Top Beauty

Had cooperated with Marie Claire China May accessories issue " Top Beauty" column. 

Hair accessoires is one of the most important part for styling. This summer, 

use different hair accessories to dress yourself :)!

illustration by Nancy.Z

Marine Hat

Uniform is one of the most classic style. 

Polka dots scarf

Dots could be lovely, also could be really elegant.

70s wide straw hat

It is such a stylish and practical item for summer! Perfect for traveling as well!

Idyllic hat

Dress warm color outfit, wears orange idyllic hat and playing guitar in the field, it is so poetic. :) 

Sweet Ribbon

Romantic ribbon is suitable of sweet girlish outfit. 

Eternal Summer.

Youth is summer dizziness sunshine, we are sweating under the hot sun, profligate our summer. After many years  someone asked "Is there any favorite thing in your memory?" And you replied: "I ​​occasionally think back to that summer, but they all faded to blurry pictures.  "

ps:

Green lemon's color, yellow belt. This summer belongs to the fresh color.

Hat by H&M

Necklace by COS

Dress and Heels by Topshop

Belt from vintage shop

illustration by Nancy.Z

photography by Ajdin.B

Impressions of street - Mix! (ELLE China June issue)

It was very impressive when I saw him on the street, he was having afternoon tea out of the store. And he had such a cute outfit! Fashion not just belong to skinny person :) .

Illustration by Nancy. Z

Leopard print.

"You'll never change what's been and gone, 

May your smile shine on,

Don't be scared,

Your destiny may keep you warm."

Oasis< Stop crying you heart out>

Leopard top by  Marc Cain 2011 FW

Black maxi skirt and belt from ASOS

Cardigan by Emanuel Ungaro

bag by Anne valerie hash

Flats by A.P.C

Hat from vintage shop

Sunglasses by Topshop Unique

illustration by Nancy.Z

photography by Ajdin.B

Ps: I thought leopard print is not really a suitable of my style before, but actually it is also really

fun to dress in something different.

Also,I cooperated with Harper's Bazaar China for their June issue"Summer Leopard"column,

How to dress leopard print this summer! :) Enjoy these tips and my illustrations!

1. Leopard Accessories!

A chic leopard accessories could refresh your normal outfit!

2.Color Leopard

Colorful leopard one piece could make you happy all day:)

3. Leopard items

Legging,bikini or top, these items could make you look really fashionable.

4. Whole Leopard outfit.

beautiful leopard print evening dress is a great choice for Party.

Sweet Stupsi.

I have to admit Stupsi is the weirdest cat, but he is the cutest cat also. He is picky and jumpy, for example, he only likes eating fresh meat and some cat snacks, never accept normal cat food properly. He doesn't like you hugging him, but sometimes he tries to touch your hand and protect you. 

One really cute and sweet example is when my boyfriend was fixing the big printer that was on the floor.

The machine was making lots of weird and foreign sounds that the cat did not understand, and was hitting the printer with his paw BAM BAM!!!!! Then wen my bf was pretending to be a cat as well, copying what Stupsi was doing, he was pushing away my boyfriend with his head a few times, and his paw "Stay away human this thing is dangerous!". It looked so sweet, and touching to see this little cute fat always hungry cat protecting a human so much bigger than himself. So this is the reason why my boyfriend took these pictures of Stupsi, from that moment I think he started to Love and Care for this weird cat. 

Considering that he never liked cats before at all, and stayed away from them....it shows how amazing the affection and character of cats can be (or any domestic animal). 

Ok, time to feed him again, I want to make Stupsi very very fat, until there is just a Ball, and a Face =).  It is just kidding :D~trust me he really IS always so hungry. But the food is very healthy ^_^.

Originality?

Ok,the topic of today is " Originality". 

Originality 

1.the quality or state of being original.

2.ability to think or express oneself in an independent and individual manner; 
creative ability.

3.freshness or novelty, as of an idea, method, or performance. 

All thought, be it ideas ranging from Art, Music, Fashion, Film, Books e.t.c. Any medium you can think of...the ideas behind any material in these mediums comes from something else before it, and then before that, and before that and so on and on. Originality used to be something unique, in a world long ago where information was not easy to access as it is now with the internet, better standards and quality of living in the modern times have given us schools of thought and high education. Original and novel ideas such as Isaac Newton sitting underneath a tree in his orchard in 1666 where upon an apple fall on him giving him the original idea of "gravity". It inspired this, unique thought in him which gave Newton a unique perspective. Or Archimedes with the famous line "Eureka" that he shouted runningnaked down the street as he found out Displacement during his bath. There are thousands upon thousands of original minds that have lived in our human history, but this type of originality and the very concept of it is vanishing. We have become people who simply assimilate information and "change" it in our own way. This is seen in all creative forms of art , this including Stories and Cinematography. Even language itself is a derivative from a former language , as in English it contains a mix of every Saxon language, even Latin and Greek. People get worked up over Originality, but to worry about such things and throw arguments around the rooms is useless. The very people who complain and argue are probably the people who have even less of an understanding of originality and its concepts, or that they do not posses anything original about them. That everything is an external force acting on people to influence our very thoughts, ideas, imagination, even the personality that we will become or are. 

The truth is, Originality is just a word. Like many words, it has no real basis in the real world. Why? 

Because it never did exist in the first place. People feed of the external, each other, and we are dependent upon each other in many ways. 

