Friday 17 June 2016

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A), London, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The V&A is located in the Brompton district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in an area that has become known as "Albertopolis" because of its association with Prince Albert, the Albert Memorial and the major cultural institutions with which he was associated. These include the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Like other national British museums, entrance to the museum has been free since 2001.
The V&A covers 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5,000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa. The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The museum owns the world's largest collection of post-classical sculpture, with the holdings of Italian Renaissance items being the largest outside Italy. The departments of Asia include art from South Asia, China, Japan, Korea and the Islamic world. The East Asian collections are among the best in Europe, with particular strengths in ceramics and metalwork, while the Islamic collection is amongst the largest in the Western world. Overall, it is one of the largest museums in the world.
Since 2001, the museum has embarked on a major £150m renovation programme, which has seen a major overhaul of the departments, including the introduction of newer galleries, gardens, shops and visitor facilities.
New 17th- and 18th-century European galleries were opened on 9 December 2015. These restored the original Aston Webb interiors and will host the European collections 1600–1815.

Our trip to the above museum was filled with lovely photos. I was wearing boho chic paisley geometric top and green transparent bag from italian label Marni and swedish H&M collaboration from 2012 which nicely cooperate  with Ted Baker peplum olive coat. It was a cold day.

The quirky Marni brand itself is more niche, more chic, than Versace. With its often voluminous cuts - cocoon or egg shapes, skirts cut from swathes of rich fabric, bold spotty poplin - its target audience tends away from the teens to the style-assured fashion follower in the know.  
Given that this was a youthful High Street brand though, this collection though had been tailored to suit a younger market. Cuts were slimmer than the main Marni line, and many of the colours were bolder and more vivacious.
I buy a piece of Marni every year - I have a special budget for it but this H&M offer is much cheaper and remind similar quality and design what mainline do. 
Youthful: Colours were brighter than the regular mainline Marni collection, while fabrics - silk and cotton - were excellent. 
Castiglioni, who has always been the label's chief designer, is responsible for Marni's aesthetic of "European-inflected bohemianism." Other descriptors that have been applied to Marni designs include "quirky," "feminine," "off-beat," and "funky."Early design features included idiosyncratic prints and vintage-inspired shapes and fabrics; Marni has retained these elements but has become more streamlined. Other Marni hallmarks include juxtapositions of texture; colour blocking; a palette focused on grey, beige, and blue, in which bright colours are interspersed; and unusual shapes, such as bell hemlines, gathering, asymmetry, and large volumes.







and some shots from artistic and creative inside







































Monday 13 June 2016

Vintage paisley lace print dress in raspberry shade

As the british summer is almost here we can play with summery outfits and colourful dresses.
this time I will do presentation of myself and I will wear ultra romantic and subtle lace effect dress.
Accompaniment by cream bolero shrug with silver brooches and rose gold Ted Baker embellishment sandals and Ted baker peach small leather shopper Ritaa.







The photo session was taken in Ealing Walpole newly refurbished park.
Walpole Park is a municipal urban public open space run by London Borough of Ealing Council. Its main entrance is situated in the Mattock Lane, Ealing, West London.
In 1987 it was registered by English Heritage on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It is some 28 acres (110,000 m2) in size. Within its boundaries are the Pitzhanger Manor museum & art gallery and Perceval Lodge. These buildings and part of the boundary wall are also statutory protected structures of Grade I and Grade II respectively.
There is also a late Victorian ornamental lake bordering the House's rear lawn and further west a pond which has a pair of fountains, both of which attract waterfowl.
The land for the park and Pitzhanger Manor itself was acquired by the council in 1899 from Sir Spencer Walpole, which in turn had been bought by his father the Rt. Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole. The sum paid was £40,000. It was opened to the public for the first time on 1 May 1901.
Most of the park consists of open flat grassed areas bordered by tree lined avenues, which act as wind breaks. Of the two ponds, the western most was the larger of the two and was more formal. It also featured a fountain. The pond nearest to Pitzhanger Manor on the eastward side of the park had sunken sides, which were planted with a mixture of ornamental shrubs and bushes. The pond itself was made to look as though it was a small gently flowing brook. A contemporary drawing of the manor house in the museum suggests that, at the time of Soane, this pond was much deeper. It was from its sides that John Soane and his friend William Turner (the artist) would sit and fish. As the grounds to the west were pastoral it is quite possible that this pond was constructed as a Ha-ha against cattle and sheep. The bridge at the north end, and the pond, were in existence before Soane bought the property but he had it decorated to give an appearance of great antiquity, no doubt to match his faux Roman ruins which he built just to the north of his house. It is a listed Grade II* structure.
Along the north perimeter wall is a large stone bench. This also has a statutory protection of Grade II listed. Next to the bench is a memorial plaque dedicated to Charles Jones, an architect who lived in Ealing, designed its town hall, and served as the town's mayor.
Perceval Lodge, which has already been mentioned, is used as an arts and crafts centre.
The park facilities include a walled kitchen garden, The Rickyard learning and education centre, a new playground, green open spaces, plus a cafĂ© and toilet facilities. 
Ealing Summer Festivals is an annual event hosted in the park every year.







Another romantic pink floral dress from Ted Baker collection below. Roses on canvas bodycon 








Another colourful Ted baker skater dress with matching lime green Hunter boots and my new lilac Ted Baker Serah clutch. Medium crossbody leather bag with satchel strap.
Visiting a pond with the duck was a great and fun idea.












and on the end floral top in the roses