Photo by RENOPHOTO
Bye bye 2009, I am off to a brand new year.
Liv wanted to thank all of you cool readers, all my friends, my Lav, my family,
Leni Dog and many many others for a wonderful time in 2009.
It has been a very though year and hopefully 2010 will bring
a lot of fun, creativity and fullfilment to all of you.
And now: Have a wild NYE !
Don’t forget to wear red undies tonight, its for a happy LOVE life in the next year.
(italian custom)
Liv doesn’t like being cold at all.
So I definitely would never ever marry in winter BUT
I love all those accessories to keep you crazy Winter-Brides-To-Be hot.
I love furry hats and long scarfs, boots and winter clothes.
The black feather stola in the first picture is looking great worn with the white tulle. via Fashion156 we already know from here
And: Aren’t those white lace boots cute? via bitchin&junkfood
To be clear: I like looking at winter clothes, not wearing them.
There is nothing better like the naked and free feeling of just wearing a light
flowing dress ; )
still inspired by the wonderful tree photograph I put together a
forest inspired (wedding-) mood board. (yeah I know this is not art! )
You know already that Liv and Lav are living in a imaginery treehouse
far up in the Positivity Tree? And we are close to finally living together in London!
But back to the topic: Treeeeees.
And forest wedding- and home inspiration.
I am sure this bed (via anthropologie) with bedding (via can’t remember) like above could give you the full treehouse feeling, even in the city.
We had forest jewelry already here and I recently saw a few great pieces for men and women here at DEANNA COCHRAN
Dresses theLELALAMBone and theLALAone would be great for a forest wedding. Find out more here.
all images courtesy of DEANNA COCHRAN
this comment of my dear Lady WestAussieWedding was killing me:
(…)It’s hotting up for Christmas here.. We usually eat a lot of seafood and fruit and go to the beach and watch the cricket.(…)
Fruit? Beach? WTF? Christmas on the beach. From now on I really should design beach wedding dresses and rad swimwear only and MOVE my butt.
Right now Liv can only dream, and get you some beach wedding inspiration.
The Sea Of Change collection by jewelry designer DEANNA COCHRAN would be stunning to wear as a beach bride.
Its all ethical jewelry and the pieces shown above are just one of a kind. Check it out here.
Image via Fashion156
There are so many high quality online fashion- and art mags around…
Liv is reading and enjoying them during her daily coffee break.
I just discovered Fashion156 because they were featuring one of my designs.
The lady on the right shown on the image above is wearing
BLUSHLESS Look04 theLINDAone.
If you are still looking for a stunning holiday outfit or inspiring styling ideas check their site out.
Happy Holidays all!
I know i just told you that I am not quite in the mood this year, I guess I am just envy:
While my BF and friends are hanging out in the sun, Liv is freezing and packed with work…never mind!
I am almost back to my beautiful best, and I am tinsel, ladies, all over; )
P.S.: I LOVE MY JOB!
collage by Liv Lundelius
Here it comes: A sneak peak of my moodboard!
Ahhhh! OHHHH! no? can’t see the textures, shapes and silouhettes
of the next BLUSHLESS collection yet?
Its all about the dynamics, the flying aspiring directions,
the crystal shapes and transformation.
Don’t worry about the color, the wedding dresses will come in different shades of white. For the evening styles there will be red and purples available. And of course black. Liv is sketching, sketching, sketching and draping.
Photo by Axel Kücholl
I dunno.
I just can’t really get excited about it anymore.
I really enjoyed the LivLav (pre-)christmas and was excited for our (pre-)christmas dinner. A romantic twosome christmas is wonderful.
But here with my family…I guess there are kids missing.
(ooops , where did that voice came from?Liv is generally not really into kids)
Or more people. I imagine it great fun to have a huge family and a crowded house. That’s what Christmas is all about.
Or maybe thats what my romantic version of what Christmas should be like.
But its just me and my mum and her new husband at the north sea in Germany.
I love my mums traditional Christmas dinner and the living room with the fireplace and the over the top decorated Christmas tree.
But Liv needs more buzz.
Lav is in Australia and my best friend is in Thailand.
That’s what I feel like: Sunshine, fruit, holiday.
That sounds like perfect Christmas.
I am already over chocolate and all the heavy food.
Liv can survive on iced coffee and mango.
So can anyone please get me outta here?
Maybe I just need a year off, I would love to skip it this time.
What about you, how do you feel about Christmas?
image via wikipedia
The Irish are well known for their rich tradtions.
One of their really nice wedding customs is the Claddagh ring.
The Claddagh Ring has remained very popular as an engagement and/or wedding ring. The symbolism is quite lovely. The heart in the design symbolizes love longed to be shared with one’s true love. The crown symbolizes undying loyalty and the hands symbolize friendship, which is, after all, the very foundation of love, with loyalty holding the two hands together.
