Monday, December 19, 2011

INSPIRATION: X-MAS MOOD!

The X-mas couture!
Get inspired...




John Richmond

Stella McCartney



Marc Jacobs




Miu Miu...

Giambattista Valli



Ermanno Scervino



Tory Burch

Source: Vogue.it

INSPIRATION: CAPRI BY MIGUEL VIEIRA




Miguel Vieira Spring 2012 Preview


Friday, December 16, 2011

ON FRYDAY'S CHRONICLE: A LETTER FROM SANTA

Dear Child,
Querida Criança,


I know you never imagined you’d receive a letter from me. After all, I’ve always maintained a high level of inscrutability: clandestine gift deliveries in the dead of night, vanishing before you awake, and the mysterious technological and financial methods by which I orchestrate my annual deliveries. It’s hard to understand exactly what I am. I’ve been many things. At worst, I’ve been a receptacle for mankind’s collective greed, a symbol painstakingly shaped and refined by corporations to shift culture toward desire rather than generosity. At best, I’ve made you feel like maybe there was some magic in the world. Let me elucidate my true nature, dear child.

Sei que nunca imaginaste vir a receber uma carta minha. Afinal, tenho mantido um alto nível de inescrutabilidade: Entrega clandestina de prendas na calada da noite, desapareço antes de acordares, assim como os métodos misteriosos, financeiros e tecnológicos, através dos quais orquestro as minhas entregas anuais. É muito dificil de entender o que eu sou. Tenho sido muitas coisas. No pior, tenho sido um receptáculo da ganância da raça humana, um símbolo, meticulosamente, enformado e refinado pelas corporações que vão mudando a cultura do desejo, com desprezo pela cultura da generosidade. No meu melhor, tenho feito com que sintas a possibilidade de existir um mundo mágico. Deixa-me elucidar-te quanto à minha verdadeira natureza, querida criança.

I began as a man, Bishop Nicholas of Smyrna, in what is now Turkey. Soon, I transfigured into myth, and then, thanks to Washington Irving and subsequently, Clement Clarke Moore’s “The Night Before Christmas,” I began accumulating tremendous power as an idea from children’s faith in my existence. So much power, in fact, that I did people forget the really aim of X-mas, of course you haven't seen an each human soul said " Happy birthday Jesus", have you? I’ve transcended my previous incarnation as an abstract concept and become something more akin to a God, a being of near-limitless power existing outside time and space, totally omniscient, and fueled by children’s dreams. 


Comecei como um homem, Bispo Nichilas de Smyrna, onde agora é a Turquia. Cedo, fui transfigurado num mito, e depois, graças a Washington Irving e, subsequentemente, "À Noite Antes do Natal" de Clement Clarke Moore, comecei a acumular um tremendo poder com a fé das crianças na minha existência. Tanto poder, na verdade, que fiz toda a gente esquecer-se de felicitar Jesus pelo seu aniversário. Já ouviste alguém dizer "Happy birthday Jesus"?! Portanto, sou hoje algo de transcendente mais próximo do estatuto de deus, com poder ilimitado, não sujeito a constrangimentos de relatividade como o espaço e tempo, totalmente omnisciente, e alimentado pelos puros sonhos das crianças.


It helps if children send me letters as it often crystallizes their specific desires for me, but it’s not necessary. Ponies, Deluxe Lando Calrissian figurines, iPads — their wishes continuously stream into my brain like a nonstop Twitter feed, like an endless whispered solicitation, like a perpetual whine. Written into the fabric of my being is this connection with children’s desires, but my God, it sickens me. One quality of children that’s never discussed is how selfish they are. Their lives revolve around sucking up toys, candy, and video games without a thought to giving back. Maybe their parents give something to a family member and stick on the child’s name — at best, the child knows what the gift is — but giving is an alien concept to them. They genuinely don’t care about other people.


Para gozar deste meu estatuto, ajuda o facto de as crianças me enviarem, frequentemente, cartas e assim cristalizarem o seu desejo por mim, mas, de facto isso não é necessário. Ponies, Barbies, Game boys e iPads - os seus desejos alimentam o fluxo do meu cérebro, continuamente, como um imparável twitter, um infindável  sussuro de solicitações num perpétuo choramingar. Escrito no âmago do meu ser está esta conexão com os desejos das crianças, mas meu deus, isso põe-me doente. Uma das indiscutiveis e universais caracteristicas das crianças é o seu egoísmo. As suas vidas giram á volta dos brinquedos novos, doces, video games sem um único pensamento de retribuir. Dar é um conceito completamente alienigeno para qualquer criança que genuinamente se está a borrifar para os outros, ainda que os pais tentem contrariar isso com a chamada boa educação. Mas, o egoismo é tão natural na criança, como a propagação da espécie é objectivo primário de todos os seres vivos, o Homem incluido.


