DEFIANT THE LION - THE FIGHT

Official music video for “The Fight” by Defiant the Lion; Directed by Bryce Olejniczak; Produced by Dude Squad Productions

“The Fight” © 2014 recorded and produced by Defiant the Lion; Engineered by Ryan Wood; Mixed by Guillermo Subauste 

DEFIANT THE LION is a rock band from L.A that released yesterday their first music video from their debut single "THE FIGHT". The band currently consists of Kyle Buckley (vocals), Chris Wood (guitar, backing vocals), Ryan Wood (drums, backing vocals), Nicholas Caceres (guitar) and Renzo Bravo (bass, backing vocals). They are very talented and I'm sure we will hear a lot from them... so follow them on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, their official HOMEPAGE and buy the song on iTUNES!!! :)

THE BUCKET BAG

For all the bag lovers out there: The Bucket Bag is circulating again!!!

Founded in 1932 by Louis Vuitton, it had it’s peak in the late 80s, early 90s and was broadcasted by the cinema. Back then, still developed by LV, the bag made a lot of success with the model Noé Bag and Petit Noé. Currently, several brands relaunched their versions with different shapes, colors and many other ways without losing the old concept that returned dominating the street style. 

SORBET TONES

Hi everyone.

As you might have noticed already the sorbet colors are back and it's the trend of Summer 2014!! "Transparent", "Pastel" and "Sorbet" were the most used words among the fashionistas to describe the color palette of the season. From the modern woman like Prabal Gurung to the Tommy Hilfiger surfer girl, the colors are more sugared and clean. Jason Wu, Burberry, Matthew Williamson, Giambattista Valli e Balenciaga gave the runway a soft and serene touch.

This seasons keyword is FRESHNESS...

MILAN FASHION WEEK FALL WINTER 14/15

It's already February and I'm soooo behind posting about Milan Fashion Week, but I had a lot going on and no motivation to write but here I am now and I don't even know where to start. What I can say is that this year started crazy... with a crazy new year's eve here in Milan with all my friends, all the boys arriving in town, meeting everyone that just came for fashion week, it was just great to see everyone after 5-6 months and meeting a lot of new people.

Since I work now during the week I only had the chance to go to shows saturday and sunday, but that was ok because I went out literally every single day. Friday night started with the TOM REBL show and after party... so unfortunately I missed CORNELIANI on saturday morning (if someone from Camera della Moda reads this post please stop doing shows at 9 o'clock in the morning or stop doing great after parties because we also have to sleep and it's literally impossible to sleep with all this craziness going on...thank you).
The only show I went to saturday was COSTUME NATIONAL that was great and sunday I went with my friend Fritz to ICEBERG, JOHN RICHMOND, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, DAKS and PHILIPP PLEIN. 6 shows was enough for me this season since I got sick by monday afternoon during work. But hey, that's already normal for me...

This post is a review about all the shows I went to (except Philipp Plein) and all the other shows that I really liked.

FW 14 15 TREND: A lot a lot of Fur and leather. Black, white, bordeau, beige, military green, grey and red :) and if you feel like walking around like a sexy cowboy... go for it ;)

Best of 2013

2013 I don't even know how to start to talk about 2013. When I think back only some moments pop up in my mind... but going through my pictures I saw that so many things happened and I had some great and bad moments. It was a year with a lot of disappointments, unfortunately I lost some contacts with people that had been in my life for some years, but I think this is normal. A lot of people that don't understand why I am in Milan, or don't understand how I live or what my dreams are, my goals... etc. But that of course doesn't keep me from doing the things I like or want to do. My parents, my family, my best friends and my coworkers keep me happy and give me the strength everyday...so a big thank you to all of you!

First of all I want to talk about Jordana, Michela, Alessandra and Iris... 4 girls that have a big place in my heart. 4 girls that I spend many many many days together. A friendship that grew stronger day by day. Girls that I have a lot in common with even though we are very different at some point. I know that I can count on you girls so thank you for being a part of my life.

Same to my two Sofie's and Nadine... Even though you girls are far away you girls are a part of my life and I love you and miss you three everyday.

Beginning of January was when I started working on my portfolio, going after ideas, fabrics, doing drawings everyday and technicals. I managed to finish everything perfectly until the end of June. I finished my school with 29 points out of 30. I'm pretty happy about that. I can officially say I am a graduated Fashion Designer for Menswear! :)

January, February, June and September were the months of Fashion Week. I went to sooooo many shows in the last two years that I don't even know how many, because it was a lot :) I never thought that I would be going to Fashion Shows, that it actually would turn into a passion, because seriously I just love it. It's one week of excitement, happiness, stress and a lot of people in town. Models, Photographers, Fashion People...everything around me. Seriously, who doesn't want to be in this world? Seeing the new collections, meeting designers, going to soooooooo many parties and after parties... it's crazy!!!!

