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One of my favorite bloggers, the lovely Robin from En Voyage, gave me the “I love your blog” prize. Thank you very much. Now, it is my turn to pass on this prize and answer the questions.
The rules of the prize are:
– Do an entry with the prize.
– Answer the questions.
– Give the prize to 10 blogs.
1. Why did you create the blog?
There are many reasons why I revived this blog. One of them is due to the deletion of my favorite fashion/style blog (S, please come back!). I found it terrible hard to find a fashion blogs that met my demands. I didn’t seem to find a substitute for a blog that I’d been slavishly following for one year. And because I couldn’t find the kind of blog I wanted to read, I decided to create one myself. The revival of Dead Fleurette is also a reaction to the excessive consumption amongst the majority of fashion bloggers. And I must admit that I missed the blogosphere.
In a post called ‘Oh no, not another fashion blog‘ published back in July, I explained the reincarnation of this blog and closed the post with this conclusion: “So, I guess the revival is my attempt to create the fashion blog I am constantly searching for. And I guess I am using the blog to deal with depression, loneliness and low self-esteem as well as hoping to inspire someone out there to stop shopping the planet to death. Blogging keeps my mind occupied.”
2. What kind of blogs do you follow?
I follow blogs that somehow inspire me. Most of the blogs I follow share the same aesthetic and taste as me (they’re all on my blog roll!). I also follow some witty blogs, food blogs and blogs about great spots in Paris (for all of my future trips to Paris. I can’t just eat all of my meals at Le Progrès..). But as for what kind of blogs I occasionally visit, I visit blogs that coincidentally annoy the hell out of me. (Unfortunately, they bring out my inner barbarian, lol..)
3. Favorite makeup brand?
Max Factor for mascaras – I have seriously tried every single mascara from Max Factor, and they are all equally brilliant. Incredible and perfect for asian eyes and eyelashes. Estee Lauder for concealer and Bare Escentuals for mineral makeup.
4. Favorite clothing brand?
Isabel Marant, COS, Celine, A.P.C., Vanessa Bruno, Dries Van Noten, Balenciaga, Helmut Lang, Repetto, Martin Margiela, American Vintage, The Kooples, Surface to air, Comptoir des Cotonniers ++
5. Your indispensable makeup product:
I cannot live without my concealer, my black eyeshadow for my eyebrows (eyebrow powders usually come in brown, which is too light for my black eyebrows!), and perhaps my mascara. And oh, not a makeup product but I cannot live without Neutrogena SPF 100 sunblock.
6. Your favorite color:
At the moment, I adore burgundy.
7. Your perfume:
Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel, because it’s my mom’s signature scent and nothing is better than my dear mom’s scent. Like mother, like daughter<
8. Your favorite film:
Oh no, I hate this question. I’m a cinephile and it is completely impossible for me to point out only one favorite movie. But I can point out some of my favorite movie makers: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Sofia Coppola, Christophe Honoré, Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumback, Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luis Buñuel, David Lynch, Claude Chabrol, Jim Jarmusch, Alfred Hitchcock +++
But if I must point out one movie, I’d say ‘The Dreamers’ by Bertolucci, which is one of my many favorite movies. The movie is set in Paris during the student riots of 1968, and it’s about three young cinephiles. The story and the game between the main characters are definitely an allusion to Jean Cocteau’s ‘Les enfants terribles’ (which is one of my favorite books too!). It’s a movie that sums up my passion for le cinema. The fact that I recognize every movie, quote, allusion and movie soundtrack that pervade the whole movie must be some sort of sign.
9. What country would you like to visit and why?
I want to travel to Singapore because I want to see and be in the cleanest place in the entire world. Actually, I was supposed to travel to Singapore next summer. My mom had booked the tickets, but due to illness in my family, we cancelled the trip.
10. Make the last question and answer to yourself: What is your greatest ambition in life?
Devenir immortel… et puis mourir. (Translation: To become immortal.. and then die.)
And the 10 blogs I give the prize to:
Danica from Oh, hello there
Maria from Vanilla Scented
Prêt à Porter P
Malia from Muoti Mielessä
Koko from Res Pulchrae
Miss Woo from Cheapskate Chic
Stevie from Discotheque Confusion
Ingvild Telle
Ladybirds nest
Ringo, have a banana!
