First, I want to apologize for not updating the Look of The Week in a while. You know how Looklet is going now and i understand that we can't create any new look until next month... It gets me crazy, too (but i suggest you play in polyvore which its fun is just as much as looklet; find me at reenz).
Besides, i'm in an architectural project now, a small house which needs lots attention. It may takes a month and my new villa project will come. Just wish that everything will run good so i can manage this blog like it used to be...
For now, just enjoy Petra fashion style and vote for our next Featured Stylist ^-^
It seems that Looklet is going to an end. A new looklet will be out in January, but it will not be the same thing and all those looks we made will be deleted... Many wonderful looks made by many users will be lost...
miss otis has received this email from looklet a couple of weeks ago. 'We understand that you are very upset. We can not do more then what we are doing at the moment. We are updating the magazine and installing a security system and things like that take time. It's not only the website we are working on, we have close we have to photograph and models to cast for the website. We are inventing our own system that no other company has, so it takes time...
abaciscus square border enclosing part or entire pattern of a mosaic; small tile. abstraction omission or severe simplification of details in drawings, so that the basis of a design can be explained. accessory element that is not essential to the use or character of a design, but which enhances the general effect. accumulation collection of features derived from different periods used to suggest chronological sequence. achromatic creation with only white and black or white and gold. addorsed set back-to-back, such two identical figures or patterns facing in opposite directions. adhocism essentially a collage design, where every part or each element of a creation is designed with scant regard to the whole, and often involves disparate parts taken from catalogues. aegicrane classical ornament of ra,'s or goat's head or skull. affronted identical figures or patterns facing each other. aliform wing-shaped; design with additions resembling wings. annular ring-shaped. anthemia decorative group of leafy forms, often used alternately with the palmette or lotus.
Have you heard the name of Petra Storrs, Um Nakao, Alexandra Zaharova and Ilya Plotnikov? If not, then you must see these:
Now, note this: paper is not only to design on but is also be a great material for fashion creativity!!
It is now showing up in all those beautiful architectural incarnations...
Would you ever wear a dress like those above? Well, dresses might be out of the question but paper fashion accessories such as pins or jewelry seem like they would be totally wearable ^-^
But honestly, the dress I wore in the picture below was a paper (self-designed) and i looked like a gift with that orange paper bow. LOL!
Petraor Al-Batral in Arabic; meantrock; is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordan that is very famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduits system. Hidden behind an almost impenetrable barrier of rugged mountains, boasting incomparable scenes, it became the most majestic and imposing ancient site still-standing nowadays.Established around the 6th century BC, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as being the most visited tourist attraction. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah(the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba). Petra has been a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site since 1985 and been described as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".It was also chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die".
And for me, “Petra was designed to strike wonder into all who entered it”.