CHANEL HULA BAGS

CHANEL hula beach bags for 2013 Spring/Summer season definitely make every accessories lover stand out from the crowd. Designed in a maxi and mini version, they will add originality and quirkiness to anything anybody on this planet will ever wear.

As for the big version - finally you would be able to put all of your stuff in one place and take it with you wherever you go. That is a huge advantage. I am a huge fan of large handbags, because they solve lots of problems for me. I really like all of my things being in one place.

As for the mini version - it's more practical, but less glamorous.

On the whole it is up to you which size you choose. It is such a wonderful design that it kind of doesn't matter, because both versions are fantastic. They are a statement of originality and wealth. If you want to show off, go the whole way! Get the large one, carry it around proudly and shine like a star!

Pirelli Calendar 2013 - Change Of Approach

2013 Pirelli Calendar's models get to keep their clothes on! 

Steve McCurry/EPA

Steve McCurry/EPA

Pirelli is a tire producer known for releasing annual calendars presenting female nudes. This year brings in a change of approach and a perspective so different I would almost call it a revolution. Ladies get to keep their clothes on! Steve McCurry is the man behind the lenses and a photographer responsible for a refreshingly different series of images. They are all shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Every model appearing in this year's calendar runs her own charity. 

Steve McCurry/EPA

"You can photograph nudes anywhere," says McCurry. "But these models are purposeful and idealistic people. I wanted to photograph them in a special place."

McCurry made his name documenting Afghanistan in the early 1980s, having smuggled himself into the country by growing a beard and wearing traditional clothes.

via Guardian Culture
also Pirelli.com

Modern Culture Fantasies

Vintage science-fiction movie posters portray a very interesting tension between robots and women. It reminds me the most of a relation between the gigantic ape and a woman in "King-Kong". When I was a child I was very confused with the affection between the two characters. King-Kong was clearly in love with the woman. Though he was an animal, his love was pure and in a way "human". The beautiful girl was first horrified, but later also charmed with the monster. When I was very little I thought it was very beautiful, but I didn't understand how it would be possible for the sky-scraper-size ape and relatively tiny woman, who actually looked like a doll, to make love and... well.. have children? Little girls think of the world in a very simple way. I feel the same confusion in terms of robots vs women. I guess both of the fantasies - the animal and technology fantasy - represent a very similar psychological aspect of a humankind and our modern and popular culture.