Fifty Shades of Beautiful

There are many reasons I love the Fifty Shades trilogy: it would probably take me the whole blog to explain!

Here I would like to mention only one, and this is the positive way bookish/nerdish femininity is presented throughout. One of the truly feministic and empowering messages of the book has to do with Ana's bookishness. This is not because the girl who gets the most desirable man in town is a book-worm with no sexual experience, later to be transformed to a desirable woman herself. This has been done before.

It is actually because, (a) Ana continues to be bookish and study after marriage; to his credit, Christian never finds bookishness off-putting, and in fact, he presents Ana with a whole library at home and she places her desk there; (b) this is done without demonizing the sexy and beautiful girl (Ana's flatmate Kate), which is what usually happens in books and movies promoting so-called "simple" rather than coquettish femininity, and, (c) in the end Ana becomes so sexually strong that even Christian is in awe of her!

Bookish or not, Ana Steele (later Grey) is on her way to sexual dominance!

Sexy Exquisite

I watched the Blugirl Spring 2014 collection last night on World Fashion TV and I was amazed! 

The collection gives us satin in the most beautiful shapes, colours and hues. This is my personal favourite:

Together with the maxi dress appearing at the end! Anna Molinari has always been among my preferred designers, for the endless ways she knows to combine the sexy with the feminine and the absolutely exquisite!

Paper Beauty

New Year is fast approaching, and it's the time again to transfer entries from the old diary to the new. All my diaries come from Paperblanks, and this year the new diary had an additional bonus for me! Paperblanks are now using paper from Fabriano, Italy.

Fabriano make the best paper in the world, and they are the first to have manufactured paper in Europe.

Fabriano drawing paper is, indeed, for me, the best drawing paper in the world. I have never drawn on anything more durable and satin-like. The one and only time in my life I could afford a holiday, I went to Italy. One of the first things I did was to visit the Fabriano boutique in Rome! Next time I am able to afford a holiday (and the next 50 times too) I will go to Italy again, and this time I am going to visit Fabriano, the actual city!

Don't miss Infinity, a beautiful clip starring Sean O'Pry! I think he is the most beautiful man ever born, and the clip is lovely. The background song is great too. I guess I love everything about the clip!

Read on for recommendations on beauty and style books! I have an amazing collection which I update regularly!

For festive season advice I recommend Camilla Morton's A Girl for All Seasons, also published under the title A Year in High Heels!

Currently writing volume 2 of my novel Sleight of Hand, subtitled Queen of Hearts!

Welcome to a blog about all things feminine!