałów do zrobienia własnej ozdoby głowy wliczoną w tą kwotę. Prowadząca przywozi sprzęt oraz odpowiednią literaturę z inspiracjami. Chętnych proszę o kontakt mailowy- akatte@wp.pl lub veronicafraticelli@gmail.com do piątku godz. 14.00 Decyduje kolejność zgłoszeń !!

Poniżej słowo od prowadzącej...

"Moja zaczęła się od kursu w Greenwich Community College w Londynie i zajęć z Katty Janneh. Tak bardzo mnie wciągnęło, że zaczęłam szukać dodatkowych zajęć i tak trafiłam do Rose Cory - która przed otwarciem szkoły była modystką brytyjskiej Królowej Matki. Już po powrocie do Polski zakupiłam potrzebny sprzęt i zamieniłam pasję w sposób na życie.

Lubię dzielić się umiejętnościami i wiedzą, dlatego bardzo chętnie przeprowadzam pokazy i szkolenia. Prowadziłam warsztaty w wielu miastach, natomiast swoją pracownię prowadzę w Nakle n. Notecią.
Miałam ogromną przyjemność zaprezentować swoje projekty m.in. na pokazie 'Rave & Fashion' w Poznaniu w 2010 roku...A niedawno nawet w Teleexpressie :) "

Plan zajęć "Stwórz swój fascynator/toczek"- 7h:
- prezentacja gotowych fascynatorów, literatury oraz prasy z inspiracjami
- zapoznanie się z materiałem (sinamay) oraz jego możliwościami, sposoby obróbki
- wybór materiału (koloru) - namoczenie i naciągnięcie sinamay na formę
- wykonanie ozdoby-fascynatora bez bazy
- nauka zabezpieczania brzegów, łączenie z innymi materiałami
- mocowanie na klipsie, grzebieniu ect.
- jak to nosić

-stworzenie bazy fascynatora – modelowanie
-wszywanie drutu dla usztywnienia – zachowanie bilansu oraz proporcji
-utrwalenie umiejętności dekorowania bazy
-przygotowanie piór do wszycia;
-nauka wszycia woalki do całości;
-prezentacja swoich dzieł :)

Veronica Fraticelli for Ultra Żurnal

2011-02-15T04:16:00.000-08:00

Chciałam się tylko pochwalić i zachęcić do czytania mojego artykułu na stronie świetnego internetowego magazynu Ultra Żurnal. To pierwsza, mam nadzieję nie ostatnia próba. Moje skandynawistyczne wykształcenie w końcu się do czegoś przydaje i piszę o modzie w Szwecji. Zapraszam: http://ultrazurnal.pl/?p=1278

Just a short announcement- my article about Swedish fashion was published on the webpage of an excellent internet fashion magazine, Ultra Żurnal. It is in Polish though!

The Shipyard

2011-02-11T10:04:00.000-08:00

The city where all ships are gone and the shipyards stay empty, and it rains... it always rains.

How to live and not to feel overwhelmed by the shadows of the cranes here? Everything started here and my Grandfather went on strike as well.

But one day he came back home and said: there is just worse and worse sort of people getting into this, I won't go anymore.

So all the ships are gone now and I do prefer melting in fuchsia than anything else.

And I may even fly much above the crane's heads one day. Watch the take off!

And there will be a voice when I jump off the bridge in the middle of nowhere, saying'' I could have expected you here''.

Photos by Dominika Śnieg. Dziękuję!