Marc Jacocs goes The Virgin Suicides

After directing Daisy for her good friend Marc Jacobs, Sofia Coppola is back into business with her designer friend for the campaign of Daisy Dream and if the previous ad evoked some 'The Virgin Suicides' feels, this new one is totally an homage to her own debut movie.

In one of the most iconic scenes of the movie, the boys obsessed with the Lisbon sisters try to imagine the secret world of the girls while reading Cecilia's diary, Air is sounding and everything is dreamy, and that's kinda what Coppola tried to do with this new ad. Daisy Dream is not as enchanting or ethereal as the movie, but it's lovely too and sells the product well. So below you can watch the new and 'The Virgin Suicides' scene for comparison, and i couldn't help but to post after the cut a few stills of that scene, i love the dreamy, free-spirited mood so enjoy the magic and enigmatic world of the Lisbon girls after the cut.

Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Fall 2014: Dior

The Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week was last week and Dior has stunned yet again not only with their beautiful designs but with a really dreamy and pretty show.

The collection is really classy and pretty, i'm loving the use of white in the majority of dresses and the two colored shoes, but this time i'm focusing more on the show than on the actual looks (even though i posted some of my fave outfits below). The pristine use of white is also evident on the display of the runway show, and with the use of white flowers it creates a really beautiful environment to present such a pretty collection.

I'm posting some pictures that one of my favourite instagrams (parisinfourmonths) took when she attended the show and the photos are really gorgeous. It must'd been amazing to attend such a flawless fashion show so i'm posting some of her pics after the cut and after them some others with the looks from the collection that i liked best, such a delicious Dior show.

'Under the Skin' (2013)

I was really looking forward to watch 'Under the Skin', i loved Jonathan Glazer's previous movie 'Birth' (incredibly underrated), so i couldn't wait for anything new coming from this director. It took him 9 years to do another movie, and, as if 'Birth's plot wasn't weirder enough (A young boy tries to convince a woman that he is her dead husband reborn), he came up with an even weirder movie if possible.

'Under the Skin' is based on Michael Faber's sci-fi novel about an alien disguised in human form that drives around Scotland picking up men, and that's as much as i can tell. And as weird as that sounds, the movie results believable, just like it happened with 'Birth'.

In the movie, Scarlett Johansson plays an alien with a female figure, who has no sympathy for the humankind or feels no pity towards them and her coldness and hidden intentions, along with a soundtrack that sounds creepy as hell, create a whole atmosphere of uncertainty and terror. You just don't know what's happening, what's going to happen and why. The photography also increments the tension of the movie, with black scenarios when she's alone with the men.

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Looking HBO

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It took me quite a while to watch this show, even though i fucking adored 'Weekend' by Andrew Haigh and i highly recommend it to anyone who likes simple stories but with a lot of meaning and depth. Anyway, the thing is that i had really high hopes for 'Looking', and while at first watching the first episodes i felt kinda disappointed (the show stars developing really slowly, just like the Andrew Haigh movie), in the end i absolutely adored it.

Initially compared to HBO's other show 'Girls', really loose comparison in my opinion, the key of this show is getting to know the three main characters little by little, even though that means that you don't like them at first or don't understand their actions (like it happened to me with Agustín), but also that shows Haigh's accuracy to write characters and stories. As simple as they are or as common, it depicts real life itself and that's the greatness, and i think, the reason behind the success of 'Looking'. It doesn't matter if you're not a gay living in San Francisco, or a man for that matter, you can relate to their stories and their feelings, and that's something that also happened in 'Weekend'. For me, the most touching moment of this season was when Patrick, after having sex with his boss Kevin - allowing him to go backdoor when he never allowed that to his love interest Richie, meets him and realises his mistake and how he's not ready to get committed in a relationship with him. I could relate to that, doing everything wrong or with the wrong person and being aware of that, but doing it anyway, because something in your guts tells you that you're scared and you simply can't take a step.

It's not a show for everyone, just as 'Weekend' it's not a movie for anyone, so i recommend it for those who like real stories, who have no rush when watching a show and, of course, anyone who liked Haigh's movie. I seriously can't wait for the second season.

sources: huffingtonpost

Lifetime's 'Petals on the Wind'.

As i've already said, i was willing to watch Lifetime's adaptation of 'Flowers in the Attic's sequel 'Petals on the wind', but only having in mind that it was not going to be something really great. I mean, both tv adaptations have been entertaining but it's frustrating to see how much potential these stories have and how cheap the results look.

Anyway, as a novel, 'Petals on the wind' lives up to the hype of the story of 'Flowers in the Attic', of course it's not as good but stands out from the rest of the follow up novels. In Lifetime's adaptation, they speed up time and you don't get to see how the three remaining Dollanganger dolls, Chris, Cathy and Carrie, manage to survive after leaving the attic for good. I think that was a huge mistake because that was an important part, how they met their guardian Paul and how he provided for them and almost marries Cathy to the dismay of her loving brother.In fact, if i'm not wrong, they get married at the end of the book so he doesn't die in the beginning as the Lifetime movie shows (even though, he dies towards the end of the novel).

