Arts and 60s Fun

Okt05: Working@Georgia

2010-10-05T07:55:00.000-07:00

A bit of dark and light experiments.

I did about 100 drawings during the two weeks.

In the exhibition at the georgian art academy.

This was my favorite work, but it was given to the german embassy in georgia.

Love, Milena

Sept25: Heading Home after Georgia

2010-09-27T10:46:00.000-07:00

After this great, impressing trip to Georgia, I went home to meet my family and eat good bavarian food.
Like after every group trip, i feel kind of tired but lonesome. 15 days never alone do affect you.
Next post will be some pics with my work and the journey carefully saved on them!

Love, Milena

Hmmm. Guess what. This is me dancing MC Hammer :D

2010-08-17T04:30:00.001-07:00

Thrifting.. 4 pieces, 10 €

2010-08-16T09:20:00.001-07:00

Dress: 3 €. I have to narrow it and add new buttons (maybe big, white ones)

Dress: 3 €. I have to shorten / narrow it. But I’m not yet sure about the length, because I have already so many mini-dresses. But maybe it’s extra-cool when it’s extra-short, because the fabric and the pattern look so old-fashioned?

Blouse: 1,50 €. It fits me! Nothing to do with it, it’s only to decide how to combine it and if i want this little bow sewed on it or not.

Dress: 2,50 €. I have to shorten and narrow it, but not too much. I want it to end on my knees. I just discovered at home the cute little buttons! There are 3 big golden ones and 2 with a deer on it :)

I think it also needs a belt, maybe my big purple one or a cute little black one.

Old Advertisment on a store window. Think it’s from the 60s because of what the girl is wearing.

Love, Milena

16. Aug. What I plan to do today and tomorrow

2010-08-16T06:43:00.000-07:00

So... the pic was shot at the Endless Summer Open Air where I went last weekend.
It was great, there were several favorite bands of mine playing.
Ah.. did I mention my new hair? Now I have curly hair.

Today, I slept till 12 o' clock, and was just sitting in front of my laptop.
But I am really getting nervous by now, because I am so lazy.
This is what I plan to do:
- get something to eat in the bio market. (maybe for a vegetable pan?)
- go shopping in a secondhand store around the corner with this freaky old woman as a seller
- clean up my hardly working laptop, get it tidy
- clean up my flat
- phone relatives
- ...?

Love, Milena

listening to this:

Some beautyful pics from my journey to Turunc

2010-06-15T14:49:00.001-07:00

The view from our balcony

I discovered that I love to travel by air.

A very stony beach, but this can lead to creation as well…

A dog living between street and touristic bars.

3 Pics in a row

The haven of a city whose name I forgot.

I will definitely use this ones for my digital paintings, and I have much more of them on my pc.

A unusual view…

… and the best food on earth.

Some playing with sharpness.

Some results of long days drawing and longer nights trying to do some painting (not much of this shown here) at the atelier.

All in all, it was a wonderful and a crazy experience.

Love, Milena

One Painting AndTwo Looks I Liked

2010-06-09T04:06:00.000-07:00

07Apr10: Self-Portrait

2010-04-06T15:04:00.001-07:00

Mar9: Striped, Blue, Boyfriend-Jeans

2010-03-09T05:53:00.000-08:00

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Hey,
I AM really cleaning up my room and the rest of the appartment (at least the parts of the mess I caused :D). And it's nearly done.
I wore boyfriend jeans (actually they are ex-boyfriend jeans, because I got them from one of my ex-boyfriends, haha), a black-and-white striped turtleneck pullover and a small jacket, blue with little puffy sleeves. And false converse chucks to finish.
AND: Sunglasses, because the sun was shining!! (Not that usual in this winter) Kind of spring feeling, but without the warm temperatures.
So, this week it's going back to my parents for a few days :) Here in Nuremberg, I am a bit alone because my friend Tina is not available at the moment, she is in Austria with a friend. Yesterday I went shopping in the city with Jenny, before that we had a cup of coffee and after that a drink. I bought the striped pullover above, a dove blue shift dress and really nice trousers.. but I have to shorten them.
So long,
Love, Milena

Mar2: Spring brings wings :D:D

2010-03-02T13:34:00.000-08:00

Hello.

