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		<title>Fold and Twist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did a quick project this week! As I&#8217;ve said in the past, I really like turbans and I finally got my act together to give one a try. So this is a prototype more than a finished one . I made a simple fabric shape to use as a base to my turban using a [...]]]></description>
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<p>Did a quick project this week! As I&#8217;ve said<strong> <a href="http://www.lucychalk.com/2011/05/turban-thoughts/" target="_blank">in the past</a></strong>, I really like turbans and I finally got my act together to give one a try. So this is a prototype more than a finished one . I made a simple fabric shape to use as a base to my turban using a pattern and than I took a large piece of fabric and basically twisted and folded, pinning as I went. After trying it on my head and thinking it looked pretty good, I got down to sewing all the folds down &#8211; invisible and neat! I&#8217;ve still got a few folds to sew. I am pretty satisfied with the result &#8211; there&#8217;s just one of the sides I&#8217;m not quite happy with (photo n°3), the folds aren&#8217;t &#8216;natural&#8217; enough  but that&#8217;s because the fabric there is straight on and not on the bias.  I also did discovered that I need to change my pattern a little bit. But hey, it&#8217;s a just a first try, I&#8217;ll know what to keep on eye next time I have another go! What do you think? I&#8217;ve got some lovely red cotton/linen blend fabric that would look great for a turban&#8230;back to work!</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #888888;">J&#8217;ai réalisé un petit projet cette semaine! Comme j&#8217;ai <strong><a href="http://www.lucychalk.com/2011/05/turban-thoughts/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">déjà dit avant</span></a></strong>, j&#8217;adore les turbans et j&#8217;ai enfin pu me motiver pour essayer d&#8217;en faire un. Donc, là c&#8217;est plus un prototype qu&#8217;un turban bien fini. J&#8217;ai fabriqué une forme simple en tissu à utiliser comme base pour mon turban (en partant d&#8217;un patronage), puis j&#8217;ai pris un grand morceau de tissu que j&#8217;ai tordu et plié, tout en épinglant à fur et à mesure. Après l&#8217;avoir essayé sur ma tête et le trouvant pas mal, j&#8217;ai commencé à coudre tous les plis &#8211; invisible et propre! Il me reste encore quelques plis à coudre. Je suis plutôt satisfaite du résultat &#8211; il y a juste un côté dont je ne suis pas totalement heureuse (photo n°3), les plis ne font pas assez &#8216;naturels&#8217; mais c&#8217;est parce que le tissu est dans le droit fil et non pas en biais. J&#8217;ai aussi découvert que je dois faire quelques petits changements au patronage. Mais bon, c&#8217;est juste un premier essai, je sais sur quoi je dois faire attention ma prochaine fois! Qu&#8217;en pensez-vous? J&#8217;ai un super joli tissu rouge, un mélange coton/lin, qui fera un très beau turban&#8230;faut m&#8217;y remettre!</span></em></p>
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		<title>Pattern Making</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I last made a hat pattern, but I was really in the mood the other day so I got out some paper and the needed tools (calculator, compass, french curve&#8230;). I thought I&#8217;d start by doing a simple shape to ease back slowly into things. It wasn&#8217;t too long before [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">It&#8217;s been a while since I last made a hat pattern, but I was really in the mood the other day so I got out some paper and the needed tools (calculator, compass, french curve&#8230;). I thought I&#8217;d start by doing a simple shape to ease back slowly into things. It wasn&#8217;t too long before  I remembered I sort of hate pattern making! I&#8217;m used to just getting hold of the fabric (or whatever material, be it felt, straw&#8230;) and manipulating it with my hands. Having to draw out a pattern out flat on paper and trying to imagine it in volume is really hard&#8230;and painful! And I had to check how to calculate a circle&#8217;s perimeter! I haven&#8217;t quite done with the trimming on the hat but the hat it&#8217;s self is finished &#8211; a wide brimmed summer hat! I wanted to do something a bit eye-catching for the trimming &#8211; at first I did some stuff with some white ribbons curling everywhere, but it didn&#8217;t look great so I went with some white roses (they are sewn by hand, so it&#8217;s taking a while!). Even thought it&#8217;s not fun, I&#8217;ll be doing some more patterns (I have some ideas that&#8217;ll need them) and well, it&#8217;s good to keep all my skills in some sort of good condition. Practice makes perfect!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #888888;">Ca faisait un petit moment que je n&#8217;avais pas fait un patronage de chapeau, mais l&#8217;autre jour j&#8217;en avais envie et j&#8217;ai sorti du papier et tous les outils nécessaires (calculette, compas, perroquet&#8230;). J&#8217;ai préféré commencé par une forme simple pour m&#8217;y remettre en douceur&#8230;il a fallu peu de temps pour me rappeler que je déteste un peu faire du patronage! Je suis habituée à prendre du tissu (ou quelque matériau que ce soit, feutre, paille&#8230;) et le manipuler avec mes mains. Devoir dessiner à plat un patronage sur du papier et essayer de l&#8217;imaginer en 3D est compliqué&#8230;et douloureux! Et j&#8217;ai dû vérifier comment calculer le périmètre d&#8217;un cercle! Je n&#8217;ai pas encore tout à fait terminé la garniture mais le chapeau est lui-même est fini &#8211; une capeline pour l&#8217;été! Je voulais faire une garniture assez voyante &#8211; au départ, j&#8217;ai fait un truc avec du ruban blanc qui bouclait partout, mais ce n&#8217;était pas génial. Du coup, j&#8217;ai fait des roses blanches (elles sont cousues à la main, donc ça prend du temps!). Même si ce n&#8217;est pas amusant, je vais encore faire des patronages (j&#8217;ai quelques idées qui en nécessitent) et bon, c&#8217;est bien de garder mes compétences dans une certaine bonne condition. C&#8217;est en forgeant, qu&#8217;on devient forgeron! </span></em></p>
