It's a Musical Love Affair

Island Koop + Ane Brun

You will love this song and your body will feel like smooth swinging.

Happy sunday

Love,

Tove

                                 

FAT MODELS

"Who wants to see a round person anyway"- Karl Lagerfeld

Designer Julian McDonald and Karl Lagerfeld (yes-this is really the only picture of good ol' Karl I could find, no alternative motives in hand...)

Wow, this debate is so insane to me! And I bet you think it’s because I agree with Karl Lagerfeld on saying “who wants to see a round person anyway” or designer Julian McDonalds' lash out on plus-size models during an interview regarding his show "Britain's Top Model."- but no. I myself am not only round, but if you poke the left side of my stomach, the right side pops out. Not really though, but you get my point. 

Mr McDonald went on and told Wales according to the Daily Mail:"This is a serious show. A catwalk model is a size six to eight. You can’t have a plus size girl winning – it makes it a joke."

Now, i could obviously go on and talk about the fact that sizes above eight is still beautiful and that normal women can't fit into a size 4 anyway- but seriously, that goes with out saying to me. I don't think anyone here needs the get enlightened on that part. But there is another angle that does bother me, and it is the fact that just talking about and supporting/not supporting this subject has turned into the biggest trend of our time. A subject is now a trend and not a design itself.  Not a designer of an extraordinary garment. No, just the subject.

Mark Fast spring/summer 2010

Mark Fast is ten times more famous today then before London Fashion week Spring 2010. Not necessarily for the design of his clothes themselves, but because they were made for above size 8 models. Since when is it ok to have your garments plasters in all media of the world, because you had an opinion? The craft is to design; not to shift media focus during the most important week to any designer. I do not know if Fasts’ intensions were pure or not, and it is irrelevant to me. Either way, this is no better then what Ungaro did with the LindsayLohan stunt. They knew the media was going to write about it, and it never mattered if it would be in a positive way or negative way. Their name and design was everywhere, and the media sucked into it.

My point is: in the fashion industry- why do we have such a need to label everything outside of their objections? Stella McCartney for instance, can never shed the “animal rights and vegetarian designer” title, even though she told the Observer last October that this is completely misguiding to her wishes. She explained that when the media constantly emphasizes on her using green material and never fur, they make it into an extraordinary thing instead of what it is to her as a designer: normal. She would never do it in any other way. I could not agree with her more, so every time I read about a plus size model I quench. Not because she is “plus-size” of course, but because the words “plus-size” is always connected to the word model. Caroline Trentini is never referred to as a normal sized model? Every time an extra adjectives is added to anything, the reader will see it as extraordinary or ‘not normal’. So when the name of a model, that appears healthy and skinny to a reader, is paired up with the “plus-size model” label it almost fools the eyes to see excess fat where there is none.

                      Model Caroline Trentini

                        Model Crystal Renn

Models like Crystal Renn and Coco Rocha have recently spoken out against the anorexic look that has 

become the industry standard. "The fashion world needs to change," Renn told the Independent. "Women on the street don't relate to all this talk of plus sizes, and it creates an 'us and them' mentality, which leads to comments like the ones Julien Macdonald has made." And I cannot agree with Miss Renn more. So In the end, yes, it would be a joke if a plus size model won Britain Top Model; it would be a joke if they labeled her as anything else then a model-PERIOD.

 Tove Eggen

Summer Love

For the love of summer, I give you my mood-board

Photoes:

Kale Gustavson

vogue paris Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan

elle france Jan Welters

i-D

vogue paris Mario Sorrenti

vogue us Annie Leibovitz

vogue paris Mert & Marcus

vogue paris Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan

Camilla Akrans fashion gone rouge x 6

w magazine

Looks like Summer

The week-end is finally here, and summer is upon us (for most of us) so I say to you: don't let this week-end be the same as the last one with a little extra mascara or blusher. No, go all out because you know what? You can! Make-up together with hair and clothes is just a lot of fun and despite what some people, magazine or ads might try to tell you; they are for everyone! It's summer, your tanner, you look great and you feel great! So tonight is the night to go all out and try something new. I pulled out some of my favorite summer looks for you to enjoy and hopefully try out.  If you have any questions on how to do any of the looks or want some tips, just write me a comment and I'll let you in on all the dirty and easy secrets

Love,

Tove

Photoes:

vogue paris Claudia Knoepfel & Stefan

l'officiel paris Patric Shaw

vogue paris Ben Hassett x 2

Jan Welters elle france

i-D

l'Officiel paris Beau Grealy

Ezra Petronio

Glamour Hilary Walsh

Nicole Demeshik

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elle july

w magazine mert alas and marcus piggott x 2

Nike

No. magazine issue 10 holly blake

jamie nelson

numero 111 luciana val and franco musso

FAVORITE SWIMWEAR PART II

DESIGNER SWIMWEAR......YUMMY!

If its worth the money or not is entirely up to you, but for 2 minutes lets take in some well design swimwear that could end up being your favorite statement pieces this summer and for many to come. These are obviusly not for swimming in its true sence. No, no- these luxury items only serve a purpose as design candy and wardrobe spritzer. 

And they are all from Net-a-porte of course.

You don't get more on trend then with this flowery peice from jets by jessika allen 194 €. Style it up with a nude tones maxi skirt or high waisted light denim shorts.

It's been all about the nudes this summer, and all though you better have a milky-white skin tone or a very tanned one to pull this suit off on its own on the beach- it just looks so damn good if you do. emilio pucci 447 €

The sunset colors, the animal/tribal prints and the sporty cut all just screams summer 2010. So sexy on the beach, so funky at the club and even classy with a pair of 40's styled long pants and that oversized hat from every Poirot movie. Even better, it's made by the very queen of chic,  diane von furstenberg 284 €.

The halterneck and balconett decoltage is the most flattering cut any woman can have. The print is modern Missoni all the way and the bows on the side gives a small hip downsizing. It's just so classic! missoni 582 €

Obviously, the bikini is the easiest choice for the beach, but not as wearable for night. This psychadelic two piece however, is the perfect style of underwear as outerwear (even though I will get back on how I feel about that trend later) so the top goes really well on its own for those of you comfertable with that. And if you are, I say more power to you- I love it! mathew williamson 236 €

Mission impossible did you say? no, no- a leather swim suit is absolutely possible! Could you imagine walking out of the water in this? How sexy is that!? Ok, so it's not really leather so much as it is rubber, but thats a given I hope. lisa marie fernandes511 €

FAVORITE SWIMWEAR PART I

Bathing Suites are kool!

The Australian label 'We Are Handsome' have some of the funkiest and high quality bathing suits I have seen in a long time. As I'm sure you all can see, these babies really work so well alone as styled up with high waisted shorts, skirts or some genuine flare jeans. Their obviously all hand made with the highest quality polyester Lycra and printed with high density inks using a placement sublimation process and as the brand states them self ;

"which is tedious to say the least."

"We know it’s ambitious, but we aim to fuse art, swimwear and fashion."

- designers Indhra Chagoury and Jeremy Somers