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draping draping draping and a poll to you readers

Liv is back to full draping fun in the studio, beginning work on the toiles and sketches for the next collection.
Don’t get to excited just yet, there won’t be any unveiling until the time for the official launch of the new collection, which will still be quite a long time away…

But I promise to keep you up to date in the process though, with sketches,
first drapes and moodboards.
One new dress available on request would be this one :

I made it for myself one day in black to wear during Fashion Week,
and got so much great feedback on this one, you can now order it in white as a wedding dress.

This is a cocktail/bridesmaid dress I created for a friend, its funny to see her in a fancy dress, because she is normally a complete tomboy.

I am totally turned on right now by an old painting of Amor and Psyche.
But dont worry, the dresses wont be in old fashioned kitschy angelic stylings of course.
The painting is an inspiration, and that will translate for Global Season 2011.
Just to give you an idea of the theme for the new collection.
POLL:
Question for you, do you like to read more about the design process and Blushless related things?
Do you enjoy a good mixture of general inspiration, editorial, and Blushless related topics?
Or is there anything else you would like to read more or less?
I am curious!

nina dolcettis amazing shoefactory

Aren’t these shoes hot?
They are designed by Nina Dolcetti and handmade in a small family run factory in East London!
Aware of waste within the fashion industry and the environmentally unfriendly effects of leather tanning, Nina Dolcetti shoes are designed and constructed to reuse off-cuts and unwanted pre-consumer waste to create daring, architectural and design led pieces that are as avant garde as they are elegant.
Want want want want want…..

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and the winner is…

GITTE from VESTIMENTUM !
Please get in touch with your address to receive your prize: Soothing Eye Serum of Snowberry.

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livs latest and sparkliest obsession

here at London Fashion Week I met the Designer Pieter Erasmus
from St. Erasmus Jewelry.
I AM COMPLETELY OBSESSED WITH HIS CREATIONS!
ST•ERASMUS has cultivated a style which
combines traditional techniques with contemporary forms and materials.
The current collection is a beautiful concoction of oxidised silver chain, gold and black crocheted thread and glittering Swarovski crystal.
Extremly sparkly, bold, combinig gold and silver, unique, tradtional&futuristic:

Its for sure the jewelry I would wear on my wedding day. Uhm, actually I would wear it every day.

REMINDER:
ALL U.K. BRIDES TO BE: COME AND SEE THE LATEST BLUSHLESS COLLECTION AND MEET ME TOMORROW (tuesday 22nd of September) HERE!

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unchain my heart… (or why liv loves jewelry)

SNOWBERRY GIVEAWAY GIVEAWAY!!!

artwork by London Artist Rob Ryan for Snowberry
I have a pretty awesome GIVEAWAY for you this month:

I discovered SNOWBERRY the natural skincare from New Zealand,
during Berlin Fashion Week. We exhibited at the same green, luxury trade show. Thats how Liv got some great samples of their products. Their Eye Serum is really helpful against Livs puffy eyes in the morning. I was happy to win them as a Blog Sponsor, especially as I like the philosophy of the company:

They do not test on animals; and Snowberry is a certified carbon-neutral enterprise by CarboNZero™ because they accept our responsibility to future generations.
Snowberry Founder, Cosmetician Soraya Hendesi’s lifelong fascination with ‘natural beauty’ and her frustration in being unable to find skincare that she felt she could trust, prompted her to begin the demanding but exciting process of creating her own range.
Snowberry, she says, is ‘authentic skincare’ that women can trust to be both safe and effective, because that is what she wanted for herself, her family and her friends. Find out more here.

For your chance to win a original size Bottle of SMOOTIHNG EYE SERUM
all you have to do is leave a comment completing the following sentence:

LOVE IS…..

Closing date will be 24th September 2009
The winner will be chosen at random on the 25th
GOOD LUCK!

This contest is featured on free!grechen.

if you’ve overspent on your outfits…

image via Jeremy Lawson Photography.

