look of the day.

the little things she needs scarf/ topshop tanktop/ mango cross necklace, jacket, belt, denim shorts, and hobo bag/ chanel bag/ aldo boots/ other accessories, all from flea market

what i wore to watch prince of persia with dev, my bro, my sis, and a bunch of friends yesterday. was a very interesting movie. jake gyllenhaal (aka. my sis' favorite actor) did well as dastan. gemma arterton was as charming as she was in clash of the titans. (just in case anyone had noticed the same; in both prince of persia and cott she starred as the leading man's darling, then died tragically, then got revived back in the end to form a classic happy ending). 

i was very, very excited with the comments i received in the last post, esp. the ones regarding my writing! (ahem) thanks for the support, guys, really, they mean the world to me! 

happy weekend to all of you! lots of kisses! xoxo.

ps: still plenty of time to support me and dev in clean and clear contest. just a click away! ♥

i saw the world spin beneath you.

you were hiding in the corner of your room when i found you. you crumbled into darkness. you were uneasy. you were bothered. the loss that you had never thought of finally came to reach you, yet it had not yet willing to set you free. you collected tears from the broken promises and relationships, you tried to mend whatever that had been broken, although they seemed impossible for you. you held the meaning of sadness deep in your heart; they did not forgive you for nothing. you did not cause that, you did not inflict the pain. you were just confused. darkened. saddened. broken.



your lungs were filled up with smoke. your days, sorrows and tests. you had never been sent to conquer them all, but you tried things that you should not be even thinking about. you were hiding behind your unseen self to keep you separated and secretive. you sipped another glass of beer to ease your pain and dull your senses. you knew you were mistaken but you did them again and again as if they were the soundtracks of your life.

you were tattered and clueless. you sinked somewhere near the bottom of sorrow and lack of forgiveness. you were right; sometimes we could never see the reason why we should forgive. in that case, my dear love, trust me; forgiveness is never a price for the jerk that hurt your heart. it is simply a gift for yourself.

//photography by devina; captions taken from my novel project

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//photography by nicky setiadi

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just this morning i and my friends ran a garage sale. lots of buyers, which i was really thankful for, but trust me, had them handled were really, really haaard~ ;)

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from the inspiration folder:

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forever young, forever cursed.

note:hi all, sorry for being such an awful blogger lately. here, as i promised, the review for dorian gray. this movie arrived way too late here in indonesia, i had to wait for 7 months to see it! well at least, i had a chance to see this anyway. the two leading men are my favorite actors. 

the movie is an adaptation of oscar wilde's famous novel "the picture of dorian gray", about a previously young, innocent man (ben barnes) that got corrupted by the views of lord henry wotton (colin firth). he taught young dorian to care the most about the beauty and the charms of youth, which he took seriously in the end that he made a pact with devil to keep him young, just like the first time he got painted by the very talented basil hallward (ben chaplin).

the result of the pact was that every damage that gray inflicted on people would be returned as wounds in the painting, so, it was like the painting was responsible for all of the damages that should be the actual gray's, so that he could stay young and beautiful forever. the movie reached its peak as gray fell for lord henry wotton's daughter, emily wotton (rebecca hall), and how scared he was while james vane (johnny haris) hunted him down  for being responsible for his sister's death because he broke her heart.

i couldn't tell more of them, unless the review will be a spoiler itself! anyway, i think this movie is a good drama to watch, although i don't know how innacurate this one is compared to the real novel, since i haven't read it. despite some said that this is the hollywood-ized version of the novel, and that ben barnes was not a good cast as dorian gray, because the real gray should be blonde with blue eyes (i don't know--is it true? :)), some had also said that this movie is stunning in its own way. which, in a way, i agree.

as for me, colin firth's such a blessing in this movie. he tapped really well into that antagonist character of his, and helped ben barnes a lot in making his role seemed more convincing than it should be (as much as i hate to say it, but barnes' acting was a bit weak here, compared to him as prince caspian). i really like this movie, though, and as usual,

i'd love to read your thoughts down there in the comment box :) also, if anyone had read the novel, could you please kindly share with me? :) i'd really be thankful!

