/ CHANEL

KAREN BARBÉ
Textile designer in Santiago, Chile (www.karenbarbe.com)

I’m wearing a bluish grey CALVIN KLEIN chambray pencil skirt with pintuck details at waist and slit side pockets, a white AKIABARA cotton shirt and a blue CALVIN KLEIN wool v-neck sweater. Variegated blue and grey SILVANA cotton/wool tights with classic and simple white REEBOK Princess leather aerobic shoes. Hand knitted fingerless gloves in grey merino wool. Long black ZARA padded jacket. As a handbag I’m using a REISENTHEL mini maxi shopper bag in sand. No jewellery. No nail polish. A basic Nokia cell phone in my pocket. Chance by CHANEL.

A cold 8˚C Friday 23th July in Santiago, Chile.

SANNA HELENA BERGER
I run TOURIST magazine and make things in Manchester and sometimes Sweden.

From below and up I am wearing a pair of black (somewhat sun bleached) shorts in sweatshirt material, they are an akward length, one popular in the early ninties (the era of which they are a bi product) which is why I have made turn ups of the ends. On the back pocket there is a screenprinted capital R. I dont know where they are from. We dug them out of my mothers back up wardrobe, she saves everything. They have drawstring in the waist and cement splatter all over since they were used to build a wall by my fiancé helping my father where we are holidaying, in a small sea side town on the coast of sweden which I can only describe as paradise on earth. Underneath I am wearing black knickers, totally standard cotton girl next door knickers, which is what I find both comfy and sexy. On my upperbody I am wearing a grey washed out tshirt with an OHM sign from India. I bought it there (for about a pound) a few years ago when I went to the very south of india to sit on a rooftop practicing yoga for 2 weeks. On top of that I have a black cardigan which (as the label tells me) is from UNIQLO, it confused me a while ago where this cardigan actually came from, I thought maybe I bought it when I was living in Tokyo, only to remember that its from the lost and found box of a bar that I do the door for. Not a single garment is spot free. from cement splatter to chocolate rice pudding from Berlin which I had the other night in bed whilst watching the new Roman Polanski film which was pretty terrible.

Other than that I am wearing my engagement ring, which is the same ring my father gave my mother as their engagement ring, saving up all his money whilst being in the army for the white gold, which my fiancé now has filed with a small diamond from england so not only is it a heritage piece but like us part english, part swedish. My skin is plenty of shades darker from the mid day swims and I also constantly wear 5 tattoos, ranging from 2 crosses, a square, 2 pieces of writing and a triangle. And my nails are scuffed with CHANEL rouge noir.

10.08, Arild, Sweden, 23rd of July 2010

SANDRA HOJ
Accessories designer and blogger http://classiccopenhagen.blogspot.com/
Copenhagen, Denmark

Today I am wearing a combination of my favorites: a thin, black HUMANOID dress with extra long sleeves self-adjusted to uneveness, black cotton tights and black suede MARGIELA boots with a pointy toe and a funny foot shortening sole from a couple of years back. A supersoft fringed cashmere scarf by TSUMORI CHISATO in a faded black with a red/white/green flower print. Twisted doublecoat with strategic holes in a felt like oatmeal colored wool by COMMES DES GARÇONS. A peeling coat of CHANEL nailpolish in the color “inattendu” and four vintage sculpted 1950-60’s Danish stonefree gold rings placed on pinky, ringfinger, pointy and pinky. Just for today my bangs are punished with a bobbypin, my bag is an early XL city tote by ANNA CORINNA in black and soft but worn leather, that can be carried in at least three ways. Most importantly across the shoulder, messenger style, if need be. I love my perfume, Coco by CHANEL, but I can not smell it on myself anymore, so we are on a break.

Copenhagen, Denmark, tuesday april 6th 2010, on the road, on the bike, scouting for blog-food and grocery shopping.

