The most lovely vintage dress...

That's how Modcloth has called my 50s vintage dress, as I've been featured on their blog!

You can read more about this here!

Did you had a good monday? I've started to work today, and I'm really happy about the place I'm in now! I'll tell you more about it soon, as today I'm a little bit tired and I need to sleep...

Sorry for the lack of posts, but I couldn't post in a proper way at my home... I'm back at Barcelona now, so watch out!!

And one thing more... I need your help! If you want to give your opinion at Bunnies are Pirates too! about our Christmas Contest... please click here... we want to know wich Christmas postcard is the best one!!

Music test

I've stolen this test from Emma's blog, and as it is about music, I'm doing it, of course!!


- What are you listening to right now?
"54-46 That's my number" from Toots & The Maytals

(The rest of the answers, here!)

- Name a song that makes you feel sorry:
"Acrobat", by Maxïmo Park. It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever listened.

- What's the world's greatest song?
I don't know, I think that it depends of the person and of the time of their life... for me right now maybe could be "Never seen the light of day" by Mando Diao, it's one of my favourite songs.

- Name your favourite artist/band from all the time.
It's so difficult, I must say The Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, The Clash and Sex Pistols.

- Name a band or artist you recently discovered:
Fever Ray; I had the album for so long ago but it's now when I've started to listening to it properly. Also Handshakes and Highfives, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Karen Elson and  Annbjørg Lien.

- Best female voice?
Lisa Gerrard.

- Best male voices?
Johnny Cash.

- Wich musical style you listen to most?
Almost everything: indie rock, rocksteady, dark folk, garage, experimental, folk, country, jazz...

- What do you listen when you want to be happy?
The Hives, The Vines, Miss Li, The Clash...

- What are you listening when you want to calm down?
Fever Ray, Björk, Dead Can Dance, Belle & Sebastian, Paul Banks/Julian Plenty...

- Wich one was your las concert?
Placebo, here at Barcelona; but maybe I'm seeing Belle & Sebastian this saturday!

- Who do you listen to most?
Maxïmo Park, Mando Diao, The Vines, Florence & The Machine, Foals, Smashing Pumpkins...

- Have you ever dated a musician?
Yes, I had a boyfriend who played the piano in a band and I had an affair with a punk rocker from a swedish band, but that's an old story XD

- Best girl band?
I hate that tag XD! I like Plasticines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Gossip; and The Donnas, of course!

- Do you like classical music?
I adore Shostakovich and Paganinni.

- Do you like country music?
Johnny Cash & June Carter forever!

- Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Yes, I listen to music in french, swedish, japanese, english, indian, polish, german... almost in every language!

- Wich instrument would you love to be if you were one?
A violin.

- Do you listen to the radio?
I used to, but not now.

- Do you like MTV?
MTV Rock yes, not the other ones.

- Can you name all the members of the band you're listening to right now?
Karen Elson, as I'm listening to her right now.

- Wich famour musician would you marry if you had the cance?
James Iha from The Spamshing Pumpkins, Paul Banks from Interpol or Paul Smith from Maxïmo Park. 

- Your favourite soundtrack?
Walk the Line, The Little Mermaid.

- What are you listening right now?
"Lunasa" by Karen Elson.

- Do you use bands t-shirt?
Yes, I've got lots of them: Iggy, The Clash, Sex Pistols...

Sorry for being so missing these past days, but I've got good news for you... tomorrow, finally, I'm starting at Barbie Store! the first day of autumn it's gonna be great! :)!

And remember to check my new porject, We ♥ Redheads! Today I started with the Redhead of the Week Award, don't miss it!!

Charuca and We ♥ Redheads

On Thursday we went to Atticus for the Charuca opening exhibition, a lovely event with lots of cute drawings and stuff made by Charuca, one of the most cutest artist around here.

(Pictures of the expo here, and link to my new project by clicking on the button!)

I really adore Charuca, she's so funny and has got a great talent!

As you can see, Bunnies are Pirates too! was there, o course!

