Hello, darlings!!! I hope you all had fabulous, fun, sundrenched holidays.
Mine was one of the best so far, in fact it was so good I almost forgot how to use computer (I am typing with one finger again) (well, almost). I hope you forgive me for being soooooo lazy - but it was August! The most glorious of all summer months! And then it was followed by this beautiful, hot and sunny September, so I had to go to the seaside again!
And now I am back, I am happy to invite you to come to the Steert Art exhibition opening tonight at 7 PM in Supermarket concept store. You will be able to see works by stencil artist TKV (read more about her here) and graffiti artists Lortek, Sobekcis, Super Timor and Sito (a.k.a. Optimus). In case you can’t make it tonight – no worries, it will be open for 10 days.
Still not so happy with being back from your free, flip-flopping holidays? Then check out these beautiful flat shoes by Budislava Krnojelac you can buy in “No Brothers No Sisters” shop in Choomic Design District from this moment on! They come in fine leather and various colors, and you can even ask for a personalized pair in your own color-combo.
These ones are my favorite. They are perfect for coming back to the city life. Just click your heels three times and repeat: “there’s no place like home”.
You know what? It is good to be back!
PS: Thank you all for supporting this little blog on the competition for big international project Bloggers Wardrobe. It is still on, so in the case you didn’t know about it, you still can vote for Belgrade Flapper by following this link and clicking “Like” under the Flapper bird icon (in order to do that, you have to like the Bloggers Wardrobe page first). It sure would be great to be a part of it - imagine all the interesting new things I would be able to tell you all about then!
PPS: And I promise you will not hear from me anything about autumn collections, boots and coats until the last summer sunray prevails.
BECAUSE NO REVOLUTION CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT THE BALKANS, RIGHT?
Written by Belgrade Flapper
Thursday, 04 August 2011 19:28
Exciting news. STOP A revolution. STOP Bloggers Wardrobe. STOP The best ideas are simple. STOP. Sancta simplicitas. STOP Check it out. STOP. Because it might even involve yours truly. OMG.
I have been taking enjoying this summer rather seriously – which means taking it sloooow, enjoying being soooo lazy, sitting on the terrace with a book in the hands and then after every couple of lines drifting away, watching the heated, empty city streets and thinking of nothing really (except of what to pack for a yoga retreat- but that is another story), just enjoying being immersed into sun heat and retro coconut-scented sun lotion…and apparently writing sentences as long as summer afternoons…and being extremely irregular with writing posts.
It also means a menu of watermelons, gazpacho and other delicacies sourced from Kalenic green market. Only proper food that feels right on the heat is perhaps the one hanging around your neck… Wait, what?!
No, really- cheerful and humorous accessories by Croatian design group behind Oh,Tiger! brand have arrived to Belgrade and now you can purchase them in Pull My Daisy shop!
‘don’t know about you, but even if I won’t be eating any bacon and eggs anytime soon, I sure would not mind wearing it.
No wonder I never heard of this band as a little girl growing up in Socialist utopia. The uncompromising punk/hard-core sound and equally edgy looks were too much for the mainstream media, and underground fanzines were not something you were red before bedtime by your parents. However, I am completely sure I would have gone nuts for their bleached, spiked hairdos and heavily kohled eyes.
Formed in Ljubljana in the eighties, they toured the underground clubs of the former Yugoslavia (their most legendary gig was the one in legendary Akademija club in Belgrade), venturing to the daylight only to shoot some of their scandalous videos, like the one that starts with their childhood pictures and ends with the three of them wearing neon wigs and halters, hitchhiking by the highway, observed by shocked and appalled fellow-citizens.
They sure did not care what anyone thought, but even today their reputation is live and strong among the small, but loyal group of international punk connoisseurs.
Watch some rare girl-pogo in this Tozibabe video- you might catch some moves and make-up tips:
They were popular even before they formed the band- hanging out with bands, dating musicians, wearing flamboyant ‘80s fashion. According to a popular legend, they first grabbed musical instruments when members of the band Fit they were dating at the time had to go to pay they dues to the country in the army. But in spite of starting playing instruments that belonged to their boyfriends, their sound and stage looks were always extremely feminine, so much so that they were considered to be a local version of then globally famous The Bangles. The pretty girls from Rijeka soon became skilled and perfectly rehearsed musicians, perfecting their live sound and diversifying their looks in a tested and tried recipe: two blonds (one with bangs), two brunettes and a red-haired.
Cacadou Look disbanded almost simultaneously with the former country, but not before making a huge popular success and a great impact. Never again a girl had to make a choice between a guitar and a mini-skirt, stilettos and perfect make up: she could have it all. (plus the big shoulderpads and even bigger '80s hair)
