happy new year !

 ich wünsche euch allen einen guten rutsch, meine lieben!
 ich gehe jetzt mit meinen freundinnen und meiner schwester feiern! viel spaß euch, was auch immer ihr heute
 macht!! <3

Announcing Elegance of Fashion's Tumblr Page

I had debated for awhile whether or not I wanted a Tumblr page. So, I finally created one. For those of you who don't know what Tumblr is, it's like a blog, but the posts are shorter and usually contain pictures. If you want to see the pictures that I make quicker than me making a big post about them, you can check out the Tumblr page. I'll also "reblog" other pictures that I see around. I will still post banners, extras, icons, humor pics, and buttons here, but if you would like to see other pictures that I have been working on (like effects), check out the Tumblr page! I also made the background, which I am fairly proud of.


Visit the Tumblr Page here!


God Bless,
 

Some Emma Animations

 Melody from Regency Delight ~Jane Austen, etc.~ has suggested some animation ideas. They came out pretty good.

God Bless,
 

presents

 Misslyn Nagellack in 610 - auf dem Foto erkennt man leider seine wahre Farbe nicht exakt. Er ist fast
 schwarz, mit einem wunderschönen, dunkel blauen/lila Schimmer. Rock 'n' Roll!






















 Meine ersten N.Y.X-Produkte. Die zwei haben mich wirklich begeistert!
 Die N.Y.X-Doll Eye Mascara ist wirklich die beste, die ich bisher hatte. Sogar besser als meine
 Lancome-Hypnose! Sie lässt sich super aufbauen - Normalerweise sind meine Wimpern nach einer zweiten
 Mascara-Schicht total verklumpt, aber diese hier ist anders. Ich kann immer wieder eine neue Schicht
 auftragen und die Wimpern dramatischer wirken lassen, ohne verklumpen. Ich denke dass sie ein guter
 Dupe zu der Lancome Doll Eyes ist.
 Der Lipgloss, 28 whipped, ist ebenso sehr empfehlenswert. Er sieht super über meinem MAC creme
 d'nude Lippenstift aus.
 Die zwei werden definitiv einen festen Platz in meiner Schminktasche belegen.

Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials Vinyl
Dazu werde ich noch einen separaten Post erstellen, denn diese Platte verdient definitiv eine Hauptrolle!
Ihre Musik lässt mich in einer anderen Dimension schweben ...

 Lange habe ich nach einem perfekten Kalender/Journal ausschau gehalten (Die Dinger können locker über 100 € kosten).
 Umso mehr habe ich mich gefreut, als ich dieses wunderschöne Exemplar vom Weihnachtsmann
 bekommen habe. Wie oft saß ich in der Bahn und hatte eine geniale Post-Idee, die nach einer Stunde
 wieder spurlos aus meinem Gedächtnis verschwunden war? Wie oft verlor ich den Überblick über meine
 Finanzen ? Wie oft vergaß ich einen Arzttermin ? - viel zu oft ! Das wird dank meinem neuen, kleinen,
 roten Freund der Vergangenheit angehören. Vorallem kann ich nun endlich ganz genau meine Finanzen
 durchplanen. In den letzten Wochen hab ich wirklich sehr sehr viele Überstunden gemacht (deshalb habe
 ich leider so wenig Zeit zum Bloggen, aber es wird jetzt besser!), da ich noch eine Sache abbezahlen muss
 und ich im Februar den Sommerurlaub mit meinen Freundinnen buchen werde (Ich kann es nicht mehr
 abwarten-wieso vergeht die zeit nur so langsam?) und meinen Führerschein würde ich auch endlich zu Ende
 bringen wollen ^^
 Bei all den Überstunden, Plänen und Ausgaben kann man wirklich sehr schnell den
 Finanzüberblick verlieren und deshalb wird ab sofort alles immer genau notiert.