p.s. just watched robin hood yesterday, too. anybody else thinks that the movie is really cool? i love the casts, too. cate is a goddess. russell crowe did an excellent job, too, i loved how he acted with such grace!!

i want a moment to be real, wanna touch things i don't feel.

blank stares at a blank diary. sometimes i felt like a stranger facing it, and more of a stranger as i scanned through the pages. days had went by and i have always desired a change; into someone better, into someone that matters, sometimes just to realize that i had taken the wrong turn and repeat the past cycles all over again, only better and more bitter. 

as a child i faced too many confusing options; whether to change or to embrace the childhood (with those mood swings and inability to control whichever emotions to show). they wanted a change, i gave them the refined version of me. they wanted me to be better, i said yes and i tweaked myself again and again. all the way down there, like deteriorating bones because back in those days i abandoned myself and walked in their expectations.

sometimes i got criticized for being too much of a stranger even to myself. the reason why i laughed at the blank page was simply because i did not even feel familiar with the same me who wrote down the past pages.

//photography by devina

//old paper brushes credit to lailomeiel and zap-br, film brushes credit to chokingonstatic; all, from deviantart

//title taken from the lyrics i'm still here by john rzeznik

rusty graphic tee/ mango jeans and belt/ thrifted bracelets and rings/ coach bag/ aldo boots

today's holiday. a great chance for me to calm myself down, listen to my favorite music, and watch my favorite movies over and over again. basically an ideal day for me, although relaxing sometimes does make me feel guilty. have you been there too?

watched dorian gray yesterday, too. i will post a review here soon. :)

also, check out my interview with sonia of dozen dresses. she has a lovely blog!

fashion pasta photo diary. (my favorite restaurant) ! ♥

//photography by devina and me

//brushes as editing tools taken from lailomeiel of deviantart

vintage dogtag/ mango cropped knit bolero, tanktop, jeans, and bracelets/ topshop basic tanktop (worn underneath) / aldo cowboy boots/ lv wallet

check fashion pasta's website here.

1. welcome!

2. my arrival

3. with mr. andrea aliani, the owner. mr. aliani is also a very talented painter who owns a studio in bali! next time i'm going to share more about his artworks :)

4. gorgeous dev

5. insalata mista (garden salad). this thing is magic! impossibly delicious with only the dressing of extra virgin olive oil! ♥

6. the kitchen guys

7. self-explanatory

little updates from my daily life are that i had done the 'shot list' for the final project, and still listening to goo goo dolls. still, after a whole week! plus, their new album called something for the rest of us will be released this year! can't wait any longer for that!

so, how are all of you? i've read many comments from the last post and i can see how you cool people are all so understanding, i deeply thank all of you for that. your supports mean a lot to me, really. i'm so happy to have all of you around :)

review: chanel coco & igor stravinsky. ♥

been looking for quite many times to relax recently, since there are many things to deal with (must be honest, sometimes they got me overwhelmed ;) ), so, i've been watching lots of movies recently, one of them is chanel coco and igor stravinsky (directed by jan kounen, 2009), which had also been selected for the closing night at cannes film festival. this movie was adapted from chris greenhalgh's novel titled coco and igor.




all of these times we've been admiring those pretty 2.55 bags and classic LBDs made by mme chanel. as fashionistas we had also heard too much about how she was a strong figure and a very independent woman that had dared to criticize her 1930s rival elsa schiaparelli about "scheherazade is easy, a little black dress is hard", also the one who dared calling herself "fashion".


this movie really had tapped into her impeccable charms as both a successful designer and a wealthy woman with class that all of us may even still want to look up to nowadays. the story revolved around mme chanel (played by the stunningly classy anna mouglalis) and musician igor stravinsky (mads mikkelsen--for those who are not familiar with him, he played alongside sam worthington in clash of the titans as his senior, captain draco and the 2006 casino royale as the main antagonist le chiffre), and how their world paralleled each other.