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		<title>XOXO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s times like this I hate the layout I chose for this site. You know it, I know it &#8211; big pics on my blog, no good! Sorry! As you know, big weddings mean HATS. And just because it&#8217;s a TV show (&#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; &#8211; basically the lives of rich kids living in the Upper [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">It&#8217;s times like this I hate the layout I chose for this site. You know it, I know it &#8211; big pics on my blog, no good! Sorry!<br />
As you know, big weddings mean HATS. And just because it&#8217;s a TV show (&#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; &#8211; basically the lives of rich kids living in the Upper East Side, New York), a royal wedding is a royal wedding, and it still means HATS! And headwear has always been present in &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221;, I mean what would the headband be today without the character of Blair Waldorf ? In episode 13 of season five, we got to see the lovely Blair marry Prince Louis (or if you have seen this episode, &#8220;Evil Louis who deserves a punch in the face&#8221;). All the main female characters were wearing some sort of hat (apart from Blair who was wearing a dazzling tiara, of course)!! They were all wearing quite small fascinators (except Georgina Sparks, whose hat was too ridiculous for me to post, maybe it was a gentle nudge at Princess Beatrice&#8217;s hat at Kate &amp; Will&#8217;s wedding?), I expect to keep the actresses faces clear and visible. The only big hats were worn by the crowd in the church. I thought all hats went well with the outfits etc. except for the one worn by Blair&#8217;s mother (Eleanor, last photo) &#8211; with her dark brown hair, the base of her fascinator (made out of what looks like sinamay) didn&#8217;t stand out enough and all I saw at first was the black flower on top. It&#8217;s a bit of a shame, because Eleanor really was quite an important figure in the episode (trying to make her daughter happy and all even if it meant ruining a royal wedding) and there she is wearing a bit off puzzling headwear. Not a good choice!<br />
Obviously, I have a favorite! I always do! I love Lily&#8217;s fascinator (top photo) &#8211; it went great with her outfit as well as her face, and it is very &#8216;Lily&#8217;. By very &#8216;Lily&#8217; I mean, simple, elegant, lovely materials or textures (this one looked like a silk covered structure) and strong graphic lines. I always love how they dress Lily on the show.<br />
All in all, &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; is still pretty amazing for it&#8217;s strong style sense  and I really do think it will be remembered in time for how it has influenced fashion. The story line may be not as good as it used to be and you might even be embarrassed to say you watch it, but this show has merit! I think nobody can deny that it really has pushed the world of high fashion over into the lives of  everyday people who maybe wouldn&#8217;t have even been interested otherwise. Each character has their own defined style and really are a source of inspiration. Even Blair&#8217;s polish maid, Dorota, has her fashion moments!<br />
XOXO!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #888888;"><em>C&#8217;est à des moments comme celui-ci où je hais le format de ce site. Vous lez savez, moi je le sais &#8211; les grandes photos sur mon blog, c&#8217;est pas bon! Navrée! </em></span><br />
<span style="color: #888888;"><em>Comme vous le savez, les grands mariages sont synonymes de CHAPEAUX. Et juste parce que c&#8217;est une série télévisée (&#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; &#8211; en gros la vie des jeunes riches de l&#8217;Upper East Side à New York), un mariage royal reste un mariage royal&#8230; et ça signifie toujours CHAPEAUX. De toute façon les coiffes ont toujours été présentes dans &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221;, franchement que serait le serre-tête aujourd&#8217;hui sans le personnage de Blair Waldorf? Dans l&#8217;épisode 13 de la saison cinq, on a droit au mariage de la jolie Blair avec le Prince Louis (ou si vous avez vu l&#8217;épisode, &#8220;Méchant Louis qui mérite un poing dans sa gueule&#8221;). Tous les personnages principaux féminins portent un chapeau (à part Blair qui porte un diadème bien brillant bien sûr!)!! Ces dames portent toutes un bibi de taille assez petite (sauf Georgina Sparks, dont le chapeau est tellement ridicule que je ne le post pas. Peut-etre un clin d&#8217;oeil au chapeau de la Princesse Beatrice au mariage de Kate &amp; Will?), je suppose pour garder les visages des actrices nets et visibles. Les seuls grands chapeaux étaient portés pars la foule à l&#8217;intérieur de l&#8217;église. J&#8217;ai trouvé que toutes les coiffes allaient bien avec toutes les tenues etc. à part celle de la mère de Blair (Eleanor, dernière image) &#8211; avec ses cheveux foncés, la base de son bibi (faite en sisal on dirait) ne ressortait pas assez et du coup, au départ je n&#8217;ai vu que la fleur noire en haut. C&#8217;est un peu dommage, Eleanor est un personnage assez important dans cet épisode (elle essaie de rendre sa fille heureuse, même si ça signifie détruire un mariage royal) et elle est là avec un truc bien curieux sur la tête. Pas un bon choix!