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I started to collect old pictures for my storyboard. But I'm not sure of the story yet.

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Photobooth picture of me from a couple of months ago

A picture a friend took while traveling through scandinavia

Lolita

Couple of days ago

Grimes

I was drawing on my belly for no reason

Don't even ask

All pictures from tumblr. See the list here.

rag

Fabric for the collection, traditionally egyptian. © Dalia von Wege

Oh Heartland, up yours (My home, my homeland, my homeland)

Streets of Cairo

City of the famous unsheltered

Yesterday I noticed that I never gave you anything about my trip to Los Angeles. It was horrifying, beatiful and astounding all at once. The first three days I was simply shocked by all the crazy and homeless people on the street. It seemed to me as everybody in the city was either unemployed, a drug-abuser or homeless. Most of them were all at once I guess. Sad as it is, I got used to that and came around to really liking the city.

That's probably because I met so many awsome people! A piece of advice: Never go there without knowing anyone. It's fine if you don't have a car or a drivers license, but know people! I don't think I would've liked L.A. very much without my friends. Also, there are certain places you cannot go alone. And don't ever walk down 3rd street. My friends lived in Downtown, which is mostly like a city of all the L.A. parts.

Check out Getty Center. It takes you forever to get there by bus but once you're there it's pretty cool. Make sure to be there at sunset. Once it's dark you can see all the L.A. citylights and the Downtown skyline with all the smog is so very beautiful.

Austrian Designers #1: Mark&Julia

Mark & Julia

BOUND

Photography- Katarina Balgavy,

Hair/Make-up- Marlene Hoffmann,

Model- Kathi h.@Stellamodels

This is the first "episode", so to say, of a new series on Austrian Fashion designers.

Mark&Julia are a Vienna based design duo who claim that they are simply meant to work together.

"After deciding on a concept, we both take to our sheets and start drawing", Julia told me in an email. She also told me they were inspired by the 90ies, Ace of Bace, Banana-bags, cleopatra, natural colours, cords and many many more things for this collection. They then compare and conclude their designs on paper. This works so well because both have the same sense of aesthetics. Another important part of them working together, is that they inspire each other alot. Julia added that some of their designs develop whilst the sewing prozess.

By the way, Mark&Julia met during fashion school where they soon realized that they will be working together one day.

Soon you will be ablo to buy Mark&Julia pieces at NotJustALabel.

They presented their latest Collection, "Bound", at Berlin's FW "Show0711" and at "the edged showroom" at glaushaus in Kreuzberg, Berlin. They also won the "evoque style contest" in Munich and flew to Paris to shoot an editorial with some other designers for qvest Magazine. Mark&Julia also took part at the international exposition "Vision" in Copenhagen. Next stop will be Vienna Fashion Week.

To have a look at Mark&Julia's first collection (Trigonomia) go to their page.

And don't forget to check out their showroom at Vienna Fashion Week if you happen to be there. I won't be, because I'll be in Los Angeles.

But another off topic thing: On Wednesday Istanbul Fashion Week starts and I might keep you updated if I find the time.