LAIA GARCIA
Blogger http://www.geometricsleep.com / sales associate / stylist assistant / singer in a band, ivory coasts

Two-tone brown striped tank top from H&M tucked into my jeans and a T by ALEXANDER WANG black short-sleeve tee with welt pocket tucked just in the front (I always let the back hang out). The tee is kind of sheer so you can see the stripes from the tank top underneath. My current favorite jeans are ACNE Hug fit, which are low rise, acid wash and are perfectly slouchy at the top and narrow at the leg. The shoes are green moccasins with a ribbon bow by CHLOE. They are the softest leather ever and were a Christmas present from my mom in 2006. We had seen them at a store the year before but they were too expensive and when we went back a year later, they were deeply discounted. It was meant to be. I rarely wear them because they are just so delicate.

I wear the same accessories everyday, A GILES & BROTHER silver stud earring that looks like the top of a screw and a gold and black CHANEL shoe and logo dangling earring that my mom got me in Paris on my left ear and a GILES & BROTHER crazy metallic cluster stud on my right ear. On my neck are two chains, one is a gold TIFFANY key that my mom gave me on my 25th birthday and a vintage gold spider charm with a tiny turquoise body that used to belong to my grandma and she gave to me a few years ago. I still wear my class ring on my right ring finger which is kinda nerdy, but whatever, I got used to it so now I just can’t take it off. I wear two rings on my middle finger on my left hand, a bear one by PAMELA LOVE and an eagle head by ANNA SHEFFIELD. My current sunglasses are black flat-top frames by RETROSUPERFUTURE.

I wore this yesterday on my first beautiful-spring day while I ran some errands in the city.

TANGUY OTTOMER
Guide, writer and Personal shopper all in Antwerp, Belgium

Tailored costume by “CAFÉ COSTUME, Belgium”, dark green, little detail: my dog’s name Patrasche is written inside my vest, cufflinks of my grandfather, Dark red socks, Shiny dark blue/bordeaux Shoes of DSQUARED, perfume of CHANEL Egoïst Platinum, little zoro mustache.

Most of the time, while I’m working (guiding and shopping)

SCOTT RAMSAY KYLE
 www.scottramsaykyle.com
Embroiderer & consultant based East London

Underwear; aussiebums and black socks. Black cuban-heeled ankle boots, handmade from Italy. Navy blue workwear trousers, light moleskin. AMERICAN APPAREL XL grey vest, brushed cotton grey shirt, cheap from UNIQLO. Jersey & suede zipper jacket by McQ, stolen from an ex. Sheepskin coat as an extra layer from REISS 4 years ago. Grey cotton jersey braided scarf from a previous collection @SCOTTRAMSAYKYLE.

Kalico book bag from PREEN show seasons ago. Inside; Nokia mobile, Blackberry, 2009 Diary and 2010 Diary, Moleskin notepad, pencils, few Sharpies, elnett, carmex, wallet.

AMERICAN APPAREL black patent leather rucksack. Inside; MacBook, research pad, sketchbook, pens.

Aftershave; CHANEL, Platinum, Egoiste

Thursday 3rd December from studio in Bethnal Green

NADIA BAILEY
Writer & tea sommelier from Melbourne, Australia.

My outfit is a study in black and smudges of grey, exploring exaggerated proportions. I am wearing a black silk tunic from Australian label THE DOLL’S BOUTIQUE. It is loose and flowing, and its hem falls lower at the back than at the front, something I find very elegant. I am wearing a pair of charcoal grey jeans from URBAN OUTFITTERS, which I purchased on a recent trip to New York City. My shoes are by RICK OWENS – black leather ankle boots with a platform wedge & a chunky silver zip. Worn with such slim-fitting jeans, they lengthen the legs to stilt-like proportions. I am wearing three sterling silver rings: a STOLEN GIRLFRIEND’S CLUB Bow Tie ring, pyramid stud ring by WENDY NICHOL, and a ring with la folie a deux engraved on the inside, a Valentine’s gift from an ex-girlfriend. Around my neck is a PERKS & MINI vampire fang necklace in oxidised silver, as well as the subtlest hint of CHANEL No. 5.

17th of November, at home, writing.