Sunday, July 5, 2009

Summer Skin





These collages depict anything and everything that is inspiring me lately... Colors arranged in the palette of passion fruit, loose; long hair, backstage glamour, lace accents, layered clothing, in-your-face prints, out-there color combinations, decadence, gilded mirrors, chandeliers, laughter, music, what is old is new again, Holidays, Daria Werbowy, vintage tea cups, saying Yes, singing, dancing, painting, pink lipstick, the color Orange, YSL, cooking, collecting, Alexa Chung effortlessness, haunted emotion, Isabel Lucas, 4th of July, wearing white, Death Cab for Cutie, Hermes, winged eyeliner, Cherry Blossoms, Regina Feoktistova, Ali Stephens, pineapples, Miami night life, tanning, making memories, backless dresses and BEING YOU!



Hope everyone's 4th went well! I recently polled my Twitter followers on what they wanted to see more of in the blog (a) outfits (b) collages (c) editorial scans (d) something new. I got many votes for both outfits and collages but plenty of new ideas were brought to the table as well, thank you. :)

Credit for the images goes to my frequently visited photography sharing sites: Boubou Teatime, Le Fashion, Le Cheap c'est Chic, O'Style, Young Damsel, tFS, Just Jared, Stockholm Street Style, Yay Everyday, Knight Cat.

83 comments:

Siljesfashion said...

Great inspiration board! Hope you had an amzing 4th!

Isabela said...

these collages are amazing

Damsels said...

hey chalet !1hope you had a great 4th of july as well
i too want more outfits!
nothing beats seeing your legs and some outfits
:)

Kb said...

I love the White heat board, that dress top left is divine! I love the mix of inspiration here.

Lucy (The Fashion Setter) said...

Great collage!
Lucy =)

Laurie said...

these theme boards spell out Erika in color :]

Sophie said...

I love your collages! This is so pretty and summery, and Death Cab, wow you are spoiling us!

Elizabeth Victoria C said...

absolutelly love the inspo board, so many beautiful images! you've got a wonderful eye xo

CB `*. said...

great collages can i borrow some of your inspirations? ;D

MITICA said...

thx for the link!! :)

Love the first picture of Douzen, specially the hairstyle, perfect for this summer!!

Anonymous said...

i love the summer skin one and the song 2

cryystal.ball said...

i wish i could make stuff like this isabel is so pretty and my faves aee white heat and pink sunset!!!!!


cryystalball.blogspot.com

DaisyChain said...

Love them! I'll try and source those shoes for you ;)

Stardust and Sequins said...

lovely work, E!
:-)


sxd

Anonymous said...

what program do use and who sings this? tia.

meg said...

I also recently inspire similar things!
great collages!

http://megwearsviolet.blogspot.com/

meg

Petra said...

Your collages are always so wonderfully put together and very inspirational! Such a gorgeous collection of summer-inspired images.

Perfect to dream of during our chilly winter here at the moment :)
xx

♥ fashion chalet said...

CB thanks, yes, you may ;)

Anonymous 3:08 Death Cab is one of my top favesss!

Anonymous 3:26 Photoshop and its Summer Skin by Death Cab for CUTIE :)

Kenza said...

I'm so in love with collages, yours are really pretty !

Sabrina said...

Amazing collages! Your blog is always inspirational!

butterfly said...

"Backstage glamour..decadence...laughter..making memories" Yes, yes, yes! :) Love this post and the collages. Reminds me I should do one of my own sometime as its been way too long. The white heat one is great.

Hanako66 said...

so inspiring!!

Shelly said...

These are amazing! Very well put together. Definately inspiring. How do you channel such inspiration(s)?

Jennifer said...

Lovely collages. They are so inspirational. Unfortunately I'm not as creative as you. I rip out inspirational pages from magazines all the time and throw them in a box, which I have to fish through later. LOL.

♥ fashion chalet said...

leese looks hey LISA! i kind of want winter now too hahah I love coats and tights sooooo much, and layering :) thank you! x

Jennifer Your BOX sounds fun. I store mine in folders. thank u ♥ ;)

Anonymous said...

I thought the artists sounded familar thanks and will try to get photoshop soon cause paint is just so crappy :(

Ivania said...

I really like how you incorporated the chandelier in your collages...
It makes me think of gold chains, wich I love

Tessie said...

Great inspiration...those oversize aviator sunglasses are super cool!
I think I'm going to try on some.

Shin said...

Pretty collages! It's always a joy to read your posts! xxoxoxo

Lagelle said...

I love collages & these are great!

saray said...

stuning collages !

♥ fashion chalet said...

THANKS guys!! <333

Tessie I wish I could pull off aviator sunglasses.. have fun with it :)

Ashley said...

Awesome inspirational collages..love the photos.

http://fashionroadkill-halifax.blogspot.com

Missindiferencia said...

they are lovely collages and realy inspiring everone!
xoxo

Talk Pretty To Me said...

I love these collages! Must have taken quite some time! I love that open back dress soooo much on that last collage! J'adore J'adore!

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY BLOG I'M DOING A GIVEAWAY!

xoxo
J

www.talkprettytome.blogspot.com

Marina S. said...

i LOVE these collages. did you make it yourself?

XX

RECIEN LLEGADA said...

NIIIIIICE
VERY
VERY
NIIIIIICE
LOVE

Delia
www.deliarubio.blogspot.com

Smokey eyes said...

Love love this post!pictures are so cool<3

Taryn Andre said...

orange wave is my favorite collage <3

stephanie said...

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous collages!

I want it all!! so inspiring. loving the first two.

thanks for the credit ;)


xx

Maverick Malone said...

Erica these are sooo awesome!! Great inspiration!

xx.

