A Week in the Paradise: O.Z.O.R.A. Festival

It’s 10.00 a.m on Wednesday morning and after much anticipation, we are on route to O.Z.O.R.A Festival. It’s my first time so I can’t contain my excitement. I keep asking, “Are we there yet?” about twenty times.  When we finally arrived at the beautiful Dádpuszta in Hungary (after many adventures), we are greeted by an awesome shaded camping spot, the lush forest and the big sign “Welcome to Paradise!”, that great meets newcomers on the O.Z.O.R.A. Festival.

The Ozora Festival is considered one of the largest and most cutting edge gathering in the psychedelic trance music scene. These seven day of mega event sees fans of the genre descend on Hungary in the thousands from around the world. The festival features some of the biggest names in the scene and some over-the-top production that promises to make it a truly memorable event.

In light of all that has enriched us with an Ozora experience, we still have only one thing in mind. Respecting and nurturing the valued traditions, the treasures of free spirits, the paradise on earth, our fairy tale. A playground where we learn to share and care, to express, connect, unify, inspiring the world in and around us. A universe of openness, togetherness, reaching out to cosmic energies, to nature, to wholeness through dance, trance, creation, invention, transformation and peace.

A festival where caring for each other, for our world is as important as our love for all living beings.

We hurriedly pitch our tent, eager to hit the dancefloor. When we enter the jungle-like Pompui scene, the DJ is pumping his tunes. The vibes are infectious, then the beat drops and I feel like I’ve finally come home.

We are chilling next to the Chillout Dom with the other party-goers merrily soaking up the sun. We are on the dance-floor surrounded by peace and love with feet in the sand; and I’m in love with the festival already.

We head for the Main Stage, but we are lured of the large sculptures which were all over festival grounds. We have a chance to admire all the handcrafts. The décor is unbelievably beautiful (possibly the best I’ve seen) and the lights are a magical backdrop.

And although I’m loving the vibe, I decide to make a mission towards the Main Stage again to watch all the structures that came alive at night with projections. The visuals are amazing.

Psychedelic paradise calls out to me. I reach the dancefloor just as the music starts up. Every DJ takes charge as the sun is setting and I’m in my happy place for sure.

All of a sudden, it’s four in the morning. Moments pass before music gets behind the decks and elevates things to a whole new dimension. The atmosphere is friendly and ecstatic, and stompers are responding well to his tracks. But I’m feeling tired, so I jam until my feet give in and decide it’s time for some shut-eye.

We wake up the next morning and we hear majestic tunes in the distance and shun ourselves for not being on the dancefloor. We grab breakfast on the way, fresh and ready for another session of the dance.

It’s a great morning workout, stomping in the sunshine. I almost lose track of time.
I’m certain that this is bliss.

We are enjoying the experience so much, I don’t want it to end. When I finally do head home on Sunday evening, one thought resonates in my mind: “ you know how to party!” Huge thanks to the organizers and everyone who made it happen.

See you next year on the dance floor…

Flare Out

Although the ripped jeans are still the best selling item at online shops, world trendsetters are changing their course and bringing back 70′ inspired high waist flared jeans.
What makes these jeans to be great item loved by women is – they make your legs look really long especially if you wear them with hight heels.

Ah yes, what to actually wear with your flares. Proportion is everything.

1. A flare must be worn as long as possible to give the illusion of length and height, but don’t let the fabric drag on the ground as this immediately makes you look shorter – plus, no one wants a frayed hem.
2. Always wear flares with a heel to give you an even longer leg, a wedged heel tends to work best.
3. Make sure that when shopping for a new pair you take your chosen heel with you, so that you get the length spot on.
4. Aim for a slim fit around the waist, hips and thighs with the flare splaying out from the knee.
5. A dark denim flare is a classic and will always look chic, but for a spring/summer update try a mid-denim wash.
6. High-waisted flares look great with a plain T-shirt and classic blazer, or jackets that hit just below the bottom – avoid ¾ length jackets as they can be too heavy and boxy.
7. Don’t over-do it on the belt, keep it simple or risk looking too retro.

So what are you waiting for? This is the one SS15 trend that you don’t even need nice weather for..

Gypsy Dreamear

Gypsy Dreamer Fall 2015 lookbook
Photography Zoey Grossman
Model Marine Deleeuw
Hair Luke Chamberlain
Makeup Samuel Paul
Styling Ashley Glorioso

How do they do it? Not just once, but again and again and again… into some kind of perfectly styled, divinely sexy infinity ~ it’s all just perfection!

