Urban safari - welcome to the jungle

Today’s a good day for an urban safari. Just take some of the hottest trends of the season - a safari style dress in eartly tones trends, a matching mini bag and whit platform sneakers, then mix them with some good mood and voila! I’m also wearing my new and already favorite Happy that it’s already summer and the quarantine ended so we can now go enjoy the weather, I put together a comfy outfit that makes me feel comfortable and went on a big big walk downtown.

Complete outfit: HM

This exact shirt dress is unfortunatelly not currently available in this colour but rather in dark and light blue denim, also there is a similar but sleeveless green one here. I’m wearing one of the many different layered gold necklaces such as this one. The white sneakers are from autumn 2019 but I managed to find similar ones. The bag is from 2019 as well but this one is very very simalr to it. And scrunchies like mine are also available, in many other colours and prints as well. :)

The sky was so beautiful and as a sunset lover, I just had to take a picture.

Top this with a cozy candle-lit dinner at a fave restaurant, grilled zuccini and glaring the beautiful city lights and it is almost perfect. And because I’m me, the evening was only complete after I listened to some fave rock’n’roll later in the early hours of the night.

Inspiration time

I’d like to share with you a small moment filled with inspiration that is part of my favorite self tradition - to take some me time and get recharged and inspired. And what inspires me? Art, always. It could be a drawing, movie, song, photograph, also a magazine page with some kind of innovative graphic design composition or a great piece of writing. It could even be a nice fragrance or a great fashion item especially when I’m watching a runway show because so much design work and ideas and creativity is put in literally any product or project - it’s astonishing. Basically art inspires me to make more art. And it’s a vicious circle of art that I adore.

I usually use my days off work to enjoy and explore quality art and also create some pieces of my own. Last week was no exception and I made my best to devote time to my favorite things. And here are some photos I’d like to share with you.

I have been in love with Vogue magazine since forever. I remember when I was very little and couldn’t read the articles but I loved flipping through my mom’s magazines and getting lost in the beauty of the photographs.

Chanel is a brand I truly love. It’s minimalistic classy concept, the strong women image they represent and empower, Coco’s eternal style, Karl’s new wave of trends - just everything! Whenever I am looking for some fashion inspiration, I know I can trust Chanel in everything. Just look at their couture collections and ads, pure perfection.

David Bowie is one of my favorite artists ever and the reason I say artist is because this man is literally a complete Universe of his own - form his music to his style choices and concept album work and stories, definitely a remarkable individual.

And the best way for me to arrange the inspo space was to add a bit of a mood board feeling with the photos. If you’ve been following me and my blog for some time, you already know that I am a big fan of mood boards. Well that’s because having a visual atmosphere builder that sets the mood is always welcomed and in this case the retro vibe sure is strong.

This actually resulted in me writing two rather jazzy songs which are not my usual style and made me feel that I am broadening my songwriting choices which I find amazing. Hopefully some songs are going to be ready for you soon because I already cannot wait to share them. 🖤

How about you? What inspires you? Do you enjoy creating art and of yes, what type of art?

- Nicole