COMING SOON

Visit to my friend Cristina Karekla's fashion atelier! Read all about it soon in The Lipstick Papers! 

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There's the finished product! Another of my famous Brigittes. I call her Bright Eyes :)

Work in Progress

Work in progress! Another of my famous Brigittes. BB is the only person I draw, and the prototype for two of my own literary characters, Eliza and Marianne! 

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IN GREEK TRANSLATION (Ο κήπος έμπαινε στη θάλασσα)

Lovely afternoon today, by the sea! I'm wearing my beloved military camouflage trunk top, which I got for 6€ from a Limassol tourist shop, during my amazing Easter break!

As you probably guess, I took off my shoes, rolled the socks into my pockets, turned up my trousers and did part of the walk from inside the sea. So relaxing!

The sea is the home of mermaids, Dolphins and coral reefs. Legendary poet Odysseus Elytis, compared the sea to a garden. "In all my poems, the sea is a garden". He said in an interview. Indeed, he even wrote a poem called Ο κήπος έμπαινε στη θάλασσα, The garden descends inside the sea in rough Greek translation.

Have a great rest of the day! Xxx

#οδυσσέαςελύτης #lovethesea #summer #cyprusandgreece #lostintranslation

FACING THE SEA

Yesterday was a grand moment for The Lipstick Papers, as I went to my first fashion show, the summer collection by friend and colleague Pantelis Panteli!

As promised, here are details from the show. As you can see, the summer collection was elegant, airy and romantic. The dominant color is the white. My own favorite was a puffy skirt made of satin, embroidered with little trimmings. I'm not sure I photographed the skirt, as I was too busy admiring it! 😀

The music was great, too. It was traditional Greek, I think Cretan, songs, which contributed to the other-worldly atmosphere of the show. Two singers performed live.

The venue was the swimming pool of Princess hotel. There were seats facing the pool and seats facing the sea. We chose the seats facing the sea, of course!!!

I hope this will be the first of many fashion shows to come, for your favorite blog. Congratulations to Pantelis and everyone who took part in the show! Xxx
P.S. It turns out I did photograph the skirt, it's the picture above
#fashionshow #pantelispanteli #lovefashion

CERTAINLY WIN

If life could start again, I would have become a fashion model. If they wouldn't have me because of height, I would claim Protocol 12 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which forbids discrimination of any kind and on any ground. I would certainly win and head to modeling school! This is a teaser for the fashion show of colleague and friend Pantelis Panteli! More in the next post xxx

IF THIS IS NOT COOL

The great thing about going for long walks (for exercise, for anywhere else I use my ancient car) is that you discover lovely boutiques and nice bargains! Here I am with some pretty buys today at Best Look, opposite the K-Cineplex in Larnaca!

The prices are great too. I also bought a large yellow hat, which I will premiere later in The Lipstick Papers!

Though I was never a great believer in fashion makeovers*(and of course removing my glasses is anathema to me) a change of style often makes you happy! Up until recently I still dressed as if I were still a student - maybe because, up until recently, I was still a student. Though some students are smart and trim, for me it meant the plainest clothes possible, usually jumpsuits.

After brainwashing from fashion TV, and because I want to show off my tattoos, I changed my style completely. And I managed to do that with a minimal budget.

If this is not cool, I would like to know what is???? 😎

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*More on fashion makeovers in a later post
‪#‎fashion‬ ‪#‎fashionmakeovers‬ ‪#‎tattoos‬

CONGRATULATIONS TO JUSTIN BIEBER

WE love Justin at The Lipstick Papers, and congratulate him for his Billboard Awards win! Best male artist, baby! <3
#justinbieber #billboardmusicwards

PINK SILK AND COFFEE LACE (REMEMBER THE ABC TUNE?)

I had my eye on the pink lace skirt for some time now, and finally I got it! From my friends at Vergi, downtown in Ermou square, where I always get excellent clothes 😀

In the pics you can also see me with a grey Terranova skirt and a lace top which I got about ten years ago from Gap, in Exeter!

I love the Gap lace top very much, because it reminds me of my student years and the lovely town of Exeter. For me, Exeter is my second home. I will never live there again, I know, but it is precious in my heart.

As Tad Williams said in To Green Angel Tower, "memory is the greatest of gifts". Memory can travel time and beat death.

Have a good night, always with beauty and a book xxx 💖💝❤️😀
#silk #shopping #lovefashion #loveshopping #exeter #exeteruni

THE MERMAID MANIFESTO

I am not sure if Mermaids like wine, but I am sure of, and declare, the following:
1. Mermaids exist and are real.
2. There has been evidence of their existence since antiquity.
3. There is still evidence today.
4. All mermaids are beautiful!

In Cornwall there is even a mermaid that became a Christian Saint; also, the Virgin Mary was portrayed as a mermaid in the novel Η Παναγιά η Γοργόνα (Mermaid Virgin Mary) by modern Greek writer Στρατής Μυριβήλης (Stratis Mirivilis).

I don't like Mirivilis at all, so I can't tell you anything about this book. My favorite mermaid book is Indigo, by Alice Hoffman.

This is another of my Brigitte Bardot mermaid drawings. I only draw Brigitte Bardot and no one else. I think this is because her beauty is so classic, I feel as if I am drawing a picture from a painting. The only other person which resembles this, is, for me, the model Kate Moss.

Have a lovely Friday, always with beauty and a book! Xxx 😃
‪#‎mermaids‬ ‪#‎virginmary‬ ‪#‎originaldrawing‬ ‪#‎original‬ art ‪#‎brigittebardot‬