Electric Feathers – Genie Halter Jumpsuit

While many labels make promises of versatility and dresses to take you from the beach to the ball, Electric Feathers‘ pieces cogently deliver.
Mobility is always important. Mobility is freedom, and freedom breeds confidence. Who wants to teeter around in a restrictive bandeau dress worrying that someone will mistake you for pregnant if you eat a sandwich when you can run, skip, jump, and cartwheel to your heart’s content in a breezy jumpsuit? With designers like Leana Zuniga, who helms both Electric Feathers and its accompanying Brooklyn boutique Electric Nest, mobility doesn’t require a sacrifice of style. The above silk genie halter jumpsuit, one of several jumpsuit styles offered by Electric Feathers, is a good example: bringing a little exotic elegance to a casual cool staple, it comes with an “infinite” belt that you can twist, braid, and knot through the side loops in as many ways as you can come up with.

 

BOHEMIAN STYLE FOR SO CHIC SHOOT

The always gorgeous Bar Refaeli gets her closeup for the spring 2015 cover shoot from So Chic Magazine. The recently engaged model looks like she is ready for music festival season clad in 1970s inspired, bohemian fashions including a flower crown. Photographed by Yaniv Edry and styled by Simon Elmalem, Bar is an ethereal vision in the spring looks.

Dream house

Ever since he roused us with his thought provoking The Burning House project and inspired us with his impassioned photography book Home Is Where You Park It, we’ve been wildly envious of Foster Huntington’s life spent on the road. And even though he recently decided to settle down, we could only assume that his new home would be modest, simple amongst nature and of course – sick as hell. Foster and his friends spent six months building a tree house on his family’s property on the Columbia River Gorge in Washington. Two small houses, each about 220 square feet, are nestled in a cluster of five large Douglas fir trees and connected by a curved staircase and bridge. With an outdoor hot tub, goats and a skatepark, the Cinder Cone makes us all wanna dream big and live small.

The Great

Designer and styling duo Emily Current and Meritt Elliot have officially launched their much anticipated line The Great. The whimsical Americana aesthetic brings back fond memories of their very debut collection for Current/Elliot. The influence of vintage and classic work-wear, in the dresses, jackets, sweatshirts and trousers, has become their undeniably appealing signature. We can’t wait to get our hands on a few pieces and see where The Great will take us next.

Just like a dream

To celebrate the advent of spring, along with its iconic Lady Web handbag, Gucci premieres a collaboration with electro-pop songstress Lykke Li. The film captures an off-duty day with the Scandinavian beauty as she takes in vintage record stores and distills her baroque surroundings into the moody track “Just Like a Dream.” Having become a fashion-world darling following her widely acclaimed musical debut in 2008, Li’s cultivated style proves to be a perfect match for the Lady Web.

There is nothing in you that can scare me

But can you love me in the deep? In the dark? In the thick of it?
Can you love me when I drink from the wrong bottle and slip through the crack in the floorboard?
Can you love me when I’m bigger than you, when my presence blazes like the sun does, when it hurts to look directly at me?
Can you love me then too?
Can you love me under the starry sky, shaved and smooth, my skin like liquid moonlight?
Can you love me when I am howling and furry, standing on my haunches, my lower lip stained with the blood of my last kill?
When I call down the lightning, when the sidewalks are singed by the soles of my feet, can you still love me then?
What happens when I freeze the land, and cause the dirt to harden over all the pomegranate seeds we’ve planted?
Will you trust that Spring will return?
Will you still believe me when I tell you I will become a raging river, and spill myself upon your dreams and call them to the surface of your life?
Can you trust me, even though you cannot tame me?
Can you love me, even though I am all that you fear and admire?
Will you fear my shifting shape?
Does it frighten you, when my eyes flash like your camera does?
Do you fear they will capture your soul?
Are you afraid to step into me?

The meat-eating plants and flowers armed with poisonous darts are not in my jungle to stop you from coming. Not you.
So do not worry. They belong to me, and I have invited you here.
Stay to the path revealed in the moonlight and arrive safely to the hut of Baba Yaga: the wild old wise one… she will not lead you astray if you are pure of heart.
You cannot be with the wild one if you fear the rumbling of the ground, the roar of a cascading river, the startling clap of thunder in the sky.
If you want to be safe, go back to your tiny room — the night sky is not for you.
If you want to be torn apart, come in. Be broken open and devoured. Be set ablaze in my fire.
I will not leave you as you have come: well dressed, in finely-threaded sweaters that keep out the cold.
I will leave you naked and biting. Leave you clawing at the sheets. Leave you surrounded by owls and hawks and flowers that only bloom when no one is watching.
So, come to me, and be healed in the unbearable lightness and darkness of all that you are.
There is nothing in you that can scare me. Nothing in you I will not use to make you great.

A wild woman is not a girlfriend. She is a relationship with nature. She is the source of all your primal desires, and she is the wild whipping wind that uproots the poisonous corn stalks on your neatly tilled farm.
She will plant pear trees in the wake of your disaster.
She will see to it that you shall rise again.

Crista Cober – Glamour France January 2015

Model: Crista Cober

Photographer: Heather Favell

Stylist: Nora Bordjah

Hair: Jonathan Connelly

Make-up: Dina Catchpole