So each year, I subtly manipulate quantum probabilities in order to spontaneously produce gifts for children across the world, even for the naughty children. These selfish brats receive Playstation 3’s and Macbook Pros when they deserve less than coal, less than ash. Unfortunately, if I dispensed coal to all the truly naughty children, the percentage receiving gifts would comprise less than 10 percent. That’s okay, though because my true gifts are delivered in more subtle ways throughout your life. Maybe you make the right person laugh or maybe you leave your business card on the right park bench. And my true coal is darker and more toxic than you could ever imagine, reserved only for truly depraved little children. Make no mistake, child, you’re one of them.

Assim, cada ano,subtilmente, manipulo o quantum de probabilidades com o obejctivo de produzir espontaneamente presentes para as crianças ao redor do mundo, mesmo para as mais desobedientes. Esses fedelhos egoistas recebem Palystations 3 e Macbooks Pro quando o que eles merecem é menos do que carvão e cinzas. Infelizmente, se eu oferecer carvão a todos os verdadeiros fedelhos, a percentagem daqueles que receberiam presentes ficaria comprometida em menos de 10%, e a minha fama e poder decairiam abruptamente. E isso não pode ser porque a concorrência do Menino Jesus é tremenda em tempos de crise. Mas, os meus verdadeiros presentes são distribuidos através de caminhos mais subtis ao longo da tua vida. Talvez, um dia faças rir a pessoa certa ou talvez deixes cair o teu cartão de negócios no banco de jardim certo. E o meu verdadeiro carvão é mais negro e tóxico que tu possas imaginar, somente reservado para os pequenos fedelhos mais depravados. Não erres, filho, que tu és um deles.



To say I see you when you’re sleeping is an understatement of unfathomable magnitude. I see you when you sleep, when you wake — hell, I can read the contents of your soul as easily as you read this letter. I know your secret ego, that you think you’re smarter than other children, better than other children. I know deep down you don’t really believe in your own mortality. I know sometimes you pray for your parents to be murdered so you can be like Batman or Harry Potter

Dizer que te vejo enquanto dormes é uma afirmação de insodável magnitude. Vejo-te enquanto estás a dormir, quando acordas - bem, posso ler o conteúdo da tua alma tão facilmente quanto tu lês esta carta. Conheço o teu ego secreto, em que tu te julgas mais esperto do que as outras crianças, e mellhor que todos os outros. Vejo profundamente que tu não acreditas na tua própria mortalidade. Sei que desejas secretamente que teus pais desapareçam para que possas ser como o Batman ou Harry Potter.


You see, I’m not like other deities who love all people and are merely disappointed by their failings. No, I feel hate, and I hate you. I can see your Wishlist, and it’s over 200 pages long, each item carefully prioritized. If your little sister gets more gifts, you throw a tantrum until your parents drive you to WalMart. If someone gets a present you want, you steal it when no one’s looking and hide it in your room. You sit in the dining room before guests arrive and gobble every last Christmas tree cookie like a fat piece of crap. After opening a present, you never thank the person who gave it to you. You don’t give anyone else a gift, yet you expect one from each and every family member. You selfish dick. 

Estás a ver, eu não sou como as outras divindades que amam toda a gente e ficam meramente desapontados com os falhanços dos outros. Não, eu consigo sentir ódio de verdade. Detesto-te quando vejo a tua lista de desejos que chega quase às 200 páginas, cada item devidamente priorizado. Se a tua irmã mais pequena recebe mais prendas do que tu fazes uma birra fenomenal no caminho para o hipermercado. Se alguém recebe um presente que tu queres, tu rouba-lo quando ninguém está a olhar e esconde-lo no teu quarto. Sentaste-te na sala de jantar antes dos convidados chegarem e partes as últimas bolachas em forma de árvore de natal como se fosse lixo gordurento. Depois de abrires um presente, nunca agradeces à pessoa que tu deu, a não ser que os teus pais te obriguem. Não dás prendas a ninguém, todavia, esperas um presente de cada membro da familia. Seu fedelho egoista.


No, I’m not going to leave you with coal this year. You’ll get your pile of meaningless objects, each item designed to stimulate temporary serotonin release. You’ll forget this note; I know you will because I’ve foreseen it. You’ll think, ‘What a funny prank someone played on me. Dad sure has a weird sense of humor.’ But I can weave the threads of human destiny into whatever forms I choose — a scarf, a hat, or even heartbreaking tragedy. You’ll receive your presents, oh yes, don’t worry about that. But the baby will be stillborn. And she’ll never love you. And your house will burn down. And your dreams will fizzle. You’ll want to die, but you’ll be too afraid to kill yourself. Only then, at the bitter end, will you remember my letter, the letter from Santa.
Merry Christmas

Não, não te vou deixar carvão este ano. Tu terás a tua pilha de objectos sem significado, cada item destinado a estimular temporariamente a libertação de seretonina no teu cerebrozinho de fedelho mimado. Esquecerás esta carta; EU sei que sim porque já o tinha previsto. Pensarás " Que partida engraçada que alguém me pregou. O papá certamente que tem um sentido de humor único". Mas, eu posso tecer os fios do destino humano nas formas que eu quiser - um lenço, um chapéu, ou uma tragédia de coração. Receberás os teus presentes, é claro, não te preocupes. Mas, ainda não viste nada. A tua criança está por nascer. a tua paixão não te amará e tu nunca o saberás. A tua casa irá arder e outras desgraças de que me irei lembrando com o tempo. A tua vida não será fácil e um dia, quando as coisas estiverem perto do amargo final, lembrar-te-às, só então, desta carta do teu querido,


Pai Natal.
Feliz Natal



INSPIRATION: THINGS THAT ANNOY ME TO DEATH! #13 People who have "IIT'S COMPLICATED" in their Facebook's status!