Like with the basic fact of life, energy...it can never just exist suddenly, or disappear ever it can only change into something else.

So, I hope we all also change day by day into something positive and not worry about the worrying thought that your “not being original enough”.  

Be happy!

How do you think about " Originality"? :)

Hat from vintage shop

sunglasses by Topshop unique

shirt from Topshop

pants by Marc Cain 2011Fw collection

Blazer from Jil Sander

flats by A.P.C

The style of today was inspired by traveling outfit from last century.

Illustration by Nancy.Z

photography by Ajdin.B

Flying poem on your body.

“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

- Langston Hughes

I think that is why I  insist on my dream, everyone has their different "flying dream", we all want to fly higher and higher. 

The theme of today is " Print multiply "! Owls is flying in the forest, the dark unicorns is shaking their 

wings,the black bird is preparing to fly to the sky. Isn't it romantic combination? Perhaps I could call it " Romantic Edgy" style :D. 

Digital print is becoming a really important trend in future, I used to think print is such a easy thing, but since I design print by myself, I found it is quite difficult and deep subject.  

Owl's print top by Marc Cain  2011 FW collection, 

they will open their online store on 10th of July also.

Maxi Skirt by Topshop  unique

Zipper Belt by Mark

necklace by COS

illustration by Nancy.Z

photography by Ajdin.B

C'est la vie.

“I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. ”－Clint Eastwood

Berlin today is so rainy and cold, all the people who are outside relaxing during the hot weather have vanished into the buildings. Hiding from the cold wind, this weather makes everyone move at a snails pace. Where are you Sun? Still, it is refreshing to have some weather which does not cause you to loose sleep or make you feel like some lizard melting in the sun. I think only reptiles enjoy extreme heat. 

Still, as will all things in life, the bad weather will pass and the sun will rise again. Maybe this is a good analogy for people's lives. 

There is always something better around the corner. =) For anyone who is having a bad day or week, don't worry or let life (or this weather) bring you down. Rise above it! 

photography by Ajdin.B 

Tops from HeReJ.com

skirts from iimk/vintage

the peacock blouse by Nadia

What are u looking at, my darling?:)

70s ethic hippie style,  top from HeReJ.com, Peach shop, skirt by iimk, belt from vintage shop.

Daily life I love idyllic and vintage items. 

lovely vest top from HeRej.com  Peach shop, it has 2 parts-grey shop of modern classic chic and peach of vintage.
Blouse by Nadia,skirt from vintage shop

Pure white-2

Nothing is really simple and easy. Once you decide to do something, don't give up, it is a promise, a challenge to yourself, once you give it up, you lose. The world is battlefield, we are soldiers, and the enemy is - yourself.

"White" for me means" blank","empty". It has unlimited possibility, you could paint any color on it.  White could be nothing, also could be anything.

Pure white is the best for summer.

Shirt by Zara

Belt by Cacharel

Skirt by Rag & Bone

Heels by Topshop Unique

illustration by Nancy.Z

photography by Ajdin.B

impressions of street - Neat. (ELLE China June issue)

I remember it was a hot afternoon, I saw her when I was walking to my local cafe. She was smoking and speaking on the phone in front of her designer boutique. She tied her beautiful blonde hair randomly, her red lip matched white shirt, light grey skinny jeans, snake print heels perfectly. The whole outfit looked so simple, but so neat and elegant. I think everyone has the perfect style to suitable of our personality,whatever colorful matches or easy chic.

illustration by Nancy.Z 

Dream Weavers.

Textile design is such a difficult subject,but so much fun to do. As well known textile discipline,The UAL Chelsea degree show 2011 will start tomorrow until 25th. Let's review Chelsea degree show 09-10. As a graduated student from Chelsea, my friend Ejing will guide us to review these amazing textile show. They are all dream weavers.

Pictures arrangement and text original by Ejing Zhang

Pictures references from Chelsea degree show website

address of exhibition:16 John Islip St, London SW1P 4JU.

                    from June 18th-25th

UAL-chelsea degree show 09

Stitch means use simple materials to create new materials,Marit Fujiwara from UAL degree show 09 is one of my favorite.

Marie Parsons(degree show 09)

Knit-Helen Turne and Laura Walsh (degree show 09)

Print- Kitty Joseph

Weave-  Olubanke Kuku,Ayse Simsek, Lucy Mettyear

UAL-chelsea degree show 10

from the top: Maryrose Watson, Beatrice Larkin, Arisa Akimoto

from the top:Ellen,Alice Powell,Beth Newing

the first row from Jasmin Giles,knitting with ceramic

Fumiko's colorful outfits were made by knitting and print. they look so lovely.

Print-Hannah:"Moon and Sun", they look like children's book for me!

Sarah brooks-It reminds me lilly hiene's layer work, really beautiful~

Print: from the top :Rosella Daly

the third row: Lale Guralp

Stitch-Beth Parry:  They were inspired by rotten apple.What a inspiration!!

Stitch- Lily Kamper:'The moon is a whisper', 

Apart from laser cut, other things all by handmade,her technical skill is awesome. 

Stitch- Ejing Zhang's project"shadow puppet", as the name, these outfits were inspired by shadow puppet.

Was inspired by her works, I drew 2 illustrations. They called" Dream Weaver". :)

illustration by Nancy.Z