No, I don't think that my title is correct, but it sounds funny and I like to play with rhymes.
And it's also true: With the rain that washed the dirty heaps of snow away, good and healthy thoughts came over me. Well, I was ill again, but now I slowly get back on my feet. I'm with my parents for a few days, which is nice and good for my soul.

In this spring, I want to:

1.
Eat healthier and not too late (last meal before midnight would even be a start^^)
I also want to start cooking! And maybe eat on a table and not sitting on the couch watching TV.
Eventually I can loose a bit weight, I put on about 10 pounds the last half of a year (greek food and too less sports!!)

2.
Get more fresh air. Every day at least a little walk or bike ride. This will help me to stay healthy.

3.
Sleep at reasonable times: It's nothing worth to stay up till 3 in the morning just watching TV or hanging round in the web hardly finding any activity. If I sleep at midnight and wake up at 9 a.m., I would be able to do so much in the morning! Have cup of tee, do my walk, get a shower, learn, read a book, polish my nails, cook (!), paint and so on

4.
Be more stylish again. Now it's (again) just sneakers, blue jeans and a blouse in bright colours for waiting at the restaurant. Nothing special. But maybe I can dress at least 2 times a weak a bit more fancy, do pics and post them here?

5.
(Most important and urgent)
I WILL clean up my room. Really. And (if I get up earlier) I will keep it tidy!
And I plan to make my room even nicer. More this kind what you can see in journals called "living" ;D
I will post pics of the room now (maybe after making it a little tidier) and after the makeover!

I really hope I can deal with all my good resolutions, even if they came too late for being New Year's ones!

Love, Milena

Ahh! And I'm having a exhibition right now!! Last sunday, the opening took place. Pics... in a few days. Also got two newspaper articles, ha!

Feb5: In the middle of ridiculous stress

2010-02-05T05:10:00.000-08:00

Hello,
I'm well again & learning, learning, learning, working and learning again.
So just a short outfit post!
Love, Milena

29.Jan: I'm ill.

2010-01-29T04:40:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Just wanted to say that I'm a little bit ill. I have a cold and a flu. At the same time! I didn't even know that this is possible.. Well, I will cure completely, then learn for the tests and then I'll back with nice outfits! At the moment, it's more the pullover-and-sweatpants type of thing.

Love, Milena

Jan23: Bad Quality!

2010-01-23T05:56:00.000-08:00

Simple, yet cute I think.

22Jan: Blue Shoot

2010-01-22T04:40:00.000-08:00

Hello!
This is my new knitted turtleneck dress that I got from a little shop with Italian Clothing in Nuremberg. Underneath I'm wearing the new skirt because it made me feel more secure (the dress is a little short). Simple white shirt, blue tights, cute little black booties and a bit of experimental posing, here you go!
Love, Milena

16&19Jan: Two ways to wear my new blouse!

2010-01-19T14:03:00.001-08:00

At the Disco.

Yes, I do say "Disco" and not "Club", I'm old-fashioned.

Funny how some colours really don't suit me? For example the 2. one, blue, or the creepy greens at the bottom.

Day-Wear! Cute and simple.

Black with lovely booties!

And: I went shopping today! I bought boots, dark brown with light platform heels for 10 Euro, a summer-color-striped pullover for 5 Euro, a pair of dark jeans, a black knitted dress and a comfy black skirt. I think I'll wear all this soon ;)

Love, Milena

Jan14: Winter Wonderland

2010-01-15T14:56:00.001-08:00

Hello!
I wore this cool combination. I liked it. Jacket from H&M, patterned tights from ???, Turtleneck from Adessa and Skirt from C&A. Goes well with my glasses, hm?

Jan13: Poetry again, and again Typical Cats!

2010-01-13T14:37:00.000-08:00

I won't stop painting till the world looks the way it should, I'm on a mission to make heaven look like my neighborhood.

