The Grand Bazaar

I visited Istanbul last week, it was awesome! Such a beautiful, interesting and dazzling city. You can find whatever you want, from highly modern trendy shops and restaurants to oriental bazaars and hammams. It's not only an old city with a rich and fascinating history, but also young and packed with art, music, dance and fashion. I surely have to visit Istanbul again, and then for a longer time.

Smoke that sultan-pipe.

I simply had to stop at every single stand with hammam-towels... simply because of their beautiful colors.

Yummy!

Erinye-Exhibition in Hamburg

From Friday 25th until Sunday 27th a nice little exhibition will take place here in Hamburg. I will show my degree-costume, and the film of the performance, and a friend will tell something about the work as a costume maker/costume interpreter.
Check it out on Facebook.

Die Termine:

Eröffnung:
Freitag der 25. März 2011
19:00 Uhr Filmbeginn alle halbe Stunde

Samstag der. 26. März 2011
12:00 Uhr - 22 Uhr Filmbeginn alle halbe Stunde

15 Uhr Vortrag von Michael Berndt (Gewandmeister des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landestheaters) zum Thema "Der Gewandmeister: vom kleinsten Knopf bis zum fertigen Kostüm"

Sonntag der. 27. März 2011
15:00 Uhr - 20 Uhr Filmbeginn alle halbe Stunde

Zur Ausstellungzeit habt ihr jeweils die Möglichkeit passenden Speisen und Getränke zu geniessen.

Zum Ort: PROJEKTOR - Sternstrasse 4 20357 Hamburg

Im Karoviertel - hart an der Grenze zur Schanze - liegt am Laubengang im ersten Stock über dem alten Schlachthof der PROJEKTOR.

Bali Mon Amour

I spent three beautiful weeks on Bali and Lombok. It was amazing!!! I stayed at three wonderful places which I can highly recommend to everyone who is looking for a peaceful pleasant stay without the noise of touristic paths.
The Mu: at the south of Bali, with a breathtaking view on the ocean (last picture).
Via Vacare: peaceful place on Gili Gede (Lombok) with great snorkeling.
Gaia Oasis: if you are looking for a soulful place in heaven... (their web-site doesn't even get close to how stunning that place is). It's located at the north-shore of Bali.

Happy New Year!!!

A little journey back in time... via

Welcome 2010, may it be an amazing, fabulous, creative and wonderful year!

More Savage Bohemians

More impressions from the Bohème Sauvage, the society of sophisticated amusement. It's about the chic of the 20's or the glamour of the 30's, 19th century demi-monde meets dandies, burlesque and vaudeville, belle epoque and swing-generation, bandits and connoisseurs dance the night away. There is gambling and a black market for those who like to play, and the green fairy of absinthe brings young and old together.

Something Bohème Sauvage

I went to a costume-ball called Bohème Sauvage in Berlin last weekend. For this party, you have to dress up somehow historical (1880-1940), and this time it was avec masks. I prepared as a flapper girl, inspired by silver-screen stars like the danish actress Asta Nielsen and Clara Bow.

Top pic and this one is Clara Bow

Asta Nielsen

and me...

and here some more flapper-girl inspiration:

Meow!

Yaayyy! Got this picture of myself today. Made by my dear sweet Sally from Cherrymuffin Studios in Berlin. She is doing some amazing work.

Short Break

I am off to New York City for one week.... yay super-mega-exciting!!! That means the next blogging will be after the 22nd of June.

xox
Marie
Found those pics on susie stylebubbles site.

Antonio Nodal - Art, Passion, Energy

Sometimes in life you meet people, who directly connect to your soul. A person who makes you wake up and think: "Yes! That's what it's all about."

When me and my friends went to Seville for a day, we needed a place to stay, and Antonio offered us a real home. It became an evening soo beautiful... with lots of new blossoming friendship, talking about life and art, love and philosophy, creativity and freedom.

Antonio Nodal is a spanish artist, who has lived and worked a lot in Germany too. With exhibitions all over Germany and Spain. But I don't want to say much about his art here. You can find more about him and pictures on his site, and articles about his compelling lifework throughout the internet. So I'll let it speak for itself.

But what I want to say, is that it is more than moving, to meet a person who has been treated bad in his life (war, struggling, personal hurts) but instead of becoming cynical and cold, he spreads out so much love, passion and an amazing energy. His flat was stuffed with his work, his interest in life. So much to see and hear about. We talked and danced, laughed and drank good vine. He was inspiring!

Yes! That's what it's all about: Ok, you will get hurt in life, but it can make you strong. Learn to love, to share with friends, become creative, be passionate, don't care about what others think, be open for experiences and adventures. Antonio spread candor and love and lots of fun and energy.

Antonio, we all thank you for a wonderful time in Seville!

Everybody Jump Now!

Jump-pictures are just too funny, and they show so much of a persons character and mood. We made these at the sunny beach of Chiclana in Andalusia.

You can find more on my flickr site (search: marie-amourfou).