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #888888;"><em>Bien évidemment j&#8217;ai un préféré! Il y en a toujours un! J&#8217;adore le bibi porté par Lily (1ère photo) &#8211; il correspondait bien à sa tenue, tout comme son visage , et ça fait très &#8216;Lily&#8217;. Par très &#8216;Lily&#8217; j&#8217;entends : simple, élégant, de jolies matières/textures (là, on dirait une structure couverte de soie) et des lignes fortes et graphiques. J&#8217;aime toujours comment ils habillent Lily dans la série.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #888888;"><em>Tout bien considéré, &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; reste toujours assez épatant pour son sens développé de la mode et je pense vraiment que la série restera dans las annales pour son influence dans ce domaine. Le scénario n&#8217;est peut-etre pas aussi bien qu&#8217;avant et vous avez peut-être même honte de dire que vous la regardiez, mais cette émission a du mérite! Je pense qu&#8217;on ne peut pas nier le fait qu&#8217;elle a poussé le monde de la haute-mode à être présente dans la vie de personnes de &#8216;tous les jours&#8217;, des personnes qui n&#8217;en auraient pas forcément porté attention sinon. Chaque personnage a son propre style bien défini et ils sont une vraie source d&#8217;inspiration. Il arrive même que la bonne polonaise de Blair, Dorota, se retrouve sous les feux des projecteurs!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #888888;"><em>XOXO! </em></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a very mild beginning to winter, I can officially say that winter has bitten us in the bum and it&#8217;s now freezing! I have no idea how I&#8217;m physically going to face this weekend (it&#8217;s going to be -13°c/8.5°F here Saturday morning!), but I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s going to involve a lot of tea and [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">After a very mild beginning to winter, I can officially say that winter has bitten us in the bum and it&#8217;s now freezing! I have no idea how I&#8217;m physically going to face this weekend (it&#8217;s going to be -13°c/8.5°F here Saturday morning!), but I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s going to involve a lot of tea and at least two pairs of socks. And FOOD! Lots of it! I already feel like I&#8217;m eating twice as much as usual&#8230;uh oh! After eating a large amount of cheese tonight, I got my sugar high by looking at some crazy hat shaped cakes on the net! It was funny to see that  when I did my search in french, not many results came up! Heavily decorated novelty cakes aren&#8217;t really part of french culture (whereas americans love them apparently!). Some of the recurring themes that came up (when I did my search in english!) were baseball caps, Saint Patrick/Leprechaun hats, the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter (like the one on the first photo, pretty amazing! Made by the <strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thequirkyconfectioner/" target="_blank">Quirky Confectioner</a></strong>)&#8230;the theme that came back the most was Dr. Seuss&#8217; &#8220;Cat in the Hat&#8221;, which does make sense. It&#8217;s a popular children&#8217;s book (ok, it&#8217;s not well known in France) that was made into a film a few years ago&#8230;who wouldn&#8217;t want a &#8220;Cat in the Hat&#8221; cake to show off to their friends at a birthday party?! The cake I found (pic n°2) is actually a wedding cake made for a competition (<strong><a href="http://cakesbysuzy.blogspot.com/2010/04/let-them-eat-cake-2010.html" target="_blank">read about it here</a></strong>). I like the fact that it&#8217;s not too over the top and really cleverly thought out (see how Cat is actually holding the other cake?). For the more elderly ladies, there were more &#8216;serious&#8217; hat cakes, as you can see on the last pic. I think these ones are pretty good with all the feathers and flowers (no, the trimmings aren&#8217;t edible), it really makes you think of a hat and believe me there are some ugly hat cakes on google!  Made by <strong><a href="http://www.bdazzlincakesbybrenda.com/default.html" target="_blank">B&#8217;dazzlin Cakes</a></strong>.<br />
The most amazing hat cake though has to be without a doubt the cupcake (photo n°3) made by a German bakery, who were inspired by the hat worn by Princess Beatrice at the royal wedding last year  (and we are talking <strong><a href="http://www.lucychalk.com/2011/04/happily-ever-after/" target="_blank">Kate and William</a></strong>&#8230;just making sure)! I&#8217;m in love with it! How adorable! Has to be the most amazing thing I&#8217;ve seen this week! I have to eat one! The bakery made a whole set of cupcakes inspired by the wedding, be sure to <strong><a href="http://en.wikinoticia.com/lifestyle/Maternity/83285-cakes-with-hats-of-the-royal-wedding" target="_blank">check them out</a></strong> &#8211; such a great idea, such cuteness&#8230;YUMMY!<br />