07Jan.II.: Carbon

2010-01-07T15:09:00.001-08:00

Hello!
I did these drawings with carbon, the first three pictures in class and later a work load at home (last picture). I'm still into wrinkles and fabric. My professor for drawing told me again to do more stuff like that because I have a "great sense for fabrics". Nice compliment, ha?
Love, Milena

07Jan: Little Dresses and Headache

2010-01-07T09:39:00.000-08:00

Hello!
First time dressing for University since 2 or 3 weeks!
I wore a cheap Twiggy-Style dress, underneath a white turtleneck pullover to keep me warm.
And some tights that I bought because they seemed to have a nice flowery pattern. But when I got into them for the first time, the pattern only reached my knees, so it looks kind of awkward. But they're warm!
Combined everything with good old 60s boots and my black coat, and using my wallet as a clutch.
This was the first shoot with my new glasses!
I didn't go to Uni this afternoon, because I had (and have!) horrible headache... But now I'm off for training with the cheerleaders, so I think it will go away soon. :)
Love, Milena

06Jan: Lyrics! Typical Cats - What you thought hops

2010-01-06T12:49:00.000-08:00

I so dig this poem/rap song!
This is the crew's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/typicalcatscrew

Normally, I'm not into rap or hiphop, but I think this are really good lyrics.

Poetry is the language of imagination
Poetry is a form of positive creation
Difficult, isn't it the point? Ya missin it
Rockin's kinda new to me cause my true love is poetry
I don't know what you thought hops but chief I've got tall props see
This be thee rebuttal version
To mister academic who does not believe that my poems would
could should have muscles and bodies like this one
I want my poem to be brazen and long legged
and squash mud under a hard yellow heals wicked gravity
I wish to leave this lab of brains swishing in jars
and write poems that shatter glass with undeniable bodies
I want to be a word that wants to be a sweating brick
so drink that through your pointed teeth and critique it
I want to be the strophe that strokes the ear in salty heaves
a spine that bends and works like the dance you shut the door to be
Listen to me, with your hips
Clutch this line in the fleshy grip of bold thighs
Eat through your ears and drink through your pores
and if you see me splashed across a page
Know that a leaf is a tongue that you wear to make love
to a voice not your own, eat this poem
Floss with the barbed length of a simile
and scrape your tongue across the living verses
bristling skin my I is just my I I promise
I believe in closure but not in hospital corners
the way first principles are real but untraceable see
God is meaning, means becoming, means I knock before I come in
Means I wriggle through the riddle of the flesh to out sweat it
Means I wear my impertinence upon my fluttering lip
My refusal to bow out to some abstract curtain
and exist backstage by the sandbags and pulleys
Hell fucking no! I exist to be seen
to see and be seen, to push my I to the thou
Because the premise of my rhythm is the un-apologetic
emphatic insistence of the declarative sentence
That's right bad boy, I am I is I be, fuck you.
I can speak about myself and rhyme in couplets if I want to
I am I is I be I do I self I delf I solo I dolo is is is is I I I
Am my mother's talk stories from beginning to end.
Listen to this poem with your hips..

Yes it's Denizen an exhalation of breath
and these Typicaaal Cats will make the session start fresh
Yes it's I grip tight the lemon scented mic device
these Typicaaal Cats will make the session start right
See I was born with two tongues but no green card
my skin marked by the immigration narratives of my people drifting a-part
Of the two worlds I reside in the high yellow phantasm, of an undiscovered future
I am to breach the chasm between my mother's memory and my hazy prison I so knew
Languages off the scraps of my hand-me-down clothes
I grip with ten toes the type or types are putting fact in funk
deliver colder than statistics, bubble hot like a Cali trunk
I dwell in the fertile valley between ghosts and history
subvert the dogma lefty-loosy righty-tighty every time I speak
Conjunction junction what's ya function my assumption
that the fearful face of my future would fall and then my punching is in question
Ghosts grip my chest and I can't breathe
panic brings my chinky eyes wide and then I can't read
Roll and I tumble and I cry the whole night long
roll and I tumble and I cry the whole night long
But my creator calls the human out the thinnest of the vapors
I tease the story out the blankness of the paper
I can weave a family out the scarlet of a sin
and write the world in which my seed will be at ease inside his own skin
See Miss Liberty stagger with evictions falling out
I tap with two tongues against the inside of my mouth
Had a date with assimilation, but I stood her ass up
and made love to the multi-color features brimming in my cup
Because the end comes quick, ego says quit
I say work is love let my body be a brick
Because the end comes quick and ego says quit
I say work is love let my body be a brick

Yes it's Denizen an exhalation of breath
and these Typicaaal Cats we make the session start fresh
Yes it's I grip tight the lemon scented mic device
Typicaaal Cats will make the session start right (see uh uh)

04Jan: Edie Sedgwick!

