Petite dose de NOIR?

Back in the 80's way up 'till a year ago, people with 'Gothic' style were labeled as depressive, sadistic, 

weird and even Satanic. Back then we couldn't imagine that famous designers like Versace, Alexander McQueen, Gucci or Alexander Wang would even consider creating a Gothic collection. Nevertheless, now we can say that the fashion scene has finally 'legalized' Gothic style of clothing. However, there are lots of people who still have prejudices about black hair and make-up, pale skin, leather or ruffled garments, and lots of different accessories such as jewellery that represents occult themes, tightly laced corsets or gloves etc. Nowdays, we can see on every corner young people wearing creepsers. Altogehter, we can describe gotic fashion as dark and often morbid, eroticized fashion. And I must say that I absolutley love the new S/S13 collection STUDIA.PRJ made, mostly for men. From bottom to the top it's gothic inspired, you can check it out here.

Studia.Prj S/S13 

Compilation of gothic designs

NEON is the new BLACK!

It seems like we've all fallen under new fashion rule- and it's all about neon! Neon nails, neon shoes,neon shirts, neon accessorise, neon sunglasses and all other NEON stuff. You must admit that first thing that pops into your head by mentioning the word is old neon bar and disco signs from the past century,

 that are still shining the streets of Las Vegas. 

Nowdays, I can say that neon has a new meaning. It's a lot more wearable and less in your face.  If you want to show up to a party all 

sparkle, at least you should do is not go too far with it (otherwise you'll look like your stuck in 90's)... 

A few days ago I've read that in US neon nail polish is illegal(?!), which is very unfair to all fashionistas :(  Personally, I have a lot of neon stuff here in my room. My watch, swimsuits, flip flops, shirts, bags, jewelry,... 

And I'm all crazy about it! 

Interesting: In Greek the very word “neon” translates to “new one”, which seems ironic, considering every 20 years fashion finds a new use for it! 

XOXO, Monika