Life's too short to wear boring clothes

During a rainy and cold day (very weird in Ireland... :P) we found the perfect moment to take some pictures as always...! We wanted so much to make a kind of fashion photography with a cool look, but in the middle of the photoshoot we had to stop for the rain, the weather is the enemy of every photographer! But in this case we realized how cool and positive could be the fact that is raining for your pictures, and that was the inspiration for the day! It's Rainy fashion photography! 

The dramatic scene, cold atmosphere and romantic and quiet enviroment is completely outstanding at the moment of taking shots. It's a very good advantage to play with the settings of the camera and get better results to capture good photos. 

The light that the sky produces after the rain is pretty good, you just have to be careful with the shadows, but most of the times is perfect to capture little details and get interesting reflections, producing mirrors, highlights and mixtures of colors.

The outfit is a bit dramatic and tribal. The large knitted cardigan is combined with a belt to give a feminine shape to the body, plus skinny ice jeans to give more priority to the legs, the black boots and the leather bag are completely IN for the autumn season.  It's always nice to combine leather, jeans and knitted clothes together, it makes a very clean and timeless outfit, the hat is a 'must' for the next season and complements

perfectly the garment, while the accesories give more elegance. 

My photographer :) love his work!

After some researchs on internet about 'photography with rain' we found very good material to get inspired with excellent examples of pictures, the 'rainy photography' is almost a movement and is a very good way to find out new ways to experiment with the camera, so the next time is raining go out and take your wonderful pictures! without destroying your camera ;)  

Check out this website to get inspired with! :)

And this as well...!

At the Irish door...

Rustic, chic and colorful doors are the beautiful charm of Ireland. There is a strong contrast between the usual grey sky and the bright paints on the doors, and it gives a huge inspiration and lot of influence at the moment of choosing outfits and photographing them.
Northern Ireland is not the exception and thanks to the Irish influence they also got the interesting tradition about the doors. At the beginning we thought it was just a coincidence, but actually then you realize how many colorful doors you find in random places around the city.

The image of  neutral and serious houses have a strong accent with intense and bright colors on the doors with Georgian architecture, wich was done on purpose to counteract the monotony of the Georgian buildings.
This artistic touch has a funny story behind it; the urban legend says that the doors were painted in order to avoid the drunk people to get into the wrong house when they come back from the pub. Because long time ago in Dublin a drunk man came home very dizzy and made love with his 'wife', but the morning after he realized was the house next door and he'd slept with the neighbor instead of his wife.
Afterwards, his wife painted the door in a bright red to avoid her husband to get confused again.

In Northern Ireland the vintage enviroment with retro elements (like old shops, taxis, painted walls and street fashion) and facts like the rainy weather and colorful spotlights make you wear dramatic and elegant outfits, combined with timeless classics like hats, jackets and black boots plus clean accesories.

PIMP UP MY LAPTOP!

For anyone is not a secret how fashionably is being the 'paper tape' for this season, is the spotlight on every art shop and the main tool for a creative notebook, is because we might find it so beautiful and fun, and at the same time is something cheap, practical and easy to use; that's why we didn't have any doubt about using it in the most strange way possible and we decided to pimp our gadgets using the paper tape!

-The materials-  For this beautiful project you will need:  first of all a computer obviously... If you don't have your own, don't have any doubts about taking your boyfriend's laptop, he will be very happy :)

You also will need the paper tapes, you can find them in every art supplies shop or rather on internet, (SmashBook* is one of the coolest brands, and you can even find complete kits to build your own creative stuffs with several materials http://www.eksuccessbrands.com ) after you've got the tape and the Laptop the rest will be pretty easy, just get your permanent marker and scissors! And let's get it started! 

You can start studying a bit the keyboard of your computer to don't make any mistake at the moment of covering your keys. Then, cut in a piece of paper the patern of the square taking the right measure of the keys on your keyboard, and start cutting one by one while you begin unrolling the tape, Is even easier if you cut one by one and you put it straight away on the keyboard, and then, you write with the permanent marker the right letter or number when is already on the key, Jut make sure that your computer is switch off and don't put to many weight on your laptop while you do it, with time the tape gonna stay perfectly attached to the computer, if it  stays closed for a while. I recommend to do this D.I.Y on a rainy and lazy sunday, since you need a lot of patience to cut every little square of paper tape :) once you have all the keyboard covered with tape and with the letters written you just have to paint a bit the tape around the corners carefully  with a transparent nail polish to make it stronger and it will last long time. 

The screen of the IOS devices tend to break very easily ( mine is not the exception) so when it happened  I've got nervous and I didn't know how to fix it, or better.. how to hide it. So I used the paper tape as a technical solution :)  and it came out in a very artistic way. 

THE RED TELEPHONE BOX

The iconic British symbol throughout the world ' the public telephone kiosk' is today the source of inspiration for taking pictures around. Is impossible not to miss it with its great design and iconic shape. That's why not only me, everyone else is in love with this urban and familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom.
Actually I was sure that I just could find it in London, but walking around Belfast I saw it, and I just got crazy with it! Like every tourist, I think :D
This cabin box is not only particular in the U.K, also in different British colonies around the world, like Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar. In the recent years have been disappearing almost all of them, that's why the only one we could photograph is very old and worn, but this makes it even more interesting and special.
Is already a symbol of history and style, when was created in 1924 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott inspired by the police boxes.

The artistic design of the public telephone is not an accident was actually the result of many people competing since 1923 to introduce a kiosk that would be acceptable by the London Metropolitan Boroughs and then selected by the Royal Fine Art Commission, after many attempts they couldn't  find anything good enough to take as a Phone kiosk. When finally they invited three respected architects to see their works. The winner was the red telephone box that we know until now and is still where it was placed the first time at the entrance of the Royal Academy in London. 

OUT OF ORDER BY DAVID MACH, made in 1988 as a part of the landscaping for the new Relief Road. took from

SinMente Laboratory!

 Hoi! Welcome to our Art Laboratory, SinMente ('mindless') is our inspirational word to create and live fashion in all its ways. We believe in the beauty of handmade pieces, in the charm of original things and also in the talent of young people doing avant-garde movements. We find inspiration in every place...every corner; specially in all the people that surround us, and street fashion created by the own people on the street. We believe so much in the power of photography as a tool to call the entire world, and in fashion as a weapon to show the huge creative part of your soul, We love to make new pieces everytime, even more when we know that it will be the first and the last one, because our handmade work is unrepeatable. SinMente  is  the attitude how we create all our products, with love, passion and lot of inspiration! 

First sketches... Summer season made us think about the blue sea, and South American motifs. 

Shoes and women are a big part of our mood board, is beacuse the women love shoes and is impossible not to catch their attention with a pair of high heels as a print. 

Little handpainted bag with Union Jack flag, for winter collection.

A beautiful word in beautiful languages...  :D

Walking

Toward

My dreams...!