“With my two hands I give you my heart, and crown it with my loyalty” and
“Let love and friendship reign forever” can be both found as meanings for the symbols together in this ring.
There are many legends about the origin of the Claddagh ring and true or not, the Claddagh has become an everlasting symbol of love and marriage.
Liv likes this story:
It starts with the likes of a fisherman who was kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery before he could marry his true love that remained behind in the Irish village of Claddagh. The fisherman ended up indentured to a goldsmith who taught him his trade. Thinking every day of the true love he left behind in the village of Claddagh, he decided to make a special ring for her should they ever be united again. He crafted a ring with two hands holding a heart, which had a crown above it. It was meant to represent love and friendship.
Eventually, the fisherman (now goldsmith) was released and he returned to his village. To his great joy, he found that his true love had waited for him to return and then he presented her with the ring, which became the betrothal ring. The ring then became synonymous with faithfulness too, as they both remained faithful to each other even when separated by adversity and distance.
awww! …and they lived happy ever after… Liv loves happy endings.
You might also like this World Wedding Tradition Posts: the return of happiness, Henna and the prince on the white horse, thats how people role in Iceland
photo of Liv and Lav London November 2009 by GT
Love is also the ultimate outlaw!
Did you know?
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words “make” and “stay” become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.
This quote is out of one of my favorite books Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins.
Livs lastest interior/apartment crush that I can’t stop thinking about
is the GLASSHOUSE a project from an artist couple in Tel Aviv.
The idea behind it is
Art should be presented in a place that allows staying
I met Lital Dotan & Eyal Perry a few months ago here in Berlin after an exhibition at a dinner party.
Thats when they told me about their amazing project.
Their whole house is not only their living space its at the same time
an art project, where they are inviting artists from all over the world
to live and work with them or alone on a project.
They offer it as a residency.
Its called Glasshouse because there is almost no room for intimitacy,
except for the door to the bathroom, the place is really open.
During the opening hours you can find on their website its open to public like a gallery space.
What is most inspiring for Liv is that they just decorated the place with found and old things almost randomly picked together and in the sum of its parts it became a really stylish and beautiful environment.
I really want to have a place like this one day! An inspiring place to live and work.
Can’t wait to see it for real. Hopefully Ill manage to visit them next year.
P.S: Love the white painted floor it’s like here in my studio!
images via das rohmaterial and keepreal
Liv loves this song by Florence And The Machine.
Especially the Remix by XX.
I am listening to it a lot right now and think its really inspiring.
I am also in love with the style of Florence Welch.
Florence is of my new muses for the current collection
image via Whisk Kid
The smooth white exterior makes the cake look completely normal, but once you slice into it you realize…
OH SNAP! THIS CAKE IS CRAZY!
This girl made it for her friends farewell party. Read the whole story and the original recipe here.
I think this one would make for a stunning wedding cake.
I love the frivolous design but im not too sure about the taste, all the food colorings and all the frosting.
Maybe its worth trying to work on that before making one, anyone willing to try a vegan version for Liv?
You might also like this cake/food inspiration posts: about cake, make your cupcakes rock, black cake- rum rum hooray!
image via 00o00 blog
The fashion industry’s favourite sweet treat Laduree, has collaborated with Marni - producing a limited edition box of macaroons.
These are chocolate filled, layered with gold sheets, and will be available from December, 1st in all Laduree shops in Paris, London, Dublin, Tokyo and Switzerland. Yay its Christmas time!
I know someone would be happy ; )
image via The Style Diaries
How rad is her hair styling? I am such a sucker for messy hair.
It works best with mine anyway!
I also like the dress, the color combination got me.
Liv is a bit sick of all the black dresses in her wardrobe.
Yeah, Im designing mostly white dresses and wearing mostly black ones!
I seem to be in a red mood at the moment, I wish I had more colors to choose from.
We need more color in winter!!! Don’t you think?
You might also like these hair inspiration posts: I, I will be king. And you, you will be queen., high,higher,highfashion hair, BIG and/or MESSY
designs by Nixon
Lav recently got really excited about tie clips after watching a 50’s movie!
So I did a bit research and found this clean and contemporary beauties shown above, as well as a few rad vintage finds like this hammered copper one:
found here.
This classic gentlemens accessory can definitely complete a great groom outfit. Its been said you should wear it at an angle, but
a lot of people say its not suitable for younger men to wear it…
I don’t agree with that all. Its a tiny little piece of jewelry that is both practical and can look very stylish also with younger men.
I also don’t care about the angle. I saw a lot cool guys wearing it straight across, like here at The Satorialist or here in the NY Times.
Most of this how-to-wear-rules are bullshit anyway, don’t you think?
Go break the rules men, that’s what is most sexy anyway.
You might also like these groom style posts: Lav is velvet, bow wow wow, WOLF MEN or diamonds are a GUYS best friend…
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