New Blazer- DIY!

  I have finally completed my Floral suit! If you remember, I finished these pretty floral shorts a couple of weeks ago. The floral fabric has been with me for a couple of years and originally belonged to my mum.      However, as she could not decide what she wanted, I took over!

  Both, shorts and jacket, are designs from my beloved BURDA magazine, with some editions of my own. 

If you notice, I added lace ribbons on the hem of the shorts and on the pockets of the jacket.

Another change I made to the jacket was adding 7 buttons, instead of 5. The buttons are beautiful and I have a lot of them, so seemed like a waste to use only 5.

And below you can see a close-up of the buttons I have used. They are vintage and were given to me by my granddad- he had a lot of old buttons left from my grandmothers, so this was a great way of utilizing them!

All these photos are posted on my Instagram: @susannavesna (SusannaVesna).

Also they could be found on my new blog: Susanna Vesna 

Please don't forget to check out my new blog and follow me there, as I will be more active on that domain!

Love, 

Susanna

Frida Kahlo- Mexican Icon

Sometimes, after surfing the internet you get inspired by unexpected things. Well, actually not very unexpected- Frida Kahlo is a renown Mexican artist who painted her reality, which despite being very colourful, most of the time carried a message of great internal pain and loneliness. I am not a big fan of "surrealistic" paintings (although Frida herself stated that her creations didn't belong to that particular art movement), so I would rather concentrate on Frida's style itself. Being greatly disadvantaged by unfortunate injuries & accidents, she draped herself in colourful and very folk clothes, adding signature scarves or flowers into her braids and hair.

These are a few photos of Frida herself, her self-portrait and a tribute to her by a modern artist & photographer Atelier Olschinsky. (For full photoshoot, click here and here)

Salma Hayek has portrayed Frida Kahlo in a 2002 movie Frida.

Shifting My Blog!

Dear friends!

I have decided to shift my blog to another address: Susanna Vesna. I think I am getting more and more seriously dedicated to my cause of Handcrafts & Fashion, therefore, it will require more investment into a better design and logistics! :)

I will keep this blog alive for sometime until I copy all my posts there. 

So bear with me, I promise- the wait will be worth it! ;)

With love, 

Susanna