D.I.Y. ..your laundry and your jeans

Nothing new..but still quite genius: The Laundress luxury detergents.. I doubt the contents are different from the ones you can buy in your local supermarket, but hey, the elegant little bottles make you feel tres chic, don't they? But then I don't understand who the target audience is..women that have to do their laundry themselves (but splurge on the detergents and their fancy packaging) or women who can afford help (you don't really see/smell the product then, unless you stand beside your maid while she washes your cashmere cardigan).

The Laundress (Luxury Detergents)

Bristol 6 Denim kit

D.I.Y. Bristol 6 Denim kit... to fix, decorate, distress your jeans to make them look good- well, to make them look like your favorite pair. I guess it's for the creative people...

Maybe I should get one of these..I've spent quite a lot of time during my life decorating but mainly shortening denim skirts, shorts, jeans.... My best "creation" remains to be my Mauro Grifoni pair which I used so much that I wore the knees out and then I cropped them to shorts and wore them some more. Together with 7 for all Mankind jeans - they make my ass look just damn good. Just plain genius.

Baci

M.

Double-Stick No Iron No Sew Fashion Hem Tape for Denim (Jeans, Pants, Skirt, Short)

when Vogue is the new Bible..

When Vogue is your new Bible and you read its every word religiously while holding your breath....it's not surprising when Virgin Mary (according to Italian artist Francesco de Molfeta) replaces her classic and demure light blue gown (gown..? dress..? uhmm..) with a stylish black and gold Louis Vuitton printed one.. I guess this is what has happened, and will happen in the near future: some brands mean so much to us, that we cannot imagine our lives without them..we trust in them, like we once trusted in God (I still do, minus the symbols and rituals). We idolize them (well, we do, don't we? even if being a materialist is not a very good thing) and when they don't satisfy us we turn away from them, or suffer through our malcontent, and blindly hope for better days (for yourself and the brand). 

Francesco himself wanted to represent the society's obsession with appearance, using the brand name as a representation of our neverending search for happiness. Well that's what consumerism is then.. 

You can find his statue in Gransasso, Italy. 

Kisses from Dobele, Latvia