Umm…I hope you don't mean what you said about wanting to be paler.
Caille: I mean it.. haha! I tan very fast and I hate it.
Agree with Callie, nothing wrong with wanting natural skin, but I am always uncomfortable with girls who think porcelain/very light skin is the perfect ideal or somehow more 'classy.'
Lisa: Classy is not the reason why I want to be paler. The reason is because I feel more comfortable when my skin is lighter. I don't look like myself when I'm tan.. and hey, I think dark hair, dark eyebrows, dark eyes and pale skin is beautiful :) And as for the mineral powder I wear, I don't get a tad paler when wearing it. It only makes my skin look like how it naturally looks like when it is not tanned!
I will definitely check out your favorite film-makers. My suitemate in college is a dramatic writing major and genuinely loves films. The two of you are helping me learn how to appreciate film. Thank you!
Btw, it's not my intention to offend anyone with my comment about getting paler. A lot of people look gorgeous with a sun tan, but I don't, unfortunately. I don't want to be tanned just because everyone else does. I just try to maintain my natural skin (that happens to tan very fast even with a lot of maintenance). And my comment about "I think dark hair….. blabla and pale skin is beautiful" – I'm not saying that people with dark hair, dark eyes and eyebrows look ugly with darker skin. My cousin who has dark hair etc, is very tanned and it suits her well. Lucky her! Just wanted to clarify in case anyone got offended or think I'm a racist.. :pAnd French women are the most classy people in the world.. and they are tanned. i've never seen a pale French person. But that doesn't mean that I should get a tan as it makes me look out of place.
Thank you for the award :) Be prepared to be disappointed with my answers.
i'm glad you decided to revive the blog, you're my fave!
This is kind of OT and really doesn't relate to your blog post, but I just recently came across your blog, and I'm so impressed! I had to sit down and read every entry, and I just can't get over how style savvy you are at such a young age. I love the fact that you, as a fashion blogger, focus on quality and simplicity as opposed to buying new stuff all the time. Reading your blog also made me realize what I have to do in order to get my style, shopping habits and closet in order. I think that in my heart, I've always been drawn to the classic, timeless style, but as most of my friends would dress in the latest mainstream fashion from the chain stores, so would I. Over the past years I've nevertheless managed to buy a few more classic, timeless pieces, so I think maybe I'm on the right track. About time, since I'm 40 years old but some of us are obviously more stylishly challenged than others, to put it that way. There's however light at the end of the tunnel, now, even for me.
Skal ta utfordringen når jeg har kommet meg hjem ;)
I really enjoy your blog but I have one large issue with it. I find it incredibly frustrating that although you say you're "hoping to inspire someone out there to stop shopping the planet to death" you treat people who do shop more than you as the enemy, not the target.You're disdain for them seems very apparent, even going so far to refer to their habits "completely revolting" and saying that these bloggers urge their readers to do the same. This seems to be less about encouraging them to understand, perhaps even embrace, your point of view, as to inspire loathing.I do agree with what you say, and I don't mean to attack you, I just wanted to make this point to you as I've often felt claiming the moral high ground doesn't necessarily help others follow your lead.
thanks for the shout-out! will prepare my answers this weekend :-)btw, i believe that clutch in your tumblr blog is by sofia coppola for vuitton. i couldn't find the name of the exact model, but if you google image "coppola vuitton clutch" you will see that the clasp is similar.
Nanne: Svarer på norsk jeg, siden du ser ut til å være norsk! Tusen takk for fin kommentar, jeg setter veldig stor pris på den! Ønsker deg masse lykke til med å skape den garderoben du ønsker. Det er en veldig spennende og morsom reise, også blir man så fornøyd når man har funnet det rette plagget som erstatter 20 andre plagg fra H&M! :)Lisa: Oh, I am very sorry that you find my words frustrating and self-contradictory. Please, bear in mind that english is my 3rd language and "completely revolting" doesn't sound as harsh in Norwegian or Vietnamese as it apparently does in English. It's not my intention to treat people as the enemy either. Not at all. But in the more personal posts I believe that I have the right to express my opinions on this shopping craze in the fashion blogosphere. On the other hand, it's also not my intention to hurt anyone's feeling or be judgmental. I don't loathe anyone who shops more than me or have made some regrettable purchases.. I've been there before too. However, I have written other posts about "stop shopping the planet to death" from an objective standpoint. Please, differentiate those posts. You can see them as articles vs causerie/informal essay. Yes, I admit that I may have used harsh words in order to sound a bit funny/sarcastic (now that I know that doesn't work in English, I'll stop. Thank you for telling!). Koko: Nope, it's not SC for LV even though the clasp is similar. :( The shape of the clutch is more boxy and larger than the SC for LV.