Also after two years I realized that one of my passions are the Models. Being surrounded by models and doing pictures/films of them made me wanna be surrounded by them every single day ;) So I decided that I wanted to work in a Model Agency to see how it is. I started working at ICE Models, thank you Luigi !! And also thank you Benedetta for helping me out... you guys and the whole team make me laugh everyday and of course I also learned a lot in the last few months!!!! 2014 can only be better!! :)

Unfortunately I didn't manage to go home to Zurich that much this year, but it's always nice to go home and still have your friends waiting for you. Especially my parents, I love you soooooooooooo much... it's indescribable <3 I hope to be able to give you back one day everything you have given me! Muito amor!

February I went to London again to spend it some days with my best friend Nadine, I had a great time and I realized that that's the place I want to live one day. I hope really really soon!! 

Again, unfortunately I didn't go to Brazil to see my family, I hope I get to go this year. Because I miss everyone every... single... day! But this year my cousin Nathalia came for two weeks to Europe and we went to Budapest with her. That was great!

Also one thing that I have to mention, one thing that happened this year... was the "obsession" with One Direction haha. After their concert and seeing Harry Styles end of december about 1 meter from us, Alessandra and I became big fans. Not groupies...but fans. This is something that my friends can't and will never understand, except Alessandra and all the other girls that we are taking into our 1D family... :) The boys and their music make me happy! So no one will ever be able to change what I think about them...no matter how old I am! basta! We are Directioners!!!

I know I haven't mentioned many people and many things that happened this year. But I have everything saved in my heart and in my mind. Thank you for everything and HAPPY 2014!! I know this year will be great and many good things will happen!! Lots of love.....

PS: Justin, Adel, Una, Anastasia, Zhanna, Kate, Nadia, Harriet, Anisha, Malvina, Eralda, Cintia, Ivan, Ingrid, Keenan, Michael Prado, Dibran, Mattia, Stephanie, Laurin, Gianin, Giulia, Polly, Alexandra, Peter, everyone from the We Love Party crew, all the models, Designers, Bloggers, Photographers, Dj's, Stylist, Make Up artists... GRAZIE <3

ANJA LEUENBERGER

I'm starting this week with a small interview with Anja Leuenberger, a swiss model that is currently working a lot in New York. I met her for the first time 3 years ago at the first Mercedes Benz Fashion Days in Zurich. A very strong girl that knows exaclty what she wants. Represented by her mother agency Fotogen in Zurich Anja is represented by the the bests agencies around the world. She has just done the online-catalog for Victoria's Secret, so we hope we will see her next year on the Victoria's Secret runway with all the Top Models. Keep your eyes open because I'm sure this girl will take over the world!

MERCEDES BENZ FASHION DAYS 2013 - DAY 3 & 4 PT 1

The Mercedes Benz Fashion Days has become a big event in Switzerland in the past few years. It's 4 days of Shows, Apéros and Parties. A place where national/international celebrities, fashion people and business people meet.

I have been going since day one, exactly 4 years ago (check out Fashion Days 2011). First and second time I went as a volunteer and helped out backstage and the last two years as Press.
Unfortunately this year I was only able to go two days since I work in Milan during the week. Friday I went with my friend Kerstin Cook, the ex-Miss Switzerland 2010 that everyone knows and yes, she dragged me over the red carpet. Thank you for that Kerstin :)
Both days I saw and met great people, like the designer Moritz Stoll from the swiss brand Aziza Zina, Adam Brody a designer that creates clothes for plus size women, something that I find amazing and should be more seen in the fashion world!! My dear friend Silvano Vitalini from the brand Good & Vitalini that presented together with Danja Good Saturday night a breathtaking collection. Unfortunately I didn't meet the girls from LBD but the also presented a beautiful collection during the MBFD.

Among all the designers I met photographers and some bloggers. Got to hang out Saturday with Anastasia Shev, blogger from Stylittude, Crystal Renn from The Life of an It Girl. Saw again Joy from Fashiongamble and finally had the pleasure to meet Tiphaine from Tiphaine's Diary, Tanja from Never Dreamed About This and Elvira Abasova from The Russian Code.

Besides all the great people and shows the highlight was Karlie Kloss, she came only friday night to watch the show. And I got the chance to take a picture with her thanks to Andrea Hug !!! :)

More about the Fashion Days tomorrow with my favorite pieces. Happy Sunday!

VALERYA

I did a Beautiful video here in Milan of my friend Valerya. Check out the video and the small interview bellow...