Now, to drink some more tea&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #888888;">Après un début d&#8217;hiver doux, je peux officiellement dire qu&#8217;il y a eu un sacré retour de bâton et que là on gèle! Je n&#8217;ai aucune idée comment je vais pouvoir physiquement affronter ce weekend (ils annoncent -13°C/8.5°F pour samedi matin ici!), mais je pense que la solution doit comporter beaucoup de thé et au moins deux paires de chaussettes. Et de la NOURRITURE! A foison! J&#8217;ai déjà l&#8217;impression de manger deux fois plus que d&#8217;habitude&#8230;mince! Ce soir, après avoir mangé une grande quantité de fromage, j&#8217;ai fais le plein de sucre en regardant sur le net des gâteaux loufoques en forme de chapeau! C&#8217;était drôle de constater que quand je faisais ma recherche en français je n&#8217;avais quasiment pas de réponses! Les gâteaux fantaisie lourdement décorés ne font pas vraiment partie de la culture française (par contre, pour les américains, si!). Des thèmes récurrents sur lesquels je suis tombée (en faisant ma recherche en anglais) étaient les casquettes de sport, les chapeaux de farfadet pour le Saint Patrick, le Choixpeau de Harry Potter (comme celui de la première photo, pas mal du tout! Fabriqué par le <strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thequirkyconfectioner/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">Quirky Confectioner</span></a></strong>)&#8230;le thème, le plus récurrent était &#8220;Le Chat Chapeauté&#8217; du Dr. Seuss, ce qui est tout à fait logique. C&#8217;est un livre pour enfants populaire (ok, pas trop en France, mais dans les pays anglophones, si) qui a été transformé en film il y a quelques années&#8230;qui ne voudrait pas d&#8217;un gâteau &#8220;Le Chat Chapeauté&#8221; pour narguer ses amis lors de sa fête d&#8217;anniversaire?! Le gâteau que j&#8217;ai trouvé (photo n°2) est en fait un gâteau de mariage fabriqué pour un concours (les infos, <strong><a href="http://cakesbysuzy.blogspot.com/2010/04/let-them-eat-cake-2010.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">ici</span></a></strong>). J&#8217;aime le fait que ça ne soit pas trop &#8220;too much&#8221; et que l&#8217;ensemble est super bien réfléchi (vous avez vu comme Chat tient l&#8217;autre gâteau?). Pour les dames plus âgées, il y a aussi des gâteaux plus &#8220;sérieux, comme vous pouvez le voir sur la dernière image. Je trouve ceux-ci vraiment pas mal, avec les plumes et les fleurs (non, les garnitures ne sont pas comestibles), ça donne un vrai effet &#8216;chapeau&#8217; et croyez-moi il y a des gâteaux &#8220;chapeau&#8221; très moches sur google! Fabriqués par <strong><a href="http://www.bdazzlincakesbybrenda.com/default.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">B&#8217;dazzlin Cakes</span></a></strong>.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #888888;">Le gâteau le plus époustouflant  doit revenir sans aucune hésitation au cupcake (photo n°3) fait par une pâtisserie allemande, inspirée par le chapeau porté par la Princess Beatrice lors du mariage royal l&#8217;année dernière (on parle bien de <strong><a href="http://www.lucychalk.com/2011/04/happily-ever-after/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">Kate et William</span></a></strong> là&#8230;je vérifie)! Je l&#8217;adore! Comment c&#8217;est mignon! C&#8217;est vraiment le truc le plus génial que j&#8217;ai vu de la semaine! Je dois en manger un! La pâtisserie a fait tout une série de cupcakes basée sur le mariage, <strong><a href="http://en.wikinoticia.com/lifestyle/Maternity/83285-cakes-with-hats-of-the-royal-wedding" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">faut y jeter un coup d&#8217;oeil</span></a></strong> &#8211; une super idée, trop chou&#8230;MIAM!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #888888;">Sur ce, faut boire encore un peu de thé&#8230; </span></em></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Is Anyone Paying Attention?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey you all! I wanted to do a post about the fashion shows going on at the moment, but the Paris Fashion Week hasn&#8217;t finished yet and I wouldn&#8217;t have much to go on &#8211; though I can already say I love the Givenchy collection! As well as looking at the photos over on Style.Com, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hey you all! I wanted to do a post about the fashion shows going on at the moment, but the Paris Fashion Week hasn&#8217;t finished yet and I wouldn&#8217;t have much to go on &#8211; though I can already say I love the Givenchy collection! As well as looking at the photos over on <strong><a href="http://www.style.com/" target="_blank">Style.Com</a></strong>, I&#8217;m enjoying following <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/SHOWstudio" target="_blank">ShowStudio on Twitter</a></strong> at the moment, which has some quite snide/fun tweets written at the fashion shows. Maybe a bit over the top some times, but it&#8217;s a breath of fresh air  from the usual tweets from fashion shows with just a photo and the name of the brand/house. I&#8217;m also enjoying looking at some &#8216;street style&#8217; photos taken outside the shows &#8211; the ones above are all by Tommy Ton from his famous <strong><a href="http://jakandjil.com/" target="_blank">Jak &amp; Jil blog</a></strong>. And, yes, I did choose hat photos on purpose (the guy in orange is just great!). It got me thinking about the latest issue of &#8220;Industrie&#8221; magazine (issue n°4), which includes a &#8220;Fashion Media A-List&#8221; (Jak &amp; Jil is on it obviously, page 20). Most of the time in magazines, I only sort of half read the editor&#8217;s letter but that&#8217;s not the case in &#8220;Industrie&#8221;, the editors&#8217; letter is always a good read (there are two head editors over at &#8220;Industrie&#8221;). This issue&#8217;s letter is titled &#8220;Is Anyone Paying Attention ? &#8211; the slow demise and rapid fragmentation of the style media&#8221;, and it brought up some interesting points. It talked about how fashion media has changed and how it&#8217;s lost it&#8217;s magic for various reasons , celebrity covers, publicists,blogs&#8230;That it has to stop hiding behind a false sense of security and see that fashion media today is about who has the most relevance. Who makes us pay attention? Who influences us? Fashion media has to play on various fronts now and it has to evolve, stop conforming to genreal media and return to being real fashion media (&#8220;let fashion become fashion again&#8221;).  This A-List includes blogs, writers, online platforms (tumblr, Business of Fashion&#8230;), photographers, specific magazines&#8230;a compilation of  &#8221;the most powerful figures in fashion media in 2012&#8243;. One heck of a good read!<br />
