Outfit: Let me love you, new year.

Patchwork faux fur coat: Light In the Box || Sequin slip dress: Zara || Jewelry: Vintage || Boots: Vic Matie

HAPPY NEW YEAR, my dearest readers and friends! Thank you so much for taking part in my journey last year and thank you for living 2016 with me! 2015 is finally history and yes I'm actually glad. I'm positive about 2016 and I hope my wishes and dreams will fulfill in beautiful moments this year. 2016 is hopefully the start of a whole new life for me, new emotions and new friendships. I really do hope 2016 is a new chance full of beautiful experience and adventure lying ahead of me. 

I wanted the first outfit for this year very glamorous, glittery and special and this is was my outfit for New Year's Eve yesterday. I'm wearing one of my all time favorite dresses, a slip dress fully embellished with silvery sequins and a mesh layer underneath. I bought it a few years ago at Zara, it's actually a re-make of a Saint Laurent dress I fell in love with. Of course it was so much less expensive! It's my favorite party dress because it's so versatile and special. I combined it with a color popping faux fur coat in patchwork style I received from Light In The Box. It's very cozy and it's multi colored details make it very extraordinary. It slightly got a 70s touch I love. The grey patches also match perfectly with the silver sequins of my slip dress! I added some lace-up platform boots, boho jewelry, classic 20 den tights and the look is complete. 

Love & kisses. xx

THE XMAS WALKER

One of the things about walking in my neighbourhood immediately after Christmas is that you see more walkers than usual.  I suspect part of it may be that people have relatives staying with them and don’t know what else to do with them.  Some no doubt think it’s a good for the soul to take a walk at least once a year.  Maybe the odd one has got a new puppy for Christmas and is swiftly realizing what a terrible responsibility that is.

However, my unscientific observation is that this year there were far fewer walkers than usual.  And a man who had acquired a new camera lens for Christmas pretty much had the streets to himself, which was fine but just a little surprising.

Of course Christmas decorations persist for a while after Christmas  – not sure if that Santa is breaking into that upstairs window or breaking out:

And just because a Santa is small that doesn’t mean he isn’t security conscious:

 This presiding demon stays in place whatever the season:

But the spirit of good cheer is not universal.  This sign appears on the door of the last house before you get to one of the entrances to Griffith Park, and you can understand the guy’s sentiments whatever the time of year:

And you can never quite escape the John Cage influence, nor would I want to.  Whereas he had mycological expeditions that involved walking deep into the woods, I found these beauties by the side of the road, just a few hundred yards from my own front door. 

I took a couple home, tried to identify them, couldn’t altogether, though I suspected they might be the evocatively named Funeral Bells, and even if they weren’t, and even though I’m generally all in favor of Cagean chance operations, I really didn’t want to take a chance on these.  I left them where they were.  Next day walking the same route I saw they were half eaten, though not sure by what – possibly one of the new, though unseen, puppies.

But I think the best thing seen while walking over the holidays was this electronic keyboard left out for the garbage men.  And I wonder what the story was there.  Had Santa brought a brand new one, or had the owner made a resolution, 2016 will be a year without electronic keyboards?

SPOTLIGHT ON FOX'S NEW SF SERIES 'SECOND CHANCE' WITH ROB KAZINSKY, JESSE IRVING, DILSHAD VADSARIA!

NEW SF TV SERIES

 DEATH GAVE HIM A 'SECOND CHANCE' IN LIFE

The only thing I have for you on the last day of 2015 before the New Year hits us at midnight is a short spotlight on new sf series SECOND CHANCE which arrives onto the small screens Wednesday, January 13th at Fox! It is a kind of a modern day sf Frankenstein with the cast lead by Rob Kazinsky.

Previously known as LOOKINGLASS and also THE FRANKENSTEIN CODE, the 11 episode series SECOND CHANCE will see Rob Kazinsky (“True Blood”) starring as a disgraced, 75 year old ex-sheriff, who dies at the hands of corrupt cops. He is brought back to life in the improved body of a younger man by billionaire tech-genius twins. However, despite having a new life and a chance to relive his life and find a new purpose, the temptations that led to his career being tarnished continue to haunt him even though he is given a second chance as a 35 year old with unpredictable near superhuman abilities. Jesse Irving, Dilshad Vadsaria and Tim Dekay also star. You can watch the first episode here if you're in USA!

FIRST IMAGES OF EMILY BLUNT IN 'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN' AND MOWGLI AND LUPITA NYONGO'S WOLF RAKSHA IN DISNEY'S 'THE JUNGLE BOOK'

EMILY  BLUNT

IN THE FIRST PHOTOS FROM 'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN'

New movie images for you today! Beginning with first photos from EW of Emily Blunt as THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN! She leads the cast in the adaptation of the popular bestseller as an unemployed alcoholic who becomes obsessed with a couple (Luke Evans and Hayley Bennett) that she sees every day from her train, during a commute that takes her past the home her ex-husband (Justin Theroux) shares with his new wife (Rebecca Ferguson). One day she accidentally witnesses an act of betrayal, followed shortly thereafter by the young woman’s disappearance.

