Sarah Jessica Parker in Harper's Bazaar Arabia Dec 2014

I've recently came across this photoshoot of the always fabulous Sarah Jessica Parker photographed by Alexei Hai for Harper's Bazaar Arabia December 2014 and it's absolutely gorgeous.

Sarah Jessica is presenting her shoe line and the designs are really exquisite, affordable and totally Carrie-esque. She designed this line with the help of the CEO of Manolo Blahnik and there's even a sandal named Carrie. I think it's a gorgeous spread to present her shoe line like this so enjoy Sarah Jessica's fabulosity below.

sources: cosmopolitanuk

The singles' Candy

Some time ago Scarlett Johansson announced that she had a new music project named The One and Only Singles–though now it's only The Singles. I really like when Scarlett does music, her duet album with Pete Yorn is one of my faves (they totally have to do another one together) and her debut cd, the Tom Waits' cover album 'Anywhere I Lay My Head', is incredibly underrated. So, when the news came out of this new girl band ala The Go-Go's i was excited but a bit skeptical (i always am with her projects) but once again i was proven wrong.

Produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, who also produced 'Anywhere I Lay My Head', Johansson has teamed up with Haim's drummer Este (FUCK YEAH), Holly Miranda, Kendra Morris and Julia Haltigan and the first single 'Candy' sounds really catchy and fun, really good. I love girlbands so i'm really looking forward to hear more but in the meantime, you can listen to the first single below:

sources: nylon & youtube

87th annual Academy Awards 2015

Just like every year, it has become a little tradition in the blog to comment the Academy Awards' red carpet (the only thing that matters at the Oscars) because these awards always bring me rage as i don't think they truly award, or nominate, the ones who really deserve it.

Anyway, i can't say much about the awards this year because i've only seen 'Birdman', which was ok but i didn't emphasize with any character, 'Boyhood', a little bit of the same with the exception of the uber sweet Patricia Arquette,  'The Theory of Everything', that was nice but boring, 'Gone Girl', good but so long and a bit tedious, 'Interstellar' (meh) and 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' that i didn't like as everyone else seems to do. The movie of the year for me was 'Under the Skin' which had no nominations whatsoever when deserved original score, photography and a lot more, so anything else can suck it for me. As for the actress, i'm really happy that Patricia Arquette won because she totally deserved it, and just like the amazing Julianne Moore (who was amazing this year in 'Maps to the Stars' as well). And when it comes to Best Actor it sucks that Michael Keaton didn't win for his Black Swan comeback, but Eddie Redmayne did good and i like him as well.

So let's talk about what really matters here that are the red carpet looks! Truth is i expected more, i always expect more, but well here there are the looks of everyone that mattered last night at the awards, after the cut!

10 years of Silent Alarm

10 years already of the debut album of one of my favorite bands. And what a debut. A powerful, fresh record with no bad song, perfect from beginning to end. Not only it contains three of the songs of my very personal Top 10 Bloc Party songs but also it has my favourite, 'Like Modern Love' which still is my number 1.

I remember back in the day me watching MTV2 and coming across 'Banquet' and loving it instantly. Nor did the song end that i was already adoring that new band and looking for more. And while this might be for many their best album– i really don't want to enter that– it was a really great start and they haven't slowed down a bit, more disco or still rocking their guitars, they're still on top of their game.

So, if you haven't listened to this awesome album please do below, starting with songs like 'Like Eating Glass', 'Helicopter', 'Positive Tension',  'Banquet' (ofc) that will give you a lot of energy and others like 'Blue Light' and 'This Modern Love' will melt your heart. A little gem.

sources: albumoftheYear & yotube

Making Space by Petra Collins

Petra Collins' new project 'Nowness', the first of a series of three documentaries about teen dancers, is something you should be excited about. The famous rookie photographer and her sister embark on a road trip all across the Deep South to explore what it means to be young in 2015, and if someone can explain that it's her.

I love Petra Collins precisely because she captures a really different side of adolescence, she doesn't like the typical teen commercial dream that can be seen in tv shows or movies, she captures it as it is and as it's shown in her photographs. That's why, in my opinion, she's so big. That intimacy, that mood she catches with her camera is something that i've only seen in other female directors –like my favourite Sofia Coppola in 'The Virgin Suicides' or now Gia Coppola in 'Palo Alto'– and it's something that i really love. Here's what she says about this project:

“Anna and I went into making these docs thinking that most of the girls would be like us,” she says of portraiting the star-spangled dance team of a New Orleans high school and the realization unearthed along the way. “They would be facing the same problems we faced as teens—self-esteem issues, eating disorders, etc—and by the end of the trip we realized that every girl we interviewed was totally confident, powerful, and that most of them didn't struggle with those things.” 

It's really curious that now that my teen years are way behind and that girls now seem to be so much pressured about her looks and more judged about her actions, that they embrace all that pressure and find themselves, probably, at an earlier age than what we used to do in the 90s. It's surprising and a relief for me as being confident and comfortable in your own skin was my struggle during those years.

Watch below the first documentary 'Making Space' and keep an eye out for more:

sourcess: nowness & IG

Top favorite Madonna performances

Madonna performed at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, she was back after some years and while the performance was ok, it didn't live up to other amazing performances she's done before.

I know Madonna is not what she used to be, but who could keep being awesome, innovative and groundbreaking after 30 years? Exactly. So i'm posting some of my favourite performances from the Queen herself, from award shows to tour shows, she has always put on a show when performing live. Who could forget her iconic performance of Vogue ala Marie Antoinette during the MTV Awards in 1990? Or Lenny Kravitz playing guitar to 'Ray of Light' in 1998? I know, lots of Madonna lately here, but i'm an unapologetic bitch.

 Vogue

Shanti/Ashtangi-Ray of Light

 Bye Bye Baby

Keep it together

sources: fashionsizzle & youtube