 

 YSL - Parisienne ... Ich schlich schon sooo lange um diesen Duft herum. Was Parfüme angeht bin ich ein
 echter Geizkragen - ich lasse mich viel lieber beschenken :) Parisienne ist einfach nur perfekt - rockig, süß
 und sexy ... eher für den Abend geeignet. Kennt ihr vielleicht einen Duft, der in diese Richtig geht, jedoch
 etwas leichter und alltagstauglicher ist ? Am 9 Januar habe ich Geburtstag und wie schon erwähnt, ich lasse
 mich gerne mit Parfümen beschenken ;)

Amy Winehouse - Lioness : Hidden Treasures ... Ein MustHave für alle Winehouse Fans.
Wundervolle Melodien und Texte, mit einem leicht bitteren und traurigen Nachgeschmack -
Einfach nur Amy ...

LolPeriodDramas

Years ago, my sister introduced me to Lolcats. I didn't understand it at first, but now I've grown an appreciation for it.

In case you have never heard of Lolcats, let me tell you what they are. Basically, they are pictures of cats with captions. Usually these captions have very horrible grammar that looks like internet lingo (or lolspeak). The captions purposely have misspellings and bad grammar (which could be one of the reasons that I didn't get it at first: I'm very grammar conscious).

People have done Lolcats pictures with non-cat pictures. It really could be anything: dogs, TV shows... maybe even Period Dramas?

I've been experimenting with making Lol captions with period dramas. Let me know what you all think.

Who knows, if these are a success, I may start up a blog about them... but that might not be for a while.


 God Bless,
 

Final Round: 2nd Period Drama Heroine Tournament

It's finally here! The round to decide the winner of the 2nd Period Drama Heroine Tournament!

Final Poll

Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)

Margaret Hale (North and South)

 God Bless,
 

Round 4 Results: 2nd Period Drama Heroine Tournament

Here are the results for Round 4.

Poll 1

Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) -- 43 votes

Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) -- 36 votes

Poll 2

Amy Dorrit (Little Dorrit) -- 33 votes

Margaret Hale (North and South) -- 44 votes

The final round is coming!

 God Bless,
   

Happy Birthday Jane Austen (Yet Another Period Drama) - Tag

Note: I meant to publish this during Yet Another Period Drama Blog's Happy Birthday Jane Austen Week, but was unable to. Sorry for the delay.


Miss Dashwood from Yet Another Period Drama Blog is holding a Happy Birthday, Jane Austen Week. She has a very lovely tag that I am taking part in.

1 - What was the first JA novel you ever read, and who introduced you to it?

The first Jane Austen book I've ever read was Pride and Prejudice. My mom introduced me to the 1995 miniseries (she had never read the book). I knew I was supposed to read it for school, but one day I found a copy in Borders (oooh! Why did Borders have to close?!) featuring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth from the 1995 miniseries on the cover (in fact, it's pictured above!), so I bought it and read it before I was supposed to read it.

2 - Which is your least favorite JA novel, and why?  (Everybody posts about their favorites... I want to know what's at the bottom of your list!)

I don't dislike any of her books, but probably Persuasion was my least favorite. It didn't have as much satire that other Jane Austen novels have. It was still okay, but just not my favorite. I liked Anne Elliot as a heroine, but I kind of resented Captain Wentworth: he just seemed to purposely cause Anne pain throughout most of the book.

3 - Who do you think is the funniest character JA ever created?

Hmmm... Something to think about...

I would probably pick Henry Tilney for his wit. 

For "silly funny", probably Mrs. Jennings: she can get on my nerves a little, but she means well and can be amusing.

4 - Which JA villain[ess] do you love to hate?

I greatly dislike Willoughby from Sense and Sensibility. He truly is a scoundrel!

5 - What's your favorite JA quote?

There are so many! I loved this quote from Sense and Sensibility:

"How soon he had walked himself into the proper resolution, however, how soon an opportunity of exercising it occurred, in what manner he expressed himself, and how he was received, need not be particularly told. This only need be said;—that when they all sat down to table at four o'clock, about three hours after his arrival, he had secured his lady, engaged her mother's consent, and was not only in the rapturous profession of the lover, but, in the reality of reason and truth, one of the happiest of men." (Chapter 49)

Where other authors would have gone into over mushy, romantic language, Jane Austen didn't get into it. She didn't need to rely on the mushy language to tell her story.

6 - If you were to "start" someone on JA, which book would you recommend to them first and why?

