Photos via LEW. Kim Leemans & Merel Wicker

“Serious? Never. Fun? Always.” For 8 years now, Berlin-based label Starstyling proves how airy it can look when you take yourself not too serious. Katja Schlegel and Kai Seifried, the heads behind Starstyling, play so slickly critical, playful, ironic and humorous with the elements of contemporary fashion that their label soon transformed from an insider tip into an established brand.

For several years now, I track Starstyling´s development and I am happy to see that Katja Schlegel and Kai Seifried don´t rest on their laurels and on the simple concept “shirts with great prints”. Instead of, Starstyling moves on with progressive, holistic styles that might overstrain the mainstream-taste, but beat the pants of the mushrooming urban streetwear-labels through creativity, ingenuity and courage. “Serious? Never. Fun? Always.” - The concept works out. At least for Starstyling.

Photos via Starstyling

Photos via Odeur

Always fresh. Grown up but humorous. Unique Style. Eyecatching and wearable - it´s just Starstyling, since years one of the labels i reeeeaaallly like. Photos via Starstyling

First, it´s the extreeeeme wearability of London-based, Brazilian-born designer Vanessa da Silva´s sixth collection “Local Luxury” that made me immediately fall in love with the pieces. Second, and also very considerable - it´s the unique and highly recognizable style signature that makes me go a little crazy over the collection that is “designed exclusively for no-one to celebrate the beauty of Hackney, East London” - delicate tailoring techniques meet embroidery, appliqué and staggering-imaginative graphic illustrations and lead into striking, eye-catching, highly fashionable but still relaxed t-shirts, tunics and vests. It´s very uncommon that I go for every single piece of a designer´s collection. With Vanessa da Silva´s pieces, I totally do.

Unfortunately, it wasn´t easy to find out how and where to buy Vanessa da Silva´s fashion online. London-based no-one online store sells some pieces. If you know other shopping directions- let me know.

Photos via no-one shop, birthelovesfashion

The Copenhagen based label DEVANDERVAR was established in 2005 during the preparation of the two designers Sofie Edvard Nielsen and Tina Vanda Schou’s graduation show during the Copenhagen Fashion Fair. The name DEVANDERVAR is an anagram of the names Vanda and Edvard. A name that symbolizes their two personalities as a new unified whole.
DEVANDERVAR is high casual with one foot in tailoring and the other in street wear. Key words are strong colour combinations and contrasts, thoroughly placed lines with ornament reflections. The DEVANDERVAR collections are built with focus on their signature mosaic from which their new ideas arise creating new impressions.

Photos via Styleserver and DEVANDERVAR

It can´t be done without variations of the traditional-legendary squirrel BUT, besides that, there´s some hot new shit to see.

Photos by Stefan Marx/The Lousy Livincompany

uhhh…either it´s the sunny weather or it´s a temporary flirtatiousness….anyway, i´m in love with all kind of metallic tones.
Last week i bought 3 pairs of shoes that shimmer and glimmer.
VERY unfamiliar for me, usually i consider the blingbling accessoires as way too girly for me. Doesn´t matter - i have a new passion and here we go with my today´s metallic item: bag by maiden-art. Is looking great, isn´t it?

Foto from maiden-art