2010-01-03T16:04:00.000-08:00

Love the film "Factory Girl" with Sienna Miller, love the style of this beautiful muse of Andy Warhol, love everything about her - well, not an honor for her dying because of drug abuse on the early age of 28!
Today, I watched the film, listened to music of Nico, a singer who sang one song (for what I know?) in the band "The Velvet Underground" because Warhol wanted her to. She did an album later, called "The End".
Then, I spent some time with the art of Andy Warhol and later watched some parts of the films he did with Edie.
I'm totally in love (again) ;)
And because I haven't got anything to do, I made a collage with an outfit I think Edie could have liked. I think she would have preferred something with a bit less colours, but anyway.
Key pieces are: black tights, flats, short shift dresses, fur coats, long earrings and of cours a really heavy eye-make up including thick eyebrows.

Love, Milena

Pictures are from: tonguechic.com etsy.com sidewalkisarunway.com shoewawa.com and not my property

02Jan: Didn't wear this in public!

2010-01-03T13:03:00.001-08:00

Hello!
I wasn't out this day, just wore this while buying some brezels at the bakery. I kinda look like a weird secretary, so.. no, that's not totally my style!
Pullunder: ?
Pullover: Cheap
Jeans: Mister & Lady Jeans
Glasses: Optik Harzer, Nuremberg

Wow, I really need to cut my hair again!

Love, Milena

31dez: New Glasses & Sylvester

2010-01-01T06:40:00.000-08:00

I got new glasses! Finally!

Hello everybody,
like you can see, I am overly happy about this. I took this pictures already while driving ;)
They're from the shop with original frames of the 50s, 60s and 70s. This model is named "Ingrid" (a popular girl's name in the 60s and 70s). I'm so happy I got them because I waited much too long for my taste.

And:
Happy New Year.

Now, I'm watching "La Boum" and waiting for the time to get up, shower and got to work. Yesterday's New Years Eve was great, I had so much fun with the family and the staff of the greek restaurant I'm working at!

Love, Milena

23.Dez or some other Day ;)

2009-12-28T09:52:00.000-08:00

Dez15: Today and Yesterday

2009-12-15T12:46:00.000-08:00

Yesterday.

At the optician.

At University.

Yesterday:
I wore a checkered midi-skirt, bought via ebay, my standard boots, a new pullover with a nice bow (kik), the vintage jacked, a old belt (mum) and two pairs of stockings because it was freezing cold. No fun to take this pictures! At the pictures underneath you can see snow! Yea yea.

Today:
During my first visit in town, I wore my favorite yellow coat, but I discovered it was even colder than yesterday so later I prefered the warm, warm dark green jacket.
I ordered my new glasses today!
If I ever manage to put the pics that are taken with my mobile phone into my pc, I'll show you which model was my choice. It's dark red and original from the 60s. Anyway, the man in the shop said he intends to finish it until christmas.

I've painted several things today, so I'll show you them, maybe tomorrow.

Good news: I have the chance to do an exhibition again! My last 2 were fine, so I'm exited to do it.
Now I gotta go to bed. A friend is sleeping in our living room for a short time, she is in Nuremberg because of her work. I don't want to disturb her, she has to be up at 6 o'clock..

Love, Milena

Dez13: Boring Guys at the Loop

2009-12-12T19:02:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Today, me and Tina were at this club called Loop enjoying live-music from "Cherry Casino and the Gamblers", a Rock'n'Roll band. Everywere people styled accordingly to the 50s. I'm not too much into this, but I like the outfits and the hair-dos the girls wear and the coolness of the guys.
So far, so good.
We sat in a little more quiet room, just chatting and listening to the music, when two guys accosted us. Well, they just asked us the typical questions: Where we come from, what we study, how old we are.. boring. One of them spoke with a lisp, what would be definitely not a minus or something, but it was just the tip of the iceberg plus some long, annoying monologues..

