Perfume Stories for Harper’s Bazaar Objet D’Amour

Posted on 12/12/2018 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Perfume

Since the January issue of Harper’s Bazaar NL will be in stores today, we can publish the perfume series we made for the December 2018 issue. Here it is!

Perfume Stories for Harper’s Bazaar Objet D’Amour Lancome and Dior
Objet D’Amour: Mugler.
Objet D’Amour: Etro, Penhaligon’s, Imaginary Authors
Objet D’Amour: Louis Vuitton, Serge Lutens, Bottega Veneta.
Objet D’Amour: Serge Lutens, Bottega Veneta, Rituals.
Objet D’Amour: Tiffany and Cartier
Objet D’Amour: Chanel
Perfume Stories for Harper’s Bazaar NL, December issue 2018, 7 pages. Photography and styling by us, at Mimi Berlin. Image credit: JW Kaldenbach
Objet D’Amour in Harper’s Bazaar NL December 2018

Objet D’amour

Let us proudly present: Objet D’amour. The images above are ‘Style’ pages from Harper’s Bazaar NL, that’s the Dutch edition of the glossy. There are 7 visual perfume stories in total, all starring high-end perfumes. Both Penhaligon’s and Imaginary Authors are brands that are new to us, the fun and quirky packaging was a joy to work with, they suit our style. Styling and photography by Mimi Berlin, text by Maroesja de Ruyter, beauty editor of Bazaar NL.

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Harper’s Bazaar NL Dec 2018

Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe

Posted on 21/11/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry wrote and recorded the wonderful song, Ode to Billie Joe, in 1967. We, at Mimi Berlin, can’t get enough of this 1960s not-your-average-country-&-western song. It’s about how daily life goes (on) in a little community in the south part of the USA. The way Bobbie Gentry performs is breathtaking.
Hope you like it too! xoxo

Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe
(Bobbie Gentry in 1967 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images via rollingstone.com)

(clip shared from FromTheBasement at youtube.com)
Read all about Bobby Gentry HERE at Rolling Stone Magazine online.

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin’ cotton and my brother was balin’ hay. And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat. And Mama hollered out the back door “y’all remember to wipe your feet”. Continue reading →

Mom Maria from the PowderBox Girls by Mimi Berlin

Posted on 03/05/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Mom Maria from the PowderBox Girls by Mimi Berlin

Mom Maria is one of the PowderBoxGirls made by Mimi Berlin. Like all the other women in this series he has her own story; This is Maria, she is a secluded person and does her job at night in an anonymous way; she covers her face with latex. Maria was a stay-at-home mom by day, but her son just died. She is still in mourning so she visits his grave most of the time, Actually, she visits every day and brings flowers. Mom Maria from the PowderBox Girls by Mimi Berlin

Mom Maria, 2016, Mixed media (plastic cube, 1920s porcelain halfdoll, marked ‘foreign’. Compact powder box ‘Vogue’ 1970s, petit trinketbox with portrait of a boy, latex, oversized pin.) 10 x 10 cm. Continue reading →

Giant Albino Rabbit

Posted on 22/02/2016 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Giant Albino Rabbit

The Headbalancer rabbit from the History of Circus Legends series has become a giant: 20 cm tall!
3D print in a limited edition of 10 signed and numbered pieces. The Giant Albino Rabbit is painted by hand by Mathilde Admiral.The rabbit was created by Mimi Berlin in 2013 as part of The History of Circus Legends. His name is Dinky and he is a Head Balancer.

This statuette has always been everyone’s favorite. Most of the Circus Legend statuettes have been sold but The original Dinky always will be part of Mimi Berlin’s private collection. Continue reading →