Roksanda Ilincic At Home

Born in Belgrade, Serbia and based in London, Roksanda Ilincic takes a fresh, feminine—even avant-guardian—approach to dress design. Her creations read more like art pieces: delicate but bold, fluid but sculptural. I had a chance to visit her London home which she shares with her husband Phil Bueno del Mesquita with the incredible photographer Henrik Knudsen. Working closely with hotshot UK  architect David Adjaye they have created an environment that plays with light. It’s all about how to use light and dark whether as a focal points, to define an area or to draw the eye to a favourite piece. The result is dramatic, breathtaking and a natural  extension of her fashion line.

 

Portrait by Richard Nicholson

 The 32-year-old former model graduated from London’s Central Saint Martins arts college in 2000, and by 2005, boldly made her mark on the runways with her namesake Roksanda Ilincic line. Roksanda chose Adjaye for his bespoke designs that have always been less about structure or form and more about illusion. He approaches them with an artist’s sensibility, displaying an ingenious use of materials and ability to sculpt light. ‘I prefer not to make a house look a house. The aim for my buildings is to leave an individual impression based on how they’re experienced,’ he says. With this King’s Cross home, once an industrial concrete loading bay, Roksanda and David have created a glam-chic space with low-budget materials.

 

All pictures by Henrik Knudsen

What I love is how they have shown us how light can be captured and displayed like a beautiful butterfly in a glass bell jar.

Never underestimate the power of the morning coffee..

Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee.  ~Stephanie Piro

 

  see: sally scott's latest collection, for the love of sweetness. love all the outfits, the photos, the short videos. just love everything about it!

Decaffeinated coffee is kind of like kissing your sister.  ~Bob Irwin

Please Don't Enter

Some days even being a supermodel you just don't feel like having your picture taken. Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is notorious for keeping his glasses on to keep the world out. Well here are a few others following his lead.

All pictures via marija strajnic 

To be honest today I want to keep the world out. I desire to hide away in a little cave so I don't have to deal with what is going on. The company where I work is laying a whole bunch of people off and today I have a meeting about my position being made redundant. Ho hum. It's been a weird old year for me and I guess you could say it's one of those times in life where it feels like the rug has been pulled out from under my feet. I could get all philosophical on you right now but nah.  I'm not ashamed to say today I need a mask and for me that is a pair of sunglasses.

It's A Dog's World

"Every time we look at an animal
we see a disguised human being laughing at us". (Canetti)

One of my hero Brit photographers Derrick Santini who started shooting when he was 13-years-old and went on to shoot Alexander McQueen, James Morrison, Lily Allen, Yves Saint Laurent and Jay Jopling for magazines such as Dazed & Confused has used his intimate style of photography to capture some dogs with their pets!