Here is Gaia Repossi in one of the rooms in the Standard in New York (oh my, oh my! Just look at that view of the Hudson!!!) where she recently presented her new jewelry line.

I already told you just how much I admire Gaia. I just think it’s so awesome that she offers a whole new take on haute jewelry which is a little too confined to its overly classical box (and even Kate Middleton couldn’t disagree, ha!).

You can click on the photos to see a few of my favorite cuffs and bracelets. And make sure you check out how she wears her rings above her knuckle. I love it!

So, which one do you choose?

You didn’t think I was done with Istanbul, did you ?

Naaaaa… I couldn’t help but ask the lovely Melody, who is a buyer for V2K, to tell me about some of her favorite places in Istanbul. Just in case you had the idea to go spend a week-end there !

Oh and about this picture… Aren’t all those super virile men with their little tea glass totally super awesomely charming ? I had to bring back at least one image of those “tea moments” in Istanbul. Check the special and super typical tray. You can see men going all around the city with these trays full of hot tea. I loved it.

All right ! Now here is Melodi’s Istanbul :

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You remember when I asked you to wish me good luck on Friday?

So here you have it. So when I asked you to wish me good luck, Friday, it was because I was shooting my first ad campaign for Love Moschino.

Wednesday, I was in Milan at Moschino, in the middle of PPM*, when I met Rossella Jardini, the artistic director. I loved her style right away, just how refined it is and her cheeky Italian humor.

Right after that, my new goal in life was to get myself invited over to her house for espresso.

And I finally got in!!! Here’s a few images I brought back for you. I loved the elegance mixed with the sense of humor that can only be found in Rossella’s universe. And I loved so much of her jewelry. The big necklace in the first photo, for example.

That’s Rossella, backstage at  Moschino runway show in 1990. Too chic.

Good luck room, all lined with elephants.

Et voilà! I’ve gotta go to a PPM*** (?). I send you all big hugs, bonne journée!

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* !!! :-) !!! Champagne! Strrrrrress ! !!!

** Aaah ah! I’m starting to learn all the crazy technical terms. Pre-Production Meeting.

*** Post-Production Meeting. Does that exist? I’m not so good with this stuff. I just bring the photos I did on friday to the retouch studio. Okay, off we go! Big hugs!

Translation : Tim Sullivan

I came across Camille Miceli in Shanghai in the middle of getting ready for the Dior cruise show. She’s taking care of the costume jewelry for Dior. Getting ready for a show like this is so crazy that we didn’t have much time to talk, but I found her bright smile, her joyful exuberance and her spectacular allure sums up well what I love about her jewelry.

I love the idea of wearing this with a simple white t-shirt and jeans. That’d work well for me. It would be like my own brand name for myself. I’d be “The girl with the jewelry” and I’d never have to go crazy over finding a dress for a party. That’d be nice. Packing would be so easy.

This bracelet would be the base for a simple outfit, relaxed and sophisticated at the same time. Maybe with a white jacket… perhaps. Or even a white suit! Think Bianca Jagger in the 70s…. Awesome idea. I’d go sailing on the Amalfi coast and so many super chic adventures would come my way like in The Talented M. Ripley. Except that nobody would jump out of the boat. Awesome !

As soon as I stepped foot in the boat, I’d take off my white suit so I don’t do the stupid-girl-wearing-a-white-suit-on-a-boat thing, and I’d have a white red coral bathing suit, and it’d go great with my yes (which would, of course, be blue), and this pearl necklace that I would swim with, like taking the pearls back into their natural habitat, the sea! I’d be, “The girl who loves nature and animals,” a modern Brigitte Bardot, but with a blog, and who loves animals, but only in moderation, and then AAAAaaahhh!!!! The necklace would be too heaaaaavvvyyy! SOS!!! I’m sinking!!!

Luckily, George Clooney Charlize Theron Viggo Mortensen Scott Schuman comes to the rescue with a lighter necklace, perfect for swimming with the oysters. He’d save me from the water just in time to get ready for the party at the Cannes film fest (the closest party we could find from the Amalfi coast. We would have to go there on a helicopter unless we wanted to get there for the Midem = hell). We would hate Cannes and realise life is elsewhere so we would escape in the warm night (in helicopter).

Before jumping in the helicopter, I’d grab my bracelet just to anchor me down again, reminding me of the tender hours I spent talking about nothing at all on my blog.

Ooookay, I’ll stop it with the silliness. Seriously though, I love this jewelry. And I promise to talk to you more about it the next time I see Camille. We’ve gotta make that happen. With some helicopter rides thrown in their too…

Translation : Tim Sullivan

Hi ! Live from my favorite café in Sydney (I am going to take pictures of it, I love it too much!), here are a few photos I took this morning (it’s 2am in New York, it’s 4pm in Sydney!) of Vicky and her dog, the adorable PK. He is the only dog I know that wears a bow tie.

Even better… A leather bow tie!

Here in Sydney things are pacing up a little (is that how you say when it’s calming down ? Tiiiiim sorry I’ve been so late lately!), and tomorrow we are going on week-end in the Australian outback (Ever heard about Wolgan Valley?) to meet kangaroos (my dream) and try to have them wear bow ties, cause other that that, I might not encounter much fashion out there!!!

Ok, I’m off now, kisses and talk to you later!