I did try finding the letter on the net but in vain, and I really didn&#8217;t think typing the whole thing out here was the best move. And, of course, it&#8217;s a weird format so I can&#8217;t really scan, so basically if you come across the magazine, do pick it up!</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #888888;">Salut à vous tous! Je voulais faire un post à propos des défilés de mode qui se passent en ce moment, mais la Fashion Week parisienne n&#8217;est pas encore terminée et je n&#8217;allais pas avoir assez d&#8217;infos sous le coude  - mais je peux déjà dire que j&#8217;adore la collection de chez Givenchy! En plus de regarder les photos chez <strong><a href="http://www.style.com/" target="_blank">Style.Com</a></strong>, j&#8217;aime bien suivre <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/SHOWstudio" target="_blank">ShowStudio sur Twitter</a></strong> en ce moment, avec des tweets assez fourbes/marrants écrits pendant les défilés. C&#8217;est parfois un peu de trop, mais c&#8217;est un bol d&#8217;air frais comparé aux autres comptes qui tweetent juste une photo avec le nom de la marque/de la maison. Je m&#8217;amuse aussi à regarder les photos &#8216;street style&#8217; prises à l&#8217;extérieur des défilés &#8211; celles ci-dessus sont de Tommy Ton et de son célèbre <strong><a href="http://jakandjil.com/" target="_blank">blog Jak &amp; Jil</a></strong>. Et oui, j&#8217;ai fait exprès de choisir des photos avec des chapeaux (le mec en orange déchire!). Ca m&#8217;a fait penser au dernier numéro du magazine &#8220;Industrie&#8221; (numéro 4), qui comporte une liste de &#8220;l&#8217;élite&#8221; du média du domaine de la mode (Jak &amp; Jil y est bien sûr, page 20). La plupart du temps dans les magazines  je ne lis qu&#8217;à moitié l&#8217;éditorial mais ce n&#8217;est pas le cas avec &#8220;Industrie&#8221;, l&#8217;édito est toujours très bon à lire. Celui de ce numéro a pour titre &#8220;Est-ce qu&#8217;il a quelqu&#8217;un qui porte/fait attention ? &#8211; la mort lente et la fragmentation rapide du média de la mode&#8221; (la traduction n&#8217;est vraiment pas mon fort&#8230;), et il soulève des points intéressants.  L&#8217;édito parle de comment le média de la mode a changé et comment il a perdu de sa magie, pour des raisons diverses &#8211; les célébrités en couv&#8217; de magazines, les publicitaires, les blogs&#8230;Le média de la mode doit arrêter de se cacher derrière  un faux sentiment de sécurité et prendre conscience qu&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui dans le média de la mode tout est question de savoir qui a le plus de pertinence. Qui nous force à porter attention? Qui nous influence? Le média de la mode doit être présent sur des fronts variés et doit évoluer, il faut arrêter de se conformer au média au sens large et revenir  un vrai média de mode  (&#8220;laissons la mode redevenir de nouveau de la mode&#8221;). Cette liste inclue des blogs, des plateformes en ligne (tumblr, Business of Fashion&#8230;), des photographes, des magazines spécifiques&#8230;une compilation &#8220;des plus puissants joueurs du média de la mode en 2012&#8243;. Une sacrée bonne lecture!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #888888;">J&#8217;ai essayé de trouver l&#8217;édito sur le net mais en vain, et je pensais que tout retaper n&#8217;étais pas une très bonne idée. Et, bien sûr, le format du magazine est hors-norme, donc pas évident à scanner. Du coup, si vous tombez sur le magazine, achetez-le!</span></em></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, finally managed to take some photos of my current work! It&#8217;s so hard dashing around during my lunch break when the sun is out to get a few shots! I hate it when it gets dark so early, drives me mad! Anyway, I&#8217;ve started off the year with a few small items (I&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
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<p>So, finally managed to take some photos of my current work! It&#8217;s so hard dashing around during my lunch break when the sun is out to get a few shots! I hate it when it gets dark so early, drives me mad! Anyway, I&#8217;ve started off the year with a few small items (I&#8217;ve got more things waiting to be sewn this weekend!) &#8211; including a bit of a girly cycling cap and a cute headband! What do you think of them? I quite fancy the headband, I think I&#8217;m going to make one for myself but in a different shade of fabric. I do have a blue one waiting to be sewn but that will be for my store (maybe for one of you peeps out there!). If you want to see more photos or if you are interested in purchasing one of my designs, go check out <strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/chalkiesbazaar?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">my online store Chalkie&#8217;s Bazaar</a></strong>!