Well, we saved us by saying "Good bye, we have to go" and ended up at the Wilderer.

Conclusion: My clothes saved the evening!

I wore a red shift dress, a grey pullover to warm myself and a brown little jacket, all thrifted. Added some brown Mary Janes and a cute chain which I think I got from my great grandmother. Yeah, I'm pretty sure. :)

In the backround of the third pic you can see two paintings done by mum in the (late?) sixties. I love them so much!

Love, Milena

(I liked it!)

Dez11: Outfits Of The Last Days

2009-12-11T04:58:00.000-08:00

Weird eyes, but kind of vintage-christmas feeling going on here ;)

Close-up at Nuremberg Soul Weekender

Wore this to university one day of the last week

Whooo!
Last Saturday, there was the "Nuremberg Soul Weekender". And it was a blast! Friends, dancing, the best music on earth, feeling good (and looking good hopefully :D:D)
Plus I tried to do my hair in a special way, with big hair at the back, but you can't see it well at these pics..
Everytime I listen to this kind of music, I could cry because it's so beautiful.
This is my favorite song, I chose it for the festivities of "Abitur" where everybody had to pick one special song.
You have to like it!

Love, Milena

Nov01: Mum's Birthday & A Dreamy Mood

2009-12-02T15:09:00.000-08:00

Hello!
My outfit of this day had nothing to do with my Mum's Birthday beside the fact that she one time said something nice about this little booties. But: Happy belated Birthday! (Not that I didn't call her!) :*
I wore:
Booties: H&M
Grey Jeans: Adessa
Cardigan and Blouse are old, never-worn and firstly combined as seen here!
And I really like my pearl necklace, pearls are so.. graceful. But also intimate, like an old family inheritance..
Dreamy Mood.

This are three pics of my endless work of drawing wrinkles. By now, after the 5th pic, I like them. Well no.. I kinda got used to it. ;)

Love, Milena

Nov29: Loop the Loop

2009-11-29T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hello!
Yesterday, me and Tina were at a bar/ club called "Loop" in Nuremberg and chatted 5 hours through.
I wore this:
Jeans: Mister and Lady Jeans
Shoes: Ebay
White Top: Old
Little Jacket: Ebay, got a matching dress that just waits in my closet to be shortened
Belt: Old

I didn't have the time to put on tights and a dress because I had to work so long, so I just stayed with my jeans and added this nice jacket, I adore it.

Love, Milena

Nov27: Day and Night

2009-11-27T20:01:00.000-08:00

Hello!
I wore this at daytime:
Blue tights: a gift from Tina
Brown 60s boots: Ebay
Navy Skirt: H&M
Cardigan: Kik
I added a blue satin band to complete the colours.

At night, we wore out at the Wilderer, so I dressed up a bit:
Moccasins: NKD
Tights: ?
Red Mod Skirt: Flea Market at the Beat Explosion in Berlin
White colour-striped blouse: very old
Cardigan: Fred Perry
Necklace: Old, I think a remnant from my grandfathers shop in the 60s or 70s

Love, Milena

Nov25: Thrifted but Gifted

2009-11-25T15:09:00.000-08:00

Hello!
Today, I went for a little walk in the nearer fields of my living place. I wore this:
Tunic: Nice little thrift store in England
Trousers: AWG
Shoes: Old by Mum
Scarf: Mum
Top: One-Euro-Shop
Cardigan (not visible here): Prime Rose
Coat: NKD
Kind of 70s-feeling going on here!

Love, Milena

Nov24: Cheap Comes Cute

2009-11-24T11:33:00.000-08:00

Hello!
Today, it was University again. First my technical-drawing-computer-course, then a seminar for painting and colours. Underneath, there are two examples what be basically did until now: painting squares in systems of colours, well covering. It's a bit boring, but even this is to prefer to dry-as-dust linguistics. I mean, I love English, but this course of friday.. let's say it doesn't count.

I wore a dress, bought in this extra-cheap shop, for just 4 Euros. Kind of Twiggy-like?? With its beige and white stripes and two cute pockets at the front, I liked it from the first view, but wasn't sure about how to combine it. I did it with black tights, black boots (Deichmann), a black cardigan borrowed from my rockabilly friend, a small black belt and a scarf from my mom with many shades of blue in it.