World’s relationship is really changing because of the internet. It’s a kind of thing that runs totally for our control. Not so many years ago things among two human beings were so simple and easy! Relationship’s status was only: Single, married, widowed, divorced. Some people were engaged but still single, others are single still in a civil union, others were married still separated, and these are the most complicated non-defined status existed… that’s it!


Today, if you go to the facebook relationship’s status you got really confused with some of the items like “It’s complicated”! Is this for real? My question is: Why would anyone in a legitimate relationship be like, “Oh my god! Everything is so confusing between us and we must let Facebook know!” Are they calling for help to the facebook’s free advices? It’s a kind of thing that let me thinking about because people recently developed the need to share everything about their lives, color of the daily underwear included.

I imagine that forbidden lovers are something belonging to the past, but now I realize that Romeo and Juliet are still alive, even if the Romeo is gay and Juliet is his best friend in love with the gay friend, or something like that. What I don’t understand is why this relevant information is appropriate to share with the world! I’m not a guesses’ person but I believe there is a lot of people which best joy in life is to guess other’s lives. So why feed that?

In the old times, in the pre- facebook era, to talk in public about our relationship was considered rude and hurtful. After a hard fight with our soul mate, we only talked about with our most (one or two) intimate friends. And that’s all! Because talking about other’s feelings and failures it was considered truly offensive and disrespectful. The internet has already crapped on the sanctity of a relationship in many ways. We already see too much of people’s most private moments. We’re always one click away from seeing our significant other’s lives before us. But “It’s complicated” is too much, I’m just saying!

For another hand, if “It’s complicated” is only for fun why didn’t facebook’s status options create a kind of “It’s simply” or “It’s breezy” or something positive! I rather prefer a kind of “extra, super duper complicated” graduation! Or instead a status’ situation like “We kind of hate each other but are to chicken to end” Yes, it would be funny!

I have a suggestion for a new facebook relationship’s status “We are betraying us” and this has nothing to do with another lover in your life but everything about betray trust and respect which are the basis of any relationship for much complicated it was. And if it isn’t complicated, believe me, there are good chances to facebook and internet in general had become great contributors to the complication of your love affair/crush/passion for life. So good luck with being complicated!

INSPIRATION: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

Men became better with age. It's not a fair game, is it?


Marc Jacobs by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue US January 2012

Thursday, December 15, 2011

INSPIRATION OF THE DAY: HAHN-BIN











Passion is the genesis of the genius
- Tony Robbin





" Less than a year after graduating from Juilliard, Hahn-Bin made his debut at Carnegie Hall. And before that, there was his big premiere at the Grammy's at the age of 12. The latest from the violin prodigy is Till Dawn Sunday, a gender- and genre-defying recording. His effort to bring classical music to the pop masses won him riotous acclaim -- from even the most conservative connoisseurs. " 

Via  ... 




Visit his website HERE

INSPIRATION: LA VIE EN NOIR











Photos by Mariano Vivanco for Muse Magazine Winter 2011/12

More HERE

INSPIRATION: LA VIE EN ROSE - Part 2










Photographs: Michelle Du Xuan

Make-up: Aya Fujita
Hair: Miha Oshima
Model: Liandra @ IMG Paris
Photo Assistant: Soldad
Post-production: Sebastien Reuter

Via (...)

INSPIRATION: LA VIE EN ROSE

I'm feeling so sweet, today...


A tribute to my blogger fellows who love pink above life!




Pics via Louis Vuitton SS 2012 campaign. Kati Nescher and Daria Strokous by Steven Meisel.


INSPIRATION: THINGS THAT ANNOY ME TO DEATH! #12 People Can’t Stop Feeling Sad (For No Reason)


Stop feeling sad for no reason. Stop replacing your happiness for that feeling of a vague sense of melancholy. Stop blaming everything and everybody for your sadness and for your inability to feel joy in each waking, life’s new experience or in a crush you just had.


In the morning, when you looked at yourself in the mirror, you may think that you aren’t getting younger, you had so many dreams that you can’t make true, so many problems you can’t deal with, so many broken plans you can´t fix… But if you’ll meet the new day with this “Screw you!” kind of attitude no wonder things wouldn’t go right for you.

First you must tell for yourself that these feelings aren’t real. You can choose at every moment how you will feel like, and if you choose a sour mood, I’m sure no one could help you because it’s the way you choose to face the day. When there’s nothing there to make you feel sad, it’s quite clear that you’re the only reason. Think about it. Most of the time you’re the one who’s making yourself feel miserable. So you can also be the one who gets you out. Get over and save the day!