DISNEY'S 'THE JUNGLE BOOK'

REVEALS NEW PHOTO OF RAKSHA

Empire has, meanwhile, published a new photo from this April's THE JUNGLE BOOK featuring little Mowgli and his adoptive wolf mother Raksha who gets her voice from Lupita Nyong'o! Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba and Scarlett Johansson also feature in Disney's movie.

Outfit: I run through the world thinking about tomorrow.

Embroidered mirrored velvet jacket: Vintage via eBay || Nirvana tee: Urban Outfitters || Necklaces: Vintage & Vanessa Mooney || Ripped knee jeans: Zara || Platform Boots: Vagabond

My last outfit post for this year is a casual boho grunge combo I loved to wear two weeks ago when the weather was very warm for the winter months. I'm wearing a vintage tie dye velvet jacket with embroidered and mirrored details, isn't it cool? I bought it secondhand from eBay, sometimes you can find some real bargains and edgy pieces there! I combined it with one of my favorite band tees (I love the snake print!), some ripped denim jeans in a blue vintage wash and the most comfortable platform boots ever. I really dig this outfit, it's so comfortable!

For the title I chose lyrics from a song from one of my favorite Bands The Stone Temple pilots - it's called Dead and Bloated and it's one of those songs I could listen over and over again. (here )

Sooo tomorrow is the last day of 2015, are you excited for 2016? I am and I am also glad that 2015 is finally over. It wasn't my year to be honest and I'm looking forward to all the beautiful moments which will hopefully occur in 2016. 

I wish you all a happy new year!!!

xx

1ST PHOTOS FROM 'HOLLOW CROWN: WAR OF ROSES' WITH BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, JUDI DENCH! BBC TO MAKE 'HOWARD'S END' MINI SERIES! MILO VENTIMIGLIA, MANDY MOORE, JUSTIN HARTLEY IN 'BIRTHDAY' NBC DRAMEDY

'HOWARD'S END'

TO BECOME BBC MINI SERIES

Just some TV news for you today, people! Just when we thought we're done with early 20th century England on TV with the end of DOWNTON ABBEY, the era will return to the small screen through BBC's latest order: a new TV drama based on HOWARD'S END novel by E. M. Forster! As 'Deadline' reports, Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award nominated screenwriter and playwright Kenneth Lonergan is penning the series which explores the changing landscape of social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the prism of three families: the intellectual and idealistic Schlegels, the wealthy Wilcoxes from the world of business, and the working class Basts.

HOLLOW CROWN: WAR OF ROSES

FIRST PHOTOS WITH JUDI DENCH, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH  
You can also check out the first photos from BBC's and PBS second season of THE HOLLOW CROWN TV series, the adaptations of Shakespeare's works! This time titled THE WAR OF THE ROSES it will bring lavish adaptations of 'Henry VI', Parts I and II, and 'Richard III' describing rebellion in France, Civil War in England, rise and fall of Joan Of Arc! Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Tom Sturidge will be wearing crowns together with the supporting cast which includes Hugh Bonneville, Keeley Hawes and Sally Hawkins!

NBC'S 'BIRTHDAY' SERIES

CASTS JUSTIN HARTLEY, MANDY MOORE, MILO VENTIMIGLIA

Over in USA, NBC is rounding up the cast for Dan Fogelman's (GALAVANT) so called BIRTHDAY dramedy series following eight leading characters who were all born on the same day! As 'Variety' reports the pilot of the potential one hour series has already gathered up some well known young faces for the cast including HEROES' and GILMORE GIRLS' Milo Ventimiglia, pop star Mandy Moore, Justin Hartley, Sterling Brown and Ron Cephas Jones. Ventimiglia and Moore will be a couple just moved into their new home in Pittsburg and expecting triplets. REVENGE's Hartley will be handsome and successful television actor with an underlining boredom in his ultimate bachelor life.

MONDAY VISUAL TREATS: FIRST PHOTOS OF BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AS 'DOCTOR STRANGE' AND MICHAEL FASSBENDER IN 'ASSASSIN'S CREED'

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

IN THE FIRST PHOTO AS MARVEL'S 'DOCTOR STRANGE'

Only a couple of visual treats for you for the beginning of the last week this year! This week's cover of Entertain- ment Weekly gives you the first look at Benedict Cumber -batch as DOCTOR STRANGE! We probably should not expect a trailer any time soon since the shooting is still on! This film will be somewhat different from others in the Marvel Universe with Cumberbatch playing a surgeon who turns into a powerful sorcerer! The unusual cast also includes Tilda Swinton (as the female Ancient One), Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Scott Adkins and Mads Mikkelsen (as the main villain whose name is yet to be revealed)!

MICHAEL FASSBENDER IN

NEW 'ASSASSIN'S CREED' PHOTO  
We also have a new photo of Michael Fassbender in the adaptation of famous video game ASSASSIN'S CREED revealing more of his hooded costume. In a film opening in a year's time, he will play both the modern assassin and his 15th century ancestor whose memories he can use through technology. Marion Cotillard, Brendan Gleeson and Jeremy Irons also star.