Real futuristic inspiration

I love everything that contains great new thoughts on how the future could look like. Movies like Matrix, In Time or Cloud Atlas are some of the most inspiring things for me because they have such ingenious ideas for the future that designers for fashion as well as cars and architecture copy for our 'real life'. They even touch cultural aspects such as language. 

We should not stop learning from other cultures as well, since they partly also live in their own developing world.

So, what I watched today gave me another insight of how our future is 'developing', especially in fashion. Also it shows a lot of images from Japan, which is sooo awesome! Japanese people inspire me with their discipline at work on one hand and creative outbursts on the streets on the other, creative eruptions that we as the Western kids don't see as much out on our streets. Japanese kids are just so crazy <3

I feel like Japanese fashion is always a step ahead when it comes to unconventionality. 

Get some unconventional inspiration from this creatively erupting lady:

#No_music_i'd_rather_listen_to

I'm presently hyping Clean Bandit since not only their song "Rather Be" but also their other songs that came out so far are kind of melancholic yet not boring but... one just gets a nice feeling from them. Their videos on the other side, I would describe as puzzled with emotions and impressions from many different places but still they also realized random ideas that just seemed to have been fun while making the video.

I can't wait for their album to be released on June 2, 2014, it definitely will be my soundtrack of this summer! Get an impression yourself:

What I'm even more attracted to than the glittery green shirt in the following video is model Lily Cole. More about her and her work in another post, but first: All eyes and ears on Clean Bandit!

 

These pictures are just the kind i'm so in love with. Tricia Davidge's photography is always worth to take a look at, showing this unmistakable touch of the Californian environment. And one of her best fortunes: She's not only an overly talented photographer but also very often her own make-up and hair stylist. There's a lot of custom shoots she's taking but her own creative shoots are usually incredibly artistic and well realized. I'm so glad I got to know her and her pictures, getting more and more inspiration from her.

 

Pink Spring! and yes... that's lipliner

 Once I saw the golden eyeshadow I couldn't resist and in an instant my eyes were painted...
"Inglorious Mustards" eyeshadow by CATRICE
"Smokey Moonstone" fantastic chrome kajal by p2
Pink lipliner 

and my nails are Sailor Moon inspired, who would've thought...

Such beautiful weather! I had to take a picture of those leaves in the morning even though I was late for school. One always needs to enjoy the best moments in life a little longer than the others! Now, I have to wait another year to see those wonderful flower leaves all over the place again...

And finally I made the best tasting pastries, probably of my life, for my best friend's birthday:

Vanilla raspberry tartlets <3

 

Give it try, too! It's way easy and everybody's gonna love them, so make sure you produce enough of them!