Now, I would love to say THANK YOU SO MUCH about your lovely comments and advices in my last post. the decision was taken and I was about leaving Barcelona, but suddely, things changed and the work I was applying for wasn't for sure, so I decided to keep the things I've got right now for sure (the job at Barbie) and keep on going with my first plan (staying in Barcelona and learn swedish here), and wait a little bit more for another oportunity like that, because I know that maybe some of them would come back again. But leaving Barcelona without the job for sure wasn't the right thing, and there were some bureoucratics things that didn't like me. I think it's the most safe decission!
But again, thank you so much, you're so so sweet.

And finally, I would love to show you my last project:

We ♥ Redheads

As I'm so crazy about redheads, I'm starting this little project just for funn and have a good time. I would love if all of you checked it from time to time, because I'll be posting pictures of redhead people... and if YOU are a redhead, maybe you'll be featured on this blog... so keep an eye on it!!

By the moment, I'm working in a proper header and some buttons, but you'll know about this really soon... and if you know a redhead who should be mentioned on this blog, please, let me know about him/her! 

So that's all from know, thank you so much for your lovely advices (again)!! 

The Travel Beret.

Remember I told you that I was doing something important at Granada?

So, here it was the big big secret: I'm a aprt of The Travel Beret Project!!

Shan Shan is one of my favourite bloggers (I'll be publishing an interviet to her really soon!) and when I read about this project, I just wanted to be a part of it!!

A lovely handmade beret that it's travelling all around the world... it was with me since the begining of august, and now, finally, you can see the pictures!!

At La Alhambra by night...

And at home, in Algeciras!!

Shan Shan also wrote something about me here; please, have a look at it!

And I really would like to say thanks to her, this was a gorgeous experience!!

Interview: Elsa Billgren (Need help dressing?), the redish vintage queen.

I'm so happy today about sharing this interview to all of you, because Elsa is one of my muses. I love her not only for being the most beautiful redish girl around the net, but also because her love for vintage clothes, specially dresses.

Elsa is a gorgeous woman who works for Beyond Retro, writes for swedish Elle Magazine and has a progam in the swedish tv, where you can see her showing some amazing vintage shops.

She was recently married with a handsome man who makes her always smile, the wolf -as she likes to call him-; and I can assure you that her wedding was one of the most beautiful I've ever seen.

As you can see, I don't have words for saying how amazing I think Elsa is... but...

Who's Elsa Billgren?

(click for the interview!)

Thank you so much for accepting doing this interview, Elsa! First of all, could you please tell us who you are and a brief description of you?
A: I'm a 24 year old married and vintageloving girl from Stockholm who can not live without high heeld shoes and strawberries.

Oh, I cannot live without them too...!What do you do? What do you like to dedicate?
A: I love to picnic in the park, mostly everything that you can do outside in the summer time. I love to cook and have friends over so we can play cards and drink wine.

Can you talk a little about your interests?
A: My main intrest is vintage fashion. I work as Press and PR officer for Beyond Retro Sweden and a dedicate all my time to beautiful things. I love to shop old stuff I don't need and then just take pictures of it.

That's a great hobby, haha! Ok, so, tell us a book, an album and a movie without which you could not live.
A: I read Tintin when I travel, maybe it's not a book, but close enough... I listen a lot to JJ's latest album and I think I watched Edward Scjssorhands about a hundered times.

Would you share with us a memory that makes you smile?
A: I will never forget my wedding day. It was a rainy saturday in May and now I will always think about how happy I was that day when the rain falls in May.

Any favorite quote?
A: "A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night." - Marilyn Monroe

So, talking a little bit about fashion, at what age did your get interested in the fashion world?
A: When I was about thirteen I think. But it wasn't pretty...

That's really difficult to imagine for me! Could you explain us a bit what has been the evolution of your image?
A: I was white trash when I was young. Horrible outfits that showed to much. But then I saw a movie with marilyn and I was hooked.

How would you describe your actual style?
A: Like a young girl trapped in a Disney movie from the sixties mixed with a german woman who bakes cinnamon buns.

What inspire you in choosing your clothes? Do you follow a pattern to match your clothes or just choose randomly?
A: I just buy stuff I think are beautiful. They are often in bright colors and in cotton.

Where do you usually get your clothes? Do you customize or sew any garment to you?
A: I buy almost all my clothes from Beyond Retro. I do put a bit more money on shoes and I just love Sonia Rykiel!