</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #888888;">Donc, j&#8217;ai enfin pu prendre quelques photos de mon travail actuel! C&#8217;est compliqué de courir dans tous les sens pour prendre des clichés pendant ma pause de midi pour profiter du soleil! Je déteste quand il fait nuit si tôt, ça me rend dingue! En tout cas, j&#8217;ai commencé l&#8217;année en fabriquant quelques petits articles (j&#8217;ai des choses en attente d&#8217;être cousu ce weekend!) &#8211; dont  une casquette de cyclisme un peu fi-fille et un bandeau tout mignon! Qu&#8217;en pensez-vous? Je craque un peu sur le bandeau, je crois que je m&#8217;en faire un mais dans un tissu d&#8217;une autre couleur. J&#8217;ai un bandeau bleu en route mais lui, il sera pour ma boutique (peut-être pour une d&#8217;entre vous!). Si vous voulez voir d&#8217;avantages de photos ou si vous voulez acquérir une de mes créations, faîtes un tour dans <strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/chalkiesbazaar?ref=si_shop" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">ma boutique en ligne Chalkie&#8217;s Bazaar</span></a></strong>! </span></em></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winter sales have only just started here in France and though I don&#8217;t really have any money to spend, I know I&#8217;m going to end up buying some clothes &#8211; some that I need (new swimming costume), some that I don&#8217;t &#8230; I was going round the American Apparel web site (on the first [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">The winter sales have only just started here in France and though I don&#8217;t really have any money to spend, I know I&#8217;m going to end up buying some clothes &#8211; some that I need (new swimming costume), some that I don&#8217;t &#8230; I was going round the American Apparel web site (on the first day of the sales, I woke up to  -30% from them in my mail box), I came across their perspex visor. It&#8217;s the sort of really kitsch/fun/colorful/retro thing I love! It&#8217;s also the sort of thing you can NEVER actually wear, unless you&#8217;re an old grandma and/or into poker. Green visors (called green &#8216;eyeshades&#8217;) first appeared at the end of the 19th century and were worn to lessen strain on the eyes. They were first worn by people whose jobs required a strong eye vision while concentrating an small details- such as accountants and telegraphers (who at the time also had to deal with harsh lighting). Obviously, very useful if you&#8217;re dealing cards in a casino too. And for keeping the sun out of your eyes in general! As you know, I don&#8217;t work in a casino. And, unfortunately, I don&#8217;t rock the sporty &#8220;I play tennis&#8221; look. But it is so tempting&#8230;and isn&#8217;t the sales when you&#8217;re supposed to buy crazy items like this?  I particularly like the transparent and black one (available from American Apparel and Asos!). Maybe if I get one, I could just wear a sweat band on my wrist to perfect the whole look&#8230;Sales, how I loath you!<br />
On another note, I&#8217;ve started sewing a few bits and bobs, getting back into the swing of things! Hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to take a few pictures this weekend!! Happy sales!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #888888;">Les soldes d&#8217;hiver viennent seulement de démarrer ici en France et malgré le fait que je n&#8217;ai pas vraiment d&#8217;argent à dépenser, je sais que je vais finir par acheter quelques vêtements &#8211; certains dont j&#8217;ai besoin (un nouveau maillot de bain), certains non&#8230; Je faisais un tour sur le site d&#8217;American Apparel (le premier jour des soldes je me suis réveillée avec -30% de leur part dans ma boîte mail), et je suis tombée sur leur visière en perspex. C&#8217;est le genre de truc super kitsch/amusant/coloré/rétro que j&#8217;adore! C&#8217;est aussi le genre de truc qu&#8217;on porte JAMAIS, sauf si on est une vieille mamie et/ou à fond dans le poker. Les visières vertes ont apparu pour la première fois à la fin du 19ème siècle et été porté pour diminuer le stress porté aux yeux. Au départ, les visières étaient portées par les personnes dont les métiers nécessitaient une bonne vision pour se concentrer sur des petits détails &#8211; tels que les comptables et les télégraphistes (qui, à l&#8217;époque, devaient aussi supporter des lumières éblouissantes). Evidemment, bien pratique si vous distribuez les cartes dans un casino aussi. Et, généralement parlant, pour garder les yeux à l&#8217;abri du soleil! Comme vous le savez, je ne travaille pas dans un casino. Et, malheureusement, je ne maitrise pas le look sportif &#8220;je joue au tennis&#8221;. Mais, c&#8217;est tellement tentant&#8230;et les soldes ce n&#8217;est pas le moment où on est censé acheté de tels articles loufoques? J&#8217;aime tout particulièrement la visière transparente/noire (disponible chez American Apparel et Asos!). Peut-être si j&#8217;en achète un, je pourrais juste porter un bracelet éponge pour parfaire tout le look&#8230;que je vous hais les soldes!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #888888;">Sur une autre note, je me suis remise à coudre des petites choses, je retrouve un peu ma routine! J&#8217;espère pouvoir prendre quelques photos ce weekend! Bonnes soldes!</span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Happy New Year! I hope everybody is well and that the year 2012 is off to a good start!<br />