Task: two complementary colours, here green and magenta, and the shades between it mixed up with white. and guess what: all in squares, please!

Task: Painting a striped paper with the colours from blue to yellow to magenta and back, cut the stripes to -surprise- squares and then stick them side to side to create "interesting" combinations of colour. And let me tell you that I really went to my limits of creativity here..

By now, I'm not sure whether I have to work tomorrow because Christos, my boss from the restaurant, didn't phone me until now. Well, let's see..

Love, Milena

Nov24: Some Poetry

2009-11-24T11:22:00.000-08:00

resting on this old balcony
after all watching raindrops fall
hear those silent sighs of thought
dear! how good it's to be home
notes that well known bell
that made it's way through night-time clouds.

Nov22: Coincidence, Arbitrariness and Random Logic

2009-11-22T12:50:00.000-08:00

Hello:
Today, I did a digital painting (not really again). From my point of view, it MIGHT be kind of a portrait. Of someone who's brain seems to be difficile and fine. I like it, because, it is a relative quick mixture of coincidence, arbitrariness and kinda random logic. I will continue with this. It's looks like mathematics, but isn't in fact, so: perfect for me, because no, I'm not, I'm really no math whiz. At all. Look at this:

Above: The finished work.
Underneath: The picture I took in front of my university, and the section I used only.

Love, Milena

Nov20: Mushroom Colours

2009-11-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

Hi,
today I was inspired by the mushroom pics I took Wednesday, so I trew on a beige cardigan (thrifted), standard-black belt and scarf. Plus this white vintage shirt i got from ebay lately. AND these wonderful flats/kind of moccasins I "stole" from my mum. They're so incredible nice!
I've got a feeling - that tonight's gonna be a good night. (Concert in Nuremberg)
Love, Milena

Nov18: The Hair Cut Short

2009-11-20T07:52:00.000-08:00

Hello,
this are some pictures I took on wednesday. My hair was cut by an lovely hairstylist, I showed her this picture of Jean Seberg (I like her style)..

..and told her to do it in a bit of a longer version ;)
But I like the results! After that, I went for a little walk and took pics from me and some mushrooms. Thought that would fit nice..
So, back in a few minutes with today's outfit!

Love, Milena

Nov.15: Digital Painting (well, not really)

2009-11-15T13:29:00.001-08:00

Hello!
Passau was great, and I did some photos in the night, which turned out to be equally great. I didn't use a flash and kinda wobbled and moved the camara around. Above you can see what I got out of several pics with the helpful use of Gimp. I love the impressionistic way the colors come out of the black backround. Maybe I'll paint something like it, I'm pretty impressed by the colors.
I think about doing more photography. Also abstract. We'll see.

Love, Milena

Nov.13: University Again

2009-11-13T04:46:00.001-08:00

Hello!
Today I went to University for one exiting literature course and one overly boring linguistics course. I wore this:
Cardigan: Prime Rose
Jeans: Old
Shoes (new!new!new!): H&M
Brooch: Flea Market

This weekend I travel a bit trough Bavaria, first Passau, then my hometown. I'm exited to wear interesting stuff and post it on Sunday!

Love, Milena

Nov12: Belts and Waists and Glasses

2009-11-12T17:46:00.000-08:00

Hey!
Today I combined a simple checked blouse with a weird color mix: Dark blue, Purple and dark red..
Skirt: Cheap shop
Blouse: C&A
Cardigan: Tally Wejil
Belt: came with a dress by Ebay
Sunglasses: Faux Ray Ban
Blue tights: Kaufhof

I wore this when I met a friend of mine from Dresden who happened to have a short stay in Nuremberg on his way by train. So I drove to the railway station and we had a short coffee :)

Love, Milena

Nov.10: University

2009-11-11T16:02:00.001-08:00

Hello!
Tuesday, I went to University for an CAD-Course (we're drawing cubes and cubes with holes and such lovely things with an computer program at the moment) and for "Figur, Puppe und Spiel". I didn't have to wear old, simple stuff because I had nothing to do with colours this day. (When I have to paint, it's just jeans and tee for me, because I use to colour the paper, the table, my clothes and my face. If there would be a possibility to colour the air, too, I would definitly do it)
So I wore my NEW sooo great incredible boots, which I got from Ebay. They keep my feet really warm and I would date them around the 60s or 70s. My skirt is from H&M, a really good whool skirt with some buttons at the front to open and close it.
My blouse and my pullover are from Ebay, too, and the brow coat is from NKD.

