Wishlist 2011

Hello! Well, I thought I'd post current wishlist for 2011. Basics like white shirts and military jackets not included...

Mulberry Mila Hobo

I've been lusting after this bag since... well, forever. It's unfair because I already have an Alexa bag which is my pride, joy and best friend, but this bag is special. It has a special flair and that electric blue just kills me! I adore the handle and it looks 500% better live. It's very practical too - big, roomy and soft, just like I need my bags to be (clutter whore, anyone?). The handle is very comfortable, too, which is nice  for the amount of stuff I'd put in the bag.

Prada Espadrille Oxfords

Do I have to start? Seriously? Because I don't even know what to say. I loved them on pictures and the minute I put them on at the store I felt like they were made for me. I can't explain it. It's that kind of feeling you get when you eat your favourite cake that's particular to a really hard-to-reach bakery. They didn't have my size though - tough luck - and now I have to wait until they're available online.

Proenza Schouler satchel

This one. Or the mustard yellow one. I'm not picky at all, really! If you can afford one and would like to, out of your generous heart, make me a happy woman and give me one of these, I'm all yours.

Seriously.

I would lick your shoes clean.

ASH studded boots

So you've probably all noticed I kind of have a penchant for the 'rocker-chic' style. Well, these boots are highly appropriate (just damn expensive). These aren't really the ones I wanted to show you - the ones I really want have a cross-shaped stud pattern so if you have a picture of those please let me know.

I'm coming for you, boots.

 

Okay I'm being rather unrealistic with these two but the Chanel 2.55 purse is definitely my request for my 21st birthday. It's more of a status symbol and a rite of passage than a bag. In fact, it's so much more than a bag I won't even try to tell you. Getting a Chanel 2.55 would mean that I am finally a woman and I'm coming into my own, that I'm grown up now and it would probably be my parents' last act of financial kindness.

These amazing spiked Louboutins though have been on my mind since ages but are way out of my reach. Still, this is a wishlist, not a buylist, so a girl can dream! Especially on her own blog, no?

x

IED & Photography

Hello everyone.

You might not know because this is a recent blog but I have, for many months, been obsessed with trying to get into a Fashion Communication course at IED - Instituto Europeo di Design. Today I have received information (and documents) necessary to my application, which means I can now - finally - apply.
I am dreadfully nervous even though I know it will be a long process but getting in or not is a life or death matter to me. Literally - I have no idea what to do with my life if I don't get in. So in the next few days I will be preparing documents, signing up for a photography course and putting together a small photography portfolio - optional, but I have decided I will submit at least some photographs, better than not showing anything.

So today I'm here to, besides talking about how nervous I am, show you something I've wanted for a long time (yes, another thing I want to buy).

An example from Amazon.

 

Yes, a 35mm film (and slide) scanner. As you probably know I've become an analogue photography fanatic and most of my monthly allowance goes towards getting film developed. 35mm film can go from 5€ to 7€; getting it developed goes for about 5-7€ as well. Doesn't sound expensive at all - 20€ tops for a roll of film? Wonderful! The thing is, when you get your negatives, how are you going to see the pictures? You have to print them, right?

Well, printing can cost up to 15-20€. So what started out as 10€ per film turns into sometimes more than 30€ - film, development and printing. Cool, huh? If you have two films developed and printed, instead of paying 20€ total you can pay up to 60€. For someone like me, who does about 4 or 5 rolls of film per month,  it ends up making a pretty big hole in my wallet, when I could save sometimes more than 100€ per month.

If you have one of those nifty things up there, which go for less than 90€, you pay 5€ for film, 5€ for development and none for printing. But what if I want prints of my photographs anyway? Well, if you scan your own negatives, you'll have, say, 5MP photographs on your computer... which means you can pretty much print them yourself at home. 

For someone who is really into analogue photography, it ends up saving you a LOT of money! So my decision right now, since I already got my wonderful lens ( o b s e s s e d with it), is to save for this lovely little item, which will eventually help for saving more money!

I want this

Sony 50mm F1.4 lens

I can't buy it right now, obviously. I need to save for my UK trip but this is what I'm buying once I can afford it. I need to start working on my digital photography because every day I get more excited about photography in general. I want to learn and get better and do this seriously because I don't think I've ever had something I've enjoyed this much.