Drawing fashion: Fantastic illustrations by Óscar Tusquets

I love art. I loved the Art History classes at school, it was really interesting knowing about the different styles and all the terms and influences around the pieces. I like many different styles, even though I admire Mondrian, the type of paintings that I most enjoy are the realist ones. The angle and the colours seem to be taken from a photo, but you can see the brush strokes and the technique used.

So when I saw these Óscar Tusquets illustrations in Marie Claire Spain April 2010, I inmediately fell in love with them.

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Amo el arte. Me encantaban las clases de Historia del Arte en el colegio, era muy interesante aprender los diferentes estilos y las influencias alrededor de las obras. Me gustan muchos estilos diferentes, y aunque me gusta Mondrian, los que más me atraen son los cuadros realistas, donde el ángulo/encuadre/estructura y los colores parecen haber sido sacados de una foto, se pueden apreciar las pinceladas y la técnica.

Así que cuando vi estas ilustraciones de Óscar Tusquets en Marie Claire España Abril 2010, me enamoré enseguida de ellas.



This piece is called "Testing Manolos in NY": "A girl wearing jeans and sneakers by Stella McCartney sees if she can wear a pair of Manolos at the Blahnik boutique"



scanned by me from Marie Claire Spain April 2010

February Events: Tea Party at Vogue, Special Davidelfín collection for Yoox, and the art escapade

February's been one of the busiest months ever. I've had lots of events and no time to talk about them. I though I should dedicate a post to them.

Tea Party at Vogue


Vogue organized a fabulous tea party for bloggers in which they showed us the new Vogue website. The decoration was amazing, a mix between Marie Antoinette and Alice in Wonderland. Perfect for me! I loved it. Thanks to the people at Vogue.




photos by me and vogue.es

Davidelfin for Yoox


Yoox celebrated their tenth anniversary with the launch of a Davidelfin special collection. His brand was also born ten years ago, so he created ten looks that represent Davidelfin's look. The fantastic people at Yoox showed us (the bloggers) the collection in an afternoon tea with a very cool cake. We talked with David Delfín for what seemed hours, and now I can assure you that he's a very nice person, always laughing and telling us funny anecdotes about his childhood.

Yoox, an online fashion shop with lots of amazing products, knows the blogging world quite well, remember the presentation I attended? Their offices are awesome.

You can check (and buy) the collection here, and listen to the song Bimba sings, it's very beautiful! She wrote it for David.




My favourite items:





Art in ARCO

Some photos I took at ARCO (massive art exhibition in Madrid)



Yes, Marina Pérez was there too! That photo is from an editorial featured in Vogue Spain, and the artwork is by Susy Gómez (thanks for the tip, Delia)




all photos by me, unless otherwise stated.

Clean lines, an Alexander Wang inspired blazer, and some other things

I haven't gone shopping in the last four weeks. Yes. For real. I hope this weekend I can fi go out and enjoy the sales at last! As I haven't had time to go shopping, I've been looking at clothes on the Internet (stating the obvious).

I found this cool blazer at Urban Outfitters and it's €24,99 (plus shipping costs, which are way more expensive than the actual article)... It reminded me of that Alexander Wang's blazer from Spring/Summer SS 09. I love it but at the same time I know that I won't wear it very often, and I should spend the money on something I'll wear more... What do you think? Should I buy it or not?

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Hace un mes que no voy de compras. Sí. En serio. Espero que este fin de semana pueda por fin salir un poco de tiendas y disfrutar de las rebajas! Como no tenía tiempo para nada, últimamente estado mirando ropa en webs (qué raro).

Encontré este blazer en Urban Outfitters por 24,99€ (aunque luego los gastos de envío te salen más caros que lo que has ocmprado)... Me recordó a aquel blazer de Alexander Wang S/S 2009. Me gusta pero sé que no me lo voy a poner muy a menudo, y debería invertir (que suena mejor que gastar) el dinero en algo que me vaya a usar más... ¿Qué opináis? ¿Me lo compro o no?


Urban Outfitters (here)


Alexander Wang S/S 2009

Genius bag!

It's by Saskia Diaz, and I love it.

And if you still had doubts about Coco Cocoladas' (on the previous post) talent... there will be an exhibiton in Cadiz (Spain) of the photographs she took in her journey to China! /// Por si os quedaba alguna duda del talento de Coco Cocoladas (en el post anterior), os cuento que el 15 de enero inaugura una exposición en Cádiz en la que se mostrarán las fotos que hizo en su viaje a China.

January 16th-February 19th
KulturEvolution Art Space
C/Isabel La Católica nº12 módulo 06 Cádiz
856 07 06 04 kulturevolutionartspace@gmail.com
http://www.kulturevolution.com/

Banksy - I want to rebel too

I remember when we were at Art History Class in school and the first day the teacher said: "We will see the evolution of arts, from the prehistoric era to the 21 century" and a boy asked: "Will we study the graffiti?" and the teacher stared at him with the most furious stare I've ever seen.

I think graffiti are art. Of course, not all graffiti, because just painting your signature all over the wall isn't art. You have to do something, to create something, to provoke feelings on the public.

That's why I think Banksy is an artist. His work is outrageous, outstanding, creative and great. His work is so famous that there are London guides (most of his work is in London) dedicated solely to routes where you will find his pieces. The police doesn't know what to do with him. On the back of his book (which I highly recommend), there is a quote that says: "There's no way you're going to get a quote from us to use on your book cover" Metropolitan Police spokesperson

Judge for yourself.

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Recuerdo el primer día en la clase de Historia del Arte, en el colegio, la profesora dijo: "Vamos a ver la evolución del arte desde la era prehistórica hasta el siglo XXI" y uno le preguntó: "¿Vamos a estudiar también los graffitis?". La profesora le miró con una mirada fulminante y ahí se acabó el tema.

En mi opinión, los graffitis son arte. Por supuesto, no todos, porque pintar tu firma cincuenta veces a lo largo de un muro no es arte. Tienes que crear algo, provocar sentimientos en el espectador.

Por esa razón creo que Banksy es un artista. Su trabajo es atrevido, transgresor y genial.
Sus graffitis han adquirido tal alcance que ya hay guías de Londres (donde se encuentran la mayoría de sus obras) dedicadas exclusivamente a rutas donde encontrar graffitis firmados por Banksy. La policía no sabe qué hacer con él. En la contraportada de su libro (el cual recomiendo encarecidamente) se puede leer: "De ninguna manera vas a conseguir una cita nuestra para tu libro" Portavoz de la policía.




















images from here (official page) and here

Story of a girl

Remember that I desperately wanted a denim jacket? Well, I didn't find a denim jacket, I found THE denim jacket. It is perfect, seriously. By Zara, of course. 49,90 € /// ¿Recordáis que estaba buscando una cazadora vaquera para comprarme? Bueno, no es que haya encontrado una cazadora vaquera, he encontrado La Cazadora vaquera, con mayúsculas. Es perfecta, en serio, me encanta. En Zara, claro. Por 49,90 €.


I finished the studding. I love the result. /// Por fin terminé de poner las tachuelas. Me gusta bastante cómo ha quedado.

Ladurée Macaroons!

When you go to Paris, buying Ladurée macaroons is a must. I love the colours. /// Si vas a París, tienes que comprar una cajita de macaroons en Ladurée obligatoriamente.

Some pics I took when I went to ARCO some years ago





I don't remember the authors, sorry!


(all photographs taken by me)