Damn, I have to get an haircut, soon!

Love, Milena

Nov.06: The Yellow And The Blue

2009-11-11T15:46:00.000-08:00

I wore this clothes on last friday to go out on a concert of some lovely bands :)

My favourite skirt: flea market
Shoes: flea market
Mini-Bag: Prime Rose
Tights: H&M
Shirt: Kik
Scarf: Don't remember

I liked it!

Love, Milena

Nov.07: Jeans, Dog's-Tooth And Yellow Janes

2009-11-08T11:45:00.001-08:00

Hello!
That was my outfit yesterday, we were at the Wilderer again.
And no, I didn't combinate the yellow bag to the yellow coat, just wore it for the pics.

Shirt: Ebay
Mary-Janes: Deichmann
Bag: Can't remember
Dark Blue Jeans: Mister and Lady Jeans
Cardigan: Fred Perry
Coat: 20 € at a turkish store at Nürnberg Central Station, where you can buy cheap clothes and shoes but contains an internet café, too...

Tomorrow I'll post my outfit of Friday...

Love, Milena

Nov.04: Nice found..

2009-11-04T09:38:00.000-08:00

Look at this!

A restaurant in Nuremberg did a video clip for an advertisement in local cinemas, and they booked my cheerleading team to dance for them. I found it just today, nearly forgot that.
If you watch it carefully, you'll see me, mostly in second part of the vid! Haha, I'm a star... not really. Above, at the starting picture, I'm at the very left. We had real ugly shirts to wear, they wore too wide and too short and cut out in a weird serrated (is this word right?) way.
But honestly: doing this shoot was a lot of fun!

Love, Milena

Nov.03: Painting in the darkest night!

2009-11-03T16:32:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Today, I slept until 1 o'clock, then I did some shopping to fill up our fridge again. After that, I had a course at the university, where we are supposed to search our own style of painting.

So, the prof told me to start from the very beginning, just testing colours (at the top, left) and forms (at the bottom, left) , plus trying out to abstract the forms.
I don't like the whole painting (at the top, right) because I had much problems with the left part, but I think the segment you see at the bottom, right, is just great, so maybe I'll cut it out!

When I got home, I did more works, working until now (01:50, thanks to my dear Energy Drink!).. So this are eight from the maybe twenty paintings created this evening.

Wow! Now I'm exausted & slowly becoming one with my armchair, watching stupid talkshows.
Just tell you what I wore today:

Blue Jeans (warming high waist): Lewis 501
Shirt: Takko
Coat: I can't remember
Shoes: NKD
Scarf, used as a belt: Vintage from my Grandma
Necklace: Vintage
Ring: Vintage, handmade of my Aunt in her schooltime in the late 60s/ early 70s

So, we'll see if I do a post tomorrow because I think I'll stay in my jogging suit the whole day. I don't have courses at university! :)

Love, Milena

Nov.02: A Rainy Day but Clothes to Smile

2009-11-02T14:20:00.000-08:00

Hello!
Today, the lovely town of Nuremberg was soaking wet. I went to University early and had a course in drawing, then shopping in the city. I bought nearly nothing - tried out a very, very nice looking dress, but it turned out to be too long, no 60s feeling -, only an !orange! umbrella to protect me and Tina from the rain. When we got home, we were wet from head to toe nevertheless!
My Outfit wasn't really appropiate for the weather, but it made me smile, so who cares!
I wore a grey miniskirt (again? weird) and a short sleeve pullover, both from H&M (shame on me!).
Cardigan from Fred Perry.
Dark blue tights from Galeria Kaufhof.
Ankle boots with a ribbon or a knot or whatever you want to call it from one of the past seasons of Deichmann (or Reno? Don't know), so they were cheap, for sure.
My dearest coat is (after the discription on Ebay) original 60s/70s and a from very heavy whool.
It's colours are so nice, beige with different shades of green..

