Candles in Artsy Shapes and Bright Colors

Posted on 23/06/2019 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Candles

We, at Mimi Berlin, don’t care much for candles in our home, we aren’t the romantic type that way. The artsy Pillar candles (2018) by Lex Pott and the Hematite Candles (2015) by the Haas brothers made us wanna have a change of mind though. These usable and colorful pieces of wax art are SO over the top fun! Not only literally, they are huge, but also the shapes are spectaculair.

(Images via/courtesy of The Haas Brothers and Lex Pott)

Shapes

The shape of the Hematite collection are created by filling a panty hose with plaster, then binding them with ropes. They were made exclusively for Cultured magazine, in a limited edition, with the proceeds going to a good cause. They are sold out since they were made in 2015. Lex Pott’s Pillars “refer to the standardised pillar candles but are transformed into an eclectic palette of shapes” and colors. These wax totems are still for sale; for the addresses you can check lexpott.nl.

PS

We know we are writing about indoor candles on the fist day of Summer, a useless topic for the time of the year. But, in our defence, they are very pretty to look at so we wrote this post as a reminder for when the dark winterdays are upon us.
What do you think? Would you have these wax pillars in your home?

Color Composition Studies in a Dutch Train

Posted on 06/07/2016 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Color Composition Studies in a Dutch Train

What does one do when traveling by train? Right….take pictures. Very nice ones indeed, also considering that the Dutch NS Trains aren’t as pretty at all as these images suggest.

Resort 2016 Fashion Shows: Looks

Posted on 11/03/2016 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Resort 2016 Fashion Shows: Looks

Black and white (Minimal und Frilly)

Acne Studios Look 1

Sportmax Look 5

Balenciaga Look 3

lanvin Look 31

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Giambattista Valli Look 6

Opening Ceremony Look 14

Derek Lam Crosby Look 2

Cynthia Rowley Look 8

Pastel (Frilly und Minimal)

Antonio Marras Look 19

Ports 1961, Look 19

Theory Look 8

Christopher Kane Look 21

Romantic

Alberta Ferretti, Look 31

Marc Jacobs Look 29

Ohne Titel Look 3

Red Valentino Look 15

Burberry Prorsum Look 11

Bottega Veneta Look 30

Discotheque

Moschino Look 9

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Norma Kamali Look 4

rachel-zoe Look 11

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Clean

Tomas Maier Look 20

Hugo Boss Look 15

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Checks and minimals (Clean und Romantic)

Whistles Look 6

Gucci Look 35

Christian Dior Look 1

Louis Vuitton Look 28

Gucci Look 1

Flowers (Romantic und Clean)

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Chanel

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Decisions, Decisions.
We chose one favorite look from (almost) every designer showing the Resort 2015 season, featured on vogue.com, and tried to incorporate as many brands as possible, choosing one look only.

Why? Sometimes it’s good to test yourself. We think it’s important to see what happens when you approach things differently than you’re used to. So we zoomed in on the runway Looks instead of the complete collections, like we normally do. Funny thing is; this way we come up with only “usual-suspect” trends: boring! We did look at designers we have never seen before, that’s less boring but also very time consuming, and we all know time=money 😉
Conclusion: We will never again let go of our experience and knowledge about fashion trends, brands and designers. The way we spot our trends is the right way and the fun way!

(all images via vogue.com)

Fashion Tale F/W 2014: Razzle Dazzle

Posted on 24/02/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Fashion Tale F/W 2014: Razzle Dazzle. Or Dazzle camouflage, also known as Dazzle ships or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to artist Norman Wilkinson, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colors, interrupting and intersecting each other.
Well, our “Fashion Tale” obviously is about that; dazzle color blocking from very small prints to the larger sewn together combinations, allowing for silhouettes to be like ships; big and chunky. Bold statements like the pink striped cape at BCBG Max Azria will do, but also more “known” shapes such as the enlarged pied-de-coq at Les Copains or the enlarged check at Valentino are true razzle dazzles as well !

Prada/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Prada/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

bottega veneta/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

bottega veneta/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Burberry Prorsum/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

3.1 Philip Lim/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

3.1 Philip Lim/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

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Lacoste/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Narsico RodriguezFall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

3.1 Philip Lim/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Missoni/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

peter pilotto/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Paul & Joe/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

MarniFall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Roksanda Ilincic/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Tod’s/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

BCBG Max Azria/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Valentino/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Les Copains/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

roberto cavalli/Fall 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Believe it or not, Dazzle painting works in normal life too, it’s not for combat purposes only. But our story is situated in the war, hence the aviator’s jackets below, they complete this trend perfectly. We choose Amelia Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) as inspiration source because she was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Dear fashion-people, We think you can work with that, and for your color cards, you take it to the next level, anything goes; from pastel to an autumn range to black and white, no boundaries there……