the independent chanel wanted to redefine women's fashion (now we all know why she is a legend now and then) and how stravinsky wanted to redefine music by creating innovations here and there. his first show was in 1913 where he got criticized for combining music and ballet for being considered as "too modern and too foreign". chanel was impressed, though, but that night she didn't have a chance to speak with stravinsky, instead, their first meeting was in 1920, where chanel was also saddened by the death of her beloved arthur 'boy' capel.


their meeting was short, chanel had also left too much mystery to be solved, but the impressions between them lasted long, especially after the newly wealthy chanel agreed to sponsor stravinsky's music materially, and she had also agreed to rent her villa for stravinsky to gather inspirations and create brilliant music. shortly said, stravinsky and his family agreed to move to chanel's villa and that was the start of the movie's climax.




the attractions between chanel and stravinsky was mutual, and they had affairs, eventhough stravinsky's wife, katia (yelena morozova) was still in the same place. one day she spotted them together, where stravinsky trained chanel how to play the piano and how they were really close and attached to each other, then it started her worrying about the secret intimacy between the two.


the story went on and the affair got worse as chanel asked stravinsky to choose between her and katia with a sentence: "a man never worths two women.", and i couldn't write all of them here, since they will come out as spoilers ;)


summed up, this movie is absolutely interesting, especially for those who are passionate about art and how both creative giants lived their lives. beautiful cinematography and great acting, also stunning settings and background music that will keep you bewitched until the very end of the movie. only, don't take the kids to watch this movie since this movie contains some R-rated romance scenes and trust me, they really are not for the kids and people under 18 ;)


(images credit to qfichennai, hoglander.se, gianchinepile, and allmoviephoto)

how are you all? i really miss you cool guys, and this blog. :)
sorry for not being able to go online for a long time lately. you can read more in the previous post. thanks for caring and understanding. i'm really glad to have you guys here ♥

also, have any of you watched this movie? feel free to share your views! i'd be glad to read them all! ^^

♥

from vinda to all of fashion atelier's friends:

i'd like to tell some important things about fashion atelier's updates. from today and on, i'd only be creating 2 posts per week, since the new term had started and i have to cope with lots of things, including a final project for my advanced diploma and two other modules (one of them is the c# programming, which i hate with a passion ;) ), also a comprehensive training for pilates teachers, so it means that there will be not so much free times for me anymore.

i'd still try my best to reply your comments, which i never stop loving, and post regularly. thank you to all of you for the supports and love. you guys mean a lot to me ♥

have a nice day!

off the record.

i want to sing out loud. sometimes i daydream as a rockstar. the giant stage with blinding lights. the deafening screams of both hatred and worship thrown by random people whose faces i may not be seeing again the next morning. i want to paint my nails black and have them all randomly chipped simply because i jam too much on guitars like the legendary steve vai. whatever those adults may say to tear apart this argument of mine, i'd smile and sarcastically tell them all that "girls can dream, and i bet many of the young girls out there want to be somewhere between hayley williams and cory kennedy".

sometimes i want to break out the system and rebel as if i'm some mad person who had just broke free from the insanity ward. i want to evoke troubles and scream at the top of my lungs compelling some random angers. being kids were never valued by adults, they had something like "princess" written out in our tees as kids, in hopes that we'd all grow up as perfect princesses. showing expressions of annoyance were even worse. they taught us that being matured, or at least looks like it was all that mattered. trust me, i've been there and deeply annoyed more than once, and even until today i don't know if i should really thank them for the rapid grow of personality. 

now and then every morning the views of future wake me up like natural alarms. 

//photography by devina

mango denim jacket, shirt, necklace, and bag/ topshop tank top/ rusty shorts/ aldo boots

been listening to too much goo goo dolls lately. the paragraphs above were inspired by their 1995 song "naked", although my favorite remains smallville soundtrack "here is gone" and the classic 1998 hit "iris". what's your favorites from them?

happy sunday to all of you!! :)