To ease myself back into blogging, I thought I do a small movie/hat post. I must admit I quite enjoy doing posts like this, when I get to mix up a couple of my different interests, I&#8217;m not all about hats (but if you&#8217;ve been following my blog, you&#8217;ll probably have noticed!). Throughout December I managed to watch the film &#8220;Big Trouble in Little China&#8221; (by John Carpenter, 1986) several times. I had seen it when I was kid and always remembered little details from it (such as the villain Lo Pan, the very scary chinese guy&#8230;) and after a family member mentioned it, I thought I&#8217;d watch it again. As for the story, IMDB puts it pretty well &#8211;  &#8221;An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown&#8221;. It&#8217;s pretty crazy  with some great lines, really bad special effects, and some really interesting headwear! Obviously, as you can guess by the title, there&#8217;s a lot of asian inspiration, but I also find there&#8217;s an ancient egyptian vibe going on with Lo Pan&#8217;s headwear (for example, on photo n°3), but that could just be me not knowing enough about traditional asian headwear! I can can also say  that the huge woven straw hats (bottom pic) make me think of the hats worn by  japanese shinto monks (I once saw a shinto monk on a trip to Tokyo, begging in the rain, very imposing and hardcore). I&#8217;m sure similar hats exist all over Asia, but let me babble ok!<br />
My inner princess totally digs the jeweled tiaras worn by the leading ladies. So intricate! So sparkly!&#8230;And I love the way they fan out so much around their faces (like iguanas or something&#8230;). Really theatrical, and that&#8217;s just what I like! Very inspiring!<br />
So, yes, start this month off with a fun classic 80&#8242;s movie and some exuberant hats! And if you have any films to recommend me that has millinery importance, let me know!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #888888;">Bonne Année! J&#8217;espère que tout le monde se porte bien et que l&#8217;année 2012 commence bien!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #888888;">Pour me remettre doucement dans le bain, je pensais faire un petit post mi-film mi-chapeaux. Je dois admettre que je prends plaisir à faire ce genre de post où je mélange plusieurs de mes centres d&#8217;intérêts,  je ne suis pas que chapeaux (mais si vous suivez mon blog, vous vous en êtes sûrement rendu compte!). Pendant le mois de décembre, j&#8217;ai réussi à regarder plusieurs fois &#8220;Les Aventures de Jack Burton dans les Griffes du Mandarin&#8221; (de John Carpenter, 1986). Je l&#8217;avais vu gamine et je me rappelais toujours de petits détails (tel que le méchant Lo Pan, le chinois qui fait très peur&#8230;) et après qu&#8217;un membre de ma famille m&#8217;en a reparlé, je l&#8217;ai regarder de nouveau. Pour ce qui est de l&#8217;histoire, IMDB résume ça plutôt bien &#8211; &#8220;Un camionneur 100% américain se retrouve mêlé à une bataille mystique vieille de plusieurs siècles, dans Chinatown&#8221;. C&#8217;est assez taré avec des répliques cultes, de très mauvais effets spéciaux, mais aussi avec des coiffes très intéressantes! Evidemment, vous pouvez le deviner d&#8217;après son titre, il y a beaucoup d&#8217;inspiration asiatique, mais je trouve qu&#8217;il y a un côté Egypte Ancien avec les coiffes de Lo Pan (par exemple, sur la photo n°3). Mais, ça se peut que c&#8217;est juste moi qui ne s&#8217;y connait pas assez en chapeaux traditionnels asiatiques! Je peux aussi dire que les immenses chapeaux en paille tissée (image tout en bas) me font penser aux chapeaux portés par les moines shinto japonais (j&#8217;ai vu un moine shinto lors d&#8217;un voyage à Tokyo, mendiant sous la pluie, très imposant et hardcore). Je suis sûre que des chapeaux semblables existent partout en Asie, mais laissez moi blablater ok!</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #888888;">Ma princesse intérieure aime à fond les tiares parées portée par les premiers rôles féminins. Si délicates! Si étincelantes!&#8230;Et j&#8217;adore la façon que ça ouvre autant en éventail autour de leurs visages (comme des iguanes ou quelque chose du genre&#8230;). Très théâtral, et c&#8217;est comme ça que je l&#8217;aime! Très inspirant! </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #888888;">Donc, oui, commencez votre mois avec un film classique 80&#8242;s amusant qui a des chapeaux exubérants dedans! Et si vous avez des films &#8216;chapeauté&#8217; à me recommander, faites signe! </span></em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting near the end of the year and it&#8217;s time for me to have a small blog break! Working hard at my day job, getting my christmas presents, preparing my christmas vacation&#8230;I think everybody is busy at this time of the year! So, thanks for reading this blog throughout 2011, I hope you do [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s getting near the end of the year and it&#8217;s time for me to have a small blog break! Working hard at my day job, getting my christmas presents, preparing my christmas vacation&#8230;I think everybody is busy at this time of the year! So, thanks for reading this blog throughout 2011, I hope you do enjoy it! Thanks to all who support my work, either by <strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/chalkiesbazaar?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">purchasing my hats</a></strong> or by liking my <strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/LucyChalkDesigns" target="_blank">facebook page</a></strong>. I really do appreciate it. I&#8217;ll be back in January 2012, but until then have a lovely December (whatever you may be celebrating) and a smashing new year!<br />
Lucy (and Gizmo)</p>
<p><span style="color: #888888;"><em>La fin de l&#8217;année approche et il est temps pour moi de faire une petite pause avec mon blog!  Entre mon boulot de tous les jours, trouver les cadeaux de noël, préparer mes vacances de noël&#8230;je pense que tout le monde est occupé à cette époque de l&#8217;année! Donc, merci d&#8217;avoir lu ce blog pendant toute l&#8217;année 2011, j&#8217;espère que ça vous plaît! Merci à tous ceux qui soutiennent mon travail, soit en <strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/chalkiesbazaar?ref=si_shop" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">se procurant un de mes chapeaux</span></a></strong> ou en &#8220;aimant&#8221; ma page sur<strong> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LucyChalkDesigns" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">facebook</span></a></strong>. J&#8217;apprécie vraiment. Je serai de retour en Janvier 2012, en attendant, passez un super décembre  (avec quelconque fête que vous souhaitez) et un nouvel an qui déboîte! </em></span><br />