Later, I went to a course which is named "Figur, Puppe und Spiel" ("Figure, Doll and Play" in English).
The goal of the course isn't to create "real" art, but instead doing what kids do: Just do what they like, absolutely spontaneous!

In the last lesson, we made some figures of various things like old keys, peaces of wood, metal plates, string and so on. I did kind of an angel with a small boy sitting on a chair:

I liked it, but I felt it was a bit too realistic. So today, I did same/ a converted version in loam, which you see here (little boy on the left doesn't count, it was just for fun and is again too realistic):

So for total abstraction, I did a fast drawing, and I'm totally exited about the comic-style of it!

See you tomorrow,

Love, Milena

Oct.31: Bloody Chicks, Ska and Reggae

2009-11-01T15:01:00.000-08:00

Hello!
Here's my dress for Halloween, I just did the typical Zombie-Cheerleader thing. This was easy for me because I'm a cheerleader in reality, too, so I took one of our uniforms and destroyed some tights. I gave myself a creepy look with dark green powder everywhere in my face and let my lips vanish by covering them with make-up. Plus, I added some artificial blood to my head and knees. I like clichés, so this dress was just perfect for me!
Me and Tina firstly went to a concert of the ska and reggae band "the Slackers", they come from New York and I like them really much!
She dressed up as a murdered rockabella -well, she IS a rockabella indeed!- and we got to a bit of fame because the singer of the band pointed at us and said: "Hey, you two dressed up for halloween? look at these bloody chicks!"
This was real fun, and the evening got an happy end at an halloween party at another place.

Love, Milena

Oct. 30: More basic than I thought!

2009-11-01T13:25:00.000-08:00

Hello!
Today, I start this blog "officially" with posting the outfits of the weekend. :)

Do you see my appartment? I like this corner with the 60s lamp, the retro record player and two pictures: the right one's painted by me, when I had nothing to do one day, the left one is a poster of "Les Vacances de M. Hulot", a film which I really appreciate. All this looks so nice, light and happy together!

For Friday, I first intended to do a more stylish thing, but me and my dear friend Tina only went to a pub named "Wilderer" in Nürnberg City, which is - truely - a very cool place to drink something and watch people. But it's not that kind of place to dress up.
So I threw away all thoughts of great outfits and took a grey jeans miniskirt which I lately bought from Ebay, a basic rose Fred Perry polo shirt with a no-name cardigan over it and combined this all with my beloved, greatest shoes.
Below: this good old shoes (they're original 60s) with my new tights from H&M. I planned to do this combination first, but let it go to avoid overdressing...

Now I wonder if the skirt was too short? On the pictures it looks soo mini! Well, I felt confortable, that's the main point.

This outfit is really basic, but I like it though. I'm not the type of girl who is glittering all over, I only like very few accessoires, not too decorated!

See you tomorrow, got some nice ideas for my outfit in university, including this niiice new shirt: Sent by me from an Ebay-seller yesterday. The label isn't that distinct, so I will have to do some research later.

Love, Milena

Just a little Hello

2009-10-27T14:23:00.000-07:00

After constantly reading a lot of other blogs, I decided to write an own.

I am a 19-year old girl from Germany who likes fashion, especially/ almost only the look of the 60s. I came to this through my taste of music, I like Mod, Beat and Soul.

My other passion is painting. I do mostly large, abstract works. Most importent for me are the colors and how they fit together, so there is also a connection to fashion. Maybe there will be a whole series with outfits that look like my paintings (or vice versa).

I just started my studies of arts and anglistics for one day becoming a teacher. For money, I'm a waitress in a greek restaurant. The family who owns this place is the most lovely and warm-hearted one I've ever met. So working there turned out to be one of my favourite things to do! On wednesdays, I also work in a call-center where I have to phone people and sell them things. Not that nice.

Living in Germany, my English is not perfect but maybe I get better through blogging!
The next days, I will post pictures and stuff, especially what I wore on Friday evening and on saturday (halloween!)....

The following song is one of my favourites, it's from the french Schlager-Singer France Gall, you probably know her because of "Laisser Tomber Les Filles". I never knew that she did so many German songs until I found this one. (And I think it's really, really cute!)

Love, Milena