We get upset so lightly if there is a special price to frequent travelers to the Land of Boredom we would travel for free! It’s just a problem of our Western Culture. This mood hasn’t anything to do with needs or economical problems; it’s our European dark mood. It seems to me that things control us and not the inverse. Phones, internet, social networks like the facebook, twitter, emails… they are out of control because we gave them a lot of power. When someone doesn’t follow us back on Twitter or write on our Facebook wall, or didn’t respond back to an email, you just fall into an existential crisis. Don’t you think you’re over reacting? Happiness can’t be as fast as hi-tech, can it?

You need to start separating what is important and what is bogus. Some feelings are as fake as a Prada’s bag from a Chinese store. You must stop to give sadness so much power! If you must feel anything choose something that make you think positive. It’s a hard exercise for your brain but you should take control of it. Don’t let your emotions punk you. In the end of the day there is in the world people who have real problems of feeding themselves, or illnesses that can’t be cured, or the death of a beloved person. Think about the importance of a text message about a date that wasn’t answered with someone who hasn’t the minimum to survive. What do you think about?

Ok, your world is more important than the rest of the world! But if you let that vague sense of melancholy takes you, your world isn’t also a pretty thing to live on! Don’t you agree? Your world is what you make it, nothing more, and nothing less. If you are having this “Just one of these days!” kind of attitude (and, of course, there will be always “these shit days” in life, mainly in the morning!) try to think positive. What works with me is putting on the player Queen’s We will rock you and make a sort of crazy dance with me and myself. So I realize that I was feeling something that’s not even there!

INSPIRATION: FASHION HEROINES' COOKBOOK #1 - STELLA MCARTNEY'S CAKE



I got this idea of make a Fashion Heroines' cookbook in jest and in a kind of ironic mood because celebrities are doing that as a trendy thing to do - sharing recipes with their fans. So I had so many requests by my friends and followers that I decided to do the thing!

But you don't think Fashion Heroines' recipes will be only light and dietary because you will be really disappointed. The recipes that will appear here only have one thing in common: They have to be delicious and beautiful to die; they will be well on the table and in the mouth of a true fashionista. You'll see! 

Lancei a ideia para o ar em tom de brincadeira, mas, parece que a ideia pegou - fazer um livro de receitas do Fashion Heroines! Não pensem que vão ser só receitas light e dietéticas, desenganem-se desde já porque as receitas que vão aparecer por aqui só têm um denominador em comum: Têm de ser deliciosas e lindas de morrer e que fiquem bem na mesa e na boca de um verdadeiro fashionista.



So I'm going to start with a delicious cake inspired by Stella McCartney's Spring / Summer 2011 collection...
Would you like a bite?

Por isso começo com um bolo delicioso inspirado em Stella McCartney e na sua colecção Primavera/Verão 2011. Deliciem-se...



( Portuguese version below/ Versão Portuguesa em baixo)


Citrus Cake with Lemon Curd Filling and Lemon & Orange Icing


Ingredients

■1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans
■2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, plus more for the pans
■grated zest of 2 oranges
■grated zest of two lemons
■1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
■1/4 teaspoon baking soda
■1/2 teaspoon salt
■1 1/2 cups sugar
■2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
■3 large eggs, room temperature
■1 cup whole milk
■Blood oranges*, regular oranges, lemons, limes sliced to arrange on top of the cake
■fresh mint, also to arrange on top of the cake




Directions

1.Heat oven to 350°F. Butter two 8″, 9″ or 10″ round cake pans, line the bottoms with parchment, butter again, and dust with flour, tapping out the excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

2.Using an electric (or hand mixer -that’s all I have at the moment!), beat the butter and sugar on medium-high until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in the grated zest of the oranges and lemons. Beat in the vanilla, then the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.

3.Reduce mixer speed to low. Add the flour mixture in 3 additions and the milk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix just until combined (don’t over mix).

4.Divide the batter equally between the prepared cake pans, leveling the top of each with a large spoon or rubber spatula. Bake until a toothpick from the center of the cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes for 8-inch pans, 22 to 25 minutes for 9-inch pans and 20 to 22 minutes for a 10 inch pan. Cool the cakes in the pans for 15 minutes, then turn out onto racks to cool completely. (After they cooled, I wrapped and froze my cakes until the next day).

Transfer one of the cooled cakes to a plate and spread with the lemon curd. Top with the remaining cake and refrigerate to set, 30 minutes. Then frost the rest of the cake!




Lemon Curd Filling (adapted from RealSimple)

Ingredients

■4 large eggs
■1 cup sugar
■1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
■1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
■pinch salt
■1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Directions

1.In a heatproof bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, lemon zest and juice, and salt. Add the butter. Set the bowl over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water and cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture has thickened (like the consistency of mayonnaise), 12 to 15 minutes. UPDATE: the lemon curd could take longer than 15 minutes to thicken up, just keep on whisking, I promise, it will happen.

2.Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Place a piece of parchment or wax paper directly on the surface of the lemon curd and refrigerate until completely cool, at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.

Fresh Orange Lemon Frosting

Ingredients

■2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
■2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest
■2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
■1 pound confectioners’ sugar (about 3 3/4 cups), sifted
■pinch salt

Directions

1.Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and lemon zest on high until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the orange juice. Reduce mixer speed to low. Gradually add the sugar, then the salt, and beat until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Ice the cake! UPDATE: I covered and refrigerated the icing overnight and then frosted the cake the next day after it thawed on the counter.

*I went to three different stores in order to find blood oranges… since the cakes were already made and I needed to decorate it… I just bought regular oranges and improvised with red food coloring. I’m sorry! I had to do it… I had no idea how unobtainable blood oranges could be!

UPDATE: You can also use grapefruits to sub for the blood oranges. And, what I will do when I make this cake again, is instead of cutting the fruit in halves, I will drape the whole oranges and limes over the edge of the cake. It’s easier and will probably look even better. Also, I had no problem with my fruit running but, just in case, after you slice the fruit, lay the slices on paper towels until you top the cake with them.

 
 
Bolo de Citrus Lemon Curd com Recheio
e Glacê de limão e laranja
 
Ingredientes


■ 1 copo de manteiga sem sal, em temperatura ambiente■ 2  1/2 xícaras de farinha de trigo, cheias e niveladas■ raspas de 2 laranjas
■ 1 1/2 colheres de chá de fermento em pó

■ bicarbonato de sódio 1/4 colher de chá
■ sal 1/ 2
■ 1 1 / 2 xícaras de açúcar

■ 2 colheres de chá de extrato de baunilha
■ 3 ovos grandes, temperatura ambiente
■ 1 xícara de leite gordo■  Toranjas, laranjas regulares, limões, limas cortadas para organizar em cima do bolo
■ Hortelã fresca, também para enfeitar em cima do bolo


instruções

1. Aqueça o forno a 200 graus Unte duas formas de bolo redondo com manteiga e polvilhe com farinha, batendo para fora o excesso. Em uma tigela média, misture a farinha, o fermento, o bicarbonato e o sal e reserve.

2. Usando uma batedeira eléctrica, bata a manteiga e o açúcar em potência média-alta até ficar cremosa, 2-3 minutos. Misture as raspas raladas das laranjas e limões. Bata a baunilha, depois os ovos um a um, raspando as laterais da tigela quando necessário.


3.Reduza a velocidade da batedeira. Adicione a mistura de farinha em três adições e do leite em 2 adições, começando e terminando com a mistura de farinha.

4.Divida a massa igualmente entre as formas de bolo preparadas, nivelando o topo de cada um com uma colher grande ou espátula de borracha. Deixe cozer até que um palito do centro do bolo saia limpo, de 20 a 30 minutos. Deixe arrefecer os bolos nas formas por 15 minutos, então desenforme para esfriar completamente. Se fizer os bolos na véspera reserve no frigorífico até ao dia seguinte.
 


Depois de completamente arrefecido passe um dos bolos para um prato e espalhe o doce de limão (Lemon curd). Cubra com o restante bolo e leve ao frigorífico para solidificar, cerca de 30 minutos. Só então pode fazer a cobertura final do bolo inteiro.


Recheio de Lemon Curd



ingredientes

■ 4 ovos grandes
■ 1 xícara de açúcar
■ 1 colher de sopa de raspas de limão raspas
■ 1 / 2 xícara de suco de limão fresco
■ pitada de sal
■ 1 / 2 xícara de manteiga sem sal, cortada em pedaços

Instruções: Numa tigela refractária, misture os ovos, o açúcar, as raspas de limão, o sumo e o sal. Adicione a manteiga. Coloque a tigela sobre uma panela de água fervente (banho-maria) e cozinhe, mexendo constantemente, até que a mistura engrossar (como a consistência de maionese) durante 12 a 15 minutos. UPDATE: O doce de limão pode levar mais de 15 minutos para engrossar, basta continuar a bater com cuidado.


Passar a mistura por uma peneira de malha fina para dentro de uma tigela média. Espalhe o doce sobre papel vegetal e leve ao frigorífico até esfriar completamente, pelo menos, duas horas e até 2 dias.




Cobertura de limão e laranja



ingredientes


■ 1 1/2 xícara de manteiga sem sal, em temperatura ambiente
■ 2 colheres de sopa de raspas de casca de limão
■ 2 colheres de sopa de sumo de laranja natural
■ 3 xícaras açúcar de confeiteiro peneirado
■ pitada de sal

Instruções: Usando uma batedeira, bata a manteiga e as raspas de limão em alta até formar um creme, 3-5 minutos. Adicione o suco de laranja. Reduzir a velocidade do misturador. Aos poucos, acrescente o açúcar, o sal e bata até ficar homogéneo, raspando as laterais da tigela quando necessário. Cubra o bolo!




Bom Apetite!

Inspired by http://www.apollinas.com/ 

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

INSPIRATION: THINGS THAT ANNOY ME TO DEATH! #11 - Strangers giving me Happy Holidays in the street!

Ok, I can deal with depressing X-mas music all day long. What I can't deal at all is people that I never met in my life giving me "Merry Christmas" instead saying "Good morning" or so. Why do strangers care about my "Happy New Year"? For god's sake! This morning in the street a woman that I've never seen before approached to my face to wish me "Happy X-mas", as I hadn't any reaction she asked me why was I so angry? But I was really hungry because it was launch time!

There is no such thing as a-special-X-mas' feeling which invades all the human's souls, I don't belive in that kind of mood. People are getting nuts and I can't do nothing because "It's Christmas' mood" even if I don't give a shit.  

If you are so "Christmasnized" why don't you find a real tree or make snow angels instead? Get in love and be romantic because this is the only time to get the ridiculous' experience without people think you are ridiculous or slushy. But please if you are a stranger to me and you aren't in my facebook's list don't greet me with all these X-mas stuff. If you are in my facebook friends' list consider already that I'm all greetful enough! Thanks.


INSPIRATION: FASHION VICTIM'S STYLE


A real fashion victim is recognized by fur and sequin scales' style at the same look!

Uma verdadeira fashion victim reconhece-se pelo uso intensivo num mesmo look
de brilhos tipo escamas e pêlo!


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INSPIRATION: THE UPGRADE OF GREAT GATSBY'S STYLE!

I think any time soon fashion will be hardly wainting for inspiration by  Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio  - and by its classic, Jazz Age style.
Julgo que nos tempos mais próximos a moda vai estar arduamente em busca da sua próxima grande inspiração através do próximo filme , uma adaptação de The Great Gatsby, realizado por Baz Luhrmann, com Leonardo DiCaprio, bem ao estilo clássico da Jazz Age.




I'm talking about the quintessential of 1920s fashion: bobbed hair, decadent jewels, lots of fur, and Deco-looking...

Estou a falar da quintenssência da moda dos anos 20: cabelo Bob, jóias decadentes e montes de peles e pêlo, e a looks mais Art-Deco.




The men are, of course, suited up and dapper and ready for some Jazz Age partying. This is one of my favorite times in the fashion's history, so I'm awaiting with great anticipation for the film's wardrobe, as in previous works of Luhrmann's wardrobe had always a great prominence. The film opens December 25, 2012 in the US.O homens claro vestirão fatos, como se estivessem sempre prontos para ir a uma festa Jazz Age.



Esta é uma das minhas épocas preferidas na moda pelo que aguardo com muita expectativa pelo guarda-roupa do filme, já que nas obras anteriores de Luhrmann o guarda-roupa tem sempre grande destaque. O filme estreará nos Estados Unidos a 25 de Dezembro de 2012.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

INSPIRATION: WHAT KIND OF FASHION GIRL ARE YOU?


What kind of fashion girl are you?



BLOSSOM:






BUBBLES...





Or, BUTTERCUP...





GARETH PUGH X M.A.C


The make-up!





And the make-up won't be the same ever...The colors are  just an electric storm and the packing is really amazing. A dark violet fantasy that fits in every mortal soul ( body and face)!?

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NSPIRATION: FACTS OF LIFE #3 I UNDERSTAND. I JUST DON'T GIVE A SHIT!

... Because I don't.

Photo by Alex Brunet

INSPIRATION: FACTS OF LIFE #2 - WHAT IS NORMAL?



Don't belive in everything you think ...! That's the kind of worth gift that wouldn't broke you.


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INSPIRATION: THINGS THAT ANNOY ME TO DEATH! #10 People talking about things they don't know...

That's the kind of things that make me nuts: People talk about things they don’t know, or about what they assume to be the truth. Very few hardly understand about a subject under conversation but everybody have an opinion about this or that. People make their own dogmas based not in facts or knowledge but following the leader's opinion or the majority opinion of the establishement minds. People are just saying... not thinking! Before talking, why not just ask?

O tipo de coisas que me deixa mesmo louca é as pessoas falarem de coisas sobre as quais nada sabem, ou quando assumem que a sua opinião é a Verdade. Muito poucos sabem ou comprendem profundamente um determinado assunto em conversa, mas, toda a gente tem a sua opinião formada não em factos (que desconhecem) ou em conhecimento especializado ( que ignoram), limitam-se a seguir a opinião da maioria ou dos seus pretensos lideres. As pessoas têm que ter uma opinião sobre tudo e mais alguma coisa... mas, não têm que pensar, manterem-se informados sobre os factos ou adquirir conhecimentos inclusive falando com quem sabe. E o trabalho que isso dá?

Monday, December 12, 2011

INSPIRATION: THE GIRLS WHO LOOK LIKE BOYS by Peter Coulson

Inspiring...

INSPIRATION: THINGS THAT ANNOY ME TO DEATH! #9 OBSCURANTISM




What annoys me is nobody seems to have a plan to stop stupidity and obscurantism. Today, despite it's easy to talk live with someone in the other side of the planet and high-tech allows us crazy dreams can come true in seconds... but nobody cares about people who lived in a kind of black hole all the time!

O que me irrita é que ninguém parece ter um plano para acabar com a estupidez e o obscurantismo. Vivemos numa nova Idade Média, apesar de todo o aparato tecnológico e do facto de ser possível a qualquer tempo comunicar com alguém do outro lado do planeta e termos acesso à sabedoria mais inacessível á distância de um click. Hoje qualquer sonho por mais disparatado parece ser possível de realizar, mas, ao mesmo tempo há cada vez mais pessoas isoladas, a viverem num autêntico buraco negro.

The cult for modern obscurantism in opposition to wisdom and foresight has done more damage to mankind than all the financial problems and economic crisis.

O culto pelo obscurantismo moderno em oposição à sabedoria e à clarividência parece-me estarem a causar mais danos à humanidade do que qualquer crise financeira ou económica, passada ou futura.

One explanation is that God has been jealousy about human's erudition, so God kept some guys and chicks in total ignorance, God gave them, instead, religion, a black wall to pray and made them promised not make questions and memorize the right answers. Then, God gave to obscure people the power to influence others like a virus spreaded between humans. 

Uma explicação pode ser que Deus tendo ficado ciumento acerca da erudição humana, decidiu manter alguns gajos em total ignorância, oferendo-lhes o poder da religião em vez do conhecimento e um muro cinzento para olharem e aprenderam a não fazerem perguntas. Em troca, Deus prometeu-lhes que lhes daria sempre a resposta certa que eles só tinham que decorar para viverem felizes e prósperos para sempre. Se algo falhasse na Terra, teriam sempre o Céu como último reduto de felicidade, desde que se portassem bem e não escrevessem obscenidades ou grafittis no muro cinzento. Deus deu-lhe então a graça da multiplicação e eles espalharam-se como um virus por entre os humanos.

God's decision led to moral and ethical problems which involves economical difficulties because for one side there are those who had values and cultural values and made changes and contributed for the evolution; For the other side there are those ones leading by obscurantism with no values involved who provocated recession and pain. Both are God's sons pulling the world in opposite directions. 

A decisão de Deus conduziu a imensos problemas morais e éticos que por sua vez levou a todos os problemas económicos que os povos agora enfrentam. Por um lado, há aqueles que possuem valores e que fazem mudanças importantes, contribuindo, assim, para a evolução da humanidade. Por outro lado, existem todos aqueles que conduzidos pelo obscurantismo sem quaiquer valores envolvidos, travam a evolução e a mudança, provocando recessão e sofrimento. Ambos filhos de Deus puxam o mundo em direcções opostas. Ora ganhando uns, ora ganhando outros. Tudo por causa da ira de Deus contra a verdadeira genialidade humana.

In the end of the day there are all the rest of us in a current battle against world's absurdity, trying to keep an articulate measure of sanity.

Finalmente, existem aqueloutros, a populaça que enfrenta uma constante batalha contra o absurdo do mundo, tentando manter uma articulada medida de sanidade.

To be quiet honest I don't really believe in God's vanity theory explained by God's feelings about Humans. Because it's too easy and excusable. Blindness of the mind weakens the reason, that's for sure. Those vampires who hate the light of wisdom are not so much incongruous, because they would like to keep others in a total blindness too. Then, who are against mainstream become some kind of nihilistic and empty of values.

Para ser honesta, não acredito realmente nesta teoria da vaidade de Deus, explicada pelos sentimentos divinos em relação aos humanos, por ser uma teoria demasiado fácil e desculpabilizante da raça humana. A cegueira da mente enfraquece a razão, isso é certo. Esses vampiros que odeiam a luz não são assim tão incongruentes porque eles gostariam de manter os outros na escuridão para mais facilmente serem manipulados. Depois, quem está contra a maioria sofre de uma espécie de niilismo e de um tremendo vazio de valores.

Here’s the real problem: our society as a whole has officially entered the intellectual vacuum. Seems to me that the only way to be relevant is to undertake the dissection of our intimate life or became a TV (reality) show's celebrity. In our current time creative minds were outdated by raising TV celebrities who had the chance of their 15 minutes of fame doing nothing except demonstrate their emptiness and ignorance.

Eis o problema real: A nossa sociedade como um todo entrou, oficialmente, num vácuo intelectual, em que a único forma de nos tornarmos relevantes é dissecando a nossa vida privada, ou tornarmo-nos em celebridades de reality shows da TV. Na nossa era as mentes criativas foram ultrapassadas pelas celebridades que tiveram a oportunidade dos tais 15 minutos de fama á custa de não terem feito absolutamente nada, excepto demonstrar a sua vacuidade e ignorância.  

All in all, this isn’t a matter of “fun”. Or even a matter of philosophical right-or-wrong. This is a question of the search for materialism in spite of knowledge. Our big problem is The Heaven looks like the profit driven world of Hollywood. No wonder that when there is a crisis, and of course not enough money, people got crazy and the world became chaotic. So obscurantism seems the ideal simulacrum of philosophy best utilized to uncover the nuances of life, and find a truth to bring order to a chaotic world. 

Apesar de tudo isto não é uma questão de diversão ou sequer uma questão de filosofia do certo e errado. Isto é uma questão de substituição da busca da luz do conhecimento pela busca cega do materialismo. O nosso grande problema é que o Paraiso parece-se cada vez mais com o mundo conduzido pelo lucro de Hollywood. Não é de admirar que quando a crise económica se instala, e claro a falta de dinheiro, as pessoas endoidecem e o mundo fica à beira de um ataque de nervos. Mais uma vez, o obscurantismo parece ser o simulacro de filosofia ideal e melhor utilizado para esconder as nuances da vida, e procurar a suposta verdade que irá trazer ordem ao mundo cada vez mais danificado pelo seu próprio remédio. 

Capitalism has always threatened to make a mockery of thought. Thought doesn’t make any money, unless its aim is money and not thought for its own sake. First, at school, we replaced Philosophy and any kind of discipline that make us thinking  for others like Economics that allow us to fix financial and capitalist problems turned into money, and more money. The way for obscurantism is so opened! Then we made the youngers thinking that what's matters is only a question of making money easier and sooner as they can to buy thinks that Capitalism needs to keep going on. The lack of light made fanatics. And fanatics are the really great problem for mankind.

O capitalismo sempre ameaçou parodiar o pensamento. O pensamento não produz dinheiro, a não ser que o seu objectivo seja ele próprio fazer dinheiro e não o pensamento por si mesmo. Primeiro, na escola substituimos as disciplinas como Filosofia que nos ensinam pensar por nós próprios, por outras como Economia que só nos permite resolver as questões financeiras do capitalismo e como tornar os problemas económicos em mais dinheiro, em mais dinheiro. A porta do osbcurantismo está bem escancarada. Depois, fez-se os mais jovens acreditar que o objectivo mais importante da vida é ganhar muito dinheiro, da forma mais fácil e mais rápida possível, para poderem comprar tudo aquilo que alimenta o próprio sistema e o faz continuar. A falta de luz produz fanáticos em série. Os fanáticos são realmente o grande problema e a maior ameaça no mundo.

 Nietzsche said “Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons,”   So fanatics will win, easily, if we won't turn the light of thinking as soon as we can, notwithstanding we need high-tech - like social networks - to help us and make it our own ally.  

Nietzsche disse " Os fanáticos são pitorescos, a Humanidade prefere ver gestos a ouvir razões" Pelo que os fanáticos poderão ganhar, e com ele o obscurantismo proliferá numa nova e pior idade média. Cabe-os a nós acender a luz do pensamento tão cedo quanto possamos e lutar contra o obscurantismo onde os fanáticos vampiros gostam de poisar, enm que para isso tenhamos que recorrer a todos os meios ao nosso alcance, inclusive a alta tecnologia e torna-la nossa aliada.

ImageBrief Photographer Spotlight: Joao Lamares

The photographer Joao Lamares, who is collaborating with Fashion Heroines since ever and also my husband, is today’s featured photographer on the ImageBrief blog. Look at the interview that he gave...

O fotógrafo Joao Lamares que é colaborador do Fashion Heroines desde sempre e também meu marido, é hoje o fotógrafo em destaque no ImageBrief's blog. Eis a entrevista que ele deu à publicação...


One of the fave photos by Joao Lamares 


How long have you been shooting?

I have been shooting for 30 years

Há quanto tempo fotografa?
Há cerca de 30 anos.

Have you always been a photographer? If not, what did you do before?
I have been a professional photographer for 13 years. However, before this I was a teacher.

É fotografo desde sempre? Senão, o que fazia antes?
Tenho sido fotógrafo profissional há 13 anos. Contudo, antes de ser fotógrafo profissional fui professor.

Are you self-taught?
Yes, but I have undertaken a few courses in the initial stages of my career to perfect my skills and still do this on occasion …

Considera-se um auto-didacta?
Sim, mas, senti necessidade de ter alguma formação no inicio da minha carreira e ainda o faço para me aperfeiçoar e me manter actualizado.

What would you list as your number one genre - the thing you’re great at?
Studio/Editorial fashion photoshoot. I love to photograph the human being

O que é que considera a sua mais-valia na fotografia - aquilo em que sente que é bom a fotografar?
Fotografia de estúdio/ editorial de moda. Adoro fotografar o Ser Humano.

Which other photographers inspire you?
Jean Loop Sieff, Jean-Francois Jonvelle and currently the Portuguese Hasselblad master in 2009 Joao Carlos, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau are also great references!

Quais são os fotógrafos que o inspiram?
Jean Loop Sieff, Jean-Francois Jonvelle e, actualmente, o fotografo português vencedor do prémio  Hasselblad master em 2009 Joao Carlos, mas, também Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau que são grandes referências para mim.

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INSPIRATION: CLEAN STYLE

I really love Josefina Larsson's work... pure and clean lines as elegance can be! 

It was said in her website: "Josefina draws inspiration from her fascination of the mundane and the extravagant within the context of contrast and her adoration for the complex woman."

Still her silhouette seems to me so easy to wear, just for a cozy day at home, but also for a chic walk in the city or a mundane party with changeable acessories.






See more at Josefina Larsson (Jäal Atelier):  http://www.josefinalar.com/



I loved the sequin skirt from Josefina Larsson's S/S 2012 collection, available under request at her online store.