Ash Fox said...

that suit i want i need.
x

www.tittees.blogspot.com

autumn said...

Oh my. How creative. D

Violet said...

i love the new drawing to the left so cool... and the collages are fun.. i like alot of those things too

XX
Vi from Cali

FashionLayne said...

seriously amazing!

http://fashionlayne.blogspot.com/

Lagelle said...

Hey Erika, I sent u the interview questions via ur email. I visited ur video on U-tube & enjoyed hearing ur voice, cool stuff chica xoxo

What Was I Thinking? said...

Great collages, the last one I found the most striking.

UGH (good ugh haha) this song takes me back, I actually feel like I'm melting when I listen to it. Death Cab seems to perfectly capture a mood of summer lethargy.

the. approach said...

Love it!

http://saemsapproach.blogspot.com/

Bombshell Kitten said...

You're representing some great inspirations here! Hope your fourth was fab!

Rach said...

Interesting inspirations. I can't wait to see what outfits get created by these ideas :]

Britty said...

i love your inspiration board
you skin looks nice to me



i have a question uhm it might be lame but do you know how to do a collage on a computer?

Protege said...

Great collage, I so enjoyed looking through the pictures. I can see how all the fashion is simply YOU.
Have a great Monday gorgeous.;)
xo

FrancoB. said...

Personally i hate summe, so hot, but i do have to agree it give the ladies a chance to be naked-er. lol
great inspiration

chicmuse said...

I like this picks. love your last look.
kisses


Chicmuse.
http://thechicmuse.blogspot.com

STARR said...

Love your inspiration. Makes me want to dye my hair haha

♥ fashion chalet said...

THANKS!!! :)


Hey has anyone been able to ID the one-piece bathing suit in PINK SUNSET?? ♥



x

Style and beyond said...

hey there-

just blog hopping and found yours! LOOOVE IT! i think we both love variety!!! :) switching from hippie to classic to punk -- very interesting!

hope you could visit our blog soon!

take care,
iyam
www.styleandbeyond.blogspot.com

Blicious said...

love the collages! they are all amazing! :)

stylewithbenefits said...

Hey Erika! Hope you had a great long weekend! Miami Social premieres on Bravo July 14. It's basically like the NJ Housewives, but without the housewives and replaced with a group of friends who are living 'the fabulous life' in Miami. And did you see that now they're showing more unseen footage from the NJ Housewives this week. Not sure when, but they are really milking this season! You know I'll be watching though. :) Fabulous job on the collages as always.. amazing inspiration pics. Love your outfit posts, so keep them coming. :)

xo, Becs

Luna Supernova said...

I love your collages, they're arranged so beautifully, very inspiring.

Ingrid (Garments and Gardens) said...

I really loved the collages, many things are inspiring us every minute, and I like your interpretation.

raspberry said...

The funniest thing is that I've been listening to Death Cab for Cutie (one of my faves..) quite a lot, ESPECIALLY Summer Skin. It's the perfect tune for... well, summer.

I always idolize your beautiful collages. Do you use photoshop?
Love your inspirations as well.

Hope all is well!

Kristen Laulo (NylonandCake) said...

all 4 are so great !!!!

<333333

NylonANDCake's
Kristen (;

MITICA said...

oowwwoooww, thx for twitter insert!! :) sunny day"!!

Nature Grafitti said...

amazing inspiration.... thank you so much for sharing!!! get ready for your vey own music video in the near future....
;]

Anika said...

Erika, I loves me these wonderful inspiration boards :)

Hope you had a fabulous "4th weekend", relaxing or otherwise.

I spent my weekend bumming around, getting dinner made for me by the boy (score!) and general lazing :D

You? Apart from celebrating of the 4th?

p.s. I have been on the F21 site....dangerous, I tell ya...must resist!

What do you have planned for the week bella?

Lola-Elise said...

WOW! such vivid colours and just tons of inspiration..i keep finding things i missed the first time!! thankyou for the inspiration, was much needed today..

Lola.
P.S. glad you liked the lolaaa ;)

Savvy Mode SG said...

i like all the white frocks.

FASHIONconfectionairy said...

Great collages, they are so pretty, I love th epassionfruit colours!
XOXOXO
Libby
httP://fashionconfectionairy.weebly.com

Lola-Elise said...

WOW! such vivid colours and just tons of inspiration..i keep finding things i missed the first time!! thankyou for the inspiration, was much needed today..

Lola.
P.S. glad you liked the lolaaa ;)

Fashionista* said...

loving the collages!

and I absolutely want more outfit posts

Kristin said...

Please follow my fashion blog anyone at all!
Here's the link:
http://rhapsodyinheels.blogspot.com/

♥ fashion chalet said...

^
hmm maybe I did it because it was after the 4th? lol.. I started with 1, then 2 before I knew it, I had 4.. :)

BBQ and Beach, what did you do on your Holiday??

x

LoveMore said...

oh babe you are SO good at these collages! so much work into it and it really shows...nice job!!!

hope you are well strawberry!

xxx bel

Sasi said...

Love Snejana's face in the first collage! Thanks for these:)

Raez said...

yay:) i lvoe your collages! white heat is my fave, great job on all of them!

xx

Lily said...

Love these mood boards very inspirational xx

Lily said...

Love these mood boards very inspirational xx

By Cali said...

Very inspiring collages, luv them! xoxo bycali

Le français parisien said...

Great collages, really inspirational.

Annie said...

oh my god, these moodboards are absolutely beautiful! love, love, love death cab for cutie, summer skin is one of my all time favorites of theirs.

the screamer said...

So HOT!

Bombshell Kitten said...

Great collage, it really captures the spirit of summer!