…you can save money on the seating…
Aren’t these stunning? So so so freakin beautiful!
I recommend buying great fashion when it comes to your wedding dress, and the grooms suit and most definitely on stunning new (!) shoes for your wedding but you can save money on things like decorations that you can easily do simply but beautifully.
Even if I were a millionaire, I would always go for these rad old chairs.

Get excited…next week I will post a give-away….more soon.

New York I love you…

images via Green Wedding Shoes

New York I love you…
…but you bringing me down. A quote from LCD Soundsystem
I miss NYC so bad, especially seeing
nice pictures like these, it only makes it worse!
New York I love you, I really really do…
I had to repost these.

Now that’s a green wedding.The bikes are awesome.
The hip groom looks great in his light grey suit, and
they just make an amazing looking couple.
Congrats to Kortney&Jason!

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its about time…

image via vivre

…for Liv to visit Lav in London again.
Tonight! Timing is everything…
Especially in fashion,
so Liv thinks clockwork cufflinks are a great idea.
Im really looking forward to London:
Will be great to suck in some new Inspiration.
Theres been so much to catch up on after fashion week.
It was really great though, met some very nice people,
shared some great ideas.
Studio is a mess. I am a bad bad housekeeper.
Was nice to be at Hotel Adlon last week.
But: Great Projects are coming.
Im currently planning an exciting photoshoot.
Then some interesting collaborations are on their way…
And more more more…
Dreamsequins just posted a nice interview about Blushless.

I was wearing a black dress during fashion week.
It was my own design and it got people asking: when will Blushless
present a second line thats not exclusively bridal?
answer: well, I am thinking about it, ok?
And you, my dearest coolest blog readers will be the first
who will be informed :)

unchain my heart… (or why liv loves jewelry)

all images via sidvintage
Unchain My Heart is the name of my favortite jewelry collection by sidvintage.
This looks really wild! Wanna have it all! Wear it naked…ok, got side tracked….
Nancy Bennett has a solid background in the arts, worked as production designer for video and commercials, and is now handcrafting amazing
jewelry inspired by remnants, histories and old stories.

Liv loves jewelry…and most of the time I am wearing loads!
When I was little my mum was a jewelry designer, and so
Liv was the only kid in primary school that had rings on all fingers, a nose piercing (my mum had to try it on someone)
and tons of jewelry.
I got so used to it, that today I feel naked without,
and most of the time even wear it during nighttime.
That’s the reality.

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Art.23 of the Universal declaration of human rights:…

…everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration ensuring an existence worthy of human dignity”, the ethics are in the name. Art.23 is an amazing line of highquality basics.

What happens when French fair trade brand Alter Mundi recruits British
Karl Lagerfeld stylist and man about town Adam Love to design their fashion label?Perfection!
Inspired by the timeless allure of the tuxedo, Love designs beautiful basics with an elegant twist that can adapt to any situation from office to evening and weekends too.

A designer called AdamLove, ethical production and very cool mens clothes…
sounds like a good choice for a groom to me! I would suggest a Fedora with the style above…
Wouldn’t it be also a hot green decision to go without shirt?
(they sell great shirts though!) ; )

blushless bling

Rockin wedding rings: All ethical produced!
Did you know that the production of just one goldring generates
30 tons of waste?
Ooops, no-I didn’t. So lets go glamourous green again!

My favorites: the TURTLE LOVE COMITTEE
they think you are cool! (it says so on their website)

Bario-Neal using reclaimed metals, ethically sourced stones,
and low-impact practices.

Farrah Dragon creates Eco-conciousjewelry ,
made of 100% recycled metals, and lab-grown gemstones.

Monique Péan, Eco-friendly, sustainable, recycled,
and conflict-free materials plus great design.

If you are further interested in ethical jewelry check out this blog
it was founded to create a more transparent jewelry manufacturing industry.

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