Another thing that was wrong in the tv adaptation was how Cathy entered the ballet company, it wasn't thanks to Julian but because she was good, and also, he's involved in a car accident but Cathy is not with him in that moment. And most importantly, he doesn't die because of his injuries, he commits suicide because of them and because he won't be able to dance again, which is a really dramatic chapter which has been lost in the adaptation. I really missed that part because even though he was pretty abusive towards Cathy, i liked that story and wish they had been faithful to the book.

As many of those who have read the novels know, i could go on and on about how it wasn't well adapted, but those two parts are the ones that i missed the most. And as if that wasn't enough word is out that both follow up novels 'If There Be Thorns' and 'Seeds of Yesterday' will have its adaptation as well, but not 'Flowers in the Attic's prequel 'Garden of Shadows', which tells the story of the evil grandmother from her youth and why she becomes as mean and cruel as she is later in life. Which i think it's a mistake because it's the most interesting novel after 'Petals on the Wind' and you get to see the beginning of it all and know a few more family secrets.

Also, another one of V.C. novels' 'My Sweet Audrina' is going to be adapted as well, book which i've just read, and good lord how are they going to adapt such a strange story. I didn't like it as much as the 'Flowers in the Attic' saga, i really thought it was just ok, but as with all the other adaptations coming from Lifetime, i will watch it, i don't know if it will talk about them here, though. Anyway, enjoy Lifetime's fuckfest with these novels and take them lightly, such a shame they weren't adapted to the cinema by a good director because the story was really worth it.

sources: ibtimes

'We Exist' Arcade Fire

 I watched this new music video early in the morning the other day and i shouldn't had to, because it crushed my whole entire day.

The video is a 'Dallas Buyers Club' meets 'Precious', and i really loved the pain it depicts, and while i'm not a fan of Andrew Garfield, mainly because of the new 'Spiderman' saga (never liked this superhero anyway), his acting was better in 'Never Let Me Go' and here he really shines. The look on his eyes while he's at the bar and he sees the old couple dancing, aiming to have that one day and how difficult that is to him (i'm referring to him as male as i'm talking about the actor, not the character) is something heartbreaking.

I'm really loving Arcade Fire's latest videos, like the live version of 'Afterlife' (that was much better than the official video) and this one is really great as well, so enjoy but be careful because it can crush your soul:

Daddy it's true, I'm different from you

But tell me why they treat me like this

sources: wonderingsound & youtube

New Erna and Hrefna by Ariko Inaoka

I've been expecting the new photoshoot from Ariko Inaoka with identical twins Erna and Hrefna for quite a while now, since she's been photographing them for years.

The result is always so dreamy, creepy at times but the good kind of creepy, and there's really something about them that makes you want to take a look into their own personal world, that seems so secretive and unknown to us. Ariko is determined to capture their singularity until they turn 16 so there are a lot of shoots coming. Because they dream the same dreams sometimes and they seem like creatures from out of this world, enjoy the rest of the photos that i've posted and take a look at many more at the source.

sources: arikoinaoka

Funny or Die's take on Sofia Coppola's 'The Little Mermaid'.

 This is so funny and crazy accurate that any Sofia Coppola movie lover like me is gonna adore it. Funny or Die has recreated what Coppola's upcoming film would look like and mixed a ton of her signature shots from her movies, like the opening from 'Lost in Translation', the karaoke scene, the pool scenes from 'Somewhere', the Chateau Marmont, Trip Fontaine laying on the swimming pool and so on. It's really cute and funny and AnnaSophia Robb and especially, Evan Peters, are really amazing on it.

Watch it because it's something hilarious but nice at the same time: My Little Mermaid (vid won't embed)

sources: nylon & unicornbutter

Models in couture on the streets of New York

 This photoshoot of models wearing some of this year's MET Gala dresses around New York is a complete joy.

They're wearing Reem Acra, Jason Wu, Zac Posen, Monique Lhuillier, Prabal Gurung, Dior and Giles, and the photos taken by Cass Bird are simply as gorgeous as all those beautiful gowns. This was shot in anticipation of the MET Costume Institute Gala and i have to say that i'm loving these dresses more than many of those worn by celebrities on the red carpet. So enjoy this really fun and cool shoot and check out some more pics at the source and also some really cool behind the scenes photos taken by instagram users that came across the photoshoot in NY behind the cut.

MET Costume Institute Gala 2014: Charles James Beyond Fashion

MET Gala! Ok, i'm not gonna comment anything about this year's theme because as everyone who attended pretty much ignored it, i'm not going to bother about it.

This year i'm not only going to comment about the looks that i loved but also from others that have been really mixed up, in conclusion, about all the looks that matter, let's begin and let me know your faves!

Naomi Watts was, for me, queen of the night in this exquisite Givenchy dress that was a dream, she's always on point.

 Charlize Theron also saved the night in Dior even though she didn't look as stunning as Miss Watts while Cara Delevingne was effortesly chic and original wearing trousers in Stella McCartney

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