veryyy cool
Always lovely to read something personal from you! You have a great sense of style and you always succeed to translate that in to your writing, I love that!
I agree with Robin!!Love that picture of Anna Karina!x
I love your point of view and how you are really honest. You can't be expected to teach people how to shop as that is something I am sure you figured out for yourself. Also I think that clutch might be Louis Vuitton (although obviously not the Sofia Coppola designs which are smaller and not in that colour).
gorgeous! love these photos! :)natalieoffduty.blogspot.com
love this post and your blog. that photo just reminded me that I have a film paper on Vivre sa vie to work on… ugh.
It's wonderful to read something this deeply personal from you. I am most intrigued by your 'Greatest Ambition in Life' – there is something incredibly profound and darkly, wittily beautiful in your reply.Sarah xhttp://stylesouk.wordpress.com
Thank you for your sweet comment! Have now linked you, and also following you on Bloglovin'Briony xx
Great introduction to your blog via Prêt à Porter P. I'm definitely adding you to my blog roll.
"2. What kind of blogs do you follow?I follow blogs that somehow inspire me. Most of the blogs I follow share the same aesthetic and taste as me."Kanskje du burde slutte å lese bloggen min, da?
Thank you for the lovely comments!Alex: Thank you, I appreciate honesty. And I do not want to appear as someone who tries to TEACH other people. That's not my position at all. I just share my methods in approaching the perfect wardrobe and paring down to the bare essentials.Style Souk: Thank you! As much as I'd like to take credit for my reply, I'm not the genius behind it. It's a quote from "A bout de souffle" (Breathless) by Godard. (I think the script is written by Truffaut!). One of my favorite scenes and the best quote from the movie. But I absolutely agree with it. Patricia Franchini (journalist): "Quelle est votre plus grande ambition dans la vie?" Parvulesco (a novelist): "Devenir immortel… et puis mourir". EPIC!Annette: Sadly, I'm too addicted.
I love all the clothing brands You listed!!But Chanel perfume surprised me ( in positive way:)…I rather expected You wearing something "more fresh and younger"
Are you still able to get Max Factor make-up?!?!? When they were acquired by Cover Girl (I think?), everything in the line was discontinued here in the States…including my most favorite eye shadow EVER. I may have even shed tears over it!
Onlycoolcats: Oh, but Coco Mademoiselle is the youngest in the Chanel collection. I always get a lot of compliments when I wear it :-DRebecca: Max Factor is EVERYWHERE here. I guess it's only discontinued in the States. Why?
Oh, interesting! I have NO CLUE why it would be discontinued here but not there! I may need to fly over just to stock up on Max Factor! I miss that eyeshadow rather desperately!
Your reasons for restarting your blog are similar for my reasons for designing jewelry.
thank you so much for tagging me! i will do a post shortly :)i loved reading your answers. you have such a well-defined and sophisticated sense of style that shines through in your responses. plus, you have fantastic taste in film auteurs!
Please visit me when you do come to Singapore:-)
Thanks for your response, btw this is the first Lisa lol.
Rebecca: You could probably find a European online makeup store that sells maxfactor and ships to the states! Seriously, maxfactor is like a disease in Europe! hahaWendyB: Oh, nice to hear that I'm not the only one who has such odd reasons, haha.danica: I love you response :) and thank you very much! you have a fantastic taste in film auteurs as well.. I love reading your movie recaps.justeileen: I'd love to! I'll let you know if I'll travel there soon :)Anonymous: :)
i'm new to this blog and i LOVE it! i'm a shopaholic, and you've inspired me to stop all my shopping trips and just find clothes that i look great in. Thanks!