Yaaaaay, after weeks without fashion weeks, Sydney is the first to start the craziness again with its Rosemount Australian Fashion Week. There is so much to see and I can hardly cath up with all of it but what immediately caught my attention were these super pretty and classy bathing suits from Zimmermann. I LOVE the pink one….it almost looks like a Versace dress…no, I cant really explain why but maybe its the fabric. Anyways, I really like the color and the cut, it’s a nice alternative to wearing a bikini.

I really dont like what they have done to Natasha for this cover of Vogue Nippon June 2009. The Burberry outfit is boring, the pose looks forced and her hair looks really thin and weird. Too bad….Natasha can take amazing pics….and Im sure she did during that shoot but whoever chose this picture must have a strange taste when it comes to beauty.

Arent they pretty? I love those Hairbands from Urban Outfitters….they can help me get over a bad-hair-day. Just put them on and your boring hairdo will look as if you spent a lot of time to create this look. The peacock feather one is my favorite, gotta have it!!!

If you wanna make me happy….my birthday is June 2nd. I would like to have The Vogue Paris cover with Anna Selezneva on my cake…

I cant believe Daria Werbowy is on another Vogue cover. It’s her 5th Vogue cover this year…if she continues like that she might break a record for 2009. So Vogue Paris is a jeans issue this months, I’m not too sure what to think of that…it sounds a bit boring to me. The cover looks quite nice but whoever styled Daria’s hair should be fired imo. She would have looked soooo much better with natural looking hair. Oh well…it’s a million times better than the Scarlett Johannson cover of last month.

And the winner is….wow I never thought I would ever say this….VOGUE US!!!!! YES, finally after many months of disappointment about Anna Wintour’s cover choices, she put actual models on the cover! Although I would have liked to see Natasha Poly on the main cover and not on the far right, I still like it and the content seems great too. VOGUE Germany put Arlenis Sosa on the May issue. Nice choice too, but one Arlenis cannot beat 9 topmodels. I’ll buy both though Which one do you prefer?

Finally the weather here in Berlin is awesome! 20 degrees and more everyday and a lot of sunshine! Of course this is very tempting for me to just lie in the sun for hours, hoping my pale skin will get a little tanned. Sometimes I still do it, but I try to be careful when it comes to my skin. I always use sunblocker and moisturize a lot! Yesterday I saw this cute T-Shirt that says “Yes, we tan!”. The label Maegde und Knechte from Hamburg designed it for the German Fashion mag AMICA, which btw will not be produced anymore after the next May issue. I hate this….two of my favorite mags died due to the financial situation, first German Vanity Fair, now AMICA. It’s sad….oh well….if you wanna buy the Yes, we tan T-Shirt, click here

First of all… sorry for not posting a lot this week. I am basically working everyday and so it’s kinda hard for me to find time BUT I thought I should tell you all about something new and cool in Berlin F***ing City. Today I walked along Leipziger Strasse and saw a small brown building, which I had never noticed before. It turned out to be a new Hawaiian Coffee Drive In Shop called Cahoona. Aparently they opened their first branch one week ago and they import their coffee from Hawaii. I loved it! I ordered a Cahoona Special Frap-a-hoona (Frappucino Hawaiian Style) and it was pretty tasty. They also serve yummy Bagels and of course lots of different coffees. So if you’re in Berlin and want to feel as if you’re in Hawaii for a few minutes, check it out! Here’s some more info about Cahoona…

“Germany’s first drive-in coffee shop will open its doors at the end of March, close to Berlin’s Alexanderplatz.

Cahoona Coffee is currently being constructed at the Leipziger Str., close to ministry of finance.

The idea came to Günter Wakulat after seeing 42,000 cars pass along that stretch of road very slowly during rush hour each day. He wants hopes his service will enable him to deliver fresh coffee after 60 only seconds in the new drive in.”

…wearing Giambatista Valli. I love gowns like this! They’re big and puffy and romantic and simply look great on covers! I dont care a lot for Alexa Chung but she looks really pretty here! Harpers Bazaar really shows that less is more by avoiding a lot of text on the cover, which is so good! This cover would stand out so much more between all those Vogues and Elles with tons of hideous statements on their covers. HB focuses on the picture and on the dress and THATS PERFECT!

Here’s the latest press release for the next Berlin Fashion Week in July…

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK BERLIN AND PREMIUM 

ANNOUNCE THEIR DATES FOR SPRING/SUMMER 2010 

JOINT DATES WITH TRADESHOWS WILL STRENGTHEN BERLIN AS A FASHION CAPITAL  

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin and PREMIUM Exhibitions, with continued support by the 

Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues Berlin, are changing their previously 

announced dates as follows: 

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin Spring/Summer 2009:  July 1, 2009 – July 4, 2009 

PREMIUM Tradeshow:       July 1, 2009 – July 3, 2009 

“In the interest of what is best for Berlin we have decided to change the dates of this season’s 

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin,” said Maia Guarnaccia, Vice President IMG Fashion Europe. 

While the new dates present certain challenges to many of the German and Berlin based designers 

that show with us, we have, in consultation with our partners and designers, agreed to move our 

dates so that Berlin may present a unified fashion platform to the international fashion industry in 

July 2009.” 

“It is important as Berlin grows as an international fashion capital, that it not lose site of the very 

exciting designers and brands that call the city and country home,” Mr. Guarnaccia continued. 

“Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin is the internationally recognized platform for these busi- 

nesses and it is our sincere hope that future dates for the events in Berlin can be adjusted so as to 

better suit their needs.”  

Many designers are already showing interest in doing a runway show within the Mercedes-Benz 

Fashion Week Berlin Spring/Summer 2010. Along with the tradeshows new visitor records are 

being expected in the German capital and the media attention has already grown tremendously 

from season to season since Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin premiered in July 2007. 

“For us, it was very important right from the start to find a common date with all protagonists of 

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin – everything else does not make sense. Especially in times of 

recession all event organisers should coordinate themselves in favour of the industry – exhibitors 

and buyers – and present a strong week. The entire discussion shows that Berlin is a strong inter- 

nationally relevant fashion city,” said Anita Tillmann and Norbert Tillmann, PREMIUM Exhibi- 

tions GmbH.   

The fifth edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin will again take place at Bebelplatz in the 

historic centre of Berlin. Next to catwalk shows there will be a large number of other fashion 

events, such as the Showroom-Mile of the Berlin Senate, which is also open to the public.  

“By having a unified calendar of tradeshows and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin the city 

will set the schedule of events for the industry. With all of the events together we are underlining 

the significance of Berlin both domestically and internationally. For Berlin, it is important to 

support dates that work for the entire industry and my office will lead the discussion on a com- 

mon schedule for future seasons”, says Senator Harald Wolf. 

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin Spring/Summer 2009 is made possible by the following 

sponsors: Mercedes-Benz, DHL, Maybelline Jade, Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf and Veltins 

and will again be endorsed by the Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues, Berlin.