Projekt Tanzfestival: "638kg Tanz" #2 day

Grey dress-Marc O' Polo

Statement necklace-H&M

Earrings-small shop in Gran Canaria

8.11: Last Day in the location casa/box. Again - an amazing evening with breath taking contemporary dances, arguing about today's zeitgeist. 

Makeup fits. Hairstyle done. After the last catering details were finished, I swapped the dresses and enjoyed the after-break performances. 

Dress-Almatrichi Madrid 

Cardigan-osmosis Japan

Tights-uniqlo 

Boots-vintage from a small shop in Tokyo 

-------""----- worse internet here. Seems like the last pictures will be uploaded later

Onwards :(

Stay keen and a nice Saturday until then !

Xx from

Essen

 

Projekt Tanzfestival: "638kg Tanz" #1 day

7.11.2013 - yesterday was an amazing beginning!

Rehearsals started early in the morning since a lot of thing were to do on the opening day. 

Luckily everything went smoothly. Later I will post some photos for better impressions-right now the preparations from today are to get done. 

<<Wednesday>>

Projekt Tanzfestival: "638kg Tanz"

I really needed that Paris trip to take one last breath before the final preparations of that amazing contemporary dance festival in Essen (remember Essen? That cool city was "Kulturhauptstadt 2010" eng. Cultural Capital of Europe in 2010).

By chance I got the position of an assistant in that festival "638 Kilo Tanz und weitere Delikatessen", which is presented by the amazing choreographers Sabina Stücker and Jelena Ivanovic for the seventh time in a row.

It was the first time for me to look behind the preparations of festival organization - and it was simply amazing on how many things you work.

The festival will take place in Essen from 7.11-10.11.2013 in three different locations. If you are in the neighborhood and interested in experimental, contemporary dance - make sure to come by! 


<<monday>>




It started on Monday: 4/11

Indeed, I met women of presence. Stayed with their usual sangfroid and guided the preparations with compulsion, whether it was about light, music and sound or the artistic performance atmosphere.

Feeling and breathing the performances of contemporary dance today, resembled what is an emanation of its time and place. The controversy we face in this age illuminated in flesh and bone. Quite sophisticated, don’t you think? 

<<tuesday>>
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Stipe shorts Outfit Contest

Which one is your favorite?

See below...

Stripe Shorts x3

 Patterns and Stripes do not go along well?

I thought so at first, but was really surprised seeing that I fell in love instantly with that black based pattern and stripes clothes. 

Overall is black a pretty thankful and giving "color". One may argue, that black is no color, but the result of fully light absorption.

Basically the absence of color.

In 1982, launching Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo outside of Japan in Paris, their style in layering and especially black is described as turning point:

"At the heart of this nothingness was the color black. Black, at the time, was a subversive choice. It was the color of mourning, of subcultural rebellion, of emotional dissonance, of artistic distemper. It was the essence of the avant-garde." (read further here: Voguepedia)

Why do you choose black?

Stripe Shorts x2

And here we go for another stripe short outfit - spring is finally approaching. With temperatures around 20 degrees (according to the weather forecasts) and even more sun it enlightens one's soul. 

One post earlier I kind of declared my fascination for this freedom of choice we have in expressing ourselves with clothes, shoes and accessories. I am still wondering, when in the fashion world this time  started. 

Do you have any guesses?

Stripe Shorts x1

You may remember those stripe shorts from here. I thought of them with a lot of fun..

It may be my playful character, but I love to experiment and take seriousness out of outfits. Sure, I still like those elegant, clean chic styles. For me it is just amazing how easily we can adapt ourselves to one style and choose another direction in a few steps. 

Having no boundaries (but budget I guess) and being able to purchase almost everything, is one kind of freedom I am not about to give up. 

Pretty thankful for that revolutionary fashion empire unlike the e.g. 80s, as everything you could buy were a few type of pants, shirts and colours.

Color me RED

Red Red Red.

Red Riding Hood. "pur pur"'s kings and queens. Blood. Roses. Cinderella. Valentino. Red Lace. Love. Hate. Force. Poland. Christmas. Chanel Lipstick. Energy. Rolling Stones. Apple. Strawberries. Japan. Orient Sun. Wine. Ruby. Mars. Fire. Santa Clause. Coca Cola. Itsukushima. Japanese Shrine Entrances. Ducati. Ferrari. Communism. Pommes d'amour. Candy. 

What are your associations of red?

Moto Jacket, the second

Maybe it is because I am driving motor cycles myself. 

Maybe I just like leather. 

Maybe it is just a trend that really got me. 

I really don't know, but I enjoy myself in this Moto Jacket!

And I think this is one of the most important things in fashion: that you stay authentic to your style, authentic to yourself and enjoy playing with different fabrics, textiles, brands, images and styles.

I don't think, that there is this "one" look. Our world started to spin to fast, brought too many borders down and allowed cultures to mix - latest on the internet as we saw during the Arab Spring the past years. 

But instead of making everything easier - in the end we have more things we can choose from and depending on the size of our wallets ( or at least, that's what we think, the choice barriers seem far, far away).

Pink loves Black

Isn't it obvious? 

Pink and black are thankful partners - they suit each other and there shouldn't be fear for to high contrast. Especially if the current trend for total monochrome outfits shows, the more contrast, the better. I used that look last year the first time here in Tokyo and just remembered recently, how much I liked it.


I am thankful for the reminder by CIRCLEOFCHAOS! I found a post of her with a pink sweater and a black skirt recently, that reminded me of that outfit - thank you :)
(By the way, if you have time, take a look at here blog by clicking her name - definitely great looks in-between :) 

Can't think of the reason, why it wasn't as present... still, the outfit is chic enough to go out or to use for work (if the length of the skirt do not disturb, basic job-skirt length should be around knee-high). 

The high closed shirt by Boss is feminine and offers great focus for statement necklaces. I chose two different black ones (F21 and Mango, see detailed picture below) to keep the attitude of pink and black. Just my Emporio Armani bag should be forgiven - my luggage was restricted to weight as I flew here to Tokyo 4 months ago.

The slight pastel color of the bag matches perfectly in-between though. Black (still heating) tights and my black suede pointed DIANA pumps to finish.

Take a look below and tell me what you think.

Some Impressions on Valentine's Day in Japan

As you may have read in my post "Will you be my Valentine?" earlier, Japanese Valentine's Day differs a bit from Europe and America. 

Just walking down Shinjuku Station welcomed me with women, looking for some nice packed pralinés and chocolate - Godiva everywhere. Pink everywhere. 

As a student of business economics, I welcome the short time high consumption boost. The higher the demand, the higher the supply, since they try to be equal. Got it. Basic Economics.

But still... shouldn't there be more thoughts than: which chocolate looks nicest or costs cheapest? If I want to give some one I care for chocolate, no one stops me from doing that any other 364 days. 

For those who can not experience that pink heart wave, enjoy some pictures of Shinjuku Station and "Mosaic Street" below. 


I would love to hear your thoughts on Valentine's Day.

FW 2013 runway show of Marc by Marc Jacobs

So far for globalisation. Sitting in Tokyo as a German watching online stream of the fw2013 Marc by Marc Jacobs show in New York. I love Internet.

"We got that attitude" 

"Don't care what they may do"

Calvin Klein "Provocations", featuring Alexander Skarsgard - sexy selfassuredness?!

When I first saw the Calvin Klein promotion in a fashion magazine, I wondered how provocative this one could be. Seeing that Alexander Skarsgard, a Swedish actor and American "Liebling", famous for the vampire series trueblood or the indie movie Melancholia, was featured in the campaign called "Provocations", it made me look at the Youtube Chanel for the 9:55 minutes long advertisement immediately.

Link for the video

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