Probably Pride and Prejudice, since it is so popular and my favorite. After Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility since you could find similarities between the two. 

7 - What is your absolute favorite JA film adaptation and why?

Definitely the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice, since it was what introduced me to Jane Austen.

8 - If you could authorize a new film adaptation of one of JA's novels, which would it be and why?

Though I haven't finished it (so much to do, so little time to read) or seen any adaptation of it, definitely Mansfield Park. Every other Austen adaptation has at least one adaptation that is good, but not Mansfield Park. Even the new Northanger Abbey is okay, though not perfect. So in short, Mansfield Park then Northanger Abbey.

9 - Which JA character do you most identify with?

Elizabeth Bennet (duh!). In my years of reading, I have never found a character that I have related to more.

10 - If you could have lunch with JA today, what question would you most like to ask her?
"So, what do you think of the books that have been coming out lately?"

11 - Is there any one thing that you think could have been improved upon in one (or all) of JA's books?  What is it and why?

I did wish that there was more satire in Persuasion because that is what I love in Jane's other books, but there wasn't as much in Persuasion.

12 - If you could have lunch with one of JA's characters today, who would it be and why?

Besides Elizabeth Bennet? I wouldn't mind having lunch with Marianne Dashwood: maybe she could help me with the piano? (I could use the help! hehe)

13 - (optional) Why is Miss Dashwood so fond of asking "why"?
 "Why?" happens to be a very interesting question, of course! We can always answer what something is, or how something got there, buy "why" really gets to the root of the entire situation!

God Bless,
 

Illustrated

   



After a couple of happy days with my family and friends, I am the lucky owner of three beautiful books.

The first own I got is called 'A year in fashion; a look a day'(what is pretty funny because my blog is called 'a day in fashion'). It's kind of a diary with a beautiful picture, a small note and some space to write yourself on every page.

The books I got from my aunt and my uncle are called 'In Vogue; the illustrated history of the world's most famous fashion magazine' and 'Alexander McQueen; Savage Beauty'. The photos in it are really breathtaking and I couldn't find the time to take a look at all the pages, so I know what to do the coming days!

I hope you all had great days.

Lots of love,

V.

Jane Austen Birthday Week (Between The Covers) Tag

Note: I meant to publish this during Between the Covers's Jane Austen Birthday Week but was unable to. Sorry for the delay.

Evajoy at Between the Covers has a Jane Austen tag for her Jane Austen Birthday Week! And here's another one of her lovely scrapbook pages!

What is your favorite Jane Austen novel?

Definitely Pride and Prejudice! It was the first Jane Austen book that I've read, and I greatly enjoyed it.

Who is your favorite character in that novel?  

In case you couldn't tell by my blog name, Elizabeth Bennet. In all the books that I have read, I've never related to a character as much as I related to Lizzy.

Who is your least favorite character?  

In Pride and Prejudice? Either Wickham or Lydia. Wickham was a scoundrel who lied about Mr. Darcy to make himself look better (not cool!); Lydia was just always annoying and oblivious.

How would you feel if Emma married Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax married Mr. Knightly? 

No! Frank brought out some of the worst qualities in Emma (making fun of Miss Bates, speculating about Jane Fairfax, etc.). And Mr. Knightley said himself that Jane was too reserved for him. No, Emma and Mr. Knightley are meant for each other! (Not too sure about Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax; I do feel sorry for Jane with all that she had to go through with Frank)

How recently have you read this novel?  

Pride and Prejudice? I've read it about four (?) years ago. I usually don't reread books that I've already have read, but maybe one day I will reread all of Jane Austen's books. But as of now, I have too many books that I want to read.

Would you change something about this novel?  

For Pride and Prejudice, absolutely nothing! It's perfect the way it is!

Last question – What’s your favorite movie version of this novel?

Definitely the 1995 miniseries. It is the closest to the book. I've seen the 1981 miniseries, a couple of scenes from the 1940 movie, and about half of the 2005 movie: the 1981 miniseries didn't get a lot of the characters right and came across as too dull; the 1940s movie had the wrong feel to it; the 2005 movie just isn't Pride and Prejudice -- too many parts were changed.

 God Bless,