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		<title>&#8220;Keep the change you filthy animal&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Animal hats. Ears. Antlers. Cats. Rabbits&#8230; I think anybody with eyes will have noticed that animal headwear has been getting more and more trendy these past few years. And obviously, dog ears aren&#8217;t in (cats rule the world, right?!). The bunny ears on the first photo, done by Maison Michel, have been worn by [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Ok. Animal hats. Ears. Antlers. Cats. Rabbits&#8230; I think anybody with eyes will have noticed that animal headwear has been getting more and more trendy these past few years. And obviously, dog ears aren&#8217;t in (cats rule the world, right?!). The bunny ears on the first photo, done by Maison Michel, have been worn by every celebrity under the sun (Gaga, Lily Allen, one of the Olsen twins, &#8230;) and were a big hit when they first appeared (you can make your own by following one of the many tutorials hanging about on the net). But would I wear them? I find animal hats cute in magazine fashion spreads and on the cat walk&#8230;but I think I&#8217;d just look like a stupid five year old if I ever dared to wear to one in the street . I&#8217;m not good on pulling off cute/kawaii/geekish looks. Or&#8230;I&#8217;d just look like a cheap trashy Playboy bunny wannabe&#8230;uh, no thanks! As for a pair of antlers&#8230;all I can see is a big flashing sign saying &#8216;danger&#8217; in capital letters (but &#8216;Danger&#8217; is my middle name!!). I went onto Asos&#8217; website the other day and I saw that they had quite a few animal chapkas for sale (like on the last pic)&#8230;it&#8217;s so crazy and BIG! B-I-G! Just makes you want to stroke them!  Anyway, I came across <strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/fashion/03ANIMALHATS.html?_r=1&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1322766542-siapTxN7vqfthrqR0+03Cw" target="_blank">this article from the New York Times</a></strong> that sort of covers all the animal hat questions, thought it might interest you peeps! All this made me think of an old photo shoot from Pop Magazine (issue n°14, back in the day when there were cute animals in every issue&#8230;) where they had bunnies wearing headwear by Stephen Jones! How sweet and cute!!!? I think you have to agree that rabbits wearing small well-made non kitsch headwear is the best! Us humans can&#8217;t pull off that much &#8220;adorableness&#8221;!! Do you think animal hats are a big mistake? Or do you think it&#8217;s the best think to happen to the hat world?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: #888888;">Donc. Les chapeaux animaliers . Des oreilles. Des bois. Des chats. Des lapins&#8230; Je pense que n&#8217;importe qui avec des yeux aura remarqué que les chapeaux d&#8217;animaux sont de plus en plus à la mode ces dernières années . Et, évidemment, les chiens ne sont pas tendance (les chats gouvernent le monde, n&#8217;est-ce pas?). Les oreilles de lapin sur la première photo, faites par la Maison Michel, ont été porté par toutes les célébrités de la planète (Gaga, Lily Allen, une des soeurs Olsen&#8230;) et ont été un grand succès dès leur sortie (vous pouvez fabriquez votre propre paire en suivant un des nombreux tutos qui trainent sur le net). Mais est-ce que j&#8217;en porterais? Je trouve les chapeaux animaliers mignons dans les shootings mode des magazines ou dans les défilés&#8230;mais je pense que j&#8217;aurais l&#8217;air d&#8217;une gamine de cinq ans si j&#8217;osais en porter un dans la rue. Je ne suis pas douée pour porter le look mignon/kawaii/geek-esque. Ou&#8230;j&#8217;aurais l&#8217;air d&#8217;une pauvre fille trash qui veut être une &#8216;bunny&#8217; de chez PlayBoy&#8230;euh, non merci! Et pour ce qui est de porter des bois&#8230;je ne vois que un grand panneau clignotant avec écrit &#8216;danger&#8217; dessus en majuscules (mais &#8216;Danger&#8217;, c&#8217;est mon deuxième prénom!). Je suis allée sur le site d&#8217;Asos l&#8217;autre jour et j&#8217;ai vu qu&#8217;ils avaient pas mal de chapkas en fausse fourrure (comme sur la dernière photo)&#8230;c&#8217;est fou et juste IMMENSE! I-M-M-E-N-S-E!! Ca donne envie de les caresser! Bref, je suis tombée sur </span><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/fashion/03ANIMALHATS.html?_r=1&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1322766542-siapTxN7vqfthrqR0+03Cw" target="_blank">cet article du New York Times</a></strong><span style="color: #888888;"> qui parle très bien de ces chapeaux animaliers (bon, certes, en anglais), je pensais que ça pouvait vous intéresser! Tout ce-ci l&#8217;a fait penser à un vieux shooting dans un numéro du Pop Magazine (n° 14, dans le bon vieux temps où il y avait des animaux mignons dans tous les numéros&#8230;) où des lapins portaient des chapeaux crées par Stephen Jones. Trop chou et mignon, non?! Je pense que vous ne pas niez que des lapins portant des chapeaux bien fabriqués, pas kitsch, c&#8217;est ce qu&#8217;il y de meilleur! Nous, les humains, on n&#8217;est pas à hauteur d&#8217;autant de &#8220;adorabilité&#8221;!! Et vous, vous pensez que les chapeaux animaliers c&#8217;est une grosse erreur? Ou vous trouvez que c&#8217;est la meilleure chose qui soit arrivé dans le monde du chapeau? </span></em></p>
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