Sonia Rykiel is one of my favourites too, I adore her! Have you got any special obsession (like shoes, bows, skirts...)?
A: Dresses. I only have dresses. Not a single pair of jeans and that's the trouth!

I think that all the people who reads your blog already knew that! Ok, so now, about blogging... When and why did you decide to start writing a blog?
A: Swedish Elle magazine asked me in december 2008. They got in touch with me from my work with vintage fashion and said they needed someone just like me.

What do you want to express with your blog? Do you think it adds anything to the people who read it?
A: It should be an inspiration and an opposite to all the blogs out there who makes you feel worse about yourself. It shoul be beautiful, colorful and honest.

That's so honest, and makes me say "tahnk you" to you again!
As you may know, you're such a great inspiration for people all around the world -as me-; what do you feel when someone says you are his/her inspiration? What would you say to those people?
A: I get surprised and flattered every time! They are the reason I love blogging so much! It gives me strength to proceed and continue wanting to give people positive energy!

What do you think about the actual Bloggers' world? Do you think they've got some influence into the fashion world? In wich way do you think they make the fashion world evolve?
A: I don't read a lot of blogs accually. I just read my friends blogs. It's very easy to be judgemental towards all the young girls who write about fashion and their lifes. Internet is a harsh place. I'm not vety interested in trends and fashion. I like people more.

Have you had some experience with any fashion or beauty brand for being a bloggers, just to promote them? Wich ones? How it was?
A: A lot of companys send you stuff. I don't write about anything I don't just love. It would chabnge my blog into something else.

How did you started to colaborate with Elle Magazine? Do you think that promote bloggers between magazines is a good idea?
A: I worked with Elle before I starded to blog. I borrowed out a lot of clothes for photo shoots. Working wioth Elle has been pure joy!

About your recent entry of the desing of bowties, how was the collaboration with Flugorna? Have you done something like this before? Would you like to do this kind of things more often?
A: They asked me if I wanted to design bowties ages ago, in my early blogging days. I said yes because I didn't get a lot of proposals like that. Now a days a get a lot and I try to be careful with what I do. I do love the bowties though and really enjoy illustrating patterns!

And finally (but not less important), tell us a tip for your readers (a tip for their lifes, for the fashion bloggers' world or whatever you want to say to them.
A: Don't take life to serious. Enjoy yourself and spend time with only people you love. Surround yourself with beautiful things and never let anyone tell you you're not fab. You are. Abfab.

Thank you so much, Elsa!!

You cannot imagine how happy and inspired I was when I made this interview, it was really great for my final project and I learned a lot about this gorgeous woman!

So... did you know about Elsa?

PS: By the way, I'm thinking too seriously about moving into Sweden... so, if there is some swedish readers around here or people who lives there, could you please tell me a little bit about living there and working? I really would love moving into Stockholm, but I don't know if there's a job for a psychologist and coolhunter as me (with poor swedish but excellent english and a little bit of german!)
I would really appreciate any comment about it!!

Oh boy, you make me feel like...!

Last week, Laia and I receive a wondeful package from Sweden full of cute things: candies, tea, a lovely postcard, animal toys, a crown and a little Eiffel Tower. It all were presents from lovely Sandra Beijer, the girl behind Niotillfem. Sometime ago we sent a lovely package to her and she sent us back all these cute things!

(more presents around here!!)

But not only we receive this; my lovely Vane brought us some french macaroons from Paris Ladureé. It was the first time I was eating these macaroons, and I must say that the raspberry and vanilla one were my favourites!!

They were a little bit broken but so delicious anyway!!

Among other things, sweet Naka gave me another wonderful award:

So I have to tell you about 10 things that I like... here you've got!

1. Rain

2. Music

3. Vanilla

4. Cats

5. Cute shoes

6. Hello Kitty

7. Fenec Foxes

8. Sushi

9. Daisies

10. Cold.

So I want to nominate:

Pandore, from One girl from Paris;
Laia, from Let me feel like a doll;
and Mo, from Me, Mo and Myself.

And one thing more: I add some pages on the top of the blog, under the header, as you can see. And as I made some changes, I want to ask you if there's something you would like to see/read at my blog.
Is there something you misse on it? Something you would like to read about? I think that sometime's goo asking